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unusual facts about All-Ireland League



All-for-Ireland League

Lord Rossmore, once Grandmaster of the Orange Institution, joined the League, Sharman Crawford and others.

Lord Dunraven, Lord Barrymore, Lord Mayo and Lord Castletown, Sir John Keane of Cappoquin, Villiers Stuart of Dromana, Moreton Frewen, were a few of the more notable adherents who supplied political and financial support.

Belfast Harlequins

Despite winning the Ulster Senior League and reaching the Finals of the Ulster Senior Cup and the All-Ireland Cup, the club struggled in the All-Ireland League.

Craig Ronaldson

In the 2012-13 season, he was the top scorer in the All-Ireland League, playing for Lansdowne FC.

Independent Nationalist

In the main, but certainly not always, such Independent Nationalist candidates were either the Healyite Nationalists, supporters of Timothy Michael Healy, or the O'Brienite Nationalists, supporters of William O'Brien.

Old Belvedere

Old Belvedere won the final of the 2011 All-Ireland League defeating Cork Constitution 20-17 on 1 May 2011.

Seán Armstrong

When Armstrong was attending University of Limerick he played the 2010-11 All-Ireland League rugby season for Shannon.

West Cork by-election, 1916

2Healy was imprisoned in Frongoch internment camp for supposedly being associated with Sinn Féin, but Sinn Féin repudiated his candidacy for not revoking to take his seat at Westminster, instead had been supported by William O'Brien, who was leader of the All-for-Ireland League.


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