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For more details of Westmeath GAA see Westmeath Senior Club Football Championship or Westmeath Senior Club Hurling Championship. The Westmeath Senior Football Club Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the top Gaelic Football Clubs The Westmeath Senior Hurling Club Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the top Hurling Clubs
Westmeath GAA
Irish: An Iarmhí
Province: Leinster
Nickname(s): The Lake County
County colours: Maroon and white
Ground(s): Cusack Park, Mullingar
Dominant sport: Dual County
NFL: Division 1
NHL: Division 2
Football Championship: Sam Maguire Cup
Hurling Championship: Christy Ring Cup
Ladies' Gaelic football: Brendan Martin Cup
Camogie: O'Duffy Cup
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The Westmeath County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) (Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Chontae na hIarmhí) or Westmeath GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Westmeath. Irish (ga ''Gaeilge'' is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish. Provincial councils are organisational bodies within the Gaelic Athletic Association, each made up of several GAA counties. The Leinster Council is a Provincial council of the Gaelic Athletic Association sports of Hurling, Gaelic football, Camogie, Rounders This is a list of Nicknames for the the traditional counties of Ireland and their inhabitants The GAA county colours and flags of a GAA county are the colours of the kit worn by that county's representative team in the Gaelic The following is a list of Gaelic Athletic Association stadia. Cusack Park ( Páirc Uí Chíosóg in Irish) is a Gaelic Athletic Association stadium in Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland Mullingar ( An Muileann gCearr in Irish, meaning "the left-handed or wry mill" is the administrative centre of County Westmeath, Ireland Dual county is a term used in Gaelic games to describe a GAA county that competes at a similar level in both Hurling and Gaelic football For the latest competition see 2008 or the Hurling equivalent: 2008 The National Football For the latest competition see National Hurling League 2008. The National Hurling League (known for sponsorship reasons as the Allianz The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship is the premier "knockout" competition in the game of Gaelic football played in Ireland. The Sam Maguire Cup often just called Sam ( Irish: Chorn Sam Maguire) is the name of the Cup that Gaelic football -teams play for in the final The GAA All-Ireland Hurling Senior Championship is the premier "knockout" competition in the game of Hurling played in Ireland. The Christy Ring Cup is in effect a competition for the "Division 2" Hurling teams the so-called middle-ranking hurling teams in Ireland. Ladies' Gaelic Football is the most prominent amateur team sport for women in Ireland. The Brendan Martin Cup is the name of the Cup that Ladies' Gaelic football teams play for in the final of the All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Camogie (in Irish, camógaíocht) is a Celtic team Sport, organised by the Camogie Association of Ireland, the women's variant of The O'Duffy Cup is the prize presented to the winners of the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship. The Gaelic Athletic Association ( GAA) ( Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael /'kʊmˠən̪ˠ 'l̪ˠuh Irish (ga ''Gaeilge'' is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish. A GAA county or County board is a geographic region of control within the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA originally based on the Counties of Ireland Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world Gaelic games are the traditional sports played in Ireland. The two main Gaelic games are Gaelic football and Hurling, both of which are organised by the County Westmeath (Contae na hIarmhí is a County situated in the Irish midlands, also popularly called the "Lake county" in the western part of the province The county board is also responsible for the Westmeath inter-county teams.

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Gaelic football

Westmeath's history is one of a small downtrodden county which as very recently risen to the top of Gaelic football. Gaelic football ( Irish: Peil, Peil Ghaelach, or Caid) commonly referred to as " football " is a form of Football 2004 marked the pinnacle of resurance in the county's fortunes, which had its roots in the 1995 All-Ireland Minor winning team managed by Luke Dempsey. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Dempsey then went on to lead an almost completely different team to the 1999 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) The All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Cadbury Under-21 Football Championship) is the premier "knockout" competition

Early History

Although Westmeath had never previously won a Senior Provincial Championship prior to 2004 they did compete in an All-Ireland semi-final. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Athlone T P O'Connors, who represented Westmeath in the 1890 Leinster Championship, entered the 1891 All-Ireland semi-final as Connacht champions, representing Roscommon! They walked off the field when Dublin were leading 1-7 to 1-0, claiming one of the Dubliners had struck an Athlone player. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common For more details of Roscommon GAA see Roscommon Senior Club Football Championship or Roscommon Senior Club Hurling Championship. The Dublin County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Contae Ath Cliath or Dublin GAA is one of the 32 county boards of Athlone ( is a town that lies on the River Shannon near the southern extremity of Lough Ree, Ireland. Another generation of Westmeath players took part in the first week-night fixture in the GAA championship: on June 20 1935 they played Meath in Kells and lost by 2-7 to 0-9. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Meath County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Na Mí or Meath GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the The footballers won the 1929 junior championship, lost to Dublin by ten points in 1960 and then beat Dublin to reach the 1931 Leinster final. The Dublin County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Contae Ath Cliath or Dublin GAA is one of the 32 county boards of The Dublin County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Contae Ath Cliath or Dublin GAA is one of the 32 county boards of They beat Carlow, Laois and Offaly to go into a 1949 final against Meath, but were well beaten on both occasions. The Carlow County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cumann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Ceatharlach or Carlow GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA The Laois County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cumann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Laois or Laois GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in The Offaly County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cumann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Uíbh Fhailí or Offaly GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Meath County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Na Mí or Meath GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the Twenty years later they reached the National Football League semi-final. Westmeath beat Dublin again in the 1967 Championship and the 1984 Centenary Cup campaign and qualified for their second League semi-final in 1994. The Dublin County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Contae Ath Cliath or Dublin GAA is one of the 32 county boards of Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar)

Luke Dempsey's Reign

In 2001 the team went on an All-Ireland journey through an unheralded 9 games including a memorable extra time win over hotly fancied Mayo in Roscommon, this team was inspired by Ger Heavin who was playing probably the best football of his life in his twilight years of his inter-county career. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. For more details of Mayo GAA see Mayo Senior Club Football Championship or Mayo Senior Club Hurling Championship. Dessie Dolan was fulfilling the promise that he had shown as an under age player. Rory O Connell was starting to become one of he best midfielders in the country. The defence was backboned by Damien Healy and David Mitchell with other players to star from time to time including Martin Flanaghan, Fergal Wilson, Paul Conway, David O Shaughnessy and Fergal Murray. , Finally and painfully Westmeath lost out to Meath in an All-Ireland Quarter Final Replay - this despite being 9 points clear of Meath at half time in the original game, the loss was made worse by the fact that Westmeath has never beaten Meath in the championship. The Meath County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Na Mí or Meath GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the The Meath County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Na Mí or Meath GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the Disappointing 2002 and 2003 seasons followed and Westmeath parted terms with Dempsey. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar.

Ó Sé Era

In a shocking development Kerry footballing legend Paidi Ó Sé was parachuted in to manage the senior team some months later after he had been removed from the Kerry Senior team management. The Kerry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (or Kerry GAA) is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible The Kerry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (or Kerry GAA) is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible In the following year of 2004 Westmeath won their first ever senior title with a replayed victory over Laois (having previously beaten Wexford, Dublin and Offaly). The Laois County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cumann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Laois or Laois GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in For more information see Wexford Senior Club Hurling Championship or Wexford Senior Club Football Championship. The Dublin County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Contae Ath Cliath or Dublin GAA is one of the 32 county boards of The Offaly County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cumann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Uíbh Fhailí or Offaly GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the However the team tamely exitted their second All-Ireland Quarter Final - losing to Derry. For more information on Derry GAA see Derry Senior Football Championship and Derry Senior Hurling Championship.

Tomás Ó Flatharta takes charge

Ó Sé quit Westmeath at the end of a very poor 2005 season and was replaced by his assistant Tomás Ó Flatharta. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. After a poor league campaign, in which they were quite lucky to be promoted from Division 2, the team was easily knocked out of the Leinster Senior Football Championship in the first round by Offaly and another bad year beckoned. The GAA Leinster Senior Football Championship (sponsored by Toyota Ulster Bank Vodafone is the premier "knockout" competition in the game of football played in the province The Offaly County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cumann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Uíbh Fhailí or Offaly GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the

However wins over London, Limerick, Sligo and then a historic defeat of Galway in Pearse Park in Salthill set up a third All-Ireland Quarter Final for the team in six years - this time against Dublin. For more details see the London Senior Hurling Championship and the London Senior Football Championship The London County Board of the The Limerick County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Luimneach or Limerick GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the The Sligo County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA ( Irish: Cumann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Contae Sligeach) or Sligo GAA is one of the 32 The Galway County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Chontae na Gaillimhe or Galway GAA is one of the 32 county boards The Dublin County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Contae Ath Cliath or Dublin GAA is one of the 32 county boards of Westmeath didn't live up to expectations in the Quarter Final meeting against Dublin and lost by 10 points. The Dublin County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Contae Ath Cliath or Dublin GAA is one of the 32 county boards of Poor performances from Gary Connaughton, Dessie Dolan and Damien Healy, in particular, couldn't help the teams exit from the Championship.

Whelan's riegn comes to an end

Seamus Whelan wrote himself into the westmeath gaa history books in serving as chairman for a staggering 22 years. He was the man at the top during Westmeaths most successful period in both hurling and football. A native of Casteltown Geoghan and also a teacher in st marys cbs mullingar also saw over the development of Cusack Park in the mid 90's. His contribution to Gaelic Games in Westmeath was remarkable.

Farrell takes over

On the 22nd of December 2007 Tom Farrell was elected the new chairman of westmeath gaa. Farrell, who is also PRO of the Leinster Council, defeated the only other candidate for the post, Patrick Doherty, the outing County PRO. In what had been predicted a closely run race, Farrell claimed a comfortable enough victory, winning over 86 of the 149 delegates who were entitled to vote. A native of tang, on the Longford border, has served Westmeath immensely down through the years and will continue to do as chairman.

National League Final 2008

Westmeath staged a strong second half display to capture the Division 2 National Football League title for the third time, and the first since 2003 following a five point win over Dublin at Páirc Tailteann, Navan. The score line was Westmeath 0-15, Dublin 0-10.

Honours

Hurling

Westmeath's hurlers' best performance was a run in the mid 1930s, when they won the Leinster League twice in succession, the Junior Championship in 1936, and beat Laois to qualify for the 1937 Leinster Senior final. The All-Ireland Junior Football Championship is a Gaelic Athletic Association competition for junior Gaelic football inter-county teams in Ireland The All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Cadbury Under-21 Football Championship) is the premier "knockout" competition The All-Ireland Minor Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the ESB Minor Football Championship) is the premier "knockout" competition The GAA Leinster Senior Football Championship (sponsored by Toyota Ulster Bank Vodafone is the premier "knockout" competition in the game of football played in the province For information on the latest U-21 championship see Leinster U21 Football Championship 2007 The Leinster Under-21 Football Championship is the Under 21 "knockout" The Leinster Minor Football Championship is the Minor "knockout" competition in the game of Gaelic football played in the province of Leinster in Ireland Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Laois County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cumann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Laois or Laois GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. They played in the first division of the National Hurling League in 1985-86, and were the only team to beat Galway in an 18-month period. For the latest competition see National Hurling League 2008. The National Hurling League (known for sponsorship reasons as the Allianz The Galway County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Chontae na Gaillimhe or Galway GAA is one of the 32 county boards This team included the 3 Kilcoyne brothers and produced an All Star award for David who was the team's free taker and top scorer in 1986. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) The first All Star award for any Westmeath player in Hurling or football.

Christy Ring Cup Wins

In 2005, the county won the first Christy Ring Cup and thereby gained promotion to the 2006 Liam McCarthy Championship. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Christy Ring Cup is in effect a competition for the "Division 2" Hurling teams the so-called middle-ranking hurling teams in Ireland. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. In 2006, they beat Dublin in the first round of the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship before losing the semi final to Kilkenny in Mullingar by 14 points. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Dublin County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Contae Ath Cliath or Dublin GAA is one of the 32 county boards of The Leinster GAA Hurling Senior Championship is the premier knockout competition in the game of Hurling played in the province of Leinster in The Kilkenny County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association ( Kilkenny GAA) (Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Cill Channaigh is one of the 32 county boards Mullingar ( An Muileann gCearr in Irish, meaning "the left-handed or wry mill" is the administrative centre of County Westmeath, Ireland They then lost to Waterford, Galway and, disappointingly, Laois before tamely losing a relegation playoff against Dublin on a scorching July day in Tullamore. The Waterford County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Pórt Láirge or Waterford GAA is one of the 32 county boards The Galway County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Chontae na Gaillimhe or Galway GAA is one of the 32 county boards The Laois County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cumann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Laois or Laois GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in The Dublin County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Contae Ath Cliath or Dublin GAA is one of the 32 county boards of Tullamore ( Tulach Mhór in Irish) is a town in County Offaly, in the midlands of Ireland. Despite progress made in 2006, the GAA condemned the county's hurlers to the Christy Ring Cup - this time without the prospect of promotion. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Christy Ring Cup is in effect a competition for the "Division 2" Hurling teams the so-called middle-ranking hurling teams in Ireland.

Further progress came on 20th of April 2008 with victory in the NHL (Division 2), winning the final against Carlow. That day also saw the Westmeath footballers move into Division 1 of the NFL also with a win over Monaghan

Honours

Camogie

Mary Henry won the camogie All-Ireland Poc Fada Championship in 2006, the first Westmeath woman to win it. The Christy Ring Cup is in effect a competition for the "Division 2" Hurling teams the so-called middle-ranking hurling teams in Ireland. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. The All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship was a Hurling competition organized by the Gaelic Athletic Association in Ireland. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For the latest competition see National Hurling League 2008. The National Hurling League (known for sponsorship reasons as the Allianz The All-Ireland Poc Fada Championship is an annual tournament testing the skills of Ireland's best hurlers.

Westmeath Football Squad

This team was selected to play Galway in the NFL on Sunday 25th of March 2007. The Galway County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Chontae na Gaillimhe or Galway GAA is one of the 32 county boards The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league.

Number Player Position Local Club
1 Gary Connaughton Goalkeeper Tubberclair
2 F Boyle Right Full Back Killucan
3 Michael Ennis Full Back Ballinagore
4 John Keane Left Full Back Rosemount
5 Alan Rigney Right Half Back Tyrellspass
6 Donal O'Donoughue Centre Back Mullingar Shamrocks
7 Derick Heavin Left Half Back Castledaly
8 Martin Flanagan Midfield Tyrellspass
9 David O'Shaughnessy Midfield Garrycastle
10 Fergal Wilson Right Half Forward Tubberclair
11 Dessie Dolan Centre Forward Garrycastle
12 John Smith Left Half Forward The Downs
13 Alan Mangan Right Full Forward St Malachy's
14 Paul Bannon Full Forward Athlone GAA
15 David Glennon Left Full Forward Tyrellspass


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Tubberclair is a place in the County of Westmeath, between Ballymahon and Athlone. The villages of Killucan (Cill Lucaine Church of Lucan and Rathwire (Ráth Guaire Fort of Guaire nestle closely together in gentle rolling countryside in the east Michael Ennis (born 16 March 1984 in Coffs Harbour New South Wales) is an Australian professional Rugby league player for the Brisbane Balllinagore GAA is a GAA club in County Westmeath, Ireland The club is affiliated to the Westmeath county board. Dessie Dolan is a Gaelic football player for Westmeath and Garrycastle Athlone GAA is the Gaelic football club in the town of Athlone in Westmeath.
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