May 26, 2021

Clontarf Europad U20 Tournament 1991

Ireland Water Polo Logo [References: 1]

Preliminary Round Tables

Clontarf Europad U20 1991	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Group 1
North Dublin (QF)	1	1	0	0	3	1	3
St. Vincent’s (PO)	1	0	0	1	1	3	0
Group 2
Guinness (QF)	2	2	0	0	8	5	6
Clontarf (QF)	2	1	0	1	12	4	3
Cathal Brugha (P)	2	0	0	2	2	13	0
Group 3
Half Moon (QF)	1	1	0	0	3	0	3
Sandycove (PO)	1	0	0	1	0	3	0
Group 4
Clonard (QF)	2	2	0	0	13	5	6
Clondalkin Alligators (QF)	2	1	0	1	8	14	3
Glenalbyn (P)	2	0	0	2	6	8	0

[References: compiled from Results in 2]

Knockout Rounds

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Playoff		Group 1 & 3 Losers
05.01.1991	St. Vincent’s	3	Sandycove	1
	Placed Semi-Finals
06.01.1991	Cathal Brugha	10	Clontarf B	4
06.01.1991	Glenalbyn	6	Sandycove	4
	Placed Final
06.01.1991	Glenalbyn	11	Cathal Brugha	5
	Premier Quarter-Finals
06.01.1991	Clonard	7	Guinness	6
06.01.1991	Clontarf	6	Clondalkin Alligators	0
06.01.1991	Half Moon	3	St. Vincent’s	2
06.01.1991	North Dublin	15	Clontarf B	1
	Premier Semi-Finals
06.01.1991	North Dublin	4	Clonard	1
06.01.1991	Clontarf	6	Half Moon	5
	Premier Final
06.01.1991	Clontarf	5	North Dublin	4

[References: 2]

Preliminary Round Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Group 1
05.01.1991	North Dublin	3	St. Vincent’s	1
	Group 2
05.01.1991	Clontarf	3	Guinness	4
05.01.1991	Clontarf	9	Cathal Brugha	0
05.01.1991	Guinness	4	Cathal Brugha	2
	Group 3
05.01.1991	Sandycove	0	Half Moon	3
	Group 4
05.01.1991	Glenalbyn	4	Clondalkin Alligators	5
05.01.1991	Clonard	10	Clondalkin Alligators	3
05.01.1991	Glenalbyn	2	Clonard	3

[References: 2]

Report

In the Clontarf Europad U20 Water Polo Tournament held in St. Vincent’s, Glasnevin from the 5th-6th of January 1991, the hosts emerged victorious 5-4 versus North Dublin in Sudden Death Extra Time. Clontarf had a slow start, losing their opening game 3-4 to Guinness before overpowering Belfast team Cathal Brugha 9-0 to reach the Quarter-Finals where they proceeded to defeat Clondalkin Alligators 6-0 and then Half Moon 6-5 in the Semi-Finals. The Placed Final saw an 11-5 victory for Glenalbyn versus Cathal Brugha.

Premier Final: Clontarf 5 (E Bourke 2, N Kennelly 2, G Cleary) North Dublin 4 (D Wilks 3, P Morris)

References / Further Reading

Images

[1] Ireland Water Polo (2014) Ireland Water Polo Logo [Internet] Available from: https://irelandwaterpolo.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/ireland-water-polo.png [Accessed 21 February 2017]

Newspapers

[2] Anon. (1991) “Water Polo” Belfast Telegraph. Monday, January 7 pg. 24-25 [Past Copies of the Belfast Telegraph are available to view online at the Irish Newspaper Archive at: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ [This article last accessed 17 July 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Caoimhe Mullaney

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May 26, 2021

Irish Water Polo Association Men’s National League Division 1 2004-05

Ireland Water Polo Logo [References: 1]

Table

IWPA MNL D1 2004-05	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Half Moon	5	4	0	1			12
North Dublin	5	4	0	1			12
Guinness	5	3	0	2			9
Corrib	6	2	1	3			7
Cathal Brugha	5	2	0	3			6
Sandycove	5	1	1	3			4
Setanta	5	1	0	4			3

[References: Compiled from Results in 2-6]

Results & Fixtures

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
02.10.2004	Guinness	7	Setanta	6
02.10.2004	North Dublin	13	Corrib	5
02.10.2004	Sandycove	2	Cathal Brugha	11
	Week 3
16.10.2004	Cathal Brugha	7	Corrib	5
16.10.2004	Setanta	1	Half Moon	17
16.10.2004	Guinness	10	Sandycove	9
	Week 5
30.10.2004	North Dublin	12	Setanta	10
30.10.2004	Half Moon	6	Sandycove	10
31.10.2004	Cathal Brugha	8	Setanta	9
31.10.2004	Half Moon	p	North Dublin	p
	Week 6
06.11.2004	Corrib	11	Guinness	10
	Week 7
20.11.2004	Sandycove	7	Corrib	7
21.11.2004	Half Moon	16	Corrib	5
21.11.2004	Sandycove	6	North Dublin	8
21.11.2004	Guinness	8	Cathal Brugha	7
	Week 9
27.11.2004	Half Moon	13	Cathal Brugha	8
28.11.2004	North Dublin	9	Guinness	8
	Week 10
04.12.2004	Corrib	14	Setanta	4
	Week 11
08.12.2004	Half Moon	10	North Dublin	9
	Week 13
08.01.2005	Corrib		Cathal Brugha
08.01.2005	Half Moon	p	Setanta	p
08.01.2005	Sandycove	p	Guinness	p
	Week 16
29.01.2005	Guinness	p	Half Moon	p
30.01.2005	Cathal Brugha		North Dublin
30.01.2005	Setanta		Sandycove
	Week 17
05.02.2005	Guinness	p	Corrib	p
05.02.2005	Sandycove	p	Half Moon	p
06.02.2005	Setanta		North Dublin
	Week 18
12.02.2005	Corrib		North Dublin
13.02.2005	Setanta		Guinness
13.02.2005	Cathal Brugha		Sandycove
	Week 19
19.02.2005	Corrib		Half Moon

[References: 2-6]

Report

By Christmas 2004 in a very competitive Irish Water Polo Association Men’s National League Division 1 2004-05 season, Half Moon and North Dublin were out in front with four wins and one loss from five games each, just ahead of Guinness with three wins from five games. Corrib (two wins and one draw from six), Cathal Brugha (two wins from five), Sandycove (one win and one draw from five) and Setanta (one win from five) made up a closely-knit bottom half of the table.

Within the leading group, Half Moon had defeated North Dublin 10-9, North Dublin won 9-8 versus Guinness, who had also lost 11-10 to Corrib of Galway. Half Moon’s loss had come against another South Dublin team, Sandycove (6-10).

References / Further Reading

Images

[1] Ireland Water Polo (2014) Ireland Water Polo Logo [Internet] Available from: https://irelandwaterpolo.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/ireland-water-polo.png [Accessed 21 February 2017]

Websites

[2] Ireland Water Polo | Wayback Machine (2005) Irish Water Polo Association National Fixtures & Results : October 2004 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20041210230520/http://irelandwaterpolo.com/oct04.htm [Accessed 27 March 2017]

[3] Ireland Water Polo | Wayback Machine (2005) Irish Water Polo Association National Fixtures & Results : November 2004 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20050206134945/http://irelandwaterpolo.com/nov04.htm [Accessed 27 March 2017]

[4] Ireland Water Polo | Wayback Machine (2005) Irish Water Polo Association National Fixtures & Results : December 2004 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20050206134238/http://irelandwaterpolo.com/dec04.htm [Accessed 27 March 2017]

[5] Ireland Water Polo | Wayback Machine (2005) Irish Water Polo Association National Fixtures & Results : January 2005 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20050206075936/http://irelandwaterpolo.com/jan05.htm [Accessed 27 March 2017]

[6] Ireland Water Polo | Wayback Machine (2005) Irish Water Polo Association National Fixtures & Results : February 2005 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20050206134525/http://irelandwaterpolo.com/feb05.htm [Accessed 27 March 2017]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Laurence O’Toole.

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May 26, 2021

Clontarf Euro Tab U21 Water Polo Tournament 2000

Ireland Water Polo Logo [References: 1]

Preliminary Round Tables

Clontarf U21 Euro Tab 2000	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Group
Cathal Brugha (SF)	3	3	0	0	14	5	9
Setanta A (SF)	3	2	0	1	8	8	6
Clontarf (P)	3	1	0	2	10	8	3
St. Vincent’s B (P)	3	0	0	3	4	15	0
Group
North Dublin (SF)	3	3	0	0	20	5	9
St. Vincent’s A (SF)	3	2	0	1	14	7	6
Sandycove (P)	3	1	0	2	18	14	3
Setanta B (P)	3	0	0	3	2	28	0

[References: Compiled from results in 2]

Knockout Rounds

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Plate Semi-Finals
27.02.2000	Clontarf	w/o	Setanta B	scr
27.02.2000	Sandycove	4	St. Vincent’s B	3
	Plate Final
27.02.2000	Clontarf	3	Sandycove	0
	Premier Semi-Finals
27.02.2000	Cathal Brugha	2	St. Vincent’s A	4
27.02.2000	North Dublin	4	Setanta A	3
	Premier Final
27.02.2000	North Dublin	4	St. Vincent’s A	3

[References: 3]

Preliminary Round Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Group
26.02.2000	Clontarf	5	St. Vincent’s B	1
26.02.2000	Cathal Brugha	4	Setanta A	1
26.02.2000	Clontarf	2	Cathal Brugha	3
26.02.2000	Setanta A	3	St. Vincent’s B	1
26.02.2000	Clontarf	3	Setanta A	4
26.02.2000	Cathal Brugha	7	St. Vincent’s B	2
	Group
26.02.2000	North Dublin	6	Sandycove A	2
26.02.2000	St. Vincent’s A	5	Setanta B	0
26.02.2000	North Dublin	11	Setanta B	1
26.02.2000	St. Vincent’s A	7	Sandycove	4
26.02.2000	Setanta B	1	Sandycove	12
26.02.2000	St. Vincent’s A	2	North Dublin	3

[References: 2]

Report

North Dublin won the Clontarf Euro Tab U21 Tournament at St. Vincent’s Pool in Glasnevin, North Dublin over the weekend of 26th-27th February 2000. After all 12 Group matches had gone to form, North Dublin defeated Setanta A from Belfast 4-3 in the Premier Semi-Finals and St. Vincent’s A from Glasnevin, Dublin defeated Cathal Brugha, from Belfast 4-2 in the3 other Premier Semi-Final. The Premier Final was won 4-3 by North Dublin with two goals each coming from M Reilly and K Wilkes. St. Vincent’s A’s scorers were A McDonnell, D Fitzgerald, and M O’Connor. Hosts Clontarf were Plate Champions, triumphing 3-0 in the Plate Final versus Sandycove.

Premier Final: North Dublin 4 (M Reilly (2), K Wilkes (2)) St. Vincent’s A 3 (A McDonnell, D Fitzgerald, M O’Connor)

References / Further Reading

Images

[1] Ireland Water Polo (2017) Ireland Water Polo Logo [Internet] Available from https://irelandwaterpolo.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/ireland-water-polo.png [Accessed 21 February 2017]

Newspapers

[2] Anon. (2000) “Water Polo” Sunday Independent. February 28. pg. 80-81 [Past Copies of the Sundfay Independent are available too view online at the Irish Newspaper Archive at: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ [This article last accessed 26 May 2021]

[3] Anon. (2000) “Water Polo” Irish Independent. Monday, February 27. pg.28-29 [Past Copies of the Irish Independent are available too view online at the Irish Newspaper Archive at: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ [This article last accessed 16 March 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Laurence O’Toole.

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May 15, 2021

Home Countries Water Polo Championship 1988

Final Table

Home Countries Water Polo 1988	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Scotland	3	2	1	0	37	15	5
England	3	1	2	0	42	23	4
Wales	3	1	1	1	30	27	3
*Ireland*	3	0	0	3	9	53	0

[Referencers: Compiled from results in 2]

Results

W/E	Home Team		Away Team
27.03.1988	Scotland	12	Wales	0
27.03.1988	England	23	Ireland	4
27.03.1988	Scotland	9	England	9
27.03.1988	Ireland	5	Wales	14
27.03.1988	Scotland	16	Ireland	0
27.03.1988	England	10	Wales	10

[References: 2]

Report

Ireland finished last in the Water Polo Home Countries Championship in 1988, losing 23-4 to England, 14-5 to Wales and 16-0 to Scotland. Scotland took the title on home soil, with a victory over Wales and a draw with England, after the English could only draw with Wales in the final match of the tournament, played at Wishaw, near Glasgow.

Venue: Wishaw, Scotland

Reference

Newspapers

[2] Anon. (1991) Sport in Brief: Water Polo Irish Times . Monday, March 28, 1988 pg. 2 [Internet] Available from: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1988/0328/Pg002.html#Ar00200 [The Irish Times Archive is a Subscription Archive]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Laurence O’Toole.

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Last Updated: 15 May 2021

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March 25, 2021March 19, 2024

EU 8 Nations Water Polo Tournament 2014

EU 8 Nations Water Polo Tournament 2014 Results and Tables

Final Table

	EU 8 Nations Water Polo 2014
Place	Country	P	W	D	L	F	A
1	Malta	5	5	0	0	85	38
2	Denmark	5	3	0	2	62	52
3	*Ireland*	5	4	0	1	55	46
4	Austria	5	2	0	3	43	59
5	Switzerland	5	2	1	2	48	48
6	Scotland	5	2	0	3	51	49
7	Czech Republic	5	2	0	3	54	45
8	Wales	5	0	0	5	38	80
Final Table

EU 8 Nations Water Polo Tournament 2014 Final Table [References: compiled from Results in 2-5]

Finals

	EU 8 Nations		Water Polo 2014
Date	Home Team		Away Team
	5th-8th Semi-Finals
15.03.2014	Switzerland	11	Czech Republic	8
15.03.2014	Scotland	15	Wales	9
	Semi-Finals
15.03.2014	Ireland	7	Malta	17
15.03.2014	Austria	8	Denmark	13
	7th-8th Place
16.03.2014	Czech Republic	18	Wales	7
	5th-6th Place
16.03.2014	Switzerland	10	Scotland	9
	3rd-4th Place
16.03.2014	Ireland	13	Austria	6
	Final
16.03.2014	Malta	9	Denmark	8
	Knockout Rounds Results		[References: 2-5]

EU 8 Nations Water Polo Tournament 2014 Knockout Rounds Results [References: 2-5]

Group Tables

EU 8 Nations Water Polo 2014
EU 8 Nations 2014	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Group A
Ireland (Q)	3	3	0	0	35	23	6
Austria (Q)	3	1	1	1	29	33	3
Scotland	3	1	0	2	27	30	2
Switzerland	3	0	1	2	27	31	1
Group B
Malta (Q)	3	3	0	0	59	23	6
Denmark (Q)	3	2	0	1	41	35	4
Czech Republic	3	1	0	2	28	27	2
Wales	3	0	0	3	22	57	0
Group Tables

EU 8 Nations Water Polo Tournament 2014 Group Tables [References: Compiled from results in 2-5]

Group Results

	EU 8 Nations		Water Polo 2014
Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Group A
14.03.2014	Ireland	9	Switzerland	7
14.03.2014	Austria	11	Scotland	8
14.03.2014	Switzerland	11	Austria	11
14.03.2014	Ireland	12	Scotland	9
15.03.2014	Switzerland	9	Scotland	11
15.03.2014	Ireland	14	Austria	7
	Group B
14.03.2014	Denmark	11	Czech Republic	9
14.03.2014	Wales	8	Malta	23
14.03.2014	Denmark	21	Wales	8
14.03.2014	Malta	18	Czech Republic	8
15.03.2014	Denmark	9	Malta	18
15.03.2014	Wales	6	Czech Republic	13
	Group Results		[References: 2-5]

EU 8 Nations Water Polo Tournament 2014 Group Results [References: 2-5]

Report

Ireland topped their group in the EU 8 Nations Water Polo Tournament at the University of Limerick from the 14th to 16th March 2014. Having defeated Switzerland (9-7), Scotland (12-9) and then Austria (14-7) Ireland lost out to Malta (7-17) in the Semi-Finals, before recovering to defeat the Austrians again (13-6) in the Bronze Medal Game. Malta triumphed 9-8 over Denmark in the Final.

The other teams in the Tournament were Swuitzerland (5th), Scotland (6th), Czech Republic (7th) and Wales (8th).

Reference

Images

[1] Photo by Patrick Case on Pexels.com

Wayback Machine

[2] Ireland Water Polo Wayback Machine (2014) EU 8 Nations Tournament [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20150701162020/https://irelandwaterpolo.wordpress.com/ [Accessed 10 January 2018]

Newspapers

[3] Anon. (2014) “Water Polo” Irish Independent. Thursday, March 13, 2014. pg. 48-49

[4] Anon. (2014) “Water Polo” Irish Independent. Saturday, March 15, 2014. pg. 54-55

[5] Anon. (2014) “Water Polo” Irish Independent. Monday, March 17, 2014. pg. 78-79

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Laurence O’Toole.

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First Published: 25 March 2021. Last Updated: 19 March 2024.

November 23, 2020

Leinster Open Sea Dun Laoghaire Harbour Race Men’s Winners 1931-Present

Men’s Winners

Year	Name	Club
1931	James P. Wallace	Dublin University
1932	Stanley J. Skully	Sandycove
1933	Diarmuid Murtagh	Dublin SC & Pegasus
1934	Diarmuid Murtagh	Dublin SC & Pegasus
1935	Diarmuid Murtagh	Dublin SC & Pegasus
1936	Leo O’Brien	Sandycove
1937	Richard Nicholls Case	Clontarf
1938	Richard Nicholls Case	Clontarf
1939	Richard Nicholls Case	Clontarf
1940	William H.H. Deane	Sandycove
1941	William H.H. Deane	Sandycove
1942	William Haskins Ashmore	Dublin University
1943	William Haskins Ashmore	Dublin University
1944	Richard Nicholls Case	Clontarf
1945	Dermott Corbett	Bray Cove
1946	Richard Nicholls Case	Clontarf
1947	William Patrick Hawkins	Dublin
1948	Dermott Corbett	Bray Cove
1949	William Patrick Hawkins	Dublin
1950	JPD “Jack” Cassidy	Clontarf
1951	Joseph Christopher Hogan	Pembroke
1952	JPD “Jack” Cassidy	Clontarf
1953	Ronald J. Wilson	Sandycove & UCD
1954	Gerard Francis Callanan	Pembroke
1955	Ronald J. Wilson	Sandycove & UCD
1956	Gerard Francis Callanan	Pembroke
1957	James O’Connor	Sandycove
1958	James O’Connor	Sandycove
1959	James O’Connor	Sandycove
1960	Rory O’Connor	Colmcille
1961	Rory O’Connor	Colmcille
1962	Nicholas Smith	Dublin
1963	Donnacha O’Dea	Colmcille
1964	Desmond Carney	Colmcille
1965	Liam Mortimer	North Dublin
1966	Liam Mortimer	North Dublin
1967	Donnacha O’Dea	Colmcille
1968	Frank O’Dwyer	Guinness
1969	Francis White	Guinness
1970	Francis White	Guinness
1971	Peter McKenna	Nomads
1972	Francis White	Guinness
1973	Thomas P Farrelly	Half Moon
1974	Francis White	Guinness
1975	Joseph Browne	North Dublin
1976	Patrick Quinlan	Guinness
1977	Patrick Mullally	Templeogue College
1978	David Cummins	Cormorant
1979	Kevin Williamson	Terenure
1980	Michael McCann	Terenure
1981	Peter Sinclair	Terenure
1982	Nicholas L O’Meara	Clontarf
1983	Robert O’Leary	Clontarf
1984	Ray Kearney	Terenure
1985	Michael AF O’Meara	Clontarf
1986	Larry Mooney	Metro
1987	Paul Kealy	Half Moon
1988	Alan Dwyer	Guinness
1989	Bert O’Brien	Sandycove
1990	Paul Emmett & Gareth Clinton	Half Moon
1991	Frank Carroll & David Turner	Sandycove & St. Vincent’s
1992	Shane Moraghan	Glenalbyn
1993	Arthur Dunne	Half Moon
1994	Tony Cruise	Terenure College
1995	Bob Bushell	Half Moon
1996	Matthew Hickmott	Glenalbyn
1997	Diarmuid O’Brien	ESB
1998	Matty Waine	Guinness
1999	Jerry Kiersey	Viking
2000	Tony O’Brien	Millennium Masters
2001	Brian O’Dwyer	Guinness
2002	Greg O’Dwyer	Guinness
2003	John Fortune	Phoenix
2004	Gerard Carty	Aquatec
2005	David Cherry	Garda
2006	Tadhg Murphy	St. Vincent’s
2007	Lorcan Shelley	Terenure College
2008	Rene Kral	Aquatec
2009	David Farrell	Sandycove
2010	Shane Drumm	Aer Lingus
2011	Patrick Corkery	NAC Masters
2012	Aidan Hickey	Phoenix
2013	Brian Nolan	Clontarf
2014	Gabriel Byrne	Templeogue
2015	Brian McLoughlin (“Jap”)	Half Moon
2016	Josh Reilly	Sandycove
2017	Frank Chatham	North Dublin
2018	Gavin Nolan	North Dublin
2019	Karl Wilkes

Leinster Open Sea Dun Laoghaire Harbour Race Men’s Winners 1931-Present [Reference: 1-2]

Report

There have been numerous multiple winners of the Leinster Open Sea Dun Laoghaire Harbour Race Men’s Race since it was first swam in 1931, the most recent being Francis White who won four times from 1969 to 1974.

About

The Dun Laoghaire Harbour Race, along with the Dublin City Liffey Swim are the two most prestigious races in the Leinster Open Sea Calendar, and the ones all Open Sea Swimmers want to win. Leinster Open Sea has described winning one of the two as like winning an All-Ireland Medal.

References

Websites

[1] Leinster Open Sea (2018) Dun Laoghaire Harbour Race [Internet] Available from: http://www.leinsteropensea.ie/harbour-race/ [Accessed 8 July 2020]

[2] How Did You Swim? (2020) Leinster Open Sea Results 2019 Winners [Internet] Available from: https://www.howdidyouswim.com/ [Accessed 8 July 2020]

Images

[3] Leinster Open Sea (2020) cropped-369_0330 [Internet] Available from: http://www.leinsteropensea.ie/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/cropped-369_0330.jpg [Accessed 23 November 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Colm Kincaid and Richard Declan Mulcahy.

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Last Updated: 23 November 2020

October 9, 2020

Ireland Water Polo Men’s National League Premier Division 2011-2016

IWP MNL Premier 2013-14

	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
St. Vincent’s	11	8	2	1	133	75	58	26
Cathal Brugha	10	7	2	1	128	88	40	23
Half Moon	10	7	1	2	155	82	73	22
Sandycove	12	6	2	4	121	99	22	20
Clonard	11	4	0	7	84	129	-35	12
North Dublin	10	2	1	7	83	97	-14	7
Cork	12	0	0	12	66	192	-126	0

Ireland Water Polo Men’s National League Premier Division 2013-14 [Reference: 4]

IWP MNL Premier 2014-15

	P	W	L	D	GD	Pts
Half Moon	12	9	3	0	34	27
St. Vincent’s B	12	8	3	1	33	25
Sandycove	12	8	4	0	45	24
Cathal Brugha	12	7	4	1	33	22
North Dublin	12	5	7	0	-15	15
Clonard	12	3	9	0	-41	9
St. Vincent’s A	12	1	11	0	-89	2

Ireland Water Polo Men’s National League Premier Division 2014-15 [Reference: 5]

IWP MNL Premier 2015-16

	P	W	L	D	GD	Pts
Cathal Brugha	13	12	0	1	95	37
St. Vincent’s B	14	9	2	3	76	30
Half Moon	13	8	5	0	62	24
Sandycove	14	7	5	2	15	23
North Dublin	14	6	6	2	8	20
Setanta	12	4	8	0	-69	12
St. Vincent’s A	14	3	11	0	-76	9
Clonard	14	1	13	0	-111	3

Ireland Water Polo Men’s National League Premier Division 2015-16 [Reference: 6]

References

Images

[1] Ireland Water Polo (2014) Ireland Water Polo Logo [Internet] Available from: https://irelandwaterpolo.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/ireland-water-polo.png [Accessed 21 February 2017]

Websites

[5] Swim Ireland (2016) Fixtures 2013-14 [Internet] Available from: http://irelandwaterpolo.files.worpdress.com/2012/10/league-table-apr1.pdf [Accessed 18 September 2018]

[7] Swim Ireland (2016) Fixtures 2015-16 [Internet] Available from: http://www.swimireland.ie/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2016/03/Fixtures-April-2.pdf [Accessed 28 October 2016]

[8] Swim Ireland (2017) League Table Results 2016-17 [Internet] Availabble from: http://www.swimireland.ie/other-water-sports/water-polo/league-tablesresults/ [Accessed 16 February 2017]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Laurence O’Toole.

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Leinster Open Sea Dun Laoghaire Harbour Race Women’s Winners 1967-Present

Women’s Winners 1967-Present

Year	Winner	Club
1967	Catherine Stecker	Cormorant
1968	Helen Sterry	Guinness
1969	Carmel Satel	Cormorant
1970	Brenda McGrory	Cormorant
1971	Terry Mason	Otter
1972	Brenda McGrory	Cormorant
1973	Bernadette Byrne	Guinness
1974	Barbara Conway	Glenalbyn
1975	Michelle Garway	Glenalbyn
1976	Antonette Finlay	Terenure
1977	Deirdre Harkness	Dublin
1978	Cliona Johnstone	Cormorant
1979	Ann Cummins	Cormorant
1980	Sarah O’Doherty	Glenalbyn
1981	Audrey Martin	Dundrum
1982	Linda Howard	Dundrum
1983	Jacqueline Whelan	Dublin
1984	Mariead Doran	Dublin
1985	Hilda Grace	Dundrum
1986	Helen Fitzgerald	Half Moon
1987	Tara Gerrard	Dundrum
1988	Sarah Bolger	Trojan
1989	Louise Keough	Glenalbyn
1990	Sandra Trappe	Dublin
1991	Sandra Trappe	Dublin
1992	Marianne Comer	Otter
1993	Jennifer Nestor	Trojan
1994	Maeve Chaney	Polar Bears
1995	Claire O’Dwyer	Dublin
1996	Heidi Kinsela	Glenalbyn
1997	Susanne Kelly	Otter
1998	Clare MacDonough	Terenure
1999	Rachael Lee	Guinness
2000	Karen Molloy	Claremorris
2001	Carl Finlay	Half Moon
2002	Tracey Telfort	Phoenix
2003	Helena Butterfield	Glenalbyn
2004	Niamh Dunne	Dublin
2005	Siobhan O’Brien	NAC Masters
2006	Linda Clarke	Glenalbyn
2007	Annmarie Kendrick	Phoenix
2008	Julie Roche	Wicklow
2009	Anne McAdam	Phoenix
2010	Lisa Howley	Glanalbyn
2011	Lucy Gaynor	Glenalbyn SC
2012	Afric Creedon	NAC Masters
2013	Rachel Galvin	Coolmine SC
2014	Lilly O’Brien	Corrib
2015	Roisin Hennessey	Wicklow SC
2016	Yvonne McCarthy	Eastern Bay
2017	Sarah Browne	Glenalbyn
2018	Clodagh Kiernan	Garda
2019	Evonne Hogan

Leinster Open Sea Dun Laoghaire Harbour Race Women’s winners 1967-Present [Ref: 2]

Report

The Dun Laoghaire Harbour Race, along with the Dublin City Liffey Swim are the two most prestigious races in the Leinster Open Sea Calendar, and the ones all Open Sea Swimmers want to win. Leinster Open Sea hasdescribed winning one of the two as like winning an All-Ireland Medal.

Thee has been a different winner in the Women’s almost every year since the Dun Laoghaire Harbour Race has been scheduled since 1967, with the exception of Sandra Trappe of Dublin, who won back-to-back races in 1990 and 1991.

Leinster Open Sea Dun Laoghaire Harbour Race Photo [Ref: 3]

References

Websites

[1] Leinster Open Sea (2018) Dun Laoghaire Harbour Race [Internet] Available from: http://www.leinsteropensea.ie/harbour-race/ [Accessed 8 July 2020]

[2] How Did You Swim? (2020) Leinster Open Sea Results 2019 Winners [Internet] Available from: https://www.howdidyouswim.com/ [Accessed 8 July 2020]

Images

[3] Leinster Open Sea Swimming Facebook (2019) Profile Picture, February 2, 2019 [Internet] Available from: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/50995821_2279274865430364_8243350097220337664_o.jpg?_nc_cat=109&_nc_sid=09cbfe&_nc_ohc=bq2Y3W4_ArIAX-bvISZ&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=ec3231a2db2ba9747f497160007a81bb&oe=5F2B32D1 [Accessed 8 July 2020]

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Thanks to Caoimhe Mullaney

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Leinster Open Sea Dublin City Liffey Swim Women’s Winners 1979-Present

Winners

Year	*Ladies Winner*	*Club*
1979	Mairead Doran	Dublin SC
1980	M Carolan	Coolmine SC
1981	Louise Keough	Dublin SC
1982	Audrey Martin	Dundrum SC
1983	Janne Murphy	ESB SC
1984	Maeve Chaney	Half Moon SC
1985	Dolores Kenny	Atlanta SC
1986	Paula Kearns	Otter SC
1987	Brenda Howard	Dundrum SC
1988	Siobhan Hoare	Half Moon SC
1989	Ciara Byrne	Trojan SC
1990	Gillian Murray	Half Moon SC
1991	Siobhan Hoare	Half Moon SC
1992	Anne Hudson	Wicklow SC
1993	Jill Donaghey	Dublin SC
1994	Mary McDermott	Dublin SC
1995	Elaine Murphy	ESB SC
1996	Caroline Flemming	Tallaght SC
1997	Roisin Ryan	Barracuda SC
1998	Aishling Wadden	Wicklow SC
1999	Debbie Doyle	MMSC
2000	Ciara O’Sullivan	St. Paul’s SC
2001	Valerie Spollen	Phoenix SC
2002	Mary Rose Keegan	Otter SC
2003	Sandra Trappe	Dublin SC
2004	Colette Kelly	Guinness SC
2005	Molly Molloy	Dublin SC
2006	Claire Gavaghan	ESB SC
2007	Sandy Dowling	Eastern Bay SC
2008	Mary Kelly	Aer Lingus SC
2009	Sorcha Barry	Glenalbyn SC
2010	Deirdre Dunne	St. Vincent’s SC
2011	Maria Quintanilla	Dublin SC
2012	Clodagh Nolan	Carraig Masters
2013	Gina Murphy	Glenalbyn SC
2014	Rachel Lee	Guinness SC
2015	Orla Walsh	ESB SC
2016	Jennifer Gilbert	Swim4Life
2017	Anne Marie Bourke	Dublin SC
2018	Triona Muldoon	Clontarf SC
2019	Sinead Delaney	Phoenix SC

Reference: [1-3]

Note: From 1936-1939 the race took part at the Bull Wall in Dollymount. [2]

References

Websites

[1] Leinster Open Sea (2018) Dublin City Liffey Swim [Internet] Available from: http://www.leinsteropensea.ie/liffey-swim/ [Accessed 23 August 2019]

[2] Irish Times (2019) The Liffey Swim: Dublin’s Hardy Annual Race has its 100th outing [Internet] Available from: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/over-600-swimmers-take-part-in-the-100th-liffey-swim-1.3976696 [Accessed 23 August 2019]

Sources

[3] Anon. (2019) “‘Never in a million years did we think he’d win – dad of 15-year-old Liffey champion” Sunday Independent. August 4, 2019. pg. News 5

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Charlie Richardson U16 Girls Irish Water Polo Championship 1991

Finals Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
24.02.1991	Clonard	8	Half Moon	2
24.02.1991	Clanyre	5	Glenalbyn	4
	Semi-Finals
24.02.1991	Clonard	9	Clanyre	4

Charlie Richardson Irish U16 Boys Championship Finals Results 1991 [Ref: 1-2]

Group Tables

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Group A
*Clanyre	2	2	0	0	22	1	4
Guinness	2	1	0	1	8	15	2
Cathal Brugha	2	0	0	2	3	17	0
Group B
*Glenalbyn	2	2	0	0	18	4	4
*Half Moon	2	1	0	1	6	10	2
Sandycove	2	0	0	2	7	17	0
Group C
*Clonard	2	2	0	0	31	1	4
North Dublin	2	1	0	1	12	19	2
Clontarf	2	0	0	2	4	27	0

Charlie Richardson U16 Irish Water Polo Championships Group Tables 1991 [Ref: compiled from 1-2]

Group Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Group A
23.02.1991	Guinness	7	Cathal Brugha	3
23.02.1991	Clanyre	10	Cathal Brugha	0
23.02.1991	Guinness	1	Clanyre	12
	Group B
23.02.1991	Sandycove	4	Half Moon	5
23.02.1991	Sandycove	3	Glenalbyn	12
23.02.1991	Half Moon	1	Glenalbyn	6
	Group C
23.02.1991	Clontarf	4	North Dublin	11
23.02.1991	Clontarf	0	Clonard	16
23.02.1991	Clonard	15	North Dublin	1

Charlie Richardson U16 Girls Water Polo Championships Group Results 1991 [Ref: 1-2]

Report

Clonard defeated Clanyre 9-4 in the Final of Charlie Richardson U16 Irish Water Polo Championships in 1991. In all 9 teams took part, divided into three groups of three with Clanyre, Glenalbyn and Clonard winning the Groups and Half Moon qualifying for the Semi-Finals as best Runners-Up.

Reference

Newspapers

[1] Anon. (1998) “Water Polo” Irish Press. Monday, February 25, 1991. pg. 46.

[3] Anon. (1998) “Water Polo” Belfast Telegraph. Monday, February, 1991. pg. 19.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Laurence O’Toole.

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Last Updated: 28 June 2020