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Hace 2 días · “1960 was the year of the history-makers and George played no small part,” read a Down GAA statement. “In the All-Ireland final, he was coolness personified and just two minutes into the ...
Hace 3 días · The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) (Irish: Craobh Shinsir Peile na hÉireann) is the premier inter-county competition in Gaelic football. County teams compete against each other and the winner is declared All-Ireland Champions.. Organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), the championship has been contested every year except one since 1887.
Hace 5 días · The Irish Football Association has launched a new Sustainability Strategy. The strategy focuses on five goals that have been merged from the 11 target areas of the UEFA Sustainability Strategy 2030 - Strength Through Unity. These are: Health and Wellbeing, Safeguarding, Equality and Inclusion, Anti-Racism and Anti-Sectarianism, and Climate.
Hace 4 días · From 1882 to 1950, all of Ireland was represented by a single side, the Ireland national football team, organised by the Irish Football Association (IFA). In 1921, the jurisdiction of the IFA was reduced to Northern Ireland following the secession of clubs in the soon-to-be Irish Free State , although its team remained the national team for all of Ireland until 1950, and used the name Ireland ...
Hace 5 días · Since the late 1800s, the Irish have experienced all sorts of eventful matches, heart-wrenching losses, spectacular victories, unbelievable goals, and cherished moments that have defining roles in the history of Irish football.
Hace 4 días · Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick (Irish: Lá Fhéile Pádraig, lit. 'the Day of the Festival of Patrick'), is a religious and cultural holiday held on 17 March, the traditional death date of Saint Patrick (c. 385 – c. 461), the foremost patron saint of Ireland. Saint Patrick's Day was made an official Christian feast day in the early 17th century and is observed by the ...
Hace 4 días · McKenna is now a hot topic, and Ipswich will do well to keep him, but as Dunphy joins in the praise the Irish journalist points to the territory that has helped so many managers get off the ground. There is of course a strong history of Irish managers doing well on English shores, and Northern Ireland and the Eire have had varied degrees of success over the last 40 years.
