Carlow Gaa - Carlow Gaa Club Championships, Carlow Gaelic Footballers, Carlow Hurlers, Carlow Senior Football Championship (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Carlow Gaa Club Championships, Carlow Gaelic Footballers, Carlow Hurlers, Carlow Senior Football Championship, Carlow Senior Hurling Championship, Brendan Murphy, Jimmy Phelan, Tommy Walsh, Mark Mullins, Dr. Cullen Park. Excerpt: The Carlow County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) (Irish: ) 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 teams. 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. The Carlow Vocational Schools team won the All Ireland Championship in 1973. In the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship Carlow teams have been much more successful. ire g have 5 Leinster titles while O'Hanrahans claim one to their credit. They were also the main threat to Eire Og during their heyday in the 90s. ire g 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 "Micharl Collins" against a Kilmacud Crokes team filling in as Dublin In t... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2794765