Month: July 2020

Cheer Sport

Conal Fagan Irish-Born College American Football Cheerleader 2018-2020

NCAA College Cheerleading

—Conal Fagan, Irish-born Notre Dame Cheerleader

Cheer Sport

Conal Fagan was born in Derry, and having excelled at soccer, won a soccer scholarship to USA, choosing Notre Dame, the famous Irish Catholic College in South Bend, Indiana, near Chicago, where he started studying Political Science and Peace Studies. His College roommates thought it would hilarious if a real Irishman was a Notre Dame Fighting Irish Leprechaun, the mascot of the College Football team. He tried out and got on the cheerleading squad.

NCAA Football Standings

NCAA Division 1 FBS Independents 2018-19

WLPFPA
Notre Dame Fighting Irish121408237
Army Black Knights112426230
Brigham Young Cougars76354278
Liberty Flames66399442
Massachusetts Minutemen48394515
New Mexico State Aggies39303496
NCAA Division 1 FBS Independents Standings 2018-19 [Ref: 2]
DateHome TeamAway Team
Cotton Bowl
29.12.2018Clemson Tigers30Notre Dame Fighting Irish3
NCAA Division 1 FBS Independents Bowl Games 2018-19 [Ref: 3]

NCAA Division 1 FBS Independents 2019-20

WLPFPA
Notre Dame Fighting Irish112478233
Liberty Flames85427365
Brigham Young Cougars76370331
Army Black Knights58370299
New Mexico State Aggies210260492
Massachusetts Minutemen111237632
NCAA Division 1 FBS Independents Standings 2019-20 [Ref: 4]
DateHome TeamAway Team
Camping World Bowl
28.12.2019Notre Dame Fighting Irish33Iowa State Cyclones9
NCAA Division 1 FBS Independents Bowl Games 2019-20 [Ref: 5]

Report

Conal Fagan was born in Derry, and excelled at soccer. Two teenagers from his school, st. Columb’s in Derry had gone to study in the USA before him, so he was inspired by them to look into it, and got a scholarship from the Sutton Trust, which helps young people from low and middle income families to apply to colleges in America.

Conal chose Notre Dame, the famous Irish Catholic College in South Bend, Indiana, near Chicago, where he started studying Political Science and Peace Studies. His College roommates thought it would hilarious if a real Irishman was a Notre Dame Fighting Irish Leprechaun, the mascot of the College Football team. He tried out and got on the cheerleading squad.

After playing Soccer in his first year he then concentrated on the Cheerleading Leprechaun Mascot Role as well as his studies, training four times a week and lifting weights twice a week. He learned backflips and his role would have been as part of a team whose job is to get the fans to cheer on the team. He will be continuing the role in the 2020-21 season.

Notre Dame finished with a 12-1 Wins-Losses record in 2018-19, only losing to Clemson Tigers in the prestigious Cotton Bowl, and in 2019-20, they went 11-2, triumphing 33-9 in the Camping World Bowl against Iowa State Cyclones, so the Cheerleading squad can’t have let the team down.

Cheer Sport

References

Websites

[1] English, Jimmy (2019) The Fighting Irishman [Internet] Available from: https://gaelicgridiron.com/2019/04/29/the-fighting-irishman/ [Accessed 19 June 2020]

[2] NCAA (2019) Sandings FBS [All Conferences] [Internet] Available from: https://www.ncaa.com/standings/football/fbs [Accessed 12 February 2019][Year no Longer Available at Address – Available at the wayback Machine Internet] Archive at: Accessed 11 July 2020]

[3] NCAA (2019) 2018-19 College football bowl schedule, scores, TV listings, matchup information [Internet] Available from: https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2019-01-07/2018-19-college-football-bowl-schedule-scores-tv-listings-matchup [Accessed 12 February 2019]

[4] NCAA (2020) Sandings FBS [All Conferences] [Internet] Available from: https://www.ncaa.com/standings/football/fbs [Accessed 11 July 2020]

[5] NCAA (2019) 2019-20 College football bowl schedule, scores, TV listings, matchup information [Internet] Available from: https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2020-01-14/2019-20-college-football-bowl-schedule-dates-times-tv-channels [Accessed 12 February 2019]

Images

[6] English, Jimmy (2019) cfagan4 [Internet] Available from: https://gaelicgridironcom.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/cfagan4.jpg [Accessed 11 July 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Sean Patrick Fagan, Jimmy English, Todd Zboyan, and Tim Leadingham

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

First Published: 11 July 2020. Last Updated: 03 October 2024.

(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and Eirball 2020

You may quote this document in whole or part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Reserved.

Outdoor orienteering check point activity

Irish Orienteering Association Greenway Series 2020

Irish Orienteering Association

—Greenway Series 2020

Darragh Hoare (Carrigtohill) came in first in the 2020 Greenway Series Event No. 1 in Passage West – Rochestown Greenway in a time of 22.36 mins, earning a gross score of 640. Top female in the event was Caroline Dennehy (Mallow) in a time of 30.33, earning a gross score of 560.

Score

PlaceClassNameClubNo. 1
1MDarragh HoareCarrigtohill640
2MEric CurryWaterfall580
3MDermot O’SullivanSilversprings580
4MJosh HoareCarrigtohill580
5MPat MurphyGlasheen560
6FCaroline DennehyMallow560
6MFiachra CareyMallow560
8FCaroline MurrayCarrigtohill550
9MBen GeareyModel Farm Road530
9FSinead O’DonoghueModel Farm Road530
11MTom FlemmingNewcastlewest520
12MDenis KielyMillstreet520
12MOran KielyMillstreet520
14MWilliam CurryWaterfall510
15MSean CotterModel Farm Road510
16MJason HawthorneBallyvolane480
17FCathy KennedyWaterford City470
18FDenise HallahanCloyne450
19FJulie ReevesBallincollig450
20MAdam MurphyMidleton440
21MFionn O’CallaghanRosscarbery420
22MBilly CaballBallinlough410
23MKieran O’CallaghanRosscarbery400
24MCillian MurphyMidleton350
24FDeirdre MurphyMidleton350
26FSusan HarringtonBallinlough255
27FColette O’NeillBlackrock255
28FJade CaseyDouglas255
28FZara CaseyDouglas255
30FAisling Ni DhubhgainCarrigaline230
30MTomas O DhubhgainCarrigaline230
30FUrsula Ui DhubhgainCarrigaline230
33MBarry MaddenWatergrasshill190
33FLauren KelleherWatergrasshill190
33FLilly O’LearyWatergrasshill190
33MRyan MaddenWatergrasshill190
37MCathal QuinnBallincollig175
37MOisin QuinnBallincollig175
37FTriona QuinnBallincollig175
40FAlicia BeamishBallinadee170
40FCharlotte BeamishBallinadee170
40FJacquie BeamishBallinadee170
40FMatilda BeamishBallinadee170
44MBen McCarthyCarrigtohill170
44MColin McCarthyCarrigtohill170
44FEvelyn McCarthyCarrigtohill170
44MJames RyanCarrigtohill170
48FCara CaseyDouglas150
48FGlena CaseyDouglas150
48FJennie Casey Douglas150
48FMya CaseyDouglas150
48FSophie CaseyDouglas150
53FAmy MurphyPassage West145
53FAoife O’HerlihyPassage West145
53FKatie O’HerlihyPassage West145
53MM J O’HerlihyPassage West145
53FMaggie MurphyPassage West145
53MO’HerlihyPassage West145
53MTimmy MurphyPassage West145
53FTina O’HerlihyPassage West145
61MMichael DugganBallincollig140
62FErin MalonePassage West60
62FLouise MalonePassage West60
64FAbbie LehanePassage West0
65FWiktoria KlosowiakPassage West0
66FAmy DeasyPassage West0
Irish Orienteering Association Greenway Series 2020 [Ref: 2]

No. 1: Passage West – Rochestown Greenway 2020-07-01

Report

Darragh Hoare (Carrigtohill) came in first in the 2020 Greenway Series Event No. 1 in Passage West – Rochestown Greenway in a time of 22.36 mins, earning a gross score of 640. Top female in the event was Caroline Dennehy (Mallow) in a time of 30.33, earning a gross score of 560.

References

Images

[1] Orienteering Ireland (2013) ioalogo [Internet] Available from: https://www.orienteering.ie/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ioalogo.png [Accessed 8 July 2020]

Websites

[2] Orienteering Ireland (2020) Greenway Series No. 1 [Internet] Available from: https://www.orienteering.ie/result2?oaction=fullResult&id=22248 [Accessed 8 July 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Santina Farrinella & Kevin Smyth.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

First Published: 8 July 2020. Last Updated: 2 October 2024

(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and Eirball 2020-2024

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Reserved.