Hospital & Herbertstown

Hospital & Herbertstown, Limerick County Champions 2001.

Gaelic Echo

Gaelic Echo

Jarrott Beginning the Race

Jarrott beginning the race.

Road Bowling - Title

This image portrays the sport of road bowling.

Wexford Team returns to New Ross in 1955 with the McCarthy Cup.

Photograph of the Wexford team returning to New Ross in 1955 with the McCarthy Cup surrounded by welcoming fans. In centre foreground: Willie Wickham and Bobbie Rackard. Next row from left: Mick Morrissey, Oliver Gough, Nick O'Donnell, Paddy Kehoe, Sean Browne. Third row: Chris Casey, Tim Russell, Kevin Sheehan, Martin Codd, Tim Flood, Harry O'Connor, Ned Wheeler, Art Foley. Standing at back: Seamus Hearne, Dom Ahearne, Mick Hanlon, Jim Morrissey and Nicky Rackard.

Nicholas Furlong

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

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

Newbrook Racecourse

Postcard photo of Newbrook Racecourse where Hunt races were held in the 1890’s

© Westmeath Library Service