Westmeath GAA
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| Irish: | An Iarmhí |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s): | The Lake County |
| Province: | Leinster |
| Dominant sport: | Dual county |
| Ground(s): | Cusack Park,Mullingar |
| County colours: | MaroonWhite |
| County teams | |
| NFL: | Division 2 |
| NHL: | Division 1B |
| Football Championship: | Sam Maguire Cup |
| Hurling Championship: | Liam MacCarthy Cup |
| Ladies' Gaelic football: | Mary Quinn Cup |
| Camogie: | O'Duffy Cup |
The Westmeath County Board of theGaelic Athletic Association(GAA) (Irish:Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Chontae na hIarmhí) orWestmeath GAAis one of the 32county boardsof the GAA inIreland,and is responsible forGaelic gamesinCounty Westmeath.The county board is also responsible for the Westmeathcounty teams.
Thecounty football teamwon theLeinster Senior Football Championshipin 2004. Thecounty hurling teamcontests theLiam MacCarthy Cupvia theLeinster Senior Hurling Championship.
Football
[edit]Clubs
[edit]Clubs contest theWestmeath Senior Football Championship.
Westmeath clubs have won the following: theLeinster Senior Club Football Championship(1): Garrycastle, 2011; and theLeinster Junior Club Football Championship(3): Ballinagore, 2005; Moate All Whites, 2014; Multyfarnham, 2017.
County team
[edit]The county team has never won anAll-Ireland Senior Football Championship(SFC).
Under the management ofPáidí Ó Sé,the county team won the2004 Leinster Senior Football Championship Final.That campaign is covered in the documentary filmMarooned.
In 2022, Westmeath won theinaugural Tailteann Cup,defeatingCavaninthe finalat Croke Park.[1]
Hurling
[edit]Clubs
[edit]Clubs contest theWestmeath Senior Hurling Championship.
County team
[edit]The Westmeath hurlers experienced a successful period in the mid 1930s, when they won the Leinster League twice in succession, the Junior Championship in 1936, and beatLaoisto qualify for the 1937 Leinster Senior final. Rickardstown'sJohn 'Jobber' McGrath,who played for the county in the 1950s and 1960s, is regarded as Westmeath's greatest hurler, and as one of the greatest players never to have won an All-Ireland senior hurling title. Westmeath played in the first division of theNational Hurling Leaguein 1985–86, and were the only team to beatGalwayin an 18-month period. This team included the three Kilcoyne brothers and produced an All Star award for David, who was the team's free taker and top scorer in 1986. The first All Star award for any Westmeath player in hurling or football. In 2005, the county won the firstChristy Ring Cupand thereby gained promotion to the 2006 Liam MacCarthy Championship. In 2006, they beatDublinin the first round of theLeinster Senior Hurling Championshipbefore losing the semi-final toKilkennyinMullingarby 14 points. They then lost toWaterford,Galwayand, disappointingly,Laoisbefore tamely losing a relegation playoff againstDublinon a scorching July day inTullamore.Despite progress made in 2006, the GAA condemned the county's hurlers to theChristy Ring Cup- this time without the prospect of promotion. Further rule changes and a Christy Ring win in 2010 allowed Westmeath back into the 2011 Liam MacCarthy. Further progress came on 20 April 2008 with victory in the NHL (Division 2), winning the final against Carlow. That day also saw their footballing counterparts move into Division 1 of the NFL also, with a win over Dublin. In 2015, the Westmeath minor hurlers surprised heavy favouritesWexfordby two points in the Leinster quarter-final, the win has been regarded by the manager as the 'biggest result in history of Westmeath hurling'.[2]The senior hurlers beatCarlowby two points in the Leinster Qualifier group and extended their winning run beating favourites,Antrim1–21 to 0–7. A famous victory over near rivalsOffalywas achieved in May 2016 in the Leinster Championship. Westmeath led by some distance for the entire game before winning 2–21 to 1–10.
Camogie
[edit]Westmeath won theMáire Ní Chinnéide Cupin 2006.[3]They were defeated in the final of the fourth division of theNational Camogie Leaguein 2009 and2010.[4]
Mary Henry won the camogieAll-Ireland Poc Fada Championshipin 2006, the first Westmeath woman to win it. Tubberclair in 1987 and Cullion in 1992 won the Coiste Chontae an Chláir Shield atFéile na nGaelin 1987.Aileen Lawlorrefereed theAll Ireland senior finalsof 2002 and became president elect of theCamogie Associationin 2011.
Under Camogie's National Development Plan 2010-2015, "Our Game, Our Passion",[5]five new camogie clubs were to be established in the county by 2015.[6]
Ladies' football
[edit]- All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship:1995, 2011 2021
References
[edit]- ^Verney, Michael (9 July 2022)."Westmeath win inaugural Tailteann Cup as late goal sinks Cavan".Irish Independent.Archivedfrom the original on 9 July 2022.Retrieved9 July2022.
- ^"Greville: biggest result in the history of Westmeath hurling".Hogan Stand.
- ^2006 Camogie Jun B final Westmeath 3-5 Monaghan 1-4 scorers in theIrish Independent
- ^2010 Div 4 Tyrone 3-12 Westmeath 1-9 report inWestmeath Examiner
- ^"Irish Independent March 29 2010: Final goal for camogie".
- ^National Development Plan 2010-2015, Our Game, Our Passion information page oncamogie.ie,pdf download (778k) fromCamogie.ie download site
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