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:''For more information see Wexford Senior Club Hurling Championship or Wexford Senior Club Football Championship.''
The Wexford County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) (Irish: ''Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Loch Garman'') or 'Wexford GAA' is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic Games in County Wexford. The county board is also responsible for the Wexford inter-county teams
Hurling was played in Wexford from medieval times. A team of Wexfordmen travelled to play the Cornish champions in the late 18th century. Having no formal jerseys, each of the Wexford players tied a strip of yellow cloth around their chests so they could identify each other. They won the game, and as they left the field King George III was heard to remark "Well done the yellow bellies." This is how Wexford acquired the nickname that they still use today.
Wexford had one of the greatest football teams in the history of the GAA during the 1910s with them winning six Leinster and four All-Irelands in a row. The team was trained by 1900 star Jem Roche - who had fought for the World Heavyweight boxing Championship!
Wexford's last major football success was winning the Leinster title in 1945. From then on, hurling took precedent in Wexford and as a consequence, the Wexford footballers suffered and descended into obscurtity for many years.
However, recently Wexford have had a very strong team. The team beat all the odds to reach the Division 1 League final of 2005 under the management of Pat Roe but were beaten by a strong Armagh team that day. The team suffered relegation from Division 1 in 2006 but the county is confident of achieving a good championship run this year, with the aim being to win the Leinster title. Wexford's current senior football manager is former Dublin and All-Ireland winner Paul Bealin.
★ 'All-Ireland Senior Football Championships:' 5
★
★ 1893, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918
★ 'All-Ireland Junior Football Championships:' 1
★
★ 1992
★ 'Leinster Senior Football Championships:' 10
★
★ 1890, 1893, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1925, 1945
★ 'Leinster Minor Football Championship:' 3
★
★ 1937, 1950, 1969
★ 'Leinster Junior Football Championship:' 6
★
★ 1911, 1963, 1984, 1992, 2000, 2007
It is hurling that Wexford people play best. Ask the Kildare players who were beaten by 14-15 to 1-1 in an 1897 Croke Cup match. Or the Antrim team beaten by 12-17 to 2-3 in a 1954 All-Ireland semi-final. Nicky Rackard, who scored 7-8 at that day, was Wexford's greatest hurler. He starred in two great clashes with Cork in 1954 and 1956. Wexford lost the first after having a goal disallowed, but won the second with the combination of a great Art Foley save and Nicky Rackard goal in the closing minutes.
In the 1970s the distinctive red-haired Tony Doran was the star as Kilkenny and Wexford played ten rousing Leinster finals in succession. In 1984 they claimed that the final whistle was blown prematurely when they were beaten by a single point in the Leinster final.
Wexford had a great team during the 1990s and their hard work was rewarded in 1996 when Wexford, led by Liam Griffin and captained by Martin Storey, brought the Liam McCarthy Cup back to Slaneyside for the first time since 1968, they were waiting 28 years. Cork and Kilkenny have dominated the honours in recent years.
Wexford's most recent hurling success was in the Leinster Final of 2004 when they defeated Offaly. In the Leinster semi final, they shocked Kilkenny by beating them with a last-gasp goal scored by Mick Jacob after a clinical sideline cut by Adrian Fenlon fell into the hand of Kilkenny centre back Peter Barry, only for the brilliant Mick Jacob to block him down as he tried to get rid of the ball and Jacob subsequently fired the ball to the back of the Kilkenny net ending Kilkenny's 6 year reign as Leinster Champions. Unfortunately, however, hurling in Wexford has been on the slide since 1996, their last All-Ireland success, and the Leinster title in 2004 simply papered over the cracks.
Since hitting rock bottom in 2006 Wexford have made great progress so far this season and there are signs that Wexford are becoming contendors again.
''The following is the team that lined out for Wexford in the All-Ireland Hurling Quarter-Final against Clare on July 23, 2006:''
The following team represented wexford in the NHL semi final vs Kilkenny 07
1.Damien Fitzhenry
2.Malachy Travers
3.Declan Ruth
4.David O'Connor(Paul Roche injury)
5.Willie Doran
6.Keith Rossiter
7.Ciaran Kenny
8.Kevin Kavanagh
9.Diarmuid Lyng
10.Michael Jacob
11.Eoin Quigley
12.Stephen Nolan
13.Paul Carley
14.Darren Stamp
15.Rory Jacob
subs used
Richie Kehoe
Barry Lambert
Rory McCarthy
Mitch jordan
★ 'All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championships:' 6
★
★ 1910, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1968, 1996
★ 'All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championships:' ''4''
★
★ 1961, 1968, 2005, 2007
★ 'All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championships:' 2
★
★ 1985, 1992
★ 'All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championships:' 1
★
★ 1965
★ 'All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championships:' ''3''
★
★ 1963, 1966, 1968
★ 'National Hurling Leagues:' 4
★
★ 1956, 1958, 1967, 1973
★ 'Leinster Senior Hurling Championships:' 19
★
★ 1890, 1891, 1899, 1901, 1910, 1918, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1976, 1977, 1996, 1997, 2004
★ 'All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championships:' ''3''
★
★ 1968, 1969, 1975
★ 'All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championships:' 1
★
★ 1995
★ 'National Camogie Leagues:' 2
★
★ 1977, 1978
★ 'All-Ireland Ladies' Minor Football Championships:' ''3''
★
★ 1982, 1983, 1984
★ 'All-Ireland Under-16 Football Championship:' ''3''
★
★ 1981, 1982, 1983
★ 'All-Ireland Under-14 Football Championship:' ''1''
★
★ 1990
★ Wexford on Hoganstand.com
★ National and provincial titles won by Wexford teams
★ Club championship winners
★ Wexford GAA site
★ Wexford GAA Discussion Board
The Wexford County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) (Irish: ''Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Loch Garman'') or 'Wexford GAA' is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic Games in County Wexford. The county board is also responsible for the Wexford inter-county teams
| Contents |
| History |
| Gaelic football |
| Honours |
| Hurling |
| Wexford Hurling Team |
| Honours |
| Camogie |
| Honours |
| Ladies' Gaelic football |
| Honours |
| External links |
History
Hurling was played in Wexford from medieval times. A team of Wexfordmen travelled to play the Cornish champions in the late 18th century. Having no formal jerseys, each of the Wexford players tied a strip of yellow cloth around their chests so they could identify each other. They won the game, and as they left the field King George III was heard to remark "Well done the yellow bellies." This is how Wexford acquired the nickname that they still use today.
Gaelic football
Wexford had one of the greatest football teams in the history of the GAA during the 1910s with them winning six Leinster and four All-Irelands in a row. The team was trained by 1900 star Jem Roche - who had fought for the World Heavyweight boxing Championship!
Wexford's last major football success was winning the Leinster title in 1945. From then on, hurling took precedent in Wexford and as a consequence, the Wexford footballers suffered and descended into obscurtity for many years.
However, recently Wexford have had a very strong team. The team beat all the odds to reach the Division 1 League final of 2005 under the management of Pat Roe but were beaten by a strong Armagh team that day. The team suffered relegation from Division 1 in 2006 but the county is confident of achieving a good championship run this year, with the aim being to win the Leinster title. Wexford's current senior football manager is former Dublin and All-Ireland winner Paul Bealin.
Honours
★ 'All-Ireland Senior Football Championships:' 5
★
★ 1893, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918
★ 'All-Ireland Junior Football Championships:' 1
★
★ 1992
★ 'Leinster Senior Football Championships:' 10
★
★ 1890, 1893, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1925, 1945
★ 'Leinster Minor Football Championship:' 3
★
★ 1937, 1950, 1969
★ 'Leinster Junior Football Championship:' 6
★
★ 1911, 1963, 1984, 1992, 2000, 2007
Hurling
It is hurling that Wexford people play best. Ask the Kildare players who were beaten by 14-15 to 1-1 in an 1897 Croke Cup match. Or the Antrim team beaten by 12-17 to 2-3 in a 1954 All-Ireland semi-final. Nicky Rackard, who scored 7-8 at that day, was Wexford's greatest hurler. He starred in two great clashes with Cork in 1954 and 1956. Wexford lost the first after having a goal disallowed, but won the second with the combination of a great Art Foley save and Nicky Rackard goal in the closing minutes.
In the 1970s the distinctive red-haired Tony Doran was the star as Kilkenny and Wexford played ten rousing Leinster finals in succession. In 1984 they claimed that the final whistle was blown prematurely when they were beaten by a single point in the Leinster final.
Wexford had a great team during the 1990s and their hard work was rewarded in 1996 when Wexford, led by Liam Griffin and captained by Martin Storey, brought the Liam McCarthy Cup back to Slaneyside for the first time since 1968, they were waiting 28 years. Cork and Kilkenny have dominated the honours in recent years.
Wexford's most recent hurling success was in the Leinster Final of 2004 when they defeated Offaly. In the Leinster semi final, they shocked Kilkenny by beating them with a last-gasp goal scored by Mick Jacob after a clinical sideline cut by Adrian Fenlon fell into the hand of Kilkenny centre back Peter Barry, only for the brilliant Mick Jacob to block him down as he tried to get rid of the ball and Jacob subsequently fired the ball to the back of the Kilkenny net ending Kilkenny's 6 year reign as Leinster Champions. Unfortunately, however, hurling in Wexford has been on the slide since 1996, their last All-Ireland success, and the Leinster title in 2004 simply papered over the cracks.
Since hitting rock bottom in 2006 Wexford have made great progress so far this season and there are signs that Wexford are becoming contendors again.
Wexford Hurling Team
''The following is the team that lined out for Wexford in the All-Ireland Hurling Quarter-Final against Clare on July 23, 2006:''
The following team represented wexford in the NHL semi final vs Kilkenny 07
1.Damien Fitzhenry
2.Malachy Travers
3.Declan Ruth
4.David O'Connor(Paul Roche injury)
5.Willie Doran
6.Keith Rossiter
7.Ciaran Kenny
8.Kevin Kavanagh
9.Diarmuid Lyng
10.Michael Jacob
11.Eoin Quigley
12.Stephen Nolan
13.Paul Carley
14.Darren Stamp
15.Rory Jacob
subs used
Richie Kehoe
Barry Lambert
Rory McCarthy
Mitch jordan
Honours
★ 'All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championships:' 6
★
★ 1910, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1968, 1996
★ 'All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championships:' ''4''
★
★ 1961, 1968, 2005, 2007
★ 'All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championships:' 2
★
★ 1985, 1992
★ 'All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championships:' 1
★
★ 1965
★ 'All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championships:' ''3''
★
★ 1963, 1966, 1968
★ 'National Hurling Leagues:' 4
★
★ 1956, 1958, 1967, 1973
★ 'Leinster Senior Hurling Championships:' 19
★
★ 1890, 1891, 1899, 1901, 1910, 1918, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1976, 1977, 1996, 1997, 2004
Camogie
Honours
★ 'All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championships:' ''3''
★
★ 1968, 1969, 1975
★ 'All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championships:' 1
★
★ 1995
★ 'National Camogie Leagues:' 2
★
★ 1977, 1978
Ladies' Gaelic football
Honours
★ 'All-Ireland Ladies' Minor Football Championships:' ''3''
★
★ 1982, 1983, 1984
★ 'All-Ireland Under-16 Football Championship:' ''3''
★
★ 1981, 1982, 1983
★ 'All-Ireland Under-14 Football Championship:' ''1''
★
★ 1990
External links
★ Wexford on Hoganstand.com
★ National and provincial titles won by Wexford teams
★ Club championship winners
★ Wexford GAA site
★ Wexford GAA Discussion Board
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