Dublin GAA
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The Dublin County Board of the
The county football team is second to Kerry in its total number of wins of All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.
As of 2009, there were 215 clubs affiliated to Dublin GAA — the second highest, ahead of Antrim and Limerick, which each had 108.[1]
Governance
Dublin GAA has jurisdiction over the area of County Dublin. There are 9 officers on the Board, including the Cathaoirleach (Chairperson), Mick Seavers, Vice-Chairman, Ken O'Sullivan and Treasurer, Finbarr O'Mahony.[2]
The Board is subject to the Leinster GAA Provincial Council.
Notable officers
The following members have also held notable positions in the GAA:
- James Boland, elected Chairman of the Dublin County Committee in 1892, was the Dublin County representative on the Central Council the next two years. His son, Harry was elected Chairman of the Dublin County Committee four times between 1911 and 1914.
- Tom Loftus, former Chairman of the Dublin County Board was appointed Vice Chairman of the GAA Leinster Council (1969–1972) and later Chairman of the GAA Leinster Council (1972–1974)
- Four men from the Dublin GAA organisation have served as President of the GAA:
- Daniel McCarthy, 1921–1924
- Seán Ryan, 1928–1932
- Dr Joseph Stuart, 1958–1961
- John Horan, 2018-2021
In addition, the politician John Bailey was chairman for 10 years.
Clubs
For details on the Board's clubs, see this category and the list of Gaelic games clubs in Ireland#Dublin.
Restructuring
The GAA conducted a review of the structure of the Dublin GAA organisation in 2002 because of the huge population inequities and investigated the feasibility of dividing the County into more population-appropriate structures. Plans to divide Dublin into two teams – North Dublin and South Dublin – were proposed in 2002 but rejected by the Dublin County Board. Currently, the Board has only decided to divide its development teams. These teams are not considered to be a move towards dividing the county but are in fact a move designed to identify and develop young talent for the County as a whole. The restructured developments teams are North, South and West.
Crest and symbols
In 2003/4, the Dublin County Board tried unsuccessfully to copyright the Dublin crest in use at the time. The crest at the time was declared to be in the public domain by the
The symbolism of the crest is three castles in flame which signifies the city of Dublin; a
Sponsorship
In October 2013, Dublin signed a new sponsorship deal with insurance firm
On the 15th November Dublin announced that StayCity Aparthotels would be their primary sponsor, taking over from AIG who had sponsored the Dubs since 2013,
Football
Clubs
The
The
Parnell Park hosts all the major games in the Dublin club football championships.
County team
Dublin first won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) in 1891 by defeating Cork by a margin of 2–1 to 1–1. It won the All-Ireland SFC the following year as well, with victory over Kerry.
The Dublin team of the 1970s won four All-Ireland SFCs (1974, 1976, 1977 and 1983) and won seven Leinster Senior Football Championship (SFC) titles (six of which were consecutive). It was also the first team to play in six consecutive All-Ireland SFC finals (from 1974 to 1979), a feat later matched by Kerry in 2009.
Dublin and Meath were involved in one of the most famous of Leinster championship encounters in 1991, the Dublin and Meath four-parter. The teams had to go to three replays in their Leinster SFC first-round match before a winner could be found. This series of games had the added factor of Dublin and Meath being long-time fierce rivals, a rivalry that intensified when Meath won four from the previous five Leinster SFCs and two All-Ireland SFCs over the previous five years, to replace Dublin as the strongest team in the province of Leinster. Meath eventually won the series, thanks to a last-minute goal scored by Kevin Foley, and a point scored by David Beggy, in the third replay. Foley took seven steps for the winning goal.[citation needed]
In the 2010s, Dublin produced the greatest teams in modern times. The Dubs won seven All-Ireland SFCs (five of which were consecutive, the first team to achieve this feat).
On 25 March 2017, when beating Roscommon by 2–29 to 0–14 in a National League game at Croke Park, Dublin set a new record of playing 35 games in League and Championship without defeat. The previous record, held by Kerry, had stood for 84 years.
The three most significant historical achievements occurred in the years 2018, 2019 and 2020. Dublin set new records for both the county and on national levels. 2018 saw the Dublin footballers win a fourth consecutive All Ireland championship for the very first time in their proud counties’ history and in doing so equalling the feats of Wexford 1915 to 1918, Kerry 1929 to 1932 and Kerry once more from 1978 to 1981. 2019 was the year of two new national records set, beginning with a ninth provincial title followed by an unprecedented fifth All Ireland championship in succession. In doing so besting the attempts of
Hurling
Clubs
The
The (2013) champions of the Dublin Minor Hurling Championship are
Parnell Park hosts all the major games in the Dublin club hurling championships.
County team
Dublin's hurlers have failed to replicate the success of the county's football side, having won the Senior All-Ireland Hurling final on 6 occasions, most recently in 1938. In terms of All-Ireland titles, they are significantly behind hurling's big three of Kilkenny, Cork and Tipperary. Their six titles do however place them fifth in the overall winners' list, jointly tied with Wexford.
Dublin has won the Leinster Championship on 24 occasions, the second most Leinster titles of any side, although they remain well behind Kilkenny, who have won the Leinster Championship 70 times.
Dublin have won the National Hurling League three times: in 1929, 1939 and 2011. This places them joint seventh (with Clare) on the overall winners list, having won 16 fewer titles than top-ranked Tipperary.[5]
In 2009, former Clare manager, Anthony Daly was appointed manager of Dublin.[6] Under his management, Dublin contested the Leinster Final, but lost by 2 goals to Kilkenny.[7]
Dublin won the National Hurling League in May 2011 after a 12-point win over Kilkenny, their first national title since they won the All Ireland in 1938.
On 7 July 2013, Dublin won the Leinster Final against Galway on a 2–25 to 2–13 scoreline, scoring 2–21 from play. This was the first time they had won the competition since 1961. The Goalkeeper from the 1961 team presented the Dublin Captain, Johnny McCaffrey, with the Bob O'Keefe trophy.
Handball
Hardball Singles winners
Dublin has won the
Softball Singles winners
Dublin has won the Senior softball singles on nine occasions, more than any county other than Kilkenny (who have twenty-five wins to date). The former winners for Dublin include M. Joyce 1925, W. McGuire 1927, L. Rowe 1947, 1949 and 1951, P. Ryan 1980 and E. Kennedy 2004, 2005 and 2006.
Camogie
Dublin is the 2nd most successful county in the women's field sport of
Structure
The camogie structure in Dublin was arguably the most successful in the country and differed from its provincial counterparts. The league and championship were organised in the winter months,[8] and weekly programmes of Dublin Senior Club Camogie League, Dublin Senior Club Camogie Championship and Isle of Man Cup matches were contested by clubs such as Austin Stacks, Celtic, CIE, Cuchulainns, Eoghan Ruadh, Jacobs, Muiris O'Neills, Naomh Aoife, and Optimists on a dedicated camogie ground in the Phoenix Park (first used 1922, reopened 1933, new pitch opened 1987) although Celtic had a ground in Coolock and CIE had a ground in Inchicore. This left Dublin camogie to concentrate on a summer closed season which contributed to its successes in the[clarification needed] but led to difficulties when Dublin clubs began to compete in the provincial and All Ireland club championship in the 1960s. Although Celtic were the first winners of the All Ireland, they did not compete the following year.
Notable players
Notable players include
.Administrators
Máire Ní Chinnéide, Máire Gill, Eilish Redmond, Nell McCarthy, Úna Uí Phuirséil, Brídín Uí Mhaolagáin and Phyllis Breslin have served as presidents of the Camogie Association).
Expansion
Under Camogie's National Development Plan 2010–2015, "Our Game, Our Passion",[10] five new camogie clubs were to be established in the county by 2015.[11]
Ladies' football
See also
- The Dubs – Dublin GAA since the 1940s
- Dublin county football team
References
- ^ "GAA clubs by numbers". Irish Independent. 9 May 2009.
- ^ "Dublin GAA County Convention". 13 December 2021.
- ^ "AIG to sponsor Dublin GAA teams". Breaking News. 9 October 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
- ^ "GAA Club Finals round-up". RTÉ Sport. 1 November 2008. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
- ^ "The best coverage of GAA".
- ^ "Dublin decide on Daly". RTÉ Sport. 24 November 2008. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
- ^ "Kilkenny 2–18 Dublin 0–18". RTÉ Sport. 18 September 2009. Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
- ^ "Icon Eileen was a past master". Evening Herald. Evening Herald. 2 February 2010. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
- ^ "All-stars on camogie.ie". Archived from the original on 3 December 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- ^ Irish Independent 29 March 2010: Final goal for camogie
- ^ National Development Plan 2010–2015, Our Game, Our Passion information page on camogie.ie Archived 1 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine, pdf download (778k) from Camogie.ie download site Archived 16 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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