Gaelic Football

Down have won the All-Ireland Senior Football Final, for which they received the Sam Maguire Cup, on 5 occasions:

1960

1961

1968

1991

1994

There was no All-Ireland Hurling or Football championship played in 1888, due to what is known as the "American Invasion". In 1888 a lot of Gaelic Football and Hurling players travelled to America and the All-Ireland championships were not held.

For Gaelic Football it is the Sam Maguire Cup. For Hurling it is the Liam McCarthy Cup.

Bellaghy GAC was founded in 1939. As was common at the time, the captain picked the team. There was no manager as we know it today. This system continued for many years. Often the captain had a trusted circle of friends whose advice he sought.

Hurling and Gaelic Football are two different sports. It can be hard to compare them. Hurling is the fastest field game in the world, the course of a game can change quickly as a team trailing can come back into contention very quickly and a very good match is something special to witness. Gaelic Football is also special though and you can get very good matches in that too. Hurling is more unique, making it that bit extra special. Some people prefer Hurling and others prefer Gaelic Football. So it is really down to the individual to decide. Most fans watch both sports, even if they have a preference for one.

They have won 5 All-Ireland senior Football Finals:

1960

1961

1968

1991

1994

Kerry, who beat Cork in the All-Ireland Football Final.

Kilkenny and Cork both have 11 Hurling titles. Cork have 11 football titles.

According to the GAA rules, a Gaelic Football pitch can be between 130 metres and 145 metres long and between 80 metres and 90 metres wide. On that basis a 5km run will take between 10.6 and 11.9 laps approximately.

Gaelic football has seen various rule changes since the GAA was founded in 1884. Included would be the amount of players being progressively reduced to 15; changes in the scoring system; removal of the outer posts that are still part of Australian Rules Football; Changes in the length of matches; Changes in how frees are taken; Changes in the types of fouls; Changes in how the ball is passed; Changes in the competitions;

All of these an many other rules have changed. The style and nature of the game has also changed, as have tactics. What would have been called the "Catch and kick" style of play has moved to more passing. In recent years we saw the emergence of the so-called blanket defence. The way teams train and prepare for matches has changed, with a much more committed attitude to fitness coming in. So there are a lot of changes in the game.

The Red Hand of Ulster is synonymous with Ulster. It comes from the legend of Dermot and O'Neill and their race for Ulster. After a long horse race they reached a river. Dermot led. It had been agreed that the winner would be the one whose hand first touched Ulster. Dermot brought his horse into the river and began swimming to the other side. O'Neill stopped at the riverbank, cut off his right hand. It fell, drenched in blood. He then picked it up and threw it across the river. It touched the other side before Dermot's did. That is the origin of the Red Hand of Ulster.

The Castle and Round Tower were symbols of Ancient Celtic and Irish tradition in County Antrim.

The CLG ( Cumann L

Many counties have won back to back All-Irelands.

Football:

Kerry

Dublin

Galway

Meath

Cork

Wexford

Cavan

Down

Kildare

Tipperary

Mayo

Roscommon

Hurling:

Cork

Kilkenny

Tipperary

Wexford

Galway

Eamon Fitzmaurice is the 2014 manager of the Kerry senior football team.

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At the time of answering, November 2014, Kilkenny last won the All-Ireland Senior Hurling title in September 2014. They have never won the All-Ireland Senior Football title.

At the time of answering, November 2014, Kilkenny last won the All-Ireland Senior Hurling title in September 2014. They have never won the All-Ireland Senior Football title.

At the time of answering, November 2014, Kilkenny last won the All-Ireland Senior Hurling title in September 2014. They have never won the All-Ireland Senior Football title.

At the time of answering, November 2014, Kilkenny last won the All-Ireland Senior Hurling title in September 2014. They have never won the All-Ireland Senior Football title.

At the time of answering, November 2014, Kilkenny last won the All-Ireland Senior Hurling title in September 2014. They have never won the All-Ireland Senior Football title.

At the time of answering, November 2014, Kilkenny last won the All-Ireland Senior Hurling title in September 2014. They have never won the All-Ireland Senior Football title.

At the time of answering, November 2014, Kilkenny last won the All-Ireland Senior Hurling title in September 2014. They have never won the All-Ireland Senior Football title.

At the time of answering, November 2014, Kilkenny last won the All-Ireland Senior Hurling title in September 2014. They have never won the All-Ireland Senior Football title.

At the time of answering, November 2014, Kilkenny last won the All-Ireland Senior Hurling title in September 2014. They have never won the All-Ireland Senior Football title.

At the time of answering, November 2014, Kilkenny last won the All-Ireland Senior Hurling title in September 2014. They have never won the All-Ireland Senior Football title.

At the time of answering, November 2014, Kilkenny last won the All-Ireland Senior Hurling title in September 2014. They have never won the All-Ireland Senior Football title.

Kerry. It was presented to them for 29 of their 36 All-Ireland Final wins, as it did not exist before 1928.

Meath won it in 1988, becoming the first county to win the new Sam Maguire Cup.

Gaelic Football and Australian Rules Football are similar in many ways, but also different in many ways. Some of the most obvious differences are as follows: Gaelic Football is played with a round ball whereas Australian Rules Football is played with an oval shaped ball. Gaelic Football is played on a rectangular shaped pitch, whereas Australian Rules Football is played on an oval-shaped pitch. There is no goalkeeper in Australian Rules Football. The scoring system and the structure of the goals are different. Australian Rules footballers are professional, while Gaelic Football is an amateur sport.

Tackling rules are different with Australian Rules Football having higher contact levels.

However, there are also similarities in the games. Look at YouTube features many videos for both games. This set of 3 videos give a good overview of Gaelic Football: http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=iIlsRsMMJUc

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=dpdoJnsDHIY

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ip9dNCuy_k

Ireland have won the Six Nations title three times. In 2009 when they beat every other team to win the 'Grand Slam'. They also won in 2014 and again in 2015, though they did not complete the Grand Slam in either of those two years.

Armagh have 14 Ulster senior football titles up to the end of the 2013 championship. The years are as follows:

1890, 1903, 1950, 1953, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008.

The Sam Maguire Cup is the name of the trophy presented to the winners of the All-Ireland Senior Football championship. The current cup replaced an older version in 1988, also known as the Sam Maguire Cup. It had been first presented in 1928.

The last time Limerick and Kilkenny met in an All-Ireland Senior Hurling Semi-final was on Sunday the 10th of August 2014 .

The Sam Maguire Cup was first presented to Larry Stanley, captain of the All-Ireland Champions of 1928, which were Kildare. That was not the first All-Ireland, which was actually the 1887 final, which was won by Limerick, but the Sam Maguire Cup was not around then.

If you go to the GAA website or the RTE website, both below, or any of the Irish newspaper websites, you will find results for recent matches.