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GAA Football All Ireland Senior Football Championship (Sam Maguire Cup) 2020

GAA logo [Reference: 1]

All Ireland Series

Date	Winners		Runners-Up
	Semi-Finals
05.12.2020	Dublin	1-24	Cavan	0-12
06.12.2020	Mayo	5-20	Tipperary	3-13
	Final
19.12.2020	Dublin	2-14	Mayo	0-15

[Refernce: 2]

Connacht Championship

Date	Winners		Runners-Up
	Quarter-Final
01.11.2020	Mayo	2-15	Leitrim	0-10
	Semi-Finals
07.11.2020	Galway	w/o	Sligo	scr
08.11.2020	Mayo	1-16	Roscommon	0-13
	Final
15.11.2020	Mayo	0-14	Galway	0-13

[Reference: 2]

Leinster Championship

Date	Winners		Runners-Up
	Round 1
01.11.2020	Offaly	3-14	Carlow	0-20
01.11.2020	Wicklow	2-9	Wexford	0-11
01.11.2020	Longford	1-9	Louth	1-7
	Quarter-Finals
07.11.2020	Dublin	0-22	Westmeath	0-11
08.11.2020	Meath	7-14	Wicklow	0-7
08.11.2020	Laois	1-16	Longford	1-14
08.11.2020	Kildare	0-20	Offaly	0-16
	Semi-Finals
15.11.2020	Meath	5-9	Kildare	0-15
15.11.2020	Dublin	2-23	Laois	0-7
	Final
21.11.2020	Dublin	3-21	Meath	0-9

[Reference: 2]

Munster Championship

Date	Winners		Runners-Up
	Quarter-Finals
31.10.2020	Limerick	2-14	Waterford	0-9
01.11.2020	Tipperary	2-11	Clare	1-11
	Semi-Finals
07.11.2020	Tipperary	1-15	Limerick	2-11
08.11.2020	Cork	1-12	Kerry	0-13
	Final
22.11.2020	Tipperary	0-17	Cork	0-14

[Reference: 2]

Ulster Championship

Date	Winners		Runners-Up
	Preliminary Round
31.10.2020	Cavan	2-15	Monaghan	1-17
	Quarter-Finals
01.11.2020	Donegal	1-13	Tyrone	1-11
01.11.2020	Armagh	0-17	Derry	0-15
07.11.2020	Cavan	0-13	Antrim	0-9
08.11.2020	Down	1-15	Fermanagh	0-11
	Semi-Finals
14.11.2020	Donegal	1-22	Armagh	0-13
15.11.2020	Cavan	1-14	Down	1-13
	Final
22.11.2020	Cavan	1-13	Donegal	0-12

[Reference: 2]

Report

Dublin extended their record winning streak in the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship when beating Mayo by 2-14 to 0-15 in the Final in Croke Park on 19 December 2020. The Championship was delayed until 31 October due to the COVID-19 Virus Restrictions and was also unusual in that it featured long-awaited Provincial Championship victories for Cavan in Ulster and Tipperary in Munster.

About Hurling

Hurling is an ancient Gaelic Irish Sport, and one of the four Charter GAA Sports of 1884. It is played with a Hurl or Hurley (stick) and a sliotar (ball) and is one of the fastest team sports in the world. It is 15-a-side and Goals (worth 3 points) are scored as well as points (over the bar – worth one point). It is organised on a Club and County basis like most GAA Sports and has County, Provncial and All-Ireland Championships. Within both Club and County Championships there is the Hurling League (usually run over winter) and the Hurling Championship (usually run over summer). There are about 12 Top Level (Division 1) Counties that play for the Liam McCarthy Cup, as well as the Christy Ring Cup (Division 2), and Nicky Rackard (Division 3) and Lory Meaghar Cups (Division 4). Outside of Ireland there are 14 Counties that also play Gaelic Football and sometimes Hurling, with London, Warwickshire and Lancashire taking part in the lower levels of the All-Ireland Championships. The Christy Ring Cup is the Level 2 All-Ireland County Championship in Hurling, named after the great Cork player.

References

Websites

Images

[1] Donegal Daily (2017) GAA Logo [Internet] Available from: http://www.donegaldaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/gaa-logo.png [Accessed 2 December 2017]

Websites

[2] GAA / Cian O’Connell (2020) All-Ireland SFC Final Dublin Earn a sixth title in a row [Internet] Available from: https://www.gaa.ie/football/news/all-ireland-sfc-final-dublin-earn-a-sixth-title-in-a-row/ [Accessed 28 December 2020]

Bibliography

[3] GAA (2020) “2020 Senior Football Championship Scoreboard” GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Match Programme . pg. 18-19.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Anton Pippo O’Grady (Offaly) and Decy Maher (Dublin).

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Wicklow GAA Handball County Championships 40×20 1991

Wicklow GAA Crest [Reference: 1]

Finals, Coolboy, Co. Wicklow June 1991

Grade	Winner		Runner-Up	Score
Junior Singles	Paddy Kelly (Bray Emmets)	bt.	Brian Wolohan (Arklow)
Junior Doubles	Brian Wolohan & Partner (Arklow)	bt.	Dessie Creane / Ger Healy (Bray Emmets)

[References: 1]

Report

Paddy Kelly of Bray Emmets won the Wicklow GAA Handball County Junior Singles Championship in 1991, and Brian Wolohan and Partner won the Junior Doubles.

References

Images

[1] GAA Handball (2020) wicklow [Internet] Available from: https://assets.gaahandball.ie/assets/images/crests_county/wicklow.png [Accessed 22 December 2020]

Sources

[2] Anon. (1991) “Handball” Bray People. Friday., June 14 1991. Pg. 18

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Luke Kelly

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December 22, 2020December 22, 2020

Hurling-Shinty Internationals Ireland v Scotland 2000-2009

GAA Logo [Reference: 22]

Ireland v Scotland 2000-2009

Date	Location	Home		Away
2000	Croke Park	Ireland	2-10-15 (57)	Scotland	3-3-5 (32)
2001
2002	Croke Park	Ireland	2-0-13 (19)	Scotland	4-1-1 (15)
2003	Fort William	Scotland	3-7 (16)	Ireland	5-9 (24)
2004	Ratoath	Ireland	3-10 (19)	Scotland	4-7 (19)
2005	Bught Park	Scotland	20	Ireland	17
2006	Croke Park	Ireland	2-5 (11)	Scotland	2-13 (19)
2007
2008	Durrow	Ireland	1-9 (12)	Scotland	1-10 (13)
2009	Bught Park	Scotland	1-8 (11)	Ireland	1-11 (14)

[Reference: 2-23]

Venues

Venue	Location
Bught Park	Inverness, Highlands, Scotland
Croke Park	Dublin, Ireland
Cusack Park	Ennis, Co. Clare, Ireland
Pairc Esler	Newry, Co. Down, Ireland
Fort William	Highlands, Scotland
Athy	Co. Kildare, Ireland
Ratoath	Co. Meath, Ireland

[Reference: 2-23]

Camanachd Association Logo [Reference: 23]

Report

Ireland and Scotland have shared honours almost equally between 2000 and 2009, with Ireland going on a winning streak from 2000-2003, before Scotland won from 2005-2008. In 2010 the series became a home-and-away series with the aggregate score over two legs deciding the winners.

About

The first Hurling-Shinty International Rules match was played back in 1897 in Glasgow between Cowal (Scotland) and Celtic (Dublin). [1] There have been regular Internationals between Ireland and Scotland since 2000.

Shinty is very similar to Hurling and the two games would have the same Gaelic Celtic origin with Shinty most popular in Gaelic Scots part of Scotland, particularly the Highlands. The game, however, does not include over-the-bar points, only goals and there is less play in the air than in Hurling.

The International Rules series includes points-over-the-bar and in the early 2000s included ‘behinds’ like in International Rules Football between Ireland and Australia.

The scoring system is three points for a goal and one for a point (over-the-bar). In 2012 an experimental scoring system was used whereby a goal was worth 5 points. From 2000-2003 a scoring system was employed whereby a goal was worth 6 points, an ‘over’ 3 points, and a ‘behind’ (a score into posts either side of the two main posts) 1 point.

13-a-side or 14-a-side have both been employed, halfway between Hurling’s 15-a-side and Shinty’s 12-a-side. Bot teams play with their own sticks, so it is a game played with two different sets of equipment.

References

Sources

[1] (2000) “SHINTY”. Nenagh Guardian. Saturday, October 21, 2000. pg. 18-19

[2] (2000) “Gantley shunts Shinty stars”. Irish Independent. Monday, October 16, 2000. p. 26-27.

[3] (2002) “Clinical O’Leary and Keane sink Scotland”. Irish Independent. Monday, October 21, 2002. p. 40-41.

[4] (2003) “Ireland 24 Scotland 16”. Irish Independent. Monday, October 27, 2003. p. 34.

[5] (2004) “Ireland 3-10 Scotland 4-7”. Irish Independent. Monday, October 18, 2004. p. 30-31.

[6] (2005) “Loughlin’s heroics not enough to save Irish unbeaten run”. Irish Independent. Monday, October 10, 2005. p. 46-47.

[7] (2006) “Shinty double for Scotland”. Irish Independent. Monday, November 6, 2006. p. 38-39.

[8] (2008) “GAA Scoreboard: Shinty”. Irish Independent. Monday, October 20, 2008. p. 26-27.

[9] (2009) “Dooley goal ends six-year wait for title”. Irish Independent. Monday, November 2, 2009. pp. 46-47.

Past copies of the Irish Independent and Nenagh Guardian can be found at the Irish Newspaper Archive which is a subscription service: http://www.irishnewsarchive.com

Images

[22] Donegal Daily (2017) GAA Logo [Internet] Available from: http://www.donegaldaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/gaa-logo.png [Accessed 2 December 2017]

[23] Camanachd Association (2017) Camanachd Association Logo [Internet] https://www.shinty.com/uploads/news-images/_w800fit/camanach-logo-wide.jpg [Accessed 9 March 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Conor Connolly-Mulcahy & Dara Conolly-Mulcahy

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GAA Comortas Peile na Gaeltachta Senior Finals 1969-Present

Results

*Date*	*Winners*		*Runners-Up*
1969	Gaoth Dobhair (Dun na nGall)
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976	Gaoth Dobhar (Dun na nGall)
1977
1978	Naomh Columba (Dun na nGall)
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983	Naomh Columba (Dun na nGall)
1984
1985
1986	Naomh Columba (Dun na nGall)
1987
1988
1989	Cill Chartaigh (Dun na nGall)
1990	Cill Chartaigh (Dun na nGall)
1991	Cill Chartaigh (Dun na nGall)
1992	Cloich Ceannfhaola (Dun na nGall)
1993	Cloich Ceannfhaola (Dun na nGall)
1994	Gaoth Dobhar (Dun na nGall)
1995
1996
1997
1998	Ard a’ Ratha (Dun na nGall)
1999
2000
2001	An Clothan Liath (Dun na nGall)
2002	Gaoth Dobhar (Dun na nGall)
2003
2004	Gaoth Dobhar (Dun na nGall)
2005
2006
2007	Gaoth Dobhar (Dun na nGall)
2008	Cill Chearhaigh (Dun na nGall)
2009	Ard An Ratha (Dun na nGall)
2010
2011	Cloughnaneely (Donegal)	0-11 (11)	Moycullen (Gailleamh)	1-6 (9)
2012
2013
2014	Kilcar (Dun na nGall)	3-14 (23)	Michael Breathnach (Gailleamh)	0-13 (13)
2015
2016	Naomh Chonaill (Dun na nGall)	1-16 (19)	An Gaeltacht (Chiarrai)	2-10 (16)
2017	An Gaeltacht (Chiarrai)	4-18 (30)	Cill na Martra (Dun na nGall)	1-10 (13)
2018	Wolfe Tones (Mhi)	3-9 (18)	An Ceathru Rua (Gailleamh)	2-7 (13)

Comortas Peile na Gaeltachta Peile Finals 1969-Present [References: 1-7

Report

Comortas Peile na Gaeltachta (the Gaeltacht Football Championship) was first held in 1969 in Donegal, with Donegal teams winning most often in the recent years: Cloughnakeely in 2011, Kilcar in 2014 and Naomh Chonaill in 2016. An Gaeltacht won the title for Kerry in 2017, and in 2018 Wolfe Tones won an historic first title for Meath. Gaobh Dobhar, also of Dún na nGall (Donegal) won the Championship a record seven times between 1969 and 2007.

Naomh Chonaill lifted the Comortas Peile na Gaeltachta in 2016 [Reference: 9]

About Comortas Peile na Gaeltachta

Comortas Peile na Gaeltachta is an All Ireland Football Championship held annually between Club sides from the Gaeltacht Areas of Donegal (Ulster), Galway and Mayo (Connacht), Kerry, Cork and Waterford (Munster) and Meath (Leinster). [Reference: 8]

References

Websites

[1] Irish Examiner (2012) History on side of Gweedore [Internet] Available from: https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-20196054.html [Accessed 20 August 2020]

[2] Hogan Stand (2014) Comortas Peile na Gaeltachta: Donegal pull off double [Internet] Available from: http://www.hoganstand.com/article/index/149203 [Accessed 20 August 2020]

[3] Hogan Stand (2014) McHughs dominate Comortas Peile na Gaeltachta final [Internet] Available from: http://www.hoganstand.com/county/donegal/article/index/217520 [Accessed 20 August 2020]

[4] Irish Examiner (2016) Comortas: double delight for Donegal clubs [Internet] Available from: http://www.hoganstand.com/article/index/256226 [Accessed 20 August 2020]

[5] Irish Examiner (2017) An Gaeltacht ease to 17-point victory [Internet] Available from: https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-20451813.html [Accessed 20 August 2020]

[6] Hogan Stand (2018) Comortas Peile na Gaeltachta: Wolfe Tones claim first title for Meath [Internet] Available from: http://hoganstand.com/Galway/Article/Index/286050 [Accessed 20 August 2020]

Internet Archive

[7] Donegal GAA Wayback Machine (2012) Honours [Internet] Available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20120223162203/http://www.sportsmanager.ie/cake/gaa2/donegal/contentPage/10698/Honours [Accessed 12 December 2020]

Website

[8] Údarás na Gaeltachta (2020) An Gaeltacht [Internet] Available from: http://udaras.ie/en/our-language-the-gaeltacht/the-gaeltacht/#:~:text=The%20Gaeltacht%20covers%20large%20areas,are%20also%20in%20the%20Gaeltacht. [Accessed 12 December 2020]

Images

[9] Irish Examiner (2016) Donegal’s Naomh Conaill retained their Comortas Peile na Gaeltachta title after beating An Ghaeltacht of Kerry in the final. [Internet] Available from: http://files.hoganstand.com/common/newgallery/Naomh%20Conaill.jpg [Accessed 20 August 2020]

Acknowledgements

Buióchais le Risteard O Mhaolchathaigh.

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Rounders Association of Ireland All Ireland Senior Mixed Championship 2003

Final Tables

Pos		P	W	D	L	Pts
	Northern Section
1	Erne Eagles (Co. Cavan)
2	Limekiln (Co. Dublin)
3	Ni Mhichil (Co. Derry)
4	St. Claire’s (Co. Cavan)
5	Sallins (Co. Kildare)
	Southern Section
1	Bagenalstown (Co. Carlow)	1	1	0	0	2
2	Cuchulainn (Co. Carlow)	1	0	0	1	0
3	Rathdowney (Co. Laois)
4	Roscrea (Co. Tipperary)
5	The Heath (Co. Laois)

Rounders Association of Ireland All-Ireland Senior Mixed League Tables 2003 [Ref: 3]

All-Ireland Final

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	All-Ireland Final
2003	Erne Eagles	15	Limekiln	4

Rounders Association of Ireland All-Ireland Senior Mixed League All-Ireland Final 2003 [Ref: 3]

Group Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Southern Section
2003	Bagenalstown	18	Cuchulainns	8

Rounders Association of Ireland All-Ireland Senior Mixed League All-Ireland Final [Ref: 1-3]

Report

Erne Eagles of Co. Cavan won the Rounders Association of Ireland All Ireland Senior Mixed Championship in 2003, defeating Limekiln, based in Tymon Park, Dublin, 15-4 in the All Ireland Final. 11 Clubs entered, divided into Northern and Southern Sections.

About Rounders

Rounders is an Irish and British version of Softball and Baseball, and thought to be the ancestor of both. It was first codified in Ireland as part of the Original GAA Charter of 1884, but not organised until 1958. It is a Bat and Ball (also known as Safe Haven) sport whereby the batter attempts to hit a ball thrown at him or her by a pitcher or bowler and then attempts to run around the bases back home.

References

Sources

[1] Anon. (2003) “Limekiln launch a new All-Ireland Rounders Championship title bid”. The Echo. Thursday, August 28, 2003.

Websites

[2] GAA Rounders (2016) Senior Mixed Roll of Honour [Internet] Available from: http://www.gaarounders.ie/seniormixedrollofhonour [Accessed 10 December 2016]

[3] Rounders Association of Ireland | Wayback Machine (2003) Championship Results [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20030811090007/http://www.rounders.ie/championship.htm [Accessed 30 March 2017]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Dervla Mulcahy & Fiona Corrigan.

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Rounders Association of Ireland All Ireland Senior Mens Championship 2003

Final Tables

	P	W	D	L	Pts
Northern Section
Erne Eagles (Co. Cavan) (SF)	2	2	0	0	4
Ni Mhichil (Co. Derry) (SF)	2	0	1	1	1
St. Claire’s (Co. Cavan) (SF)	2	0	1	1	1
Southern Section
The Heath (Co. Laois) (SF)	3	3	0	0	6
Limekiln (Co. Dublin)	3	2	0	1	4
Cuchulainns (Co. Carlow)	2	0	0	2	0
Rathdowney (Co. Laois)	2	0	0	2	0

Rounders Association of Ireland All-Ireland Senior Men’s Championship Tables 2003 [Ref: 3]

Legend: SF: Qualify for All Ireland Semi-Finals

All-Ireland Series

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
2003	Erne Eagles	21	Naomh Mhichil	0
2003	The Heath	15	St. Claire’s	11
	All-Ireland Final
2003	Erne Eagles	14	The Heath	5

Rounders Association of Ireland All-Ireland senior Men’s Championship All-Ireland series 2003 [Ref: 3]

Group Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Northern Section
2003	Erne Eagles	15	Ni Mhichil	2
2003	Erne Eagles	15	St. Claire’s	9
	Southern Section
2003	Limekiln	18	Cuchulainns	6
2003	The Heath	9	Limekiln	8

Rounders Association of Ireland All_Ireland senior Men’s Championship Section Games 2003 [Ref: 3]

Report

Co. Cavan’s Erne Eagles won the 2003 Rounders Association of Ireland All Ireland Senior Men’s Championship defeating The Heath of Co. Laois 14-5 in the All Ireland Final. With sevens teams entering, the Championship was divided into a Northern and Southern Section, with four remaining teams after the Group Stage entering the All Ireland Semi-Finals, where Naomh Mhichil of Co. Derry and St. Claire’s were eliminated.

About Rounders

References

Sources

[1] Anon. (2003) “Limekiln launch a new All-Ireland Rounders Championship title bid”. The Echo. Thursday, August 28, 2003.

Websites

[2] GAA Rounders (2016) Senior Mens Roll of Honour [Internet] Available from: http://www.gaarounders.ie/seniormensrollofhonour [Accessed 10 December 2016]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Richard Mulcahy & Frank Connolly.

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Offaly GAA Tullamore Court Hotel Senior Football Championship 2020

Offaly GAA Crest [Reference: 1]

Group Tables

Offaly GAA SFC 2020	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
SFC Group 1
Ferbane (SF)	3	3	0	0	57	39	6
Edenderry (SF)	3	2	0	1	56	45	4
Shamrocks	3	1	0	2	41	54	2
Bracknagh (RP)	3	0	0	3	52	68	0
SFC Group 2
Rhode (SF)	3	3	0	0	61	31	6
Tullamore (SF)	3	1	0	2	39	38	2
Cappincur	3	1	0	2	40	52	2
Clara (R)	3	1	0	2	41	60	2

Offaly GAA Senior Football Championship Group Tables 2020 [Reference: 3]

Legend: SF: Qualify for Semi-Finals. RP: Qualify for Relegation Final.

SFC Finals

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Relegation Final
20.09.2020	Bracknagh	2-17	Clara	3-11
	SFC Semi-Finals
19.09.2020	Edenderry	0-13	Rhode	1-14
20.09.2020	Ferbane	1-14 (8p)	Tullamore	0-17 (9p)
	SFC Final
04.10.2020	Rhode	1-9	Tullamore	1-7

Offaly GAA Senior Football Championship Finals 2020 [Reference: 2]

SFC Group Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Group 1
24.07.2020	Ferbane	1-12	Edenderry	1-8
26.07.2020	Shamrocks	1-15	Bracknagh	2-11
24.08.2020	Edenderry	2-16	Shamrocks	0-11
24.08.2020	Bracknagh	1-13	Ferbane	4-15
06.09.2020	Bracknagh	3-10	Edenderry	2-17
06.09.2020	Ferbane	1-12	Shamrocks	1-9
	Group 2
24.07.2020	Cappincur	0-12	Tullamore	1-8
25.07.2020	Rhode	1-19	Clara	1-10
24.08.2020	Clara	3-10	Cappincur	1-15
24.08.2020	Tullamore	0-8	Rhode	1-14
06.09.2020	Tullamore	1-17	Clara	0-9
06.09.2020	Rhode	3-13	Cappincur	0-10

Offaly GAA Senior Football Championship Group Results 2020 [Reference: 3]

Report

Rhode defeated Tullamore by 1-9 (12 Points) to 1-7 (10 Points) in the Offaly GAA Senior Football Championship in 2020. They had won their group comfortably and defeated Edenderry in the Semi-Finals. Tullamore, the runners-up in Rhode’s group, won against Ferbane on penalties after a draw in the other Semi-Final. Clara were relegated after losing to Bracknagh in the Relegaion Final. It was Rhode’s 30th Offaly Senior Football Championship and after being 0-5 to 0-3 down at the half, with the wind at their backs in the second half Niall McNamee hit top form in front of goal. It was not until the 55th minute that the Blues scored their first point of the second half, and almost stole victory with a late comeback in injury time, but the title was secure for Rhode.

FINAL TEAMS (SCORERS)

Rhode: Ken Garry; Brian Darby, Jake Kavanagh, James McPadden; Gareth McNamee, Eoin Rigney, Niall Darby; Dylan Kavanagh (0-1), Alan McNamee; Ciarán Heavey, Rúairí McNamee (0-1), Conor McNamee; Aaron Kellaghan (1-1), Niall McNamee (0-5, 0-1m), Anton Sullivan (0-1). Subs: Paul McPadden for Heavey (37), Stephen Hannon for Sullivan (53), Keith Murphy for G McNamee (59), Pauric Sullivan for R McNamee (59), Darren Garry for A McNamee (60).

Tullamore Shaun Martin; Ciarán Burns, Paul McConway, Patrick Robilliard; Kevin O’Brien, Declan Hogan, Oisín Keenan Martin; Ciarán Egan (0-1), Aaron Leavy (1-2); Nigel Bracken (0-1), Michael Brazil, Luke Plunkett; Peter Fox (0-1), John Moloney (0-2f), Luke Egan. Subs: Shane Dooley for L Egan (half-time), Corey White for S Martin (47), Ger Ward for Plunkett (60).

Referee: Marius Stones (Clara).

Rhode Cpatain lifts the Offaly GAA 2020 Senior Football Championship Trophy [Reference: 5][Picture Credit: Offaly GAA]

About Offaly GAA

Offaly GAA is one of 32 Official GAA Counties in Ireland, and is one one of 12 GAA Counties in Leinster Province. The GAA season is split into a League (usually first half of year) and Championshp (usually second half of year), with Clubs and County (Representative) Competitions. The winners of the Senior Football Championship (The Premier League Championship in English Soccer Terms) qualify for the Leinster GAA Football Championship. The Four Provincial Champions then Qualify for the All-Ireland Semi-Finals.

References

Images

[1] Offaly GAA (2019) offaly-gaa-logo-01 [Internet] Available from: https://offaly.gaa.ie/wp-content/themes/c_and_c_offaly/img/offaly-gaa-logo-01.png %5BAccessed 9 September 2020]

Websites

[2] Offaly GAA (2020) Fixtures & Results[Senior Football Championship][1][2][3] [Internet] Available from: https://offaly.gaa.ie/fixtures-results/ [Accessed 12 December 2020]

[3] Offaly GAA (2020) Senior Football Championship [Group A][Group B][SF] [Fixtures-Results – Senior] [Internet] Available from: https://offaly.gaa.ie/fixtures-results/senior/ [Accessed 12 December 2020]

[4] Offaly GAA / Kevin Egan (2020) 30th Offaly Senior Football Title For Rhode [Internet] Available from: https://offaly.gaa.ie/2020/10/04/30th-offaly-senior-football-title-for-rhode/ [Accessed 12 December 2020]

Images

[5] Offaly GAA (2020) 20201004_192852 [Internet] Available from: https://offaly.gaa.ie/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2020/10/20201004_192852.jpg [Accessed 12 December 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Anton “Pippo”O’Grady

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Camanachd Association Shinty National Division 2016-2019

Camanachd Association Logo [Reference: 1]

CA Shinty National Division 2016

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Kilmallie (C)	14	11	3	0	51	14	25
Glasgow Mid Argyll	14	9	3	2	49	18	21
Inveraray	14	8	3	3	43	25	19
Beauly	14	7	3	4	53	26	17
Caberfeidh	14	6	2	6	30	29	14
Bute	14	1	5	8	13	37	7
Inverness	14	2	2	10	27	47	6
Ballaculish	14	1	1	12	11	81	3

Camanachd Association Shinty National Division 2016 [References: 3]

CA Shinty National Division 2017

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Skye (C)	14	12	2	0	50	9	26
Caberfeidh	14	9	2	3	47	18	20
Fort William	14	9	2	3	40	22	20
Inveraray	14	6	1	7	32	26	13
Beauly	14	5	3	6	29	41	13
Oban Celtic	14	4	2	8	30	44	10
Strathglass	14	2	4	8	21	35	8
Inverness	14	0	2	12	14	68	2

Camanachd Association Shinty National Division 2016 [Reference: 4]

CA Shinty National Division 2018

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Kilmallie (C)	14	11	1	2	48	25	23
Inveraray	14	9	2	3	38	18	20
Fort William	14	9	1	4	33	18	19
Glasgow Mid Argyll	14	6	4	4	42	23	16
Oban Celtic	14	5	2	7	39	38	12
Beauly	14	3	3	8	19	38	9
Strathglass	14	3	2	9	23	42	8
Inverness	14	2	1	11	16	56	5

Camanachd Association Shinty National Division 2018 [Reference: 5]

CA Shinty National Division 2019

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Fort William (C)	14	14	0	0	68	19	28
Glasgow Mid Argyll	14	8	4	2	34	10	20
Glenurquhart	14	7	3	4	52	26	17
Skye	14	8	1	5	49	29	17
Oban Celtic	14	5	3	6	31	46	13
Beauly	14	4	2	8	24	38	10
Strathglass	14	1	2	11	13	52	4
Bute	14	0	3	11	8	59	3

Camanachd Association Shinty National Division 2019 [References: 6]

Report

The National Division is the second division of the Camanachd Association Men’s Shinty Leagues, and was reinstated in 2016 after a gap of 9 years (it was previously known as Division 1 from 2000 to 2007). Champions, and thus promoted to the Shinty Premiership from 2016 to 2019 were Kilmallie in 2016, Skye in 2017, Kilmallie again in 2018 and Fort William in 2019. The 2020 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic.

Fort William Camanachd Association Shinty National Division Champions 2019 [Reference: 7]

Fort William Camanachd Association Shinty National Division Champions 2019: Back row: Mark Grant, Sean (Frenchie) Cameron, Padraig Mcneil, Ali MacRae, Paul MacKay, Calum Shepherd, Lewis Morrison, Lewis Clark, Sean Cruickshank.Front row: Lachie Shaw, Ruairidh Shaw, Arran MacPhee (Capt.) Alexander MacMillan, Ryan Boyle, Jack Fraser.

About Shinty

Shinty is Gaelic Scotland’s traditional version of Hurling. It is one of the forgotten Gaelic, Celtic or Atlantic Games like Basque Pelota and Welsh Baseball, played mostly in Gaelic parts of Scotland like the Highlands and Islands. The game is very similar to Hurling, with a curved stick used to hit a ball through a goal, except there is no point-over-the-bar and less play in the air. The game is 12-a-side as opposed to Hurling’s 15-a-side. The Shinty National League Division 1 was the Second Level of Men’s Shinty from 2004 to 2007.

Shinty.com Logo [Reference: 2]

References

Logos

[1] Camanachd Association (2017) Camanachd Association Logo [Internet] https://www.shinty.com/uploads/news-images/_w800fit/camanach-logo-wide.jpg [Accessed 9 March 2018]

[2] Shinty.com (2017) Camanachd Association Shinty.com Logo [Internet] http://www.shinty.com/images/logo.gif [Accessed 20 March 2017]

Websites

[3] Shinty.com (2020) Marine Harvest National Division 2016 [Internet] Available from: https://www.shinty.com/fixtures-and-results/2016/national-division [Accessed 21 March 2020]

[4] Shinty.com (2017) Camanachd Association Marine Harvest National Division 2017 [Internet] http://www.shinty.com/fixtures-live/marine-harvest-national-division/ [Accessed 10 April 2017][Accessed 24 April 2017][Accessed 2 May 2017][Accessed 21 May 2017][Accessed 5 June 2017][Accessed 27 June 2017][Accessed 4 July 2017]

[5] Shinty.com (2018) Camanachd Association Marine Harvest National Division [Internet] Available from: https://w.fixtureslive.com/staticapi.aspx?a=statzone_comp.ashx%3fdivD%3d57113 [Accessed 29 December 2018]

[6] Camanachd Association | Fixtures Live (2019) Mowi National Division 2019 | Table [Internet] Available from: https://w.fixtureslive.com/staticapi.aspx?a=statzone_comp.ashx%3fdivID%3d59106 [Accessed 11 December 2019]

[7] Fort William Facebook Page (2019) Cover Photo, March 9, 2019 “Cover photo depicting 2019 1st Team“ [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/fwshinty/posts/cover-photo-depicting-2019-1st-team-mark-grant-sean-frenchie-cameron-padraig-mcn/1188317891329112/ [Accessed 6 December 2020]

Images

[8] Fort William Facebook Page (2019) Cover Photo, March 9, 2019 [Internet] Available from: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/p960x960/53833633_1188317731329128_7717768416563560448_o.jpg?_nc_cat=110&ccb=2&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=pW3Jc6uw36MAX_sTZSd&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&tp=6&oh=12aa55908e613341750b6d87d2ba2a82&oe=5FF20BF2 [Accessed 6 December 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Emerson Callender

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Last Updated: 6 December 2020

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GAA World Games Hurling Irish Cup 2019

GAA Logo [Reference: 1]

Group Table

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
*Australasia	8	7	0	1	211	71	14
*New York	7	5	0	2	161	69	10
*Middle East	7	5	0	2	151	44	10
*Europe Bears	8	1	0	7	49	203	2
Asia Cobras	8	1	0	7	51	236	2

GAA World Games Hurling Irish Cup 2019 [Reference: 2]

Finals

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
01.08.2019	Australasia	W/O	Europe Bears	CC
01.08.2019	New York	2-5 (11)	Middle East	3-16 (25)
	Irish Shield		Semi-Final
01.08.2019	Asia Cobras	CC	New York	W/O
	Irish Shield		Final
01.08.2019	Europe Bears	0-6 (6)	New York	8-9 (33)
	Irish Cup		Final
02.08.2019	Australasia	3-7 (16)	Middle East	2-15 (21)

GAA World Games Hurling Irish Cup 2019 [Reference: 3]

Group Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Round 1
29.07.2019	Australasia	3-10 (19)	New York	2-9 (15)
29.07.2019	Middle East	6-18 (36)	Asia Cobras	0-1 (1)
	Round 2
29.07.2019	Asia Cobras	0-7 (7)	Australasia	3-23 (32)
29.07.2019	New York	5-8 (23)	Europe Bears	1-5 (8)
	Round 3
29.07.2019	Europe Bears	3-9 (18)	Asia Cobras	1-5 (8)
29.07.2019	Australasia	1-8 (11)	Middle East	4-11 (23)
	Round 4
30.07.2019	Middle East	W/O	Europe Bears	CC
30.07.2019	Asia Cobras	0-5 (5)	New York	7-5 (26)
	Round 5
30.07.2019	New York	2-8 (14)	Middle East	1-9 (12)
30.07.2019	Europe Bears	0-2 (2)	Australasia	6-15 (33)
	Round 6
30.07.2019	Australasia	1-10 (13)	New York	2-3 (9)
30.07.2019	Middle East	9-9 (36)	Asia Cobras	0-0 (0)
	Round 7
30.07.2019	Asia Cobras	0-4 (4)	Australasia	11-16 (49)
30.07.2019	New York	13-6 (45)	Europe Bears	0-3 (3)
	Round 8
31.07.2019	Europe Bears	2-4 (10)	Asia Cobras	3-8 (17)
31.07.2019	Australasia	2-10 (16)	Middle East	0-5 (5)
	Round 9
31.07.2019	Middle East	9-12 (39)	Europe Bears	0-2 (2)
31.07.2019	Asia Cobras	0-9 (9)	New York	7-8 (29)
	Round 10
31.07.2019	New York	0-0	Middle East	0-0
31.07.2019	Europe Bears	0-6 (6)	Australasia	8-14 (38)

GAA World Games Hurling Irish Cup 2019 [Reference: 3

Report

Middle East won the GAA World Games Hurling Irish Cup in 2019, triumphing 2-15 (21 Points) to 3-7 (16 Points) over Australasia in the Irish Cup Final. They had finished third in the Championship Group, losing to both New York and Austrasia once , but defeated both in the Finals, winning against New York in the Irish Cup Semi-Finals. New York won the Irish Shield with a comfortable 8-9 (33 Points) to 0-6 (6 Points) win in the Shield Final. Asia Cobras were the other contestants.

Middle East GAA World Games Hurling Irish Cup Champions 2019 [Reference: 4][Photo Credit: Middle East GAA]

About GAA World Games

There are two GAA Provincial Councils outside Ireland: the World Games comprising New York, United States, Canada, Australasia, Europe, Asia and Middle East GAA Councils; and the Britain GAA Provincial Council comprising the GAA Counties of London, Warwickshire, Lancashire, Yorkshire, Hertfordshire, Gloucestershire and Scotland. Both have County Championships and Provincial Championships in Gaelic Football, Hurling, Camogie and Ladies Gaelic, although not all as yet have Hurling, Camogie or Ladies Gaelic Football Championships. There are also Clubs in Argentina, Moscow, the Cayman Islands and South Africa.The World Games Irish Cup is like the Provincial Championship for the Irish players abroad in the World Counties. Mostly, it comprises teams from the Orient (Europe, Asia, Middle East, Australsia, South Africa)

References

Websites

[1] Stratford Grange GAA (2017) GAA Logo [Internet] http://stratfordgrangecongaa.ie/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/gaa-logo.png [Accessed 11 April 2017]

Websites

[2] GAA (2019) World Games Hurling | Irish Cup | Tables [Internet] Available from: https://www.gaa.ie/worldgames/hurling/tables [Accessed 16 August 2019]

[3] GAA (2019) World Games Hurling | Irish Cup | Results [Internet] Available from: https://www.gaa.ie/worldgames/hurling/results [Accessed 16 August 2019]

Images

[4] Middle East GAA (2020) 9a2cdf91587bfc69cf6e56ee248bcdee8d5a8767 [Internet] Available from: https://sportlomo-userupload.s3.amazonaws.com/uploaded/galleries/10289_uploaded/9a2cdf91587bfc69cf6e56ee248bcdee8d5a8767.jpg [Accessed 6 December 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Gabriel McCloyne & Tom Dunne

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GAA Hurling Lory Meagher Cup 2017

GAA Logo

Table

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
*Warwickshire	5	5	0	0	137	77	10
*Leitrim	5	3	0	2	103	93	6
Sligo	5	3	0	2	110	95	6
Lancashire	5	2	0	3	96	95	4
Cavan	5	1	0	4	88	124	2
Fermanagh	5	1	0	4	97	147	2

GAA Hurling Lory Meagher Cup 2017 [References: 3

* Qualify for Lory Meaghar Cup Final

Lory Meagher Cup Final

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Final		(Pairc an Chrocaigh)
10.06.2017	Warwickshire	0-17	Leitrim	0-11

GAA Hurling Lory Meagher Cup 2017 [References: 4]

Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Round 1
22.04.2017	Sligo	4-14	Lancashire	0-17
22.04.2017	Cavan	1-14	Warwickshire	3-28
22.04.2017	Fermanagh	5-13	Leitrim	2-21
	Round 2
29.04.2017	Leitrim	1-20	Cavan	0-12
29.04.2017	Warwickshire	2-20	Sligo	2-9
29.04.2017	Lancashire	2-12	Fermanagh	0-15
	Round 3
06.05.2017	Cavan	0-9	Sligo	1-20
06.05.2017	Leitrim	1-12	Lancashire	0-14
06.05.2017	Fermanagh	3-9	Warwickshire	6-16
	Round 4
13.05.2017	Lancashire	0-24	Cavan	1-18
13.05.2017	Warwickshire	2-16	Leitrim	1-11
13.05.2017	Sligo	5-14	Fermanagh	2-13
	Round 5
20.05.2017	Lancashire	1-10	Warwickshire	1-15
20.05.2017	Fermanagh	0-17	Cavan	4-17
20.05.2017	Leitrim	3-15	Sligo	3-8

GAA Hurling Lory Meagher Cup 2017 [References: 2, 4]

Report

Warwickshire won the GAA Hurling Lory Meagher Cup in 2017, defeating Leitrim by 0-17 (17 Points) to 0-11 (11 Points) in the Final. They had won all five of their Championship Group matches, with Leitrim gaining entry to the Final on the last day with a shock 3-15 (24 Points) to 3-8 (17 Points) defeat of Sligo, who were favouritesto take second place. Lancashire, Cavan and Fermanagh were the other counties involved. [Reference: 2-4]

Former Antrim star Liam Watson was the Warwickshire star, scoring 11 points from frees to guide Warwickshire to the Cup. Leitrim had led by two points at halftime but Warwickshire brought the Lory Meagher Cup across the Irish Sea for the second time in a totally-dominating second half. Leitrim, who were down to 14 men score just one point in the second half. {Reference: 5]

Lory Meagher Cup Final Teams

Warwickshire: M Cremin; T Kelly, D Bruen, M O’Regan; J Collins, W Allen, D Kennedy (0-1); K Boxwell, P Uniacke (0-1); S Caulfield (0-2), C Robbins, I Dwyer (0-1); E McCabe, L Watson (0-11, 11f), K Magee. Subs: C McBride (0-1) for McCabe (51), S Hennessy for Magee (67), J Meagher for Boxwell (69), P Crehan for Dwyer (71), C Convery for Uniacke (72)

Leitrim: D Molloy; K McGrath, D Carton, V McDermott; E Moreton, C Byrne, D McGovern; L Moreton (0-1), J Glancy (0-1); C O’Donovan (0-2), C Moreton, K McDermott; P O’Donnell (0-6, 6f), C Cunniffe, Z Moradi (0-1). Subs: M Quinn for McDermott (50), G O’Hagan for L Moreton (52)

Referee: J Connors (Donegal).

[Reference: 5]

Home Venues

County	Home Ground
Cavan	Kingspan Breffni Park, Cavan
Fermanagh	Brewster Park, Enniskillen
Lancashire	Old Bedians Sports Ground, Manchester
Leitrim	Pairc Sean Mac Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon
Sligo	Markievicz Park, Sligo
Warwickshire	Pairc na hEireann, Birmingham

GAA Hurling Lory Meagher Cup 2017 [References: 2-4]

About Hurling

Hurling is an ancient Gaelic Irish Sport, and one of the four Charter GAA Sports of 1884. It is played with a Hurl or Hurley (stick) and a sliotar (ball) and is one of the fastest team sports in the world. It is 15-a-side and Goals (worth 3 points) are scored as well as points (over the bar – worth one point). It is organised on a Club and County basis like most GAA Sports and has County, Provncial and All-Ireland Championships. Within both Club and County Championships there is the Hurling League (usually run over winter) and the Hurling Championship (usually run over summer). There are about 12 Top Level (Major or Premier League in American, English amd Scottish Soccer terms) Counties that play for the Liam McCarthy Cup, as well as the Joe McDonagh Cup (Championship) Christy Ring Cup (League 1), and Nicky Rackard (League 2) and Lory Meaghar Cups (National). Outside of Ireland there are 14 Counties that also play Gaelic Football and sometimes Hurling, with London, Warwickshire and Lancashire taking part in the lower levels of the All-Ireland Championships.

References

Logos

[1] Stratford Grange GAA (2017) GAA Logo [Internet] http://stratfordgrangecongaa.ie/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/gaa-logo.png [Accessed 11 April 2017]

Websites

[2] GAA (2017) Hurling – Lory Meagher Cup – Fixtures [Internet] http://www.gaa.ie/hurling/lory-meagher/fixtures [Accessed 2 May 2017]

[3] GAA (2017) Hurling – Lory Meagher Cup – Tables [Internet] http://www.gaa.ie/hurling/lory-meagher/tables [Accessed 28 June 2017]

[4] GAA (2017) Hurling – Lory Meagher Cup [Internet] http://www.gaa.ie/hurling/lory-meagher/ [Accessed 28 June 2017]

[5] Irish Independent (2017) Former Antrim star Liam Watson the difference as Warwickshire land Lory Meagher Cup title [Internet] Available from: https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/former-antrim-star-liam-watson-the-difference-as-warwickshire-land-lory-meagher-cup-title-35811665.html [Accessed 6 December 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Gabriel McCloyne & Tom Dunne.

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Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Diff	Pts
1	Australasia	6	5	1	0	106	11
2	Middle East	6	4	2	0	79	10
3	Parnells LGAA London	6	4	1	1	106	9
4	Asia	6	3	0	3	-1	6
5	Round Towers	6	2	0	4	-28	4
6	Central & Eastern Europe	6	1	0	5	-48	2
7	Iberia	6	0	0	6	-214	0