Croke Park is a Gaelic games stadium in Dublin,Ireland. Named after Archbishop Thomas Croke,it is referred to as Croker by GAA fans and locals. It serves as both the principal national stadium of Ireland and headquarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). Since 1891 the site has been used by the GAA to host Gaelic sports,including the annual All-Ireland in Gaelic football and hurling.
The Westmeath County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) or Westmeath GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland,and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Westmeath. The county board is also responsible for the Westmeath county teams.
The All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship is the premier inter-county competition in the game of ladies' Gaelic football in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association and are played during the summer months,with the All-Ireland Final being played at Croke Park. The qualifiers were introduced in 2008.
Dessie Farrell is an Irish Gaelic football coach and former player. He has been manager of the Dublin county team since 2019.
The Leinster Senior Football Championship,known simply as the Leinster Championship and shortened to Leinster SFC,is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-county Gaelic football competition in the province of Leinster,and has been contested every year since the 1888 championship.
St Vincent's Secondary School,or St Vincent's CBS,is an independent Catholic Voluntary Secondary School in Glasnevin,Dublin,Ireland. It operates as a registered charity under the trusteeship of the Edmund Rice Schools Trust. As of 2017,St Vincent's CBS secondary school had an enrollment of 375 boys.
John Heslin is a Gaelic footballer who plays for the Westmeath county team and Australian rules footballer for the Irish Warriors. Heslin was drafted by Australian Football League club Richmond in 2011,with Pick #90 of the Rookie Draft,but left after just three months,without playing a single game.
Garrycastle is a Gaelic football club from the town of Athlone in County Westmeath,Republic of Ireland.
This article contains the results of the Tipperary county hurling team in the Championship during the 2000s.
Frank Brazil Dineen was a Gaelic games administrator and the fourth president of the Gaelic Athletic Association. From Ballylanders in County Limerick,he was elected General Secretary of the GAA in 1898 and is the only man to have ever held the two top positions within the Association. An athlete in the 1880s,Dineen was the fastest Irish sprinter of his day. He was also a founder of Ballylanders Shamrocks. He is also noted as the man who purchased a site on Jones Road in 1908 before donating it to the GAA for free in 1913,the site now of Croke Park. Dineen held the ground in trust for the GAA,which at the time was not able to purchase the land itself. Between 1908 and 1910 he oversaw development of the ground,paying for the improvements himself.
The Westmeath county football team represents Westmeath in men's Gaelic football and is governed by Westmeath GAA,the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions;the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship,the Leinster Senior Football Championship and the National Football League.
As with other sports,the COVID-19 pandemic caused disruption to Gaelic games,primarily in Ireland but also elsewhere in the world. Competitions were cancelled,postponed or restructured,while some teams were withdrawn or were unable to participate in those competitions that went ahead.
The Tailteann Cup is a second tier Gaelic football championship competition held annually since 2022 and organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is contested by those county teams who do not qualify for the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship and the winner is awarded the Tailteann Cup.
Gerard Smith is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Lavey and the Cavan county team.
The 2022 Tailteann Cup final was the final of the 2022 Tailteann Cup,the first edition of the GAA's second-tier Gaelic football competition for county teams. The match was played at Croke Park in Dublin on 9 July 2022,between Cavan and Westmeath. Westmeath won the match on a scoreline of 2–14 to 1–13.
Ronan O'Toole is a Gaelic footballer for St Loman's and Westmeath.
The 2023 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship is the 136th edition of the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament since its establishment in 1887. Thirty one of the thirty two Irish counties take part –Kilkenny will not compete,while London and New York complete the lineup.
Jason Daly is a Gaelic footballer who plays for St Loman's and at senior level for the Westmeath county team. He plays as a goalkeeper for both.
Nigel Harte is a Gaelic footballer who plays for Tyrrellspass and at senior level for the Westmeath county team. He was a U20 player in the 2018 All-Ireland Under-20 Football Championship.
