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Polo practice ad
Polo practice ad
Newspaper article 26th July 1873 advertising County Carlow Polo Club to meet for practice at Ballybar Racecourse, Steuart Duckett, Honorary Secretary.
Carlow County Library
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Official opening of Gaelic Park 1936
Official opening of Gaelic Park 1936
Advertisement taken from the Carlow Nationalist and Leinster Times newspaper 1st August 1936, advertising the official opening of the new Gaelic Park in Carlow, it was named Dr Cullen Park.
Carlow County Library
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Notice of GAA Convention Oct 1888
Notice of GAA Convention Oct 1888
This notice taken from the Nationalist and Leinster Times 20th Oct 1888 advertising the upcoming GAA Convention. This was the first convention held in Carlow.
Carlow County Library
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The Convent, Castlerea
The Convent, Castlerea
The Sisters of Mercy came to Castlerea in 1887, and built this Roman Catholic convent in 1888. It is an attractive three storey building. It is linked by a single storey chapel, out of view and to the left foreground, to a national school, built in 1887. Both are set within their own mature grounds to the rear of St. Patrick's Catholic Church.
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Bronze Statue of Nicky Rackard
Bronze Statue of Nicky Rackard
Bronze Statue of Nicky Rackard (1922-1976) by Seamus Furlong, New Ross. Nicky Rackard, one of Wexford's most acclaimed hurlers.
Nicholas Furlong
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1956 All Ireland Final Wexford v Cork
1956 All Ireland Final Wexford v Cork
Nicky Rackard (14) leads the charge into the Cork goalmouth in 1956 All Ireland senior hurling final in Croke Park.
Nicholas Furlong
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28 Year Gap is Bridged
28 Year Gap is Bridged
In top photograph Dan Quigley receives the McCarthy Cup in 1968 from G.A.A President Seamus O Riain. In bottom photograph Martin Storey proudly displays the Cup 28 years later.
Blackwater Press
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Present Hurling Region
Present Hurling Region
A map of Ireland showing the present hurling regions. The hurling heartland covers Cork, Tipperary, Kilkenny, Limerick, Clare, Galway, Offaly, Laois, Waterford and Wexford. The present northern regions are represented by the Glens of Antrim and the Ards Peninsula, County Down.
Permission from Dr Kevin Whelan
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All Ireland Final 1956. Bobby Rackard controls the ball pursued by Cork's T. Kelly
All Ireland Final 1956. Bobby Rackard controls the ball pursued by Cork's T. Kelly
Bobby Rackard controls the ball pursued by Cork's T.Kelly, All Ireland Final 1956. Wexford v Cork.
Nicholas Furlong
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Boy stands guard
Boy stands guard
Young boy stands guard, keeping watch for the priest. By the mid ninteenth century the clergy dissapproved of the hurling game, which had become associated with scenes of violence and immoral behaviour.
Wexford County Library
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