County Tyrone is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the thirty-two traditional counties of Ireland. It is no longer used as an administrative division for local government but retains a strong identity in popular culture.
Football Club Sion, commonly known as simply FC or Sion, is a Swiss football team from the city of Sion. The club was founded in 1909 and play their home matches at the Stade Tourbillon. They have won the Swiss Super League and the Swiss Cup in 13 of their 14 appearances in the final, the most recent being in 2015. The first team of the club was also known as their incorporated name Olympique des Alpes SA. The club currently play in the Challenge League, the second tier of Swiss football.
Institute Football Club is a Northern Irish semi-professional association football club playing in the NIFL Championship. The club, founded in 1905, currently play their home matches at the Brandywell Stadium, Derry. Club colours are sky blue and white. The club is managed by Kevin Deery.
Victoria Bridge is a small village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is mostly within the townland of Breen, which is in the civil parish of Ardstraw. It is also part of the historic barony of Strabane Lower, and Derry City and Strabane District Council. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 318 people. In the 2011 Census, it had a population of 420 people.
Events during the year 1964 in Northern Ireland.
William McCandless was an Irish international football player and manager. As a player McCandless normally played at left-back, most notably at Rangers where he won six Scottish Football League titles with the side. Following his retirement from playing he went into management, enjoying most success with Welsh sides Newport County, Cardiff City and Swansea Town, taking all three sides to the Division Three South title.
Rory Christopher Patterson is a retired Northern Irish footballer who last played as a forward for Strabane Athletic and was the club's player-manager. He also played for the Northern Ireland national team. Having played youth football for Sion Swifts, Moorfield Celtic and Townsend United, Patterson joined Rochdale in 2002 before having spells with Radcliffe Borough and Mossley.
The North West of Ireland Cricket Union, often referred to as the North West Cricket Union, is one of five provincial governing bodies in Ireland. Along with the Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Northern unions, it makes up the Irish Cricket Union, the supreme governing body of Irish cricket.
Sion Mills Cricket Club is a cricket club in Sion Mills, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, playing in Qualifying League 1 of the North West League, having dropped out of the North West Senior League before the 2015 season.
The North West Senior Cup is the most important provincial cricket knock-out cup of the North West jurisdiction in Ireland. The competition is open to teams playing in the North West Senior League. It is sponsored by Bank of Ireland and marketed as the Bank of Ireland Senior Cup.
Caolan McAleer is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays for Loughgall as a winger.
The 2013–14 Irish Cup was the 134th edition of the Irish Cup, the premier knock-out cup competition in Northern Irish football since its introduction in 1881. The competition began on 7 September 2013 with the first round and ended on 3 May 2014 with the final. The competition ran without a principal sponsor, but for the second successive season the final was known as the Marie Curie Irish Cup final, after the IFA once again awarded the naming rights for the final to the charity Marie Curie Cancer Care.
The 1982 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played at Croke Park on 16 May 1982 to determine the winners of the 1981–82 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the 12th season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion clubs of the four provinces of Ireland. The final was contested by James Stephens of Kilkenny and Mount Sion of Waterford, with James Stephens winning by 3–13 to 3–8.
The 2017–18 Irish Cup was the 138th edition of the Irish Cup, the premier knock-out cup competition in Northern Irish football since its introduction in 1881. The competition began on 19 August 2017 and concluded with the final at Windsor Park in May 2018.
Tyler Toland is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for English Women's Super League club Blackburn Rovers. She previously played for Liga F club Levante UD, Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL) clubs Glasgow City and Celtic, English Women's Super League club Manchester City, and Sion Swifts of the Women's Premiership.
The 2018–19 Irish Cup was the 139th edition of the Irish Cup, the premier knock-out cup competition in Northern Irish football. The competition began on 11 August 2018 and concluded with the final at Windsor Park on 4 May 2019.
Nicole Althea McClure is an American-born Jamaican footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Northern Irish club Sion Swifts and the Jamaica women's national team.
Amy Boyle-Carr is an Irish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sligo Rovers and has appeared for the Republic of Ireland women's national team. She also plays ladies' Gaelic football for the Donegal county team.
Caitlin McGuinness is a professional Northern Irish association footballer who plays as a centre forward for Women's Premiership club Sion Swifts and the Northern Ireland women's national team.
Sion Swifts Ladies Football Club is a women's association football club based in Strabane, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. They were founded in 2010 and promoted into the Irish League Women’s Premiership in 2015. They won the IFA Women's Challenge Cup in 2017, beating Newry City 2–0 at Windsor Park in Belfast.
