Fitzgibbon Hurling Team of 1942

Format

JPEG

Title

Identifier

VHG0098

Depiction

Twenty two men in three rows and two men at the front, with the men in the third row and at the front holding wooden sticks. A large cup sits between the men in the third row. Eighteen of the men are wearing sports outfits and four in normal attire

Description

The picture shows eighteen men dressed in sports gear, with the front eight men holding hurling sticks or 'camáns'. Four of the men were Oifigí or Officers of the UCG Hurling Club, who were more formally dressed with ties. It was the occasion of the UCG Hurling Club winning the Fitzgibbon Cup (Wikipedia, Fitzgibbon, Apr. 2024) for the first time since 1926. The picture was taken by William Dowler, professional photographer, Presentation Road, Galway.
The picture appeared in Imleabhar (Volume) 3, Uimhir (Number) 1 of an Cumann Éigse is Seanchais's periodal FÍR, 1941-42.

References

Wikipedia Contributors, ‘Fitzgibbon Hurling Team of 1942’, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopaedia,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitzgibbon_Cup, accessed 9 Apr. 2024.
Archives & Special Collections, University of Galway Library.
Personal communication: Geraldine Curtin via email on 9 Apr., 2024

http://Wikipedia Contributors, ‘Fitzgibbon Hurling Team of 1942’, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopaedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitzgibbon_Cup, accessed 9 Apr. 2024

Contributor

Stephen G. Jennings

Bibliographic Citation

S.G. Jennings, ‘Fitzgibbon Hurling Team of 1942’, Visual History Retired Staff Collection, University of Galway Digital Collections, Asset Id 14821, Archival Record Id VHRS

Spatial Coverage

Quadrangle, University of Galway

Temporal Coverage

1942

Period

1940s

Subject

University of Galway

Sports

Hurling

Keywords

Fitzgibbon

Language

English

Irish

Creator

William Dowler, photographer

Publisher

University of Galway Library

Rights

This image may be used for non-commercial purposes under CC BY-NC-SA
see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

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