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Revision as of 02:42, 26 June 2010
The All-Ireland Poc Fada Championship is an annual tournament testing the skills of Ireland's best hurlers and camogie players. Poc Fada is Irish for "long puck". It is presently known for sponorship reasons as the M Donnelly Poc Fada.
The venue is Annaverna Mountain, Ravensdale, Co. Louth. The date varies but it is on the Saturday of the August Bank Holiday each year (since 2005) The starting time is 13.00pm.
Twelve competitors are invited to play each year. The competition is held every year on the Cooley mountains, Co. Louth, beginning at An Fhana Mor, Annaverna. Competitors must puck a sliotar with a hurley. They play to the top of "An Ceide" onwards to "Carn an Mhadaidh"' and after a short break continue down to "An Gahblan" finishing back at An Fhana Mor, Annaverna. The whole course measures 5 Kilometres.
An Corn Cuailgne ("The Cooley Cup") is awarded to the player who takes the lowest number of pucks. Ties are broken by the distance by which the player's last puck crosses the finish line.
There is also the comórtas beirte (pairs competition) in which the competitors are randomly assigned partners, the pair with the lowest combined score winning An Corn Setanta ("The Setanta Cup") and the Corn na Craoibhe Rua ("The Trophy of the Red Branch").
History
The tournament was founded in 1960 by Fr. Pól Mac Sheáin and the Naomh Moninne club based in Fatima, Dundalk, Louth, with the first All Ireland event taking place in 1961 Limerick man Vincent Godfrey[1] the first winner, out of 16 hurlers invited. The competition went off the calendar after 1969 before returning in 1981 with 12 competitors. The concept of the competition originates in the Irish legend of Cúchulainn, who as boy set out from his home to the King's court at Emain Macha hitting his sliotar before him and running ahead to catch it.
Since 1996 the tournament has been sponsored by M Donnelly Builders Providers. In 2001 the Poc Fada was held at Dowdalshill racecourse due to foot-and-mouth disease, doing two laps of the circuit (2 miles 880 yards / 4,023 metres). The 2005 tournmant was won by Albert Shanahan of Limerick, with international soccer player Niall Quinn (who played for Dublin in the All-Ireland minor final of 1983) also competing.
Almost all of the winners have been from the traditional hurling counties, but Dinny Donnelly (Meath), Gerry Goodwin (Tyrone), Colin Byrne (Wicklow), Paul Dunne (Louth), Mary Henry (Westmeath) and Geoffrey Berlyn (South Africa) have been the exceptions. The record currently stands at 48 pucks (an average of 104 metres per puck), achieved by Brendan Cummins (Tipperary) in 2004, while for the camogie course Mary Henry has the record with 28.The current Champion is Garry Fallon [2]
Roll of Honour
Hurling
| Year | Winner | County | Number of pucks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Vincent Godfrey | Limerick | 52 |
| 1962 | Ollie Walsh | Kilkenny | |
| 1963 | Ollie Walsh | Kilkenny | |
| 1964 tie |
Ollie Walsh Tom Geary Dinny Donnelly |
Kilkenny Waterford Meath |
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| 1965 | Denis Murphy | Cork | |
| 1966 | Finbar O'Neill | Cork | |
| 1967 | Finbar O'Neill | Cork | |
| 1968 | Finbar O'Neill | Cork | |
| 1969 | Liam Tobin | Waterford | |
| 1970-80 | Eleven-year hiatus | ||
| 1981 | Pat Hartigan | Limerick | |
| 1982 | Gerry Goodwin | Tyrone | |
| 1983 | Pat Hartigan | Limerick | |
| 1984 | Ger Cunningham | Cork | |
| 1985 | Ger Cunningham | Cork | |
| 1986 | Ger Cunningham | Cork | |
| 1987 | Ger Cunningham | Cork | |
| 1988 | Ger Cunningham | Cork | |
| 1989 | Ger Cunningham | Cork | |
| 1990 | Ger Cunningham | Cork | |
| 1991 | Tommy Quaid | Limerick | |
| 1992 | Albert Kelly | Offaly | |
| 1993 | Albert Kelly | Offaly | |
| 1994 | Michael Shaughnessy | Galway | |
| 1995 | Michael Shaughnessy | Galway | |
| 1996 | Michael Shaughnessy | Galway | |
| 1997 | Colin Byrne | Wicklow | |
| 1998 | Albert Kelly | Offaly | |
| 1999 | Davy FitzGerald | Clare | |
| 2000 | Colin Byrne | Wicklow | 50 |
| 2001 | Albert Shanahan | Limerick | 49 § |
| 2002 | Davy Fitzgerald | Clare | 52 |
| 2003 | Paul Dunne | Louth | 54 |
| 2004 | Brendan Cummins | Tipperary | 48 |
| 2005 | Albert Shanahan | Limerick | 58 |
| 2006 | Brendan Cummins | Tipperary | 52 |
| 2007 | Brendan Cummins | Tipperary | 49 |
| 2008 | Brendan Cummins | Tipperary | 49 |
| 2009 | Gerry Fallon | Roscommon | 60 (strong wind) |
§ short course - took place at the Dundalk Racecourse (two and a half-mile) due to foot-and-mouth disease.
Camogie Poc Fada 2004-present (seven competitors)
Uses a shorter course of just 2 stages from "An Fhana Mor" to "An Gabhlan" and back, a distance of 2.5 kilimetres.
| Year | Winner | County | Number of pucks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Stephanie Gannon | Galway | 32 |
| 2005 | Denise Lynch | Clare | 30 |
| 2006 | Mary Henry | Westmeath | 28 |
| 2007 | Lyndsey Condell | Carlow | 30 |
| 2008 | Lyndsey Condell | Carlow | 28 |
| 2009 | Patricia Jackman | Waterford | 29 |
Boys U16 Poc Fada 2007-present (four competitors)
Uses the same course as the Camogie finalists.
| Year | Winner | County | Number of pucks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Aaron Murphy | Limerick | 24 |
| 2008 | Eamon Murphy | Waterford | 26 |
| 2009 | Noel Fallon | Roscommon | 25 |
References
- The online Poc Fada portal for News, History, Pictures and Results
- The Poc Fada on gaa.ie
- Detailed results for 2005 tournament
- ^ "Roll of Honour". Retrieved 2010-06-08.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ "Cummins retains Poc Fada title". Retrieved 2008-04-07.