GAA Poc Fada Hurling All-Ireland Championships 2013

GAA Poc Fada Logo
GAA Poc Fada Logo [Reference: 1]

Results

PlaceHurlerCountyPocs
1Brendan CumminsTipperary51
2Graham ClarkeDown55
3James SkahillGalway57
4Gerry FallonRoscommon57
5Cillian KellyOffaly59
6Eoin ReillyLaois59
7Andrew FaheyClare60
8Stevie BrennerWaterford61
9Donal Og CusackCork61
10Sean McBrideDerry61
11Patrick McKillonTyrone61
12Colm CallananGalway66
GAA Poc Fada Hurling All-Ireland Championships 2013 [Reference: 2]

Report

Brendan Cummins of Tipperary won the GAA Poc Fada Hurling All-Ireland Championships in 2013 with a score of 51 pocs. Graeme Clark of Co. Down was second on 55, and James Skahill of Galway came third on 57 pocs. It was Brendan Cummins’ seventh All-Ireland Poc Fada title.

Brendan Cummins with his seventh All Ireland Hurling Poc Fada Championship Trophy
Brendan Cummins with his seventh All Ireland Hurling Poc Fada Championship Trophy [Reference: 3][Photo Credit: ShayFoto Event

About GAA Poc Fada

An Poc Fada – ‘the Long Puck’ is a Gaelic Game where players use a Hurley to hit a Sliotar (ball) up the side of a mountain and down the other side in as few pucks or shots as possible.

The sport would have a similar origin to the Scottish Game of Golf. It is mentioned in the myths and legends of Ireland, when Setanta took his Hurley / Hurl and hit his Sliotar all the way from Co Louth to Co. Armagh in one go. The All-Ireland Poc Fada Championships have taken place in the Cooley Mountains in Co. Louth since 1961 in commemoration of the legendary feat.

References

Logos

[1] GAA Poc Fada Twitter Account (2018) GAA Poc Fada Logo [Internet] Available from: https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/975524662636613632/-7z4rlL3_400x400.jpg [Accessed 9 June 2018]

Social Media

[2] An Poc Fada (2013) – All Ireland Poc Fada Championships Results 2013 [Internet] Available from: http://www.anpocfada.net/index.php/poc-fada-results.html [Accessed 1 September 2017]

Images

[3] All Ireland Poc Fada Championships (2013) Photo, August 5, 2013 – with Brendan Cummins [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/AllIrelandPocFadaChampionships/photos/a.542638972469083/542675055798808 [Accessed 21 November 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Tom Dunne, Kilkenny

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Researched, Compiled and Written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | GAA World Archive

Last Updated: 21 November 2020

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