James Ryan was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Minister for Finance from 1957 to 1965, Minister for Health from 1947 to 1948 and 1951 to 1954, Minister for Social Welfare from 1947 to 1948 and 1951 to 1954 and Minister for Agriculture from 1932 to 1947. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for Wexford from 1918 to 1965.
The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) is a national representative body for third-level students' unions in Ireland. The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) is the sole national representative body for students in Ireland. Founded in 1959, USI now represents more than 374,000 students in over forty colleges across the island of Ireland. The goal of the USI is to work for rights of students and a fair and equal third level education system in Ireland.
Enda Colleran was an Irish Gaelic football manager and player. He played football with his local club Mountbellew-Moylough and was a member of the Galway senior inter-county team from 1961 until 1971. Colleran captained Galway to back-to-back All-Ireland titles in 1965 and 1966 and later served as manager of the team.
Cormac McAnallen was an Irish sportsperson. He played Gaelic football at senior inter-county level for Tyrone, as well as at club level for Eglish St. Patrick's.
The Fitzgibbon Cup is the trophy for the premier hurling championship among higher education institutions in Ireland.
Dr. Seán Murphy is a former Irish sportsperson. He played Gaelic football with his local club Dingle and was a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team from 1953 until 1961.
Hugh Redmond Brady is an Irish academic and President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bristol and a Professor of Medicine. He is also President Emeritus of University College Dublin (UCD) having served as UCD's eighth President from 2004-13. Brady took up his post at the University of Bristol on 1 September 2015.
Barry Ryan is a retired Irish football goalkeeper who last played for Limerick in the League of Ireland Premier Division.
UCD GAA or University College Dublin Gaelic Athletic Association club is a Dublin based Gaelic games club in University College Dublin. The UCD hurling club was founded in 1900 and boasted the motto's "Ad Astra" and "Cothrom Féinne". The first team was an amalgamation of students from UCD and Cecilia St. Although UCD had been playing Gaelic football unofficially since 1900, the official club history began in the season of 1911/1912.
The Structure of the Gaelic Athletic Association is a voluntary, democratic association consisting of various boards, councils, and committees organised in a structured hierarchy. The individual club is the basic unit of the association, and the world headquarters are at Croke Park. All of the Gaelic Athletic Association's activities are governed by a book called the Official Guide.
Ardscoil Rís is a voluntary/state-funded, all-boys, Roman Catholic secondary school in Limerick, Ireland. Located on the North Circular Road, its catchment area includes neighbourhoods on the northside of Limerick such as Caherdavin, Mayorstone and Clareview though many students commute from other areas of the city as well as surrounding rural areas.
St. Mary's Knockbeg College is a Roman Catholic, all-boys secondary school located on the Laois/Carlow border in Ireland, approximately 3 km from both Carlow town and Graiguecullen, Co. Laois. A former seminary school for the diocese of Kildare and Leighlin, it was founded in 1793. Exclusively a boarding school until the 1980s, it now accommodates only day-pupils; the boarding school having closed down in June 2011. Knockbeg College celebrated its bicentenary in 1993.
Knockbeg won the All-Ireland College's Senior Football Championship in 2005, under the guidance of former Laois GAA football captain and current teacher, Chris Conway.
In 2006, Knockbeg were the victors of the Thomas Crosbie Holdings All Ireland Quiz Championship, bringing All-Ireland success to the college twice in two years, and were crowned All-Ireland German Debating Champions in 2008.
The UCD Law Society is one of the largest student societies in Europe. Established in 1911 as 'The Legal and Economic Society', it has over 4100 members drawn from the various faculties of the university. Weekly Tuesday night debates during term are the Society's core activity. Individuals who have addressed the Society include President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins, former Irish Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern and Former President of the E.U. Commission, Jacques Santer. The society's motto is "Ar son na Córa". Now in its 108th Session, the current Auditor is James Brandon.
Pat Fanning was an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Mount Sion and was a member of the Waterford senior inter-county team in the 1940s and 1950s. He won the county championship on seven occasions. Fanning also served as the 23rd President of the Gaelic Athletic Association from 1970 until 1973, and was honorary life president of Waterford's county board.
University College Dublin is a research university in Dublin, Ireland. It has over 1,482 faculty and 32,000 students, and it is Ireland's largest university. The university originates in a body founded in 1854 with John Henry Newman as the first rector known as the Catholic University of Ireland, re-formed in 1880 and chartered in its own right in 1908. The Universities Act, 1997 renamed the constituent university as the "National University of Ireland, Dublin", and a ministerial order of 1998 renamed the institution as "University College Dublin - National University of Ireland, Dublin".
Patrick Breen, Wexford, was the eighth president of the Gaelic Athletic Association (1924-1926).
The 2014 Bord na Móna Walsh Cup was the 52nd staging of the Walsh Cup since its establishment in 1954. Kilkenny beat Dublin by 0-24 to 1-7 to claim their 19th Walsh cup title.
Pádraig MacNamee (1896–1975), Antrim, was the 13th president of the Gaelic Athletic Association (1938-1943).
Séamus Gardiner, was the 14th president of the Gaelic Athletic Association (1943–1946).
Aodh Ó Broin, was the 20th president of the Gaelic Athletic Association.
