Carlow GAA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

:For more details of Carlow GAA see Carlow Senior Club Football Championship or Carlow Senior Club Hurling Championship.

Carlow GAA
Image:Carlow_crest_bg.gif
Irish: Ceatharlach
Province: Leinster
Nickname: The Scallion Eaters
(pronounced "Aters")
County Colours: Red, green and gold
Grounds: Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
Dominant Sport: Dual County
NFL: Division 2
NHL: Division 2
Football Championship: Sam Maguire Cup
Hurling Championship: Christy Ring Cup
Ladies' Gaelic football: Brendan Martin Cup
Camogie: O'Duffy Cup
Team colours Team colours Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
　
Standard colours

The Carlow County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (Irish: Cumann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Ceatharlach) or Carlow GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic Games in County Carlow and the Carlow inter-county football, and hurling teams. Separate county boards are responisible for the camogie and ladies football teams.

Contents

[edit] Gaelic football

The only senior honours claimed by Carlow are a Leinster title won back in 1944. They also won a 'B' All-Ireland in 1994. Kerry fisherman-publican Paddy "Bawn" Brosnan kept Carlow from reaching an All-Ireland final in 1944. His second half goal put Carlow out of the All-Ireland semi-final by 3-3 to 0-10. Because of war-time circumstances the Leinster final was played in Athy. Carlow's midfield won the Leinster title against Dublin. Ten years later Carlow reached the National League final with a famous 1-10 to 1-7 win over Armagh, but were well beaten by Mayo.

In the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship Carlow teams have been much more successful. Éire Óg have 5 Leinster titles while O'Hanrahans claim one to their credit. Éire Og were deprived of the All Ireland club title in 1993 by Cork's O'Donovan Rossa by 1-7 to 0-8 with a dramatic and controversial injury time winner after a replay. The team had to make do with immortality of a different kind, you will see them togged out in 1920-style kit, posing as the Tipperary Bloody Sunday team in Neil Jordan's film "Michael Collins" against a Kilmacud Crokes team filling in as Dublin In the 1980-81 National League Carlow once fielded a one-club selection so that Éire Og could prepare for their first Leinster Club final. Tommy Dwyer, at 6'7 one of the tallest midfielders in GAA history, and an Under-21 team that came within a point of beating Dublin in 1984 also won notice on football fields.

[edit] Honours

  • Leinster Senior Football Championships: 1
  • Leinster Junior Football Championships: 2

[edit] Hurling

Carlow beat Offaly in the 2005 NHL and nearly gained promotion to Division 1. Carlow's nearly day in hurling came 42 years earlier in the 1963 Leinster hurling semi-final when Carlow led Dublin, All Ireland finalsist two years earlier, by 1-4 to 0-5 at half time. Carlow eventually lost by ten points. In 1987 they won an All-Ireland Senior B hurling victory, but the team, spearheaded by dual star Paddy Quirke were beaten by London in the final "proper." In 1993 Carlow go a by straight in to the 1993 Leinster semi-final but despite home advantage lost to Kilkenny by 18 points. Things could have been worse: for their 1908 championship match against Dublin, only twelve players turned up. Leading clubs include Mount Leinster Rangers (MLR), Naomh Eoin and Carlow Town. IN 2006 Carlow reached the Christy Ring cup final only to go down to a strong Antrim side. Carlow minors reached the leinster final this year for the 1st time ever.

[edit] Honours

  • All-Ireland Senior "B" Hurling Championships: 1
    • 1992
  • All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championships: 1
    • 1962
  • Leinster Intermediate Hurling Championships: 1
    • 1962
  • Leinster Junior Hurling Championships: 2
    • 1906, 1970
  • Leinster Minor Hurling "B" Championships: 1
    • 1998
  • Keogh Cup Championships: 3
    • 1986, 1990, 1992

[edit] Camogie

[edit] Ladies' Gaelic football

[edit] Bibliography

  • Carlow GAA 1886-1927 112p, Carlow Nationalist, 1929.
  • Carlow Hurling Memories by Leo McGough, 1978.

[edit] External links

Gaelic Athletic Association (2006)
National Football League
Division 1 A

Cork | Dublin | Fermanagh | Kerry | Mayo | Monaghan | Offaly | Tyrone
B

Armagh | Derry | Down | Galway | Kildare | Laois | Meath | Wexford
Division 2 A

Carlow | Clare | Donegal | Leitrim | London | Longford | Roscommon | Westmeath
B

Antrim | Cavan | Limerick | Louth | Sligo | Tipperary | Waterford | Wicklow
National Hurling League
Division 1 A

Clare | Cork | Down | Offaly | Waterford | Wexford
B

Antrim | Galway | Kilkenny | Laois | Limerick | Tipperary
Division 2 A

Carlow | Derry | Dublin | Meath | Roscommon | Wicklow
B

Kerry | Kildare | London | Mayo | Westmeath
Division 3 A

Donegal | Leitrim | Louth | Monaghan | Sligo
B

Armagh | Cavan | Fermanagh | Longford | Tyrone
Connacht | Leinster | Munster | Ulster | Third level
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship - Christy Ring Cup (2006)

Antrim |  Carlow |  Down |  Kerry |  Kildare |  London |  Mayo |  Meath |  Roscommon |  Wicklow

Liam McCarthy Cup (Tier 1)   -  Christy Ring Cup (Tier 2)   -  Nicky Rackard Cup (Tier 3)
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../c/a/r/Carlow_GAA_c474.html"