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    101 Things You May Not Have Known About Gaelic Football
    101 Things You May Not Have Known About Gaelic Football
    101 Things You May Not Have Known About Gaelic Football
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    101 Things You May Not Have Known About Gaelic Football

    By John DT White

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    101 Things You May Not Have Known About Gaelic Football is the definitive guide to All-Ireland Senior Football in Ireland. In this e-book the reader will be taken on a magical journey back in time with the formation of the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1884; the first All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final; the history of the famous Sam Maguire Cup; a look at the man considered to be the father of the GAA, Michael Cusack; All-Ireland Senior Champions; GAA All-Star Awards; GAA Team of the Century; GAA Team of the Millennium; the American All-Ireland Final; bans; Croke Park; Bloody Sunday; Tim Clarke Cup; Tommy Markham Cup; Railway Cup; Tommy Murphy Cup; All-Ireland Minor Champions; historic sides; legendary players and so much more. No matter what County you hail from this e-book will test your knowledge and that of your friends to find out just what you know about Ireland’s No.1 sport.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherApex Publishing Limited
    Release dateApr 12, 2012
    ISBN9781908752710
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      101 Things You May Not Have Known About Gaelic Football - John DT White

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      In The Beginning

      The earliest known record of Gaelic football is contained in the Statutes of Galway of 1527. The first reported Gaelic football match was contested in Slane, Co. Meath in 1712 between Meath and Louth. Today more than 250,000 people play Gaelic across Ireland’s 32 counties through their local GAA club.

      Did You Know That?

      The Statutes of Galway allowed football but banned hurling.

      Sam Maguire

      The Sam Maguire Cup is named after Sam Maguire who was a former footballer and later a very influential person in the Gaelic Athletic Association. Samuel Maguire was born into a Protestant family in 1879 in the townland of Mallabraca near the town of Dunmanway in west Cork. When he was 20-years old Sam passed the British Civil Service examinations and got a job working for the London Post Office. When he moved to London he joined the London Hibernians despite the fact that he never represented his home team, Dohenyes, in Dunmanway. During this period the All-Ireland final was contested by the clubs who won their county championships whilst the London champions got a bye into the final. Consequently there was a home final and an All-Ireland final. Maguire played for London in four consecutive All-Ireland finals (1900-1904) captaining the side in 1901 and 1903. London lost all four finals with Kerry defeating them 0-11 to 0-3 in the 1903 final at Jones’ Road (later Croke Park).

      In 1907 Sam was appointed the Chairman of the London County Board and delegate to the annual congress of the GAA. He became a trustee of Croke Park. Ironically Liam McCarthy was the Vice Chairman of the London County Board in 1907 and the All-Ireland hurling senior trophy is named in his memory. Around this time Maguire joined the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) rising to the rank of Lieutenant -General and director of intelligence in Britain. When Michael Collins became the new leader of the IRB Maguire was one of his Chief Intelligence Officers. In 1921 he moved to Dublin and worked for the newly established Irish Civil Service only to be later dismissed by his employer.

      Following his death from tuberculosis on 6th February 1927 a group of his friends formed a committee in Dublin that was chaired by Dr. Pat McCartan from Carrickmore, County Tyrone for the purposes of raising funds to purchase a permanent commemoration of his name. The committee chose a cup and presented it to the GAA. The cup is modelled on the Ardagh Chalice and was sculpted by Hopkins and Hopkins of O’Connell’s Bridge, Dublin. When it was made it cost £300 which today equates to approximately €25,400. In 1928 Kildare became the first county to win the Sam Maguire Cup after defeating Cavan 2-6 to 2-5 at Croke Park. Following Meath’s 0-13 to 0-9 victory over Cork in the 1988 Final the cup had to be replaced with Meath’s Joe Cassells becoming the first man to lift the new Sam Óg. Sam Maguire is

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