Leinster Gaa - Meath Gaa, Kilkenny Gaa, Kildare Gaa, Dublin Gaa, Wexford Gaa, Laois Gaa, Offaly Gaa, Westmeath Gaa, Carlow Gaa, Wicklow Gaa (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 33. Chapters: Meath GAA, Kilkenny GAA, Kildare GAA, Dublin GAA, Wexford GAA, Laois GAA, Offaly GAA, Westmeath GAA, Carlow GAA, Wicklow GAA, Leinster Colleges Senior Football Championship, Leinster Colleges Senior Hurling Championship, Louth GAA, Longford GAA. Excerpt: The Meath County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) (Irish: ) or Meath GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Meath, as well as for Meath inter-county teams. The first notable Meath team was the Pierce O'Mahonys club from Navan that represented the county in the All-Ireland Final of 1895, in the days when the competition was played between the champion clubs from each county. O'Mahonys lost to Arravale Rovers of Tipperary by 0-4 to 0-3. The county had to wait until 1939 for its next appearance at All-Ireland level, this time losing narrowly to Kerry by 2-5 to 2-3 in the final. In the intervening period, the county had achieved its first national success by winning the National League of 1933. All-Ireland success finally came in 1949 when Meath beat Cavan in the final by 1-10 to 1-6. This first great Meath team achieved a second title in 1954, beating Kerry in the final, 1-13 to 1-7. In between these two successes, they appeared in two other finals, losing in 1951 and 1952 to Mayo and Cavan, respectively and also lost out in the National League final of 1951 to Cavan. During this period, their Leinster Championship rivalry with Louth became legendary: in the six provincial championships between 1948 and 1953 the sides met each year. The 1949 match went to three meetings, while those of 1950 and 1951 were replayed. Meath's team of the 1960s was characterised by a chronic inability to score until after half-time, but might have reached the 1964 All-Ireland final had a goal by Jack Quinn not be...