Wexford GAA
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For more information see Wexford Senior Club Hurling Championship or Wexford Senior Club Football Championship.
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| Irish: | Loch Garman | ||||||||||||||||
| Province: | Leinster | ||||||||||||||||
| Nickname: | The Model County The Yellowbellies |
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| County Colours: | Purple and Gold | ||||||||||||||||
| Grounds: | Wexford Park, Wexford | ||||||||||||||||
| Dominant Sport: | Hurling | ||||||||||||||||
| NFL: | Division 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| NHL: | Division 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Football Championship: | Sam Maguire Cup | ||||||||||||||||
| Hurling Championship: | Liam McCarthy Cup | ||||||||||||||||
| Ladies' Gaelic football: | Brendan Martin Cup | ||||||||||||||||
| Camogie: | O'Duffy Cup | ||||||||||||||||
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The Wexford County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (Irish: Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Loch Garman) or Wexford GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic Games in County Wexford. The county board is also responsible for the Wexford inter-county football, hurling, camogie and ladies football teams.
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[edit] History
Hurling was played in Wexford from medieval times. A team of Wexfordmen travelled to play the Cornish champions in the late 18th century. Having no formal jerseys, each of the Wexford players tied a strip of yellow cloth around their chests so they could identify each other. They won the game, and as they left the field King George III was heard to remark "Well done the yellow bellies." This is how Wexford acquired the nickname that they still use today.
[edit] Gaelic football
Wexford had one of the greatest football teams in the history of the GAA during the 1910's with them winning six Leinster and four All-Irelands in a row. The team was trained by 1900 star Jem Roche - who had fought for the World Heavyweight boxing Championship!
Wexford's last major football success was winning the Leinster title in 1945. From then on, hurling took precedent in Wexford and as a consequence, the Wexford footballers suffered and descended into obscurtity for many years.
However, recently Wexford have had a very strong team. The team beat all the odds to reach the Division 1 League final of 2005 but were beaten by a strong Armagh team that day. The team suffered relegation from Division 1 in 2006 but the county is confident of achieving a good championship run ths year, with the aim being to win the Leinster title. Wexford's current senior football manager is former Dublin and All-Ireland winner Paul Bealin.
[edit] Honours
- All-Ireland Senior Football Championships: 5
- 1893, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918
- All-Ireland Junior Football Championships: 1
- 1992
- Leinster Senior Football Championships: 10
- 1890, 1893, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1925, 1945
[edit] Hurling
It is hurling that Wexford people play best. Ask the Kildare players who were beaten by 14-15 to 1-1 in an 1897 Croke Cup match. Or the Antrim team beaten by 12-17 to 2-3 in a 1954 All-Ireland semi-final. Nicky Rackard, who scored 7-8 at that day, was Wexford's greatest hurler. He starred in two great clashes with Cork in 1954 and 1956. Wexford lost the first after having a goal disallowed, but won the second with the combination of a great Art Foley save and Nicky Rackard goal in the closing minutes.
In the 1970s the distinctive red-haired Tony Doran was the star as Kilkenny and Wexford played ten rousing Leinster finals in succession. In 1984 they claimed that the final whistle was blown prematurely when they were beaten by a single point in the Leinster final.
Wexford had a great team during the 1990's and their hard work was rewarded in 1996 when Wexford, led by Liam Griffin and captained by Martin Storey, brought the Liam McCarthy Cup back to Slaneyside for the first time since 1968, they were waiting 28 years. Cork and Kilkenny have dominated the honours in recent years.
Wexford's most recent hurling success was in the Leinster Final of 2004 when they defeated Offaly. In the Leinster semi final, they shocked Kilkenny by beating them with a last-gasp goal scored by Mick Jacob after a clinical sideline cut by Adrian Fenlon fell into the hand of Kilkenny centre back Peter Barry, only for the brilliant Mick Jacob to block him down as he tried to get rid of the ball and Jacob subsequently fired the ball to the back of the Kilkenny net ending Kilkenney's 6 year reign as Leinster Champions. Unfortunately, however, hurling in Wexford has been on the slide since 1996, their last All-Ireland success, and the Leinster title in 2004 simply papered over the cracks.
[edit] Wexford Hurling Team
The following is the team that lined out for Wexford in the All-Ireland Hurling Quarter-Final against Clare on July 23, 2006:
| Number | Player | Position | Local Club | ||
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| 1 | Damien Fitzhenry | Goalkeeper | Duffrey Rovers | ||
| 2 | David O’Connor | Right Full Back | St.Anne's | ||
| 3 | Keith Rossiter | Full Back | Oulart-the-Ballagh | ||
| 4 | Malachy Travers | Left Full Back | Naomh Éanna | ||
| 5 | Richie Keogh | Right Half Back | Faythe Harriers | ||
| 6 | Declan Ruth | Centre Back | Rapparees | ||
| 7 | Diarmuid Lyng | Left Half Back | St.Martin's | ||
| 8 | Rory McCarthy | Midfield | St.Martin's | ||
| 9 | Ciarán Kenny | Midfield | Buffer's Alley | ||
| 10 | Eoin Quigley | Right Half Forward | St.Martin's | ||
| 11 | Michael Doyle | Centre Forward | Glynn-Barntown | ||
| 12 | Michael Jacob | Left Half Forward | Oulart-the-Ballagh | ||
| 13 | Stephen Doyle | Right Full Forward | Oulart-the-Ballagh | ||
| 14 | Rory Jacob | Full Forward | Oulart-the-Ballagh | ||
| 15 | Tomás Mahon | Left Full Forward | Faythe Harriers | ||
| Substitutes | |||||
| 16 | Matty White | Goalkeeper | Bannow-Ballymitty | ||
| 17 | Paul Roche | Right Corner Back | Oulart-the-Ballagh | ||
| 18 | Kevin Kavanagh | Left Corner Back | St.Patrick's | ||
| 19 | Darragh Ryan | Full Back | St.Anne's | ||
| 20 | Mitch Jordan | Left Corner Forward | Marshalstown-Castledockrell | ||
| 21 | Darren Stamp | Midfield | Oulart-the-Ballagh | ||
| 22 | M.J. Furlong | Left Corner Forward | Cloughbawn | ||
| 23 | P.J. Nolan | Full Forward | Askamore | ||
| 24 | Stephen Nolan | Right Wing Forward | Faythe Harriers | ||
| 25 | Pat Doran | Left Corner Back | Buffer's Alley | ||
| 26 | Des Mythen | Left Wing Forward | Oulart-the-Ballagh | ||
| 27 | Seán O'Neill | Left Corner Forward | Rathnure | ||
| 28 | Paul Codd | Full Forward | Rathnure | ||
| 29 | Willie Doran | Centre Forward | Buffer's Alley | ||
| 30 | Barry Goff | Midfield | Faythe Harriers | ||
| Management Team | |||||
| John Meyler | Manager | Our Lady’s Island | |||
| Nick Byrne | Selector | Askamore | |||
| Willie Sunderland | Selector | Oulart-the-Ballagh | |||
| Jim Byrne | Selector | Fethard | |||
[edit] Honours
- All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championships: 6
- 1910, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1968, 1996
- All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championships: 2
- 1968, 2005
- All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championships: 2
- 1985, 1992
- All-Ireland Under 21 Hurling Championships: 1
- 1965
- All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championships: 3
- 1963, 1966, 1968
- National Hurling Leagues: 4
- 1956, 1958, 1967, 1973
- Leinster Senior Hurling Championships: 19
- 1890, 1891, 1899, 1901, 1910, 1918, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1976, 1977, 1996, 1997, 2004
[edit] Camogie
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[edit] Honours
- All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championships: 3
- 1975
- All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championships: 1
- 1995
- National Camogie Leagues: 2
- 1977, 1978
[edit] Ladies' Gaelic football
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[edit] Honours
- All-Ireland Ladies' Minor Football Championships: 4
- 1986
[edit] External links
- Wexford on Hoganstand.com
- National and provincial titles won by Wexford teams
- Club championship winners
- Wexford GAA site
- Wexford GAA Discussion Board
| Gaelic Athletic Association (2006) | ||
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| National Football League | ||
| Division 1 | A |
Cork | Dublin | Fermanagh | Kerry | Mayo | Monaghan | Offaly | Tyrone |
| B |
Armagh | Derry | Down | Galway | Kildare | Laois | Meath | Wexford |
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| Division 2 | A |
Carlow | Clare | Donegal | Leitrim | London | Longford | Roscommon | Westmeath |
| B |
Antrim | Cavan | Limerick | Louth | Sligo | Tipperary | Waterford | Wicklow |
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| National Hurling League | ||
| Division 1 | A | |
| B | ||
| Division 2 | A | |
| B | ||
| Division 3 | A | |
| B | ||
| Connacht | Leinster | Munster | Ulster | Third level | ||
| All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship - Liam McCarthy Cup (2006) | ||
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Clare | Cork | Dublin | Galway | Kilkenny | Laois | Limerick | Offaly | Tipperary | Waterford | Westmeath | Wexford |
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Liam McCarthy Cup (Tier 1) - Christy Ring Cup (Tier 2) - Nicky Rackard Cup (Tier 3) |
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