Offaly GAA

For more details of Offaly GAA see Offaly Senior Football Championship or Offaly Senior Hurling Championship.

Offaly GAA

Irish:	Uíbh Fhailí
Province:	Leinster
Nickname(s):	The Faithful County
County colours:	White, green and gold
Ground(s):	O'Connor Park, Tullamore St. Brendan's Park, Birr
Dominant sport:	Dual County
Competitions
NFL:	Division 3
NHL:	Division 1
Football Championship:	Sam Maguire Cup
Hurling Championship:	Liam McCarthy Cup
Standard kit

The Offaly County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) (Irish: Cumann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Uíbh Fhailí) or Offaly GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Offaly. Separate county boards are also responsible for the Offaly inter-county teams

Hurling

After a scheme developed by the Gaelic Athletic Association in the 1970s to encourage the playing of hurling in non-traditional counties, Offaly was one of the first teams to benefit from such a scheme. As a result the county won six Leinster titles in the 1980s, as well as their first All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship in 1981 and 1985.

The county has since gone on to win three other All-Irelands. Perhaps Offaly's most famous win came in the All-Ireland Final of 1994 in what has come to be remembered as the "five minute final." Limerick looked set to win their first All-Ireland title since 1973 until Offaly staged one of the greatest comebacks of all time, scoring two goals and five points in the last five minutes. They defeated Limerick by 3-16 to 2-13. The Vocational Schools team has made it to 12 All-Ireland Vocational Schools Championship finals but have never won one.

Honours

• All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championships: 4
  • 1981, 1985, 1994, 1998

• All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championships: None

• All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championships: 3
  • 1986, 1987, 1989

• All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championships: 2
  • 1923, 1929

• National Hurling Leagues: 1
  • 1991

• National Hurling League Div 2 2
  • 2005. 2009

• Leinster Senior Hurling Championships: 9
  • 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1995

• Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championships: 5
  • 1978, 1989, 1991, 1992, 2000

• Leinster Minor Hurling Championships: 4
  • 1986, 1987, 1989, 2000

• Walsh Cup: 5
  • 1977, 1981, 1990, 1993, 1994

• Leinster Junior Hurling Championships: 7
  • 1915, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1929, 1938, 1953

Offaly Hurling Squad

• Manager: Joe Dooley (Seir Kieran)

No. Player Position Club 1 Brian Mullins Goalkeeper Birr 2 David Franks Right Corner Back Carrickshock 3 Paul Cleary Full Back Birr 4 Michael Verney Left Corner Back Birr 5 James Rigney Right Half Back Kinnitty 6 David Kenny Centre Back Belmont 7 Derek Morkan Left Half Back Shinrone 8 Rory Hanniffy Midfield Birr 9 Kevin Brady Midfield Coolderry 10 Daniel Currams Right Half Forward Kilcormac/Killoughey 11 Joe Brady Centre Forward Coolderry 12 Derek Molloy Left Half Forward Shamrocks 13 Brian Carroll Right Corner Forward Coolderry (Captain) 14 Joe Bergin Full Forward Seir Kieran 15 Shane Dooley Left Corner Forward Tullamore

No. Player Position Club 16 James Dempsey Kinnitty 17 Ger Oakley Carrig Riverstown 18 Conor Mahon Kilcormac/Killoughey 19 Cathal Parlon Coolderry 20 Ger Healion Kilcormac/Killoughey 21 Brendan Murphy Ballyskenagh 22 Odhrán Kealey Kinnitty 23 Stephen Egan Tullamore 24 Dylan Hayden Birr 25 Shane Kelly Tullamore 26 Stephen Wynne St Rynagh's 27 Mark Egan Belmont 28 Diarmaid Horan St Rynagh's 29 Éanna Murphy Seir Kieran 30 Conor Hernon St Rynagh's

Squad as per Offaly vs Antrim (Leinster Quarter Final 2010)^[1]

Gaelic football

Gaelic football is the stronger of the two sports played in Offaly. Perhaps the most famous moment in Gaelic football history came in the 1982 All-Ireland Final when Offaly played Kerry. The match was a repeat of the previous year's, however, not only that but a win for Kerry would give them an unprecedented fifth All-Ireland Final victory in a row. Kerry were winning by two points with two minutes to go when Séamus Darby came on as a substitute and scored one of the most famous goals in Gaelic football of all time. Kerry fumbled the counter attack which allowed Offaly to win by one single point with a score of 1-15 to 0-17. The Offaly Vocational Schools Team have made it to 6 All Ireland finals but lost all 6 including the first final when they were beating by the Cork City team in 1961

Honours

• All-Ireland Senior Football Championships: 3
  • 1971, 1972, 1982

• All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championships: 1
  • 1988

• All-Ireland Minor Football Championships: 1
  • 1964

• All-Ireland Junior Football Championships: None

• National Football Leagues: 1
  • 1998

• Leinster Senior Football Championships: 10
  • 1960, 1961, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1997

• Leinster Under-21 Football Championships: 8
  • 1968, 1971, 1973, 1977, 1979, 1986, 1988, 1995

• Leinster Minor Football Championships: 6
  • 1947, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1989

• Leinster Junior Football Championships: 4
  • 1935, 1972, 1998, 2001

Offaly Football Squad

• Manager: Tom Cribbin

No. Player Position Club 1 Alan Mulhall Goalkeeper Walsh Island 2 Brian Darby Right Corner Back Rhode 3 Scott Brady Full Back Clara 4 Paraic Sullivan Left Corner Back Rhode 5 Shane Sullivan Right Half Back Rhode 6 Richie Dalton Centre Back Edenderry 7 Karol Slattery Left Half Back Gracefield 8 Ciaran McManus Midfield Tubber 9 John Coughlan Midfield St Sylvester's 10 Niall Darby Right Half Forward Rhode 11 Brian Connor Centre Forward Walsh Island 12 Sean Ryan Left Half Forward Birr 13 Ken Casey Right Corner Forward St Brigid's 14 John Reynolds Full Forward Clara 15 Niall McNamee Left Corner Forward Rhode

No. Player Position Club 16 Eoin Brennan 17 Ross Brady 18 Conor Carroll 19 Nigel Dunne 20 James Gallagher 21 Brian Geraghty 22 Graham Guilfoyle 23 Ciaran Kiely 24 Alan Lynam 25 Stephen Lonergan 26 Paul McConway 27 William Mulhall 28 Sean Pender 29 Anton Sullivan 30 P.J. Ward

Squad as per Offaly vs Meath (Leinster Quarter Final 2010)^[2]

Camogie

Nine Offaly camogie clubs were organised in the 1930s and Offaly entered the Leinster championships of 1935 and 1936, but the game declined amid the Camogie Association disputes of the 1940s and had to be revived by Clare-born Mary O’Brien in 1973, and a county board re-formed in 1979. Offaly won their first major national titles in 2002 when they won the second division of the National Camogie League ^[3] and in 2009 when they defeated Waterford in the All Ireland junior final. ^[4] Drumcullen reached the final of the All Ireland club junior championship in 2003.^[5] Kinnity owon the Division 3 shield at Féile na nGael in 1997, Drumcullen won the Coiste Chontae an Chláir Shield in 1997.

Notable players include soaring star award winners^[6] Karen Brady, Elaine Dermody, Audrey Kennedy, Michaela Morkan, Fiona Stephens, and Arlene Watkins. Miriam O’Callaghan served as president of the Camogie Association).

Under Camogie’s National Development Plan 2010-2015, “Our Game, Our Passion,”^[7] five new camogie clubs are to be established in the county by 2015.^[8]

References

1. ^ "Offaly Hurling Team To Play Antrim". Offaly GAA. 2010-05-26. http://offaly.gaa.ie/plugins/newsdisplay.cgi?rm=viewListing&plugin_data_id=78378&site_id=177. Retrieved 2010-06-06. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ "Senior Football Team To Play Meath Announced". Offaly GAA. 2010-05-20. http://offaly.gaa.ie/plugins/newsdisplay.cgi?rm=viewListing&plugin_data_id=78020&site_id=177. Retrieved 2010-06-06. ^{[dead link]}
3. ^ 2002 Div 2 Offaly 3-18 Laois 2-6 report in Irish Independent
4. ^ 2009 Offaly 3-14 Waterford 2-8 report in Irish Times Independent, and Munster GAA
5. ^ 2003 Junior Crossmaglen 2-5 Drumcullen 0-6 report in Irish Independent
6. ^ All-stars on camogie.ie
7. ^ Irish Independent March 29 2010: Final goal for camogie
8. ^ National Development Plan 2010-2015, Our Game, Our Passion information page on camogie.ie, pdf download (778k) from Camogie.ie download site

Bibliography

• Official History Of Offaly GAA by P J Cunningham and Ricey Scully (1984).
• Ballycumber GAA 1890-1984 edited by Eddie Cunningham
• Tullamore GAA Club History by John Clarke (1984)

See also

• Offaly Senior Club Football Championship
• Offaly Senior Club Hurling Championship

External links

• St Rynaghs Football Club Gaa Website
• Rhode Gaa Website
• Walsh Island Club Website
• The Offaly Express Newspaper
• Offaly on Hoganstand.com
• National and provincial titles won by Offaly teams
• Club championship winners
• Offaly GAA site
• uibh fhaili fan's site
• Ballycumber GAA Club Website
• Tullamore GAA Website
• Ballycommon GAA Website

• Gaelic Survival - Player Profiles Every Inter County Hurler and Footballer, Fantasy GAA Game

www.edenderrygaa.com

• http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/2003/05/24/story567752037.asp