My uncle won with Kierans in 1959.
Today his grandson won one. 
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Fresher league final between UL and DCU on TG4 youtube at 7. UL stacked with Adam Screeny, Killian Corcoran and Killian Doyle the best known.
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Itâs a pity they didnât have the trial rules in use for this. Good game nonetheless.
Defending Sigerson champs UCC face UU test, Fitzgibbon kingpins UL drawn with ATU Galway and TUS Midwest
UCC made it title number 24 when they beat UL after extra-time in last Februaryâs final in Waterford.
COLLEGE BALL: University of Galway footballer Tommy Conroy, left, and University College Cork footballer Dylan Foley with the Sigerson Cup before the draw for the Electric Ireland GAA Higher Education Championships at Croke Park. Pic: Piaras Ă MĂdheach/Sportsfile
TUE, 05 DEC, 2023 - 14:55
PAUL KEANE
Sigerson Cup holders UCC will begin the defence of their third-level football title with a January 9, Round 1 fixture against Ulster University.
UCC made it title number 24 when they beat UL after extra-time in last Februaryâs final in Waterford.
Ulster University will present stiff first-round opposition as the northerners recently contested the Division 1 league final, losing out to University of Galway.
They should be significantly stronger for the clash with UCC as they didnât have Derry midfielder Conor Glass, 2023 Young Player of the Year Ethan Doherty nor Tyrone attacker Darragh Canavan.
The winners of that UCC/UU game will play ATU Galway or UCD.
Maurice Sheridanâs University of Galway, the 2022 Sigerson winners, won last monthâs Division 1 league title and will begin their championship campaign with a tie against 2023 Sigerson semi-finalists TU Dublin.
Meanwhile, back-to-back Fitzgibbon Cup winners UL have been placed in Group B of the hurling competition along with ATU Galway and TUS Midwest.
Jamie Wallâs Mary Immaculate will be in Group A, with Maynooth and UCC while Group C comprises DCU, SETU W and MTU Cork. The final group is made up of University of Galway, SETU Carlow and UCD.
Once again, the top two teams from each of those Fitzgibbon groups will advance to the quarter-finals on February 7/8.
SIGERSON CUP 2024
Round 1
Queens v DCU DE
SETU Carlow v TUS ML
UU v UCC
ATU Galway v UCD
Maynooth v MTU Cork
UL v ATU Donegal
U of Gal. v TU Dublin
ATU Sligo v St Maryâs
FITZGIBBON CUP 2024
GROUP A
MICL, Maynooth, UCC
GROUP B
UL, ATU Galway, TUS MW
GROUP C
SETU Waterford, DCU DE, MTU Cork
GROUP D
U of Galway, SETU Carlow, UCD
Im fairly sure they do.
The hand pass rules worked very well.
Still donât agree with the puckout rule outside the 45 but it didnât seem to overly affect the game.
Fairly sure the rule was meant to affect the game
There was no negative effect.
No throwing of the ball, loads of contests for the ball all over the field. Players used the brick flick well. Itâs worth persevering with.
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Rory Oâ Connor did the same in 2017. Davy threw him into the starting team for the All-Ireland quarter-final defeat to Waterford shortly after the conclusion of his Leaving Cert.
Lovely.
Fitz panels.
https://x.com/mlverney/status/1733905546988634343?s=61&t=ywRfELeDxVX6PcFItqXOXw
https://x.com/mlverney/status/1733905677364445298?s=61&t=ywRfELeDxVX6PcFItqXOXw
Was out and about. How did that go? Any teamsheets.
Dangan is by far and away the best 3rd level venue.
The bank in Dangan is iconic.
Is there still the telephone wires across the pitch that occasionally get hit by sliotars?
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About two years since I was last there. The floodlights add to the whole atmosphere also. The power lines were still there then. Some great hurling people always on the bank.
Its a serious fortress but wouldnât have the history or tradition of the famous Mardyke.
The day their Fitz team ran through the woods and frightened the shit out of UCC before their game in 06 granted the venue legendary status.
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Have seen the wires get hit a few times. Always raises a good chuckleâŚ
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