RAI All-Ireland Finals Senior Men 2001

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
2001	Erne Eagles (Cavan)	21	Limekiln (Dublin)	18
2001	Lissan (Derry)	W
	All-Ireland Final
2001	Erne Eagles (Cavan)	22	Lissan (Derry)	9

RAI All-Ireland Finals Senior Men 2002

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	All-Ireland Final
2002	Erne Eagles (Cavan)	10	Limekiln (Dublin)	10
	All-Ireland Final Replay
2002	Erne Eagles (Cavan)	18	Limekiln (Dublin)	1

RAI All-Ireland Finals Senior Men 2003

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

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

RAI All-Ireland Finals Senior Men 2004

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
2004	Erne Eagles (Cavan)	25	Bagenalstown (Carlow)	10
2004	Limekiln (Dublin)	22	St. Claire’s (Cavan)	18
	All-Ireland Final
2004	Erne Eagles (Cavan)	17	Limekiln (Dublin)	13

Report

Erne Eagles won four Rounders Association of Ireland All-Ireland Senior Men’s Championships in a row from 2001 to 2004. In 2001 they overcame Derry’s Lissan 22-9 in the All-Ireland Final, and in 2002 achieved a magnificent 18-1 victory in a Replay over Dublin’s Limekiln after a 10-10 draw in the Final. The following year they again won 14-5 on this occasion against The Heath of Laois, and achieved the four in a row in 2004 with another win over Limekiln, 17-13 in another close Final. The Rounders Association of Ireland was renamed the Rounders Council of Ireland in 2005.

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

Logos

[1] Anon. (2009) banner [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20090913175614im_/http://rounders.gaa.ie/banner/banner.jpg [Accessed 27 October 2020]

Websites

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

Internet Archive

[3] GAA Rounders Council | Wayback Machine (2004) Senior All Ireland Semi-Final Results [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20021122235641/http://www.rounders.ie/ [Accessed 27 October 2020]

[4] GAA Rounders Council | Wayback Machine (2004) Senior All Ireland Semi-Final Results [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20030811090007/http://www.rounders.ie/championship.htm [Accessed 27 October 2020]

[5] GAA Rounders Council | Wayback Machine (2004) Senior All Ireland Semi-Final Results [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20040813145324/http://www.rounders.ie/championship.htm [Accessed 27 October 2020]

Bibliography

Sources

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

Websites

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Richard Mulcahy and Frank Connolly.

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