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unusual facts about Gaelic football



1887 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1887 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the first All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1887 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1890 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1890 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the third All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1890 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1894 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1894 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the seventh All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1894 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1900 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1900 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the thirteenth All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1900 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1902 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1902 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the fifteenth All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1902 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1904 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1904 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the seventeenth All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1904 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1907 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1907 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the twentieth All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1907 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1909 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1909 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 22nd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1909 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1910 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1910 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 23rd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1910 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1911 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1911 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 24th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1911 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1912 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1912 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 25th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1912 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1913 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1913 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 26th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1913 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1915 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1915 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 28th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1915 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1920 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1920 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 33rd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1920 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1921 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1921 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 34th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1921 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1922 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1922 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 35th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1922 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1924 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1924 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 37th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1924 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1926 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1926 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 39th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1926 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1927 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1927 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the fortieth All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1927 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1932 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1932 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 45th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1932 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1936 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1936 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 49th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1936 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 53rd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1946 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1946 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 59th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1946 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the sixtieth All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1951 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1951 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 64th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1951 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1957 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1957 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the seventieth All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1957 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1959 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1959 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 72nd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1959 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1962 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1962 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 75th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1962 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1964 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1964 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 77th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1964 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1965 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1965 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 78th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1965 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1966 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1966 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 79th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1966 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1971 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1971 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 84th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1971 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1974 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1974 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 87th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1974 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1977 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1977 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the ninetieth All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1977 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1978 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1978 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 91st All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1978 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1981 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1981 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 94th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1981 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1986 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1986 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 99th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1986 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1987 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1987 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 100th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1987 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1988 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1988 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 101st All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1988 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1990 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1990 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 103rd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1990 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 105th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1996 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1996 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 109th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1988 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1997 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1997 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 110th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1997 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1999 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1999 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 112th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1999 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

2007 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 2007 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 120th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 2007 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Banteer

Local sporting organizations include a Gaelic football club known simply as "Lyre" after a nearby village and a hurling club known as Banteer.

Corn Uí Mhuirí

Corn Uí Mhuirí is the cup presented to the winners of the Munster colleges senior football "A" championship, the top level Gaelic football championship for secondary schools in Munster.

Diarmuid Connolly

Diarmuid Connolly is a Gaelic footballer and hurler with Dublin and St Vincents.

Nicky Rackard

His granduncle had played with the famous Wexford football team that captured four All-Ireland titles in-a-row between 1915 and 1918.

Nicholas "Nicky" Rackard (28 April 1922 – 10 April 1976) was an Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer who played as a full-forward for the Wexford senior teams.


see also

1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

Peter Donahue scored eight points from frees and was called "the Babe Ruth of Gaelic football" in the New York press.

Austin O'Malley

Austin O'Malley is a Gaelic football player for Wicklow and St Patricks.

Brian Cuthbert

Born in Bishopstown, Cork, Cuthbert first excelled at Gaelic football in his youth.

CLG Oisín

Liam and Noel Gallagher of Oasis played Gaelic football at underage level with OisíOisínn CLG.

Danno

Dan O'Keeffe (1907-1967), Irish Gaelic football goalkeeper nicknamed "Danno"

Dermot McNicholl

In 2008 Australian Football League agent Ricky Nixon recruited McNicholl as one of four Irish scouts to look for talented young Gaelic football players for possible recruitment to AFL teams.

Doonbeg

Doonbeg GAA is the second most successful gaelic football club in the history of Clare Senior Football Championship having won 18 county titles.

Drumkilly

Drumkilly also had its own Gaelic football team in the past, but since the 1950s, footballers from the area have played with Crosserlough GFC.

Eamonn Ryan

Éamonn Ryan (born 1942), former Cork Gaelic football manager and player

Johnny Magee

Away from football, Magee took part in a charity boxing match against snooker player Quinten Hann in Dublin after the Australian questioned the physical strength of Gaelic Football players in the media.

Jon Kenny

Kenny performed as a celebrity Gaelic football Manager in the reality series Celebrity Bainisteoir.

Keshcarrigan

The local Gaelic Football team, Kiltubrid, were Leitrim County Champions in 2005 and Ireland rugby international Victor Costello was a former resident of Kesh.

McElhinney

Gerry McElhinney (born 1956), Irish sportsman who played Gaelic football, soccer and was also a boxer

Niamh Fahey

Niamh is the sister of 2001 all Ireland Gaelic Football winning captain Gary Fahey.

O'Rorke

Barry O'Rorke (born 1989), Irish Gaelic football and hurling player

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.

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.

Ricky Nixon

The plan was criticised by many Gaelic football officials and players, including Sydney's Tadhg Kennelly.

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.

Sean Wight

Before playing Australian rules he played Gaelic football with the Kerry minor (Under-18) team which reached the final of the 1982 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship and with the Listowel Emmets club - the same club as Tadhg Kennelly.

South Kerry

South Kerry GAA, a Gaelic football Divisional Team in County Kerry

St. John's Business and Enterprise College

Colm McCullagh - 2 time All-Ireland Senior Gaelic Football Championship winner with Tyrone and former Irish League Footballer with Omagh Town F.C. and Newry City F.C.

Stonetown, County Louth

George Pataki: 53rd governor of New York, ancestral routes can be traced to Stonetown, in a visit in 1999 he planted a tree in the corner of Annaghminnon Rovers GFC gaelic football field to commemorate his visit.

Una Harkin

In Gaelic football, she is known for her time as a Derry player, reaching the 2008 All-Ireland Junior Ladies' Football Championship final with them, and in soccer for her career with Keflavík and Northern Ireland.

Wild Geese GAA

In Los Angeles there is a Gaelic football club who also go by the same name and at Lakenheath U.S. air force base there is a hurling club also called Wild Geese.

Young Footballer of the Year

All Stars Young Footballer of the Year, an annual award presented to a Gaelic football player in Ireland