In Rugby Union a high up-and-under kick is named after which Irish club?
"They sang ""The Black Velvet Band"" to the Ospreys' Irish winger Tommy Bowe during their 2009 Heineken Cup quarter final encounter. Tommy Bowe sang this song at the official reception for the 2009 Grand Slam winning Ireland rugby team. Munster Rugby has given the word ""Garryowen"" to the rugby lexicon. Famously, the Limerick club of Garryowen introduced the ""Garryowen kick"", a high up and under which puts defending players under pressure. Munster A is the team that represents Munster in the Celtic Cup and in the All-Ireland Inter-Provincial Championship. Pre-professionalism and a formal Celtic league structure, the main Munster team"
"having played in the first final in 1886 and the 100th final in 1986. In playing terms a ""garryowen"" is a very high up and under kick (named after the rugby club) designed to put the opposing team under pressure, by allowing the kicking team time to arrive under and compete for the high ball. It is thought to have come part of the modern lexicon in the early 1920s as one of the great Garryowen teams that won three Senior cups from 1924 to 1926 used this tactic to the utmost. The following Garryowen players have represented Ireland at"
"Rugby and Cricket Ground is the home of Swansea RFC and Glamorgan County Cricket Club have previously played matches there. In this ground, Sir Garfield Sobers hit six sixes in one over; the first time this was achieved in a game of first-class cricket. The final ball landed on the ground past the Cricketers' pub just outside the ground. It is also the home of the tallest floodlight stand in Europe. Swansea's rugby league side plays from Swansea in the small town of Ystalyfera. They are known as the Swansea Valley Miners but were formed as the Swansea Bulls in"
"& Ireland. They'll also be attempting to set two World Records for the world’s highest rugby match and the world’s highest ever tag rugby match. Ollie is Director for Real Estate & Construction at PWC, having earlier headed up innovation at the company in partnership with Google. Ollie has advised and delivered motivational talks, coaching, leadership and culture workshops for a wide variety of global clients including Google, Accenture, Tesco, Schlumberger, Gatorade, UBS Wealth management, AJG, Clear Channel, Casewise, TBWA and Dark Horses. “Since I retired from professional rugby I’ve been fortunate to get involved in a number of life-changing"
"with around 850 guests paying €300 per ticket to charity. On 11 May 2017, at a ceremony held in Cork City Hall, O'Gara was awarded the Freedom of Cork City. Ronan O'Gara Ronan John Ross O'Gara (""Irish: Rónán Ó Gadhra"", born 7 March 1977) is an Irish former rugby union player and current coach. O'Gara played as a fly-half and is Ireland's second most-capped player and highest ever points scorer. He is Assistant Backs Coach for the Crusaders in Super Rugby. O'Gara won 128 caps for Ireland, winning three Triple Crowns and the Grand Slam in 2009. He also played"
"enviable record of success over the last 34 or so years. Irish Rugby union International, Donncha O'Callaghan, is a product of the famed Highfield Youth system. Terry (T.A.P.) Moore and Paul (Paco) Collins are Irish Rugby Union Internationals who played for Ireland and Highfield at the same time. Highfield is also known for its youth section producing teams from U6's to Seniors. The club has a prominent women's team who participate in Division 1 of the All Ireland League (AIL), featuring two Irish International players, Laura Guest and Heather O'Brien who were part of the 2013 Six Nations Grand Slam"
"Irish Senior Cup (cricket) The Bob Kerr Irish Senior Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the RSA Bob Kerr Irish Senior Cup is a 50-over cricket competition for Irish amateur clubs. It is the most important knock-out cricket club competition in Ireland, is organised by Cricket Ireland and comprises the top teams from each of Ireland's four active provincial unions (Leinster, Munster, NCU and North West). Connacht Cricket Union, the youngest, smallest and weakest provincial union, do not enter teams in their own right, but County Galway C.C. enters as a member club in Munster. It was sponsored initially by"
"Irish Senior Cup (cricket) The Bob Kerr Irish Senior Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the RSA Bob Kerr Irish Senior Cup is a 50-over cricket competition for Irish amateur clubs. It is the most important knock-out cricket club competition in Ireland, is organised by Cricket Ireland and comprises the top teams from each of Ireland's four active provincial unions (Leinster, Munster, NCU and North West). Connacht Cricket Union, the youngest, smallest and weakest provincial union, do not enter teams in their own right, but County Galway C.C. enters as a member club in Munster. It was sponsored initially by"
"the Six Nations Championship. From 1998 to 2003 the venue was called Ericsson Park. Buccaneers RFC Buccaneers Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club in Athlone, Ireland. They compete in Division 1B of the All-Ireland League. The club's colours are Black and Gold. Although the club grounds are currently located in Leinster, it has always competed at underage, junior and senior level leagues in Connacht as Athlone RFC had previously. The team's name originates from the Shannon Buccaneers club founded by Diarmuid Murtagh from Athlone in the early 1930s. Fielding players such as British and Irish Lions captain Sammy"
"Highfield R.F.C. Highfield Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in Cork, Ireland, playing in Division 2A of the All-Ireland League. The club was founded in 1930 and was elevated to senior status in the province of Munster in 1953. Before moving to its present grounds, at Woodleigh Park, it was based in fields off Magazine Road, between Highfield Avenue and Highfield West. Hence the name...Although the current ground is also located near a park called Highfield Lawn. They are currently playing in Division 2A of the All-Ireland League after two successive promotions. Highfield's Youth Section has an"
"Park (Dublin), Fitzgerald Stadium (Kerry), Páirc Uí Chaoimh (Cork), Pearse Stadium (Galway), Casement Park (Belfast), Elverys MacHale Park (Mayo), Nowlan Park (Kilkenny) and Celtic Park (Derry). Although rugby has traditionally been associated with the more anglophile elements of Irish society, it has not been without its following in the nationalist and republican communities. For example, the longest serving taoiseach, Éamon de Valera was a former player, and lifetime fan of the game. At the age of sixteen, De Valera won a scholarship to Blackrock College, County Dublin. It was at Blackrock College that de Valera began playing rugby. Later during"
"Peamount United F.C. Peamount United Football Club () is an Irish association football club based in Newcastle, South Dublin. The club is best known for its senior women's team who in 2011–12 became founder members and inaugural champions of the Women's National League. They have also represented the Republic of Ireland in Europe and in 2011–12 they became the first Republic of Ireland team, including men's team, to qualify from their group for the knockout stages of a European competition. The club's senior men's team compete in the Leinster Senior League. Peamount United also field teams in the Dublin Women's"
"the Irish Cricket Union. Harry Hill, Master of the High Court, kept wicket from 1947 to 1977. Hill held the Leinster record with 502 dismissals (292 catches and 210 stumpings), until recently surpassed by Charlie Kavanagh, also a Pembroke wicket keeper. There are also two ladies' teams and schoolboy-league teams at under-11, -13, -15, -16 -19 age groups. The First XI have a proud record winning the Leinster Senior Cup in its inaugural year, 1935 and on twelve occasions since. It has regularly provided players to the Irish team of whom S.F. Bergin, with fifty-three caps between 1949 and 1965"
"the ladies called ""The Jackies"". These names came from a shortening of the word Jackeen. Notable fans include Jim Stynes, golfer Pádraig Harrington, rugby union star Brian O'Driscoll and actor Colm Meaney. 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 Irish High Court as it was too similar to other crests in use by Dublin City Council and other Dublin sports bodies. In line with other county boards and in order to prevent further loss"
"large meeting room; press office; 3 x additional offices; display/museum room; kitchen. ""Upper stand"": radio commentary area; press area; indoor camera area. Costing approximately 3 million euro, the renovation was funded by grants, government funding, and a ""Get on the Team"" initiative, which raised funds from the local community. The stand naming rights were then sold, and it is now called Ardán Mhic Shamhráin (using the genitive form). Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada () is a GAA stadium in Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim, Ireland. It is the home of Leitrim GAA's football and hurling teams. It was named"
"With the managership of Sir Matt Busby, Manchester United also emerged as a club with a considerable Irish following both in Great Britain and in Ireland itself as well as having notable Irish stars like George Best, Norman Whiteside, Mal Donaghy, Denis Irwin, Roy Keane, and recently John O'Shea. In Rugby league, Dewsbury Celtic represented the large Irish community in Dewsbury, and St. Helens represent communities in Merseyside. The rugby union club London Irish represents the community in London. There is also a GAA Londain (London in Irish) team representing the GAA clubs in London, that plays in the Connacht"
"Buccaneers RFC Buccaneers Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club in Athlone, Ireland. They compete in Division 1B of the All-Ireland League. The club's colours are Black and Gold. Although the club grounds are currently located in Leinster, it has always competed at underage, junior and senior level leagues in Connacht as Athlone RFC had previously. The team's name originates from the Shannon Buccaneers club founded by Diarmuid Murtagh from Athlone in the early 1930s. Fielding players such as British and Irish Lions captain Sammy Walker, the club later disbanded due to the Second World War. More recently, in"
"Ballygunner came out on top in the county final 2-16 to 0-9. Mount Sion GAA Mount Sion (Irish: ) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in Waterford City, County Waterford, Ireland, founded by Brs O'Connor and Malone, teachers in the above school. Although technically separate from the school, the club still maintains a close relationship with the school, sharing the same sports facilities in the city. The club fields teams in both the Waterford Hurling and Gaelic football championships and has had many famous players, including John Keane, Philly Grimes, Tony Browne and Ken McGrath. The club is mainly"
"at senior level are: The Down GAA team has its home ground at Páirc Esler in the city. Local clubs are Newry Bosco GFC, Newry Shamrocks GAC, John Mitchel GFC and Ballyholland GFC, all in Down GAA, and Thomas Davis GFC, Corrinshego and Killeavy St Moninna's GAC, both in Armagh GAA. Newry RFC (also known as Newry Rugby Club, Newry RFU or Newry) is an Irish amateur rugby union club, founded in 1925. The club is a member of the Irish Rugby Football Union's Ulster branch. The club currently fields three senior teams and several junior teams ranging from under-12"
"Simon Geoghegan Simon Patrick Geoghegan (born 1 September 1968 in Knebworth, Hertfordshire) is a former Irish rugby union footballer who played at wing in England for London Irish and Bath and in the Irish Inter-provincial Championships for Connacht Rugby and the Irish Exiles. Simon finished his rugby career at Bath Rugby where a debilitating toe injury limited his appearances and finally ended his playing career. He is perhaps best known for his try in the 1994 Five Nations match against England at Twickenham, that was instrumental in a famous 13-12 win. Another key contribution during the match was a kick,"
"Hanahoe (Dublin) Declan O'Sullivan (Kerry), Brian Dooher (Tyrone) and Stephen Cluxton (Dublin) being the only captain to lift it five times (2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018). The Sam Maguire Cup was first presented to the winning team in 1928. Sam Maguire Cup The Sam Maguire Cup, often referred to as Sam or The Sam (), is the cup awarded to winners of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the premier ""knockout"" competition in the game of Gaelic football played in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) and are played during the summer months"
"in Ireland became more popular, evidenced by the fact that a further 97 clubs were formed between 1892 and 1900. The Union introduced a handicapping system in 1897 and this was thought to be the most far-reaching advance in the promotion of the game. At that time, individual clubs implemented their own systems, based on the scores of their most consistent player; using him as a back-marker and allocating other players shots accordingly. The Union adopted a similar approach in developing the first universal handicapping system, and used one Thomas Gilroy as the back-marker. Gilroy was born in Dundee in"
"modelled closely on the Ardagh chalice. The silver cup was crafted, on behalf of Hopkins and Hopkins, by the silversmith Matthew J. Staunton of D'Olier Street, Dublin. Kildare was the first county to win the Sam Maguire Cup after defeating Cavan 2–6 to 2–5 in 1928. The cup was replaced in 1988, Meath being the first recipient of ""Sam Óg"" after a defeat of Cork. Sam Maguire Samuel Maguire (12 March 1877 – 6 February 1927), an Irish republican and Gaelic footballer, is chiefly remembered as the eponym of the Sam Maguire Cup, given to the All-Ireland Senior Champions of"
"selection so that Éire Óg could prepare for their first Leinster Club final. Tommy Dwyer, at 6'7, was one of the tallest midfielders in GAA history. In 2018 Paul Broderick was nominated for an All-Star, becoming the first Carlow player to receive such an honour since Colm Hayden in 1994, the year Carlow won the All Ireland B championship. Squad as per Carlow v Dublin, Leinster Football Championship Quarter-Final Round 3 June 2017 Carlow have won three Christy Ring Championships. After losing the 2006 final to Antrim at Croke Park, they beat Westmeath in a classic final (after extra time)"
"Sam Maguire Cup The Sam Maguire Cup, often referred to as Sam or The Sam (), is the cup awarded to winners of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the premier ""knockout"" competition in the game of Gaelic football played in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) and are played during the summer months with the All-Ireland Football Final being played on the third or fourth Sunday in September in Croke Park, Dublin. The Sam Maguire Cup was first presented to the Kildare team in 1928 after defeating Cavan. The Cup is named after"
"Irish rugby union system The top level of competition in the Irish rugby union system is the Pro14 (currently known for sponsorship purposes as the Guinness Pro14), a league of professional teams originally from Ireland, Scotland, and Wales that expanded to include two Italian teams in the 2010–11 season and two South African teams in the 2017–18 season. Ireland currently has four entries in the Pro14. Ireland also has a domestic competition the All Ireland League and Provincial Leagues run by the different provincial branches of the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU). The league now known as the Pro14 was"
"as Feyenoord, F.C. Porto, FC Barcelona, Benfica, Bayern Munich and Dynamo Kiev. In rugby union, the county is represented at senior level by Rainey Old Boys Rugby Club, Magherafelt who compete in the Ulster Senior League and All Ireland Division Three. Limavady R.F.C, City of Derry Rugby Club, Londonderry Y.M.C.A and Coleraine Rugby Club all compete in Ulster Qualifying League One. Cricket is particularly popular in the north-west of Ireland, with 11 of the 20 senior clubs in the North West Cricket Union located in County Londonderry: Limavady, Eglinton, Glendermott, Brigade, Killymallaght, Ardmore, Coleraine, Bonds Glen, Drummond, Creevedonnell and The"
"Sam Maguire, an influential figure in the London GAA and a former footballer. A group of his friends formed a committee in Dublin under the chairmanship of Dr Pat McCartan from Carrickmore, County Tyrone, to raise funds for a permanent commemoration of his name. They decided on a cup to be presented to the GAA. The Association were proud to accept the Cup. At the time it cost £300. In today's terms that sum is equivalent to €25,392. The cup is modelled on the Ardagh Chalice and the commission to make it was given to Hopkins and Hopkins, a jewellers"
"Páirc Uí Rinn Páirc Uí Rinn (), also known as Páirc Chríostóir Uí Rinn, is a Gaelic Athletic Association stadium located between Ballinlough and Ballintemple in Cork. It was previously known as Flower Lodge and was used as an association football stadium. During the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, Flower Lodge served as the home ground of three League of Ireland clubs – Cork Hibernians, Albert Rovers and Cork City. It also hosted friendly matches featuring Manchester United, Liverpool and the Republic of Ireland national football team. In 1989 it was purchased by Cork GAA and subsequently renamed after Christy Ring,"
"the knockout stages of a European competition. After winning the inaugural 2011–12 Women's National League, Peamount United qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Women's Champions League. Peamount United F.C. Peamount United Football Club () is an Irish association football club based in Newcastle, South Dublin. The club is best known for its senior women's team who in 2011–12 became founder members and inaugural champions of the Women's National League. They have also represented the Republic of Ireland in Europe and in 2011–12 they became the first Republic of Ireland team, including men's team, to qualify from their group for the knockout"
"Clontarf F.C. Clontarf Football Club is an Irish rugby union club based in Clontarf, Dublin and playing, as of 2018, in Division 1A of the All-Ireland League. Having played firstly in a field at the bottom of Vernon Avenue, then on a site currently used by Dublin Bus as a depot, the club moved to its present location in 1896 and celebrated 100 years at Castle Avenue in 1996. The Bull Emblem used in the logo is that of the district - Cluain Tarbh, translates, The Meadow of the Bull. The Red and Blue colours are used by most sporting"
"League, having been promoted in 2014 from Division 1B on the back of promotion the previous season from Division 2A. Ireland Barbarians British and Irish Lions Terenure College RFC Terenure College RFC was founded on November 14, 1940. It is a senior rugby club in Dublin, Ireland, playing in Division 1A of the All-Ireland League. Terenure College RFC was founded on November 14, 1851. With a great love for the game and concerned that past pupils were not playing rugby union after leaving school, Rev. Fr Jackie Corbett, O.Carm., chaired a meeting of rugby playing past pupils of Terenure College"
"Cup, which they won (as the Heineken Cup) back in 1999. Notable Ulster rugby players include Willy John McBride, Jack Kyle and Mike Gibson. The former is the most capped British and Irish Lion of all time, having completed four tours with the Lions in the sixties and seventies. At international level players from Ulster join with those from the other 3 provinces to form the Irish national team. They do not sing the Irish national anthem but do sing a special song which has been written celebrating the ""4 proud provinces"" before matches start. Cricket is also played in"