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2 unusual facts about GAA


Packy McGarty

He was included on the Gaelic Football team of the century, of the great GAA Footballers who never won an All-Ireland Medal.

He played with Leitrim for 23 years from 1949 to 1971, playing he first senior game at the age of 16.


2012 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship

The 2012 Electric Ireland GAA Hurling All-Ireland Minor Championship is the 82nd edition of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship since its inception in 1928.

All Saints GAC

A Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) councillor objected to the GAA's goals of promoting Irish games, language and culture, to the then Rule 21 ban on participation in GAA sports by members of the crown forces, and to the requirement that the Irish tricolour - "a foreign flag" - be flown during matches.

All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship

It is currently sponsored by Electric Ireland and is therefore officially known as the Electric Ireland GAA Hurling All-Ireland Minor Championship.

Baltimore, County Cork

The local GAA club is Ilen Rovers, which was formed in 1973 and consists of the surrounding parish and that of Lisheen and Kilcoe.

Big Sandy Lake

Originally located on the north shore of Big Sandy Lake, the village of Gaa-mitaawangaagamaag was the western terminus of the Northwest Trail that connected the Mississippi River with the Saint Louis River; Savanna Portage State Park that commemorates this historic trail is located on the northeastern shore.

Billy Whelan

The campaign to have the bridge renamed was initiated and organised by members of the Cabra, GAA club, Naomh Fionbarra (gaelic spelling) (St. Finbarr's) and sanctioned by Dublin City Council in early 2006.

Carrickbeg

The club is one of three GAA clubs in the town of Carrick-on-Suir, the others being Carrick Davins and Carrick Swan.

Castlegregory

Castlegregory GAA Club was first known as Castlegregory Allen, named after William Allen, one of the Manchester Martyrs.

Championship Matters

Presented by Marty Morrissey, the programme features a mix of interviews, analysis and discussion on all GAA related matters.

Chris Beckford-Tseu

During the 2004-05 season, he accumulated a 2.71 GAA and a .908 SV% backing up Alfie Michaud.

Chris Pendergast

After sustaining injury during the 2009 season, Pendergast was cleared fit by October and again took part in university GAA representing Glasgow Caledonian for the second season running.

Doon GAA

The club is located in in the parish of Doon mostly in County Limerick but also containing a few townlands in County Tipperary who can play with the other club in the parish Glengar who are affiliated to the Tipperary GAA County Board.

Drumkeeran

Drumkeerin Gaa Club (CLG Droim Caorthainn) was founded in 1933 and plays an important sporting and social focus in the community.

Eamonn McEneaney

McEneaney had previously managed Monaghan in a joint capacity with former GAA president Seán McCague in 1997 and then on his own in 1998 and 1999, winning an All-Ireland B Championship in 1998.

Emly

Emly GAA club is centrally located with a large GAA pitch near the National School which has a covered stand running its full length.

Errill

Errill GAA was the local Gaelic Athletic Association club, before amalgamation with Rathdowney GAA club.

Farney

Monaghan GAA - a nickname for the current Monaghan GAA team, derived from the preceding

Father Casey's GAA

Caseys GAA Grounds & Pavilion are situated on the Kerry side of the River Feale on the outskirts of Abbeyfeale.

Finuge

The GAA club in the area is known as Finuge GAA or Finuge and has had a lot of success for its size.

GEMS American Academy, Abu Dhabi

On December 13, 2011, President Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States, opened GAA in a new facility in Khalifa City in the presence of His Highness Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, UAE Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research and His Excellency Humaid Mohammed Al Khathami, UAE Minister of Education.

GPG

Goals against average (GAA), also known as Goals per game, sports statistic

Hurling Team of the Millennium

The team, announced by GAA President Seán McCague on 24 July 2000 at a special function in Croke Park, was selected by a special committee, comprising five past GAA presidents - Joe McDonagh, Con Murphy, Paddy Buggy, Pat Fanning and Séamus Ó Riain - as well as GAA director-general Liam Mulvihill and four Gaelic games journalists: Paddy Downey, Mick Dunne, Seán Óg Ó Ceallacháin and Jim O'Sullivan.

Jacqueline Frank DeLuca

As a first year goalie, Frank played in 27 games for 686 minutes and recorded a GAA of 4.65.

John Wyse Power

He resigned as secretary in 1887 following the decision to ban members of the RIC from joining and participating in the GAA.

Kevin Bonner

Kevin Bonner, Whelan, Bryan Cullen and Alan Brogan were all exonerated from all charges along with the Tyrone trio of Kevin Hughes, Michael McGee and Eoin Mulligan.

Kilmoyley GAA

In the two decades prior to the foundation of the GAA, Kilmoyley organised hurling matches with Abbeydorney, Lixnaw and Ballyduff.

Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe

The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, also known as the Leech Lake Band of Chippewa Indians or the Leech Lake Band of Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, and as Gaa-zagaskwaajimekaag Ojibweg in the Ojibwe language, is an Ojibwe band located in Minnesota and one of six making up the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe.

Mark Gottsche

His father read the GAA rulebook and became a passionate supporter of Gaelic games, passing his fascination with the game on to his son.

Michael Gspurning

Gspurning was signed by the Sounders in December 2011 and has been their primary goalkeeper, having the third-lowest GAA of all MLS goalkeepers in his debut season.

Murder of Michaela McAreavey

Notables to visit the wake included Cardinal Edward Daly; 1992 All-Ireland winning manager Brian McEniff; GAA President Christy Cooney, Northern Ireland's First Minister and deputy First Ministers, the Democratic Unionist Peter Robinson and Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness; sports minister Nelson McCausland, enterprise minister Arlene Foster and justice committee chairman Maurice Morrow, Baron Morrow.

National Camogie League 1983

Five of the Wexford panel were studying for the Leaving Cert and Marita O'Neill was grand-daughter of Martin O'Neill from Ferns, referee of the 1947 All-Ireland final and former secretary of the Leinster Council of the GAA.

Nurney GAA

Nurney is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club in Nurney, County Kildare, Ireland.

Pádraig Pearse's GAA

In 2013 St Kerrill's Gaelic Football Club, which had been formed in 1990 and also representing the Ballymacward and Gurteen areas, was absorbed by Pádraig Pearse's GAA.

Paul Gogarty

From July to November 2011 Gogarty was involved in season 4 of the RTÉ television series Celebrity Bainisteoir managing Oughterard's Seamus Ó Máille GAA Club, Galway.

Rule 21

One example of this was Brian McCargo, a catholic who played Gaelic football for Ardoyne and for county Antrim, who was told to leave by the GAA after joining the RUC.

Scott Gordon

Gordon also appeared in one game at the 1992 Winter Olympics held in Albertville, France, where he had a 0-0-0 record with a 7.06 GAA in 17 minutes of play, as the USA finished in fourth place.

Sliotar

An official Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) sliotar, as used in top level hurling competitions such as the National Hurling League or the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championships is subject to strict regulations as regards its size, mass and composition.

St Kevin's Killians

Kevin Killians (Irish: Naomh Caoimhín Cillian ) are a GAA club based in the Kilnamanagh and Kingswood area of Dublin 24.

The Committee Room

Presented by Marty Morrissey, who is joined by a different panel of guests every week, the programme features a mix of interviews, analysis and discussion on all GAA related matters.

The Dubs – Dublin GAA since the 1940s

The Dubs – Dublin GAA since the 1940s is a book written by former Dublin Gaelic footballer and hurler Seán Óg Ó Ceallacháin.

The Fields of Anfield Road

Before being adapted by Liverpool supporters it was, and still is, sung in its original form by supporters of Ireland and Celtic, as well as GAA teams and the Ireland, Munster and London Irish rugby union teams.

The Gerry Ryan Show

These included the scenery, Guinness, potatoes, the seas and coastline, whiskey, Barry's and Lyon's tea, Kimberley and Mikado biscuits, the smell of turf, red hair, homemade brown bread, oysters, Baileys coffee, hurling, Irish comedians, Irish history, the River Shannon, Podge and Rodge, Irish literature, bacon and cabbage, Irish stew and the GAA.

Tipperary GAA

Tipperary GAA has jurisdiction over the area that is associated with the traditional county of County Tipperary.

Ulster Bank

Ulster Bank announced official sponsorship of the GAA All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in April 2008.

Warren Lipka

Once he earned the starting spot in 1984, he rewarded his team with a .36 GAA.

World Push Up Championships

Originally envisaged as a fund raiser for the Wellington/Hutt Valley GAA club, the event became an entity in its own right while still raising money for the Wellington/Hutt Valley GAA club.


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