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He also won national league medals with Kilkenny and a 40 x 20 under-21 doubles with Graham O'Brien in 1991. Michael 'Ducksy' Walsh of Kilkenny has organised a new tournament entitled 'Eamon Law Memorial Handball Tournament' which will be held at Law's Millinavat club in his native County Kilkenny.
Ducksie Walsh (born Michael Walsh; 3 May 1966 – 4 August 2016) was an Irish handball player for Kilkenny. [1] He contested the 2007 M Donnelly 60 x 30 Singles Handball final against Eoin Kennedy of Dublin. [2] Michael won all of the Senior Softball Singles titles between 1985 and 1997. [3] He won again in 1999, 2000 and 2001.
Kilkenny: 1987 M. Walsh Roscommon: 1988 T. O’Rourke Kildare: 1989 T. O’Rourke Kildare: 1990 T. O’Rourke Kildare: 1991 P. McAuley Louth: 1992 B. Bourke Kilkenny: 1993-97 P. McAuley Louth: 1994 P. McAuley Louth: 1995 P. McAuley Louth: 1996 P. McAuley Louth: 1997 P. McAuley Louth: 1998 W. O’Connor Meath: 1999 No Championship 2000 No ...
Féile na nGael (pronounced [ˈfʲeːlʲə n̪ˠə ˈŋeːl̪ˠ]; Irish for "Festival of the Gaels") is an annual tournament comprising the sports of hurling, camogie and handball organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association. Its stated aim is to bond communities, forge friendships, provide educational opportunities and unearth new leaders.
GAA Handball oversees four forms or codes of Gaelic handball, two domestic: . Softball (also known as 'big alley' or '60x30' from the playing court dimensions) is a code played in a large four-walled court measuring 60 ft by 30 ft, played with a small 'softball' rubber ball (typically red in colour).
Kilkenny bounced back beating Limerick and winning over Tipperary by double scores 4–24 to 1–15. Cillian Buckley in action in a National Hurling League game against Galway in Pearse Stadium, 2015. Kilkenny then met Galway in the All Ireland Final, and when Joe Canning scored the last point of the game, he forced a replay (the first since ...
Kilkenny were back in the championship decider again in 1940, their fifth in six years. On this occasion an ageing Limerick team faced an ageing Kilkenny team, but it was the Munster men who won. Kilkenny were forced to withdraw from the championship in the early 1940s because of an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the county.
Handball was included in the GAA Charter of 1884 as one of the sports to be promoted by the new Association. In 1924 Comhairle Liathróid Láimhe na hÉireann (the Irish Handball Council) was established to promote, develop and organise the sport. In the same year the 'Irish Amateur Handball Association' was founded. [13]