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January 6, 2021

NFL Fantasy Football AFL Ireland 2020

NFL Fantasy Logo [Reference: 3]

Standings

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Irish Conference
Killiney Kats (C)	15	12	3	0	1877.04	1618.20	.800
The Blue Skies (P)	15	10	5	0	2143.26	1504.18	.667
Dublin City Storm (P)	15	7	8	0	1607.94	1745.30	.467
National Conference
Longford Raiders (C)	15	7	8	0	1573.68	1648.64	.467
Roscommon Rascals	15	5	10	0	1161.04	1772.30	.333
Knocklyon Thunderbirds	15	4	11	0	1573.94	1648.28	.267

NFL Fantasy Football AFL Ireland 2020 [Reference: 1]

Playoff Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
28.12.2020	Killiney Kats (1)	121.82	Dublin City Storm (4)	129.42
28.12.2020	Longford Raiders (2)	126.68	The Blue Skies (3)	168.96
	5th Place Game
04.01.2021	Roscommon Rascals (1)	81.50	Knocklyon Thunderbirds (2)	117.44
	3rd Place Game
04.01.2021	Killiney Kats (1)	102.80	Longford Raiders (2)	54.28
	Fantasy SuperBowl
04.01.2021	Dublin City Storm (4)	116.12	The Blue Skies (3)	93.70

[Reference: 4]

Regular Season Results

*W/E*	*Home Team*		*Away Team*
	Week 1
14.09.2020	Knocklyon Thunderbirds	123.58	Longford Raiders	113.50
14.09.2020	Roscommon Rascals	143.84	Dublin City Storm	106.00
14.09.2020	Killiney Kats	180.74	The Blue Skies	158.42
	Week 2
21.09.2020	Knocklyon Thunderbirds	130.92	Killiney Kats	131.28
21.09.2020	Dublin City Storm	109.26	The Blue Skies	133.30
21.09.2020	Roscommon Rascals	161.60	Longford Raiders	130.74
	Week 3
28.09.2020	Knocklyon Thunderbirds	94.70	Roscommon Rascals	125.78
28.09.2020	Longford Raiders	122.40	The Blue Skies	186.26
28.09.2020	Dublin City Storm	104.18	Killiney Kats	126.56
	Week 4
05.10.2020	Knocklyon Thunderbirds	151.60	The Blue Skies	118.10
05.10.2020	Killiney Kats	107.34	Roscomon Rascals	87.88
05.10.2020	Dublin City Storm	100.82	Longford Raiders	154.32
	Week 5
12.10.2020	Knocklyon Thunderbirds	84.10	Longford Raiders	92.60
12.10.2020	Roscommon Rascals	21.04	The Blue Skies	166.06
12.10.2020	Killiney Cats	201.10	Dublin City Storm	130.50
	Week 6
19.10.2020	Knocklyon Thunderbirds	71.88	Dublin City Storm	98.14
19.10.2020	The Blue Skies	119.60	Killiney Cats	122.90
19.10.2020	Longford Raiders	63.82	Roscommon Rascals	78.90
	Week 7
26.10.2020	Knocklyon Thunderbirds	170.52	Roscommon Rascals	58.50
26.10.2020	Longford Raiders	84.40	Killiney Kats	73.90
26.10.2020	The Blue Skies	125.96	Dublin City storm	80.10
	Week 8
02.11.2020	Knocklyon Thunderbirds	98.24	Killiney Kats	121.94
02.11.2020	Dublin City Storm	98.92	Roscommon Rascals	28.70
02.11.2020	The Blue Skies	127.20	Longford Raiders	72.00
	Week 9
09.11.2020	Knocklyon Thundrbirds	106.70	The Blue Skies	121.34
09.11.2020	Roscommon Rascals	87.50	Killiney Kats	148.38
09.11.2020	Longford Raiders	102.62	Dublin City Storm	108.40
	Week 10
16.11.2020	Knocklyon Thunderbirds	76.22	Dublin City Storm	90.06
16.11.2020	The Blue Skies	130.92	Roscommon Rascals	34.70
16.11.2020	Killiney Kats	54.00	Longford Raiders	102.10
	Week 11
23.11.2020	Knocklyon Thunderbirds	126.28	Longford Raiders	91.96
23.11.2020	Roscommon Rascals	46.30	Dublin City Storm	96.80
23.11.2020	KIlliney Kats	158.38	The Blue Skies	142.76
	Week 12
30.11.2020	Knocklyon Thunderbirds	82.50	Killiney Kats	104.48
30.11.2020	Dublin City storm	90.20	The Blue Skies	194.62
30.11.2020	Roscommon Rascals	65.60	Longford Raiders	115.70
	Week 13
07.12.2020	Knocklyon Thunderbirds	92.12	Roscommon Rascals	100.10
07.12.2020	Longford Raiders	105.42	The Blue Skies	96.54
07.12.2020	Dublin City Storm	127.38	Killiney Kats	101.62
	Week 14
14.12.2020	Knocklyon Thunderbirds	97.54	The Blue Skies	172.96
14.12.2020	Killiney Kats	123.72	Roscommon Rascals	51.40
14.12.2020	Dublin City Storm	156.72	Longford Raiders	114.56
	Week 15
21.12.2020	Knocklyon Thunderbirds	104.84	Longford Raiders	107.54
21.12.2020	Roscommon Rascals	69.20	The Blue Skies	149.32
21.12.2020	Killiney Kats	123.86	Dublin City Storm	110.42

NFL Fantasy Football AFL Ireland 2020 [Reference: 2]

Report

In the first season of AFL Ireland Fantasy NFL, Roscommon Rascals and Killiney Kats jumped off the 3-0 starts in the National Conference and Irish Conference respectively. Only Killiney Kats were able to keep up the pace finishing with a 12-3 record. By the end of the season they had won the Irish Conference and Longford Raiders the National Conference although all teams in that Conference finished with a losing record.

The Raiders finished on 7-8, with the Roscommon Rascals (5-10) and Knocklyon Thunderbirds (4-11) entering the Consolation Bracket. Also qualifying for the Championship Playoffs in the Irish Conference were The Blue Skies who finished second on 10-5, and Dublin City Storm on 7-8.

The Playoffs featured a number of shocks – Knocklyon Thunderbirds defeated Roscommon Rascals to win the Consolation and Dublin City Storm shocked both Killiney Kats in the Semi-Finals and The Blue Skies in the Fantasy SuperBowl. Killiney Kats beat Longford Raiders to take third.

References:

Websites:

[1] NFL (2020) Fantasy Football | AFL Ireland 2020 Standings [Internet] Available from:https://fantasy.nfl.com/league/7472206 [Accessed 21 September 2020][Accessed 6 October 2020][Last Accessed 6 January 2021]

[2] NFL (2020) Fantasy Football | AFL Ireland 2020 Schedule [Internet] Available from: https://fantasy.nfl.com/league/7472206#leagueHomeStandings=leagueHomeSchedule%2C%2Fleague%2F7472206%253FscheduleDetail%253D1%2526scheduleType%253Dweek%2526standingsTab%253Dschedule%2Creplace [Accessed 21 September 2020][Accessed 6 October 2020][Last Accessed 6 January 2021]

[3] NFL (2020) Fantasy Football | AFL Ireland 2020 Playoffs [Internet] Available from: https://fantasy.nfl.com/league/7472206#leagueHomeStandings=leagueHomeStandings%2C%2Fleague%2F7472206%253FstandingsTab%253Dplayoffs%2Creplace [Accessed 5 January 2021]

Images

[4] Google Play (2020) unnamed [Internet] Available from: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/8173vG20JC8Z_YOdJx40j1_AxiswI4WN70nG-vvThxyXLK4jXxwkhli_VHehR5PQQXk [Accessed 21 September 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Nora Mulcahy, Richard D Mulcahy, Richard F Mulcahy and Dervla Mulcahy.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

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Last Updated: 7 January 2021

July 11, 2020

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

NCAA Division 1 FBS Independents 2018-19

	W	L	PF	PA
*Notre Dame Fighting Irish*	12	1	408	237
Army Black Knights	11	2	426	230
Brigham Young Cougars	7	6	354	278
Liberty Flames	6	6	399	442
Massachusetts Minutemen	4	8	394	515
New Mexico State Aggies	3	9	303	496

NCAA Division 1 FBS Independents Standings 2018-19 [Ref: 2]

*Date*	*Home Team*		*Away Team*
	Cotton Bowl
29.12.2018	Clemson Tigers	30	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	3

NCAA Division 1 FBS Independents Bowl Games 2018-19 [Ref: 3]

NCAA Division 1 FBS Independents 2019-20

	W	L	PF	PA
*Notre Dame Fighting Irish*	11	2	478	233
Liberty Flames	8	5	427	365
Brigham Young Cougars	7	6	370	331
Army Black Knights	5	8	370	299
New Mexico State Aggies	2	10	260	492
Massachusetts Minutemen	1	11	237	632

NCAA Division 1 FBS Independents Standings 2019-20 [Ref: 4]

*Date*	*Home Team*		*Away Team*
	Camping World Bowl
28.12.2019	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	33	Iowa State Cyclones	9

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.

Conal Fagan in the Notre Dame Dressing Room with the other Fighting Irish Leprechauns. [Ref: 6]

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

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Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 11 July 2020

June 26, 2020

American Football Ireland Madden Championship Series 2020

AFI Madden Championship Series 2020 Graphic [Ref: 2]

Playstation 4 Results

Name	Team		Name	Team
Round 1			24 May 2020
Eoin Maguire	Trinity College	33	Aidan Clarke	Cill Dara Crusaders	22
Colin O’Halloren	Galway Warriors	7	Nathan Hearty	Louth Mavericks	22
Pat Gahan	West Dublin Rhinos	33	Karl Tizzard	Donegal/Derry Vipers	10
Ryan Eccles	South Dublin Panthers	49	Pat Travers	Cill Dara Crusaders	10
Alan Campbell	MU Hurricanes	54	Rob Caldwell	Louth Mavericks	21
Padraig Fitzsimons	Downpatrick Saints	24	Ross McKenzie	Causeway Giants	0
Adam Wilson	Causeway Giants	29	James Hogan	Cork Admirals	36
John McGinnis	Belfast Trojans	14	Rory O’Dwyer	Trinity College	38
Michael Hasset	Wexford Eagles	10	Johnnes Ritter	Galway Warriors	28
Shane Greaney	North Dublin Pirates	17	Mike Naulty	Donegal/Derry Vipers	45
Neil Maxwell	Craigavon Cowboys	3	Wello Omo	Dublin Rebels	42
Jonathan Hedley	Belfast Knights	40	Danny Quilter	UL Vikings	7
Eoin Hughes	Craigavon Cowboys	21	Niall Houlihan	UL Vikings	19
Daragh Maher	North Dublin Pirates	0	Jahn Dasini	Cork Admirals	17
Max Hardy	Belfast Trojans	24	James O’Driscol	UCC Raiders	38
Killian O’Louhghlin	MU Hurricanes	28	Peter Murphy	UCC Raiders	10
Round 2			31 May 2020
James O’Driscol	UCC Raiders	14	Killian O’Loughlin	MU Hurricanes	63
Eoin Maguire	Trinity College	41	Eoin Hughes	Craigavon Cowboys	28
James Hogan	Cork Admirals	17	Nathan Hearty	Louth Mavericks	14
Wello Omo	Dublin Rebels	37	Rory O’Dwyer	Trinity College	65
Johannes Ritter	Galway Warriors	14	Jahn Dasini	Cork Admirals	30
Jonathan Hedley	Belfast Knights	30	Padraig Fitzsimons	Downpatrick Saints	7
Mike Naulty	Donegal/Derry Vipers	38	Alan Campbell	MU Hurricanes	24
Pat Gahan	West Dublin Rhinos	21	Ryan Eccles	South Dublin Panthers	10
Quarter-Finals			7 June 2020
Mike Naulty	Donegal/Derry Vipers	21	Jahn Dasini	Cork Admirals	28
Rory O’Dwyer	Trinity College	42	James Hogan	Cork Admirals	8
Jonathan Hedley	Belfast Knights	87	Eoin Maguire	Trinity College	35
Pat Gahan	West Dublin Rhinos	0	Killian O’Laughlin	MU Hurricanes	52
Semi-Finals			14 June 2020
John Dasini	Cork Admirals	W	Rory O’Dwyer	Trinity College	L
Jonathan Hedley	Belfast Knights	W	Killian O’Loughlin	MU Hurricanes	L
Final			21 June 2020
John Dasini	Cork Admials	35	Jonathan Hedley	Belfast Knights	38

AFI Madden Championship Series – Playstation 4 Results 2020 [Ref: 1]

Xbox One Results

Name	Team		Name	Team
Round 1			Week Ending	26 May 2020
Darren Quinn	Donegal/Derry Vipers	17	Liam Ryan	UL Vikings	13
Odhran McCool	Antrim Jets	20	Matthew O’Meara	South Dublin Panthers	43
Declan Mulvihill	Louth Mavericks	14	Daniel Noctor	Wexford Eagles	23
Anthony Norris	NI Razorbacks	22	Callum McCurry	Donegal/Derry Vipers	7
Wolf Gallagher	Cork City Outlaws	24	Paul Crothers	Belfast Knights	30
Ronan McAleenan	Cork City Outlaws	10	Peter Phillips	Causeway Giants	24
Ayo Mumuni	Cork Admirals	3	James Smyth	South Dublin Panthers	19
Paul Furlong	Cill Dara Crusaders	21	Jack Compton	Louth Mavericks	77
Karl Fanning	West Dublin Rhinos	44	Ben Prizemam	UCC Raiders	14
David McMichael	Craigavon Cowboys	14	Jamie O’Brien	UL Vikings	27
Darren Rooney	Downpatrick Saints	17	Aidan Ryan	MU Hurricanes	27
Ross McCooey	Dublin Rebels	6	Conor O’Neill	Belfast Trojans	45
William Boal	Belfast Knights	11	Chris McCallum	Belfast Trojans	47
Darragh Lyons	North Dublin Pirates	21	Peter Loughran	Craigavon Cowboys	28
Jordan Farrell	Cill Dara Crusaders	6	Ross O’Neill	Downpatrick Saints	31
Luke McIntyre	MU Hurricanes	38	David King	Dublin Rebels	0
Round 2			Week Ending	2 June 2020
Matthew O’Meara	South Dublin Panthers	28	Karl Fanning	West Dublin Rhinos	9
Conor O’Neill	Belfast Trojans	23	Daniel Noctor	Wexford Eagles	8
Aidan Ryan	MU Hurricanes	7	Jamie O’Brien	UL Vikings	35
Peter Loughran	Craigavon Cowboys	0	Chris McCallum	Belfast Trojans	9
Paul Crothers	Belfast Knights	0	James Smyth	South Dublin Panthers	27
Luke McIntyre	MU Hurricanes	24	Peter Phillips	Causeway Giants	13
Jack Compton	Louth Mavericks	10	Ross O’Neill	Downpatrick Saints	33
Darren Quinn	Donegal/Derry Vipers	43	Anthony Morris	NI Razorbacks	13
Quarter-Finals			7 June 2020
Jamie O’Brien	UL Vikings	9	James Smyth	South Dublin Panthers	14
Matthew O’Meara	South Dublin Panthers	7	Conor O’Neill	Belfast Trojans	10
Chris McCallum	Belfast Trojans	0	Ross O’Neill	Downpatrick Saints	38
Darren Quinn	Donegal/Derry Vipers	31	Luke McIntyre	MU Hurricanes	6
Semi-Finals			14 June 2020
James Smyth	South Dublin Panthers	W	Conor O’Neill	Belfast Trojans	L
Ross O’Neill	Downpatrick Saints	L	Darren Quinn	Donegal/Derry Vipers	W
Final			21 June 2020
James Smyth	South Dublin Panthers	24	Darren Quinn	Donegal/Derry Vipers	35

AFI Madden Championship Series – Xbox One Results 2020 [Ref: 2-4]

Composite Team Table

Team	W	L	Pct	R1	R2	QF	SF	F	W
Belfast Knights	6	2	.750	3	2	1	1	1	1
Donegal / Derry Vipers	7	3	.700	4	2	2	1	1	1
South Dublin Panthers	7	3	.700	3	3	2	1	1	0
Cork Admirals	6	3	.667	3	2	2	1	1	0
Trinity College Dublin	5	2	.714	2	2	2	1	0	0
MU Hurricanes	7	4	.636	4	4	2	1	0	0
Belfast Trojans	5	4	.556	4	2	2	1	0	0
Downpatrick Saints	4	3	.583	3	2	1	1	0	0
West Dublin Rhinos	3	2	.600	2	2	1	0
UL Vikings	2	4	.333	4	1	1	0
NI Razorbacks	1	1	.500	1	1	0
Craigavon Cowboys	2	4	.333	4	2	0
Louth Mavericks	2	4	.333	4	2	0
Galway Warriors	1	2	.333	2	1	0
Wexford Eagles	1	2	.333	2	1	0
Causeway Giants	1	3	.250	3	1	0
Dublin Rebels	1	3	.250	3	1	0
UCC Raiders	1	3	.250	3	1	0
Antrim Jets	0	1	.000	1	0	–
Cork City Outlaws	0	2	.000	2	0	–
North Dublin Pirates	0	3	.000	3	0	–
Cill Dara Crusaders	0	4	.000	4	0	–

AFI Madden Championship – Composite Club Table 2020 [Ref: Compiled from 1]

Ranking: Teams ranked by numbers of survivors per round. Tie-Breakers: 1. Winning Percentage 2. Number of Wins. 3. Inverse Number of Losses

Legend: W: Total Team (Club) Wins. L = Total Team (Club) Losses. R1 = Number of Competitors in Round 1. R2 = Number of Competitors in Round 2. QF = Number of Competitors in QF.

Report

The first American Football Ireland Official Madden Championship (Computer Console Game) started in 2020, providing American Football in response to the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. There are two Championships: a Playstation 4 and Xbox One Championship, each single elimination with 64 players entering each, who must be registered members of AFI clubs.

Maynooth University Hurricanes (4-0), South Dublin Panthers (3-0), Trinity College Dublin (2-0), West Dublin Rhinos (2-0) and NI Razorbacks (1-0) all had 100% records after Round 1.

After Round 2, Trinity College Dublin (4-0) were the only team with a perfect record, and along with South Dublin Panthers (5-1), Cork Admirals (4-1), MU Hurricanes (6-2), and Belfast Trojans and Donegal / Derry Vipers (both 4-2) the only teams with two players left.

The Quarter-Final match-ups left no team with more than one player left: Trinity College Dublin, South Dublin Panthers, Cork Admirals, MU Hurricanes, Belfast Trojans, Donegal/Derry Vipers, Belfast Knights and Downpatrick Saints all winning through to the Semi-Finals.

Jonathan Hedley of the Belfast Knights and Jahn Dasini of the Cork Admirals progressed to the Final of the PS4 Championship, with Jonathan Hedley prevailing 38-35. In the XBox Final, Darren Quinn of the Donegal/Derry Vipers triumphed James Smyth of the South Dublin Panthers 35-24 to make it an Ulster double in the first ever AFI Madden Championship.

References

Images

[1] American Football Ireland (2020) AFIChampInstagram [Internet] Available from: https://www.americanfootball.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/AFIChampInstagram.png [Accessed 30 May 2020]

Websites

[2] American Football Ireland (2020) Round One Results: AFI Madden Championship Series 2020 [Internet] Available from: https://www.americanfootball.ie/round-1-results-afi-madden-championship-series-2020/ [Accessed 30 May 2020]

[3] American Football Ireland (2020) Round 2 Results: AFI Madden Championship Series 2020 [Internet] Available from: https://www.americanfootball.ie/round-2-results-afi-madden-championship-series-2020/ [Accessed 30 May 2020]

[4] American Football Ireland (2020) Quarter-Final results AFI Madden Championship Series 2020 [Internet] Available from: https://www.americanfootball.ie/quarter-final-results-afi-madden-championship-series-2020/ [Accessed 14 June 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Fiona Corrigan, Eoin O’Fearghaill, Alan Delaney, John Kane & Grant Farrell

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American & World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 14 June 2020

June 20, 2020

First Down Fantasy Gridiron Ireland 1994-1996

First Down Fantasy Gridiron (Ireland Teams) 1994

Team	Manager	Points
Tralee Tigers	John Devaney	264
Bally Bolts	Bernard McMullen	260
Armagh Weeds	John Graham	216
Lisburn Warriors	John Littlewood	213
Louth Monarchs	Jason Stainton	199

First Down Fantasy Football (Ireland Teams) 1994 [Ref: 1-6]

First Down Fantasy Gridiron (Ireland Teams) 1995

Team	Manager	Points
Ards Olympians	Jonathan Gardener	707

First Down Fantasy Football (Ireland Teams) 1995 [Ref: 7]

First Down Fantasy Gridiron (Ireland Teams) 1996

Team	Manager	Points
Bay Bridge Jams	Ben Clark	527

First Down Fantasy Football (Ireland Teams) 1995 [Ref: 8]

Report

First Down, a British Weekly American Football Newspaper began running a Fantasy Gridiron Competition in 1995, where players chose teams from a list of NFL players and scored points based on how they fared in real NFL matches.

Teams with an NFL-like name and Ireland placenames have been included in this Ireland Fastasy Gridiron, taken from the full list of teams, managers and scores published in First Down from January 7, 1995 to February 25, 1995.

The Top-ranked Ireland team was Tralee Tigers, managed by John Devaney, with 264 Points, followed by Bally Bolts, Armagh Weeds, Lisburn Warriors, Manx Cats and Louth Monarchs.

Note: Two weeks of Standings missing (January 21 & February 4)

References

Newspapers

[1] Anon. (1995) Fantasy Gridiron First Down. January, 7, 1995. pg. 15.

[2] Anon. (1995) Fantasy Gridiron First Down. January, 14, 1995. pg. 15.

[3] Anon. (1995) Fantasy Gridiron First Down. January, 28, 1995. pg. 25.

[4] Anon. (1995) Fantasy Gridiron First Down. February 11, 1995. pg. 22.

[5] Anon. (1995) Fantasy Gridiron First Down. February 18, 1995. pg. 22.

[6] Anon. (1995) Final Fantasy Scores First Down. February 25, 1995. pg. 20.

[7] Anon. (1995) The Leading Teams First Down. December 30, 1995. pg. 18.

[8] Anon. (1995) Final Standings First Down. January 4, 1997. pg. 21.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Nora Mulcahy, Richard D Mulcahy, Richard F Mulcahy, Dervla Mulcahy, Fiona Connolly-Mulcahy, Colm Kincaid, Conor Connolly-Mulcahy, Dara Connolly-Mulcahy.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 20 June 2020

June 16, 2020

Irish Fantasy League of American Football 1994-1996

Irish Fantasy League of American Football Logo [Ref: 1]

Champions

Year	Champions
1994	Crumlin Red Giants
1995	Wicklow Wolves
1996	Wicklow Wolves

Irish Fantasy League of American Football Champions 1994-1996 [Ref: 2]

Teams 1994-1996

Team	Years
Crumlin Red Giants	1994-
Maltese / Mornington Mastodons	1994-1995 /1996-
Wicklow Wolves	1994-
Castleknock Cougars	1994-
Leitrim Cruisers	1994-
South Central Stingrays	1995-
Corrigeen Crusaders	1995-

Irish Fantasy League of American Football Teams 1994-1996 [Ref: 1]

Report

The Irish Fantasy League of American Football started in 1994 with five teams: Crumlin Red Giants (Champions 1994), Maltese Mastodons, Wicklow Wolves, Castleknock Cougars and Leitrim Cruisers. Corrigeen Crusaders and South Central Stingrays joined in 1995, but the winners that year and in 1996 were Wicklow Wolves. The only change in 1996 was a move for the Maltese Mastodons to Mornington.

1997 saw another expansion team: Casement Cheetahs. this year the new, match-up league system was introduced, with two Conferences, Lombardi and Madden introduced, with teams placed in one or the other depending on where they finished the previous year. Promotion and Relegation was also introduced. (For the IFLAF 1997-2005 see: Irish Fantasy League of American Football 1997-2005 and for IFLAF 2006-2015 Irish Fantasy League of American Football 2006-2015 ). The League folded in 2015 after all of the original franchises had left.

References

Images

[1] IFLAF (2015) IFLAF Logo [Internet] Available from: http://www.iflaf.com/images/iflaf/iflaf.gif [Accessed 30 May 2019]

Websites

[2] IFLAF (2015) IFLAF History [Internet] Available from: http://www.iflaf.com/history.htm [Accessed 30 March 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Nora Mulcahy, Richard D Mulcahy, Richard F Mulcahy, Dervla Mulcahy, Fiona Connolly-Mulcahy, Colm Kincaid, Conor Connolly-Mulcahy, Dara Connolly-Mulcahy, Fiona Corrigan, Alan Delaney, Rory Naughton.

About this document

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Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 16 June 2020

June 7, 2020

Cork Admirals Irish American Football Team Cheerleaders 2010

Cork Admirals Cheerleaders 2010

Name	Name
Grace Cronin	Aoife Hosford
Samantha Deasy	Sarah Hosford
Clodagh Downey	Kadie Linehan

Cork Admirals Cheerleaders 2010 [Ref: 1-2]

Report

Cork Admirals Cheerleaders were there in support of the team at the Blarney Bowl 2010 pictured below with the Game Officials.

Cork Admirals Cheerleaders at the Blarney Bowl 2010 – Pictured with Game Officials [Ref: 4]

References

Newspapers

[1] Anon. (2010) Star-spangled Blarney while Carrigtwohill goes Medieval Evening Echo. Monday, July 5, 2010 [Available Online at the Irish Newspaper Archive at: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ which is a subscription service. Accessed 3 June 2020]

[2] Anon. (2010) Crowds touchdown in Cork for fourth of July celebrations Evening Echo. Wednesday, July 7, 2010 [Available Online at the Irish Newspaper Archive at: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ which is a subscription service. Accessed 3 June 2020]

Images

[3] Irish American Football Association (2017) Admirals Logo [Internet] Available from: https://www.americanfootball.ie/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Admirals-PNG-1.png [Accessed 30 November 2018]

[4] Blarney Bowl | Wayback Machine (2011) Slide 01 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20110207221513im_/http://www.blarneybowl.com/sites/default/files/slide01.jpg [Accessed 7 June 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Orla Connolly-Mulcahy.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 7 June 2020

March 30, 2019

Irish Fantasy League of American Football 1997-2005

Irish Fantasy League of American Football Logo

IFLAF 1997

	W	L	T	PF	PA
Lombardi Conference
*Mornington Mastodons	13	4	0	456	318
Wicklow Wolves	12	5	0	458	396
Corrigeen Crusaders	9	8	0	408	432
Castleknock Cougars	9	8	0	495	467
Madden Conference
*Casement Cheetahs	8	9	0	381	414
Leitrim Cruisers	8	9	0	465	411
Crumlin Red Giants	6	11	0	396	429
South Central Stingrays	3	14	0	267	459

Reference: [1]

IFLAF 1998

	W	L	T	PF	PA
Lombardi Conference
*Castleknock Cougars	12	5	0	570	435
Wicklow Wolves	11	6	0	537	459
Mornington Mastodons	10	7	0	492	411
Corrigeen Crusaders	3	14	0	306	477
Madden Conference
*Crumlin Red Giants	9	8	0	362	434
Leitrim Cruisers	9	8	0	494	435
Casement Cheetahs	7	10	0	365	413
South Central Stingrays	7	10	0	390	452

Reference: [2]

IFLAF 1999

	W	L	T	PF	PA
Lombardi Conference
*Crumlin Red Giants	13	4	0	528	363
Wicklow Wolves	11	5	1	467	393
North Cork Bandits	10	6	1	416	376
Mornington Mastodons	9	8	0	342	332
Madden Conference
*Casement Cheetahs	8	9	0	395	453
South Central Stingrays	7	10	0	335	359
Leitrim Cruisers	5	12	0	332	398
Corrigeen Crusaders	4	13	0	296	437

Reference: [3]

IFLAF 2000

	W	L	T	PF	PA
Lombardi Conference
*Crumlin Red Giants	12	4	1	707	423
Wicklow Wolves	9	7	1	470	384
North Cork Bandits	8	9	0	472	465
Casement Cheetahs	6	10	1	366	537
Madden Conference
*South Central Stingrays	11	6	0	432	417
Mornington Mastodons	7	9	1	423	487
Corrigeen Crusaders	7	10	0	399	494
Leitrim Cruisers	6	11	0	405	464

Reference: [4]

IFLAF 2001

	W	L	T	PF	PA
Lombardi Conference
*North Cork Bandits	12	5	0	402	396
Wicklow Wolves	9	8	0	495	468
Crumlin Red Giants	9	8	0	621	477
South Central Stingrays	5	12	0	363	537
Madden Conference
*Corrigeen Crusaders	12	5	0	567	477
Casement Cheetahs	9	8	0	504	515
Mornington Mastodons	7	10	0	485	483
Leitrim Cruisers	5	12	0	453	537

Reference: [5]

IFLAF 2002

	W	L	T	PF	PA
Lombardi Conference
*Crumlin Red Giants	13	4	0	585	466
Corrigeen Crusaders	12	5	0	604	531
Casement Cheetahs	8	9	0	540	474
North Cork Bandits	8	9	0	381	476
Wicklow Wolves	5	12	0	516	564
Madden Conference
*Leitrim Cruisers	11	6	0	516	441
Mornington Mastodons	10	7	0	450	423
Blackwater Bobcats	8	9	0	477	465
South Central Stingrays	5	12	0	395	480
Clontarf Celts	5	12	0	303	447

Reference: [6]

IFLAF 2003

	W	L	T	PF	PA
Lombardi Conference
*Corrigeen Crusaders	12	5	0	620	405
Casement Cheetahs	10	7	0	498	478
Leitrim Cruisers	10	7	0	486	490
Mornington Mastodons	8	9	0	393	438
Crumlin Red Giants	5	12	0	458	507
Madden Conference
*Wicklow Wolves	13	4	0	512	420
South Central Stingrays	9	8	0	389	441
Clontarf Celts	7	10	0	441	483
North Cork Bandits	7	10	0	470	453
Blackwater Bobcats	4	13	0	375	527

Reference: [7]

IFLAF 2004

	W	L	T	PF	PA
Lombardi Conference
*Corrigeen Crusaders	11	6	0	678	408
Casement Cheetahs	11	6	0	552	457
Leitrim Cruisers	11	6	0	524	534
Wicklow Wolves	9	8	0	489	522
South Central Stingrays	4	13	0	375	687
Madden Conference
*Mornington Mastodons	9	8	0	507	444
West Dublin Dragons	8	9	0	495	486
North Cork Bandits	8	9	0	450	498
Clontarf Celts	7	10	0	450	438
Blackwater Bobcats	7	10	0	467	513

Reference: [8]

IFLAF 2005

	W	L	T	PF	PA
Lombardi Conference
*Corrigeen Crusaders	14	3	0	756	482
West Dublin Dragons	10	7	0	576	474
Leitrim Cruisers	7	10	0	498	562
Mornington Mastodons	7	10	0	437	501
Casement Cheetahs	6	11	0	438	515
Madden Conference
*Clontarf Celts	11	6	0	469	452
North Cork Bandits	9	8	0	497	501
South Central Stingrays	8	9	0	474	550
Blackwater Bobcats	7	10	0	512	577
Wicklow Wolves	6	11	0	449	492

Reference: [9]

About

The Irish Fantasy League of American Football was set up in 1994 with 5 teams. By 1997 it had grown to 8 teams, with the top 4 teams playing in the Lombardi Conference, and the newer or less established teams playing in the Madden Conference. There was promotion and relegation between the Conferences, and no playoffs.

The League expanded to 10 teams in 2002, and went back down to 8 teams in 2006, with a decision to make the League a single division. The League lasted until 2015, when the Comissioner retired.

References:

Websites:

[1] IFLAF (1997) IFLAF 1997 Season Results [Internet] Available from: http://www.iflaf.com/seasons/1997/results97.htm [Accessed 27 March 2018]

[2] IFLAF (1998) IFLAF 1998 Season Results [Internet] Available from: http://www.iflaf.com/seasons/1998/results98.htm [Accessed 27 March 2018]

[3] IFLAF (1999) IFLAF 1999 Season Results [Internet] Available from: http://www.iflaf.com/seasons/1999/results99.htm [Accessed 27 March 2018]

[4] IFLAF (2000) IFLAF 2000 Season Results [Internet] Available from: http://www.iflaf.com/seasons/2000/results00.htm [Accessed 27 March 2018]

[5] IFLAF (2001) IFLAF 2001 Season Results [Internet] Available from: http://www.iflaf.com/seasons/2001/results01.htm[Accessed 27 March 2018]

[6] IFLAF (2002) IFLAF 2002 Season Results [Internet] Available from: http://www.iflaf.com/seasons/2002/results02.htm [Accessed 27 March 2018]

[7] IFLAF (2003) IFLAF 2003 Season Results [Internet] Available from: http://www.iflaf.com/seasons/2003/results03.htm [Accessed 27 March 2018]

[8] IFLAF (2004) IFLAF 2004 Season Results [Internet] Available from: http://www.iflaf.com/seasons/2004/results04.htm [Accessed 27 March 2018]

[9] IFLAF (2005) IFLAF 2005 Season Results [Internet] Available from: http://www.iflaf.com/seasons/2005/results05.htm[Accessed 27 March 2018]

[10] IFLAF (2015) IFLAF History [Internet] Available from: http://www.iflaf.com/history.htm [Accessed 30 March 2019]

[11] IFLAF (2015) IFLAF Logo [Internet] Available from: http://www.iflaf.com/images/iflaf/iflaf.gif [Accessed 30 May 2019]

Acknowledgements

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 30 March 2019

March 29, 2019

NFL Fantasy Football NFL-Ireland 2015-2018

NFL Ireland 2015

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
*Discount Belicheck	15	12	3	0	1845.72	1525.36	.800
*Limerick Shams	15	11	4	0	1766.44	1530.30	.733
*Sligo 9ers	15	9	6	0	1622.62	1542.12	.600
*Elway of the Highway	15	8	7	0	1580.10	1527.82	.533
ShamRock ‘n Roll Tyrone	15	7	8	0	1657.68	1490.32	.467
Knocklyon Falcons	15	7	8	0	1634.24	1680.78	.467
Go canucks go	15	7	8	0	1345.90	1548.50	.467
Belfast Bullets	15	7	8	0	1614.44	1586.26	.467
Clare Crusaders	15	6	9	0	1487.46	1599.46	.400
giants	15	1	14	0	1221.58	1765.26	.067

Reference: [1]

Semi-Finals
Discount Belicheck	105.94	Elway or the Highway	46.32
Limerick Shams	80.60	Sligo 9ers	165.78
3rd Place Game
Elway of the Highway	71.96	Limerick Shams	128.96
Championship
Discount Belicheck	107.36	Sligo 9ers	130.22

Reference: [2]

NFL Ireland 2016

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
*Limerick Shams	15	12	3	0	1750.46	1451.42	.800
*Thurles Titans	15	11	4	0	1718.36	1398.00	.733
*ShamRock ‘n Roll Allstars	15	9	6	0	1703.32	1650.64	.600
*Discount Belicheck	15	9	6	0	1714.36	1586.78	.600
Factory of Sadness	15	9	6	0	1628.20	1569.06	.600
Sligo 9ers	15	8	7	0	1921.02	1703.68	.533
Belfast Bullets	15	7	8	0	1477.36	1618.00	.467
Red Bearded Bears	15	6	9	0	1476.04	1689.52	.400
Bantry Buccaneers	15	3	12	0	1327.14	1664.42	.200
Lucan Warriors	15	1	14	0	1374.76	1759.20	.067

Reference: [3]

Semi-Finals
Limerick Shams	168.46	Discount Belicheck	127.64
Thurles Titans	118.90	ShamRock ‘n Roll Allstars	119.96
3rd Place Game
Discount Belicheck	104.40	Thurles Titans	99.26
Championship
Limerick Shams	73.12	ShamRock ‘n Roll Allstars	91.68

Reference: [4]

NFL Ireland 2017

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
*Belfast Spartans	14	11	3	0	1584.12	1341.98	.786
*County Antrim Hedgehogs	14	9	5	0	1688.22	1374.52	.643
*Sligo 9ers	14	9	5	0	1627.16	1555.58	.643
*ShamRock ‘n Roll Allstars	14	9	5	0	1562.28	1484.84	.643
Limerick Shams	14	8	6	0	1465.62	1356.22	.571
DUBLIN REBELS	14	6	8	0	1434.18	1407.26	.429
Belfast Bullets	14	6	8	0	1384.82	1423.32	.429
Thurles Raiders	14	6	8	0	1360.66	1460.68	.429
Lucan Warriors	14	5	9	0	1289.06	1493.90	.357
South West Jets	14	1	13	0	970.90	1468.72	.071

Reference: [5]

Semi-Finals
Belfast Spartans	93.30	ShamRock ‘n Roll Allstars	111.68
County Antrim Hedgehogs	105.92	Sligo 9ers	114.16
3rd Place Game
Belfast Spartans	80.34	County Antrim Hedgehogs	105.80
Championship
ShamRock ‘n Roll Allstars	95.62	Sligo 9ers	87.90

Reference: [6]

NFL Ireland 2018

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
*Ertz so sood	14	11	3	0	2037.14	1677.44	.786
*Belfast Spartans	14	11	3	0	1993.00	1828.74	.786
*Dikkie Kop	14	9	5	0	2156.28	1739.66	.643
*Thurles Raiders	14	9	5	0	1931.00	1870.75	.643
County Antrim Hedgehogs	14	8	6	0	1946.82	1884.50	.571
Limerick Legends	14	8	6	0	2009.52	1910.74	.571
Sligo 9ers	14	5	9	0	1772.56	1823.34	.357
Lucan Warriors	14	4	10	0	1585.28	1947.92	.286
Shamrock ‘n Roll Allstars	14	3	11	0	1628.52	2061.92	.214
Belfast Bullets	14	2	12	0	1641.04	1956.12	.143

Reference: [7]

Semi-Finals
Ertz so good	139.72	Thurles Raiders	80.94
Belfast Spartans	93.46	Dikkie Kop	112.50
3rd Place Game
Thurles Raiders	162.26	Belfast Spartans	98.86
Championship
Ertz so good	194.20	Dikkie Kop	110.86

Reference: [8]

References:

Websites:

[1] NFL (2015) Fantasy Football | NFL Ireland 2015 Standings [Internet] Available from: https://fantasy.nfl.com/league/3188030/history/2015/standings?historyStandingsType=regular [Accessed 29 March 2019]

[2] NFL (2015) Fantasy Football | NFL Ireland 2015 Playoffs [Internet] Available from: https://fantasy.nfl.com/league/3188030/history/2015/playoffs [Accessed 29 March 2019]

[3] NFL (2016) Fantasy Football | NFL Ireland 2016 Standings [Internet] Available from: https://fantasy.nfl.com/league/3188030/history/2016/standings?historyStandingsType=regular[Accessed 29 March 2019]

[4] NFL (2016) Fantasy Football | NFL Ireland 2016 Playoffs [Internet] Available from: https://fantasy.nfl.com/league/3188030/history/2016/playoffs[Accessed 29 March 2019]

[5] NFL (2017) Fantasy Football | NFL Ireland 2017 Standings [Internet] Available from: https://fantasy.nfl.com/league/3188030/history/2017/standings?historyStandingsType=regular[Accessed 29 March 2019]

[6] NFL (2017) Fantasy Football | NFL Ireland 2017 Playoffs [Internet] Available from: https://fantasy.nfl.com/league/3188030/history/2017/playoffs[Accessed 29 March 2019]

[7] NFL (2018) Fantasy Football | NFL Ireland 2018 Standings [Internet] Available from: https://fantasy.nfl.com/league/3188030/history/2018/standings?historyStandingsType=regular [Accessed 29 March 2019]

[8] NFL (2018) Fantasy Football | NFL Ireland 2018 Playoffs [Internet] Available from: https://fantasy.nfl.com/league/3188030/history/2018/playoffs [Accessed 29 March 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Nora Mulcahy, Richard D Mulcahy, Richard F Mulcahy, Dervla Mulcahy, Fiona Connolly-Mulcahy, Colm Kincaid, Conor Connolly-Mulcahy, Dara Connolly-Mulcahy.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 29 March 2019