GAA Handball Fixtures & Events Update – Covid-19
Please see below email received from John Kelly, National Manager, GAA Handball, in relation to the recent decision to postpone or cancel some upcoming handball events due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The events affected are outlined in the following link GAA Handball Covid-19 update 9th April. Email A chairde, Firstly, I hope you are all keeping […]
Memories from 1965: Wexford dominated the early National Leagues
The first National League was played in 1965 and it was won by Wexford. The team consisted of Dick Lyng, Billy Lyng, Jimmy King and J. Dempsey.Three of those team members are in this old picture from 1965. Sligo won in 1966 but Wexford were victorious again in both 1967 and 1968 when Dick Lyng, […]
Memories: Gael Linn Competition
The Gael Linn competition was introduced in 1954 and was the first of its type to be decided on a time basis, usually 30 minutes per match. It found favour with the players straight away and hundreds took part each year. After the early rounds had reduced the numbers, groups of eight were formed, with […]
Handball articles
Written by AOB Our handball articles are generating tremendous interest around the country, amongst both handball and non handballing people alike. Our past hero’s should not be forgotten and this is our way of ensuring their stories and achievements will be recorded for all time. Although the articles will slip from the front news pages […]
1987 county juvenile doubles finalists named
33 years on and a number of these are still playing. What a wonderful sport we have.
More memories from 2010: Our first newsletter in pre website times
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GAA Handball History
History is created by people who do things and as an ancient game, handball has more history than most. Our handball history is our handball story and you can read about it on the excellent History Archive section at GAA Handball. Click the link below to get to the website. https://www.gaahandball.ie/about/history
A place of solace at times like this
A spot of self indulgence by AOB At times like this its nice to have somewhere to go ….
Memories from 2010: Wexford won GAA Showdown event, but will we ever see its like again?
Just a thought by AOB Just over 10 years ago the GAA Handball Showdown took place at Croke Park with participants from hurling, football, camogie, ladies football and rounders joining the country’s top handballers for a special handball doubles event to mark the GAA 125 celebrations. As the opening of our new National Handball Centre […]
Memories from 1999 – Wexford win two All Ireland 75th anniversary team events
Wexford proved themselves the top county in Ireland when they won both the 40×20 and softball All Ireland team events especially created to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the GAA.
Wexford GAA Handball Roll of Honour
The updated county playing records of Wexford GAA Handball can be viewed at the following link; County Championship Roll of Honour updated April 5th 2020 We would welcome assistance in finding those results that are missing and also to be made aware of any errors.
Profiled: Brian Gilhooly, Castlebridge
Written by AOB This is a story of a sportsman (in every sense of the word) who was never happy being second, if he could be first. A young player who recognized early on that he needed to master the multiple elements of the game if he was to maximize the potential that those around […]
Memories from 1991: Templeudigan women are All Ireland champions
Two of the best in their era and they haven’t aged a bit since!
County juvenile doubles finals picture from 1987 – how many can you name?
The below picture was taken at the county 60×30 juvenile doubles finals back in 1987 and contains many well known faces. The question is, how many can you identify? We have all the details but it would be interesting to see who can come up with the most names……
Player profile series update
Our new player profile series kicks off later today and in the coming days and weeks we hope to shine a light on the careers, achievements and opinions of several of our current and former players. Many of those players will be happy to reminisce and to share their memories and their thoughts, while the […]
Profiled: Pat Cleary, Ballyanne
Article by AOB The first player we profile is a man who, in a long and brilliant career, tasted success at just about every level of the sport. A man driven by ambition and by a burning desire to be the very best he could be. Like everyone else Pat Cleary was not born a […]