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The Champions Cup is the seventh major all-Ireland competition since Irish football was split into two jurisdictions following the partition of Ireland in 1921. Previous competitions include the Dublin and Belfast Intercity Cup (1941–1949), the North-South Cup (1961–1963), the Blaxnit Cup (1967–1974), the Texaco Cup (1973–1975), the Tyler Cup (1978–1980), and the Setanta Sports Cup ...
Abbotstown, Ireland [75] 5000 m walk: 18:50.70 Alex Wright: 18 February 2017 Irish Championships Dublin, Ireland [76] 4 × 200 m relay: 1:26.59 Ireland Gary Ryan Mark Howard David McCarthy Paul Hession: 10 January 2002 Dublin, Ireland 4 × 400 m relay: 3:08.83 Ireland Rob Daly Gary Ryan David Gillick David McCarthy: 7 March 2004 World ...
For the first All-Ireland championship in 1887, the competition was played on an open draw knockout basis. From 1888, the provincial system was introduced, whereby the counties in each of Ireland's four provinces would play each other on a knockout basis to find provincial champions. These four champions would meet in the All-Ireland semi-finals.
While still a minority sport in Ireland, there are a number of Kendo clubs based in Dublin, Cork, Galway and Cavan. [52] The Irish Kendo Federation is the governing body for the country. [53] The Irish National Kendo Squad participates in the European Kendo Championships and the World Kendo Championships, as well as other international ...
The following table sets out the winning team and beaten finalist of each All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final. The vast majority of finals were contested by the winning semi-finalists, although in certain cases in the early years a provincial championship had not been completed in time and the affected province nominated a team to participate in the All-Ireland semi-final.
The NIFL Premiership, known as the Sports Direct Premiership for sponsorship purposes, [2] and Irish Premiership colloquially, [3] [4] is a professional association football league which operates as the highest division of the Northern Ireland Football League – the national league in Northern Ireland.
The League of Ireland was founded in 1921 as a single division known as the A Division. The inaugural season featured eight teams from County Dublin, all of whom had spent the 1920–21 season playing in the Leinster Senior League: Bohemians, Dublin United, Frankfort, Jacobs, Olympia, St James's Gate, Shelbourne and YMCA.
The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael [ˈkʊmˠən̪ˠ ˈl̪ˠuːˌçlʲasˠ ˈɡeːlˠ]; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, [1] which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, Gaelic handball, and GAA rounders.