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Topic: Shillelagh (trophy)


  
  Traditions :: The University of Southern California Trojans - Official Athletic Site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The original shillelagh was flown from Ireland by Howard Hughes’ pilot, according to legend.
When the original shillelagh ran out of space for the Trojan heads and shamrocks after the 1989 game, it was retired and is permanently displayed at Notre Dame.
A new shillelagh — slightly longer than the original — was commissioned by Jim Gillis, a former baseball player at both USC and Notre Dame and a one-time president of the Notre Dame Club of Los Angeles, and handcrafted in 1997 in County Leitrum, Ireland.
usctrojans.cstv.com /trads/usc-shill.html   (325 words)

  
 Shillelagh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jeweled Shillelagh, a trophy associated with the USC - Notre Dame football rivalry.
Shillelagh Trophy, a trophy associated with the Purdue - Notre Dame football rivalry.
This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shillelagh   (114 words)

  
 Club (weapon) Did You Mean club_(weapon)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
A Shillelagh is a wooden club, typically made from a stout knotty stick with a large knob on the end, that is associated with Ireland in folklore.
Shillelaghs may be hollowed at the heavy "hitting" end and filled with molten lead to increase the weight; this sort of Shillelagh is known as a 'loaded stick'.
The Shillelagh Trophy is an annual football game between members of the University of Notre Dame and Purdue University and takes place in Indiana, United States.
www.did-you-mean.com /Club_03weapon04.html   (1420 words)

  
 Traditions purduesports.com - Purdue University Official Athletic Site
The newest of the three trophies, the Shillelagh was donated in 1957 by the late Joe McLaughlin, a merchant seaman and an Irish fan who brought the club from Ireland.
The trophy was unveiled at a media luncheon Sept. 2, 1981, at the Lafayette Country Club.
As with its sister trophy, the Old Oaken Bucket, a "P" or an "I" link is added to the chain signifying the season’s winner.
purduesports.cstv.com /trads/pur-troph.html   (1066 words)

  
 Football :: The University of Southern California Trojans - Official Athletic Site
Instead of being propped between decaying trophies in Heritage Hall, the Shillelagh probably rests in Notre Dame's Sports Heritage Collection, though a spokesman for the Notre Dame athletic department couldn't be sure.
It was suggested to Gillis that Notre Dame and his organization return the old Shillelagh to USC until the new one is finished, which is expected to be sometime in October.
During those five years, Gillis received a report that the trophy was seen in the trunk of a car and another that it was on the counter of a bar.
usctrojans.cstv.com /sports/m-footbl/archive/96events/96spec-rel/usc-m-footbl-spec-rel07.html   (769 words)

  
 Purdue University: Undergraduate Studies Program: Purdue Pride: Purdue Athletics
The newest of three trophies at stake during each football season is the Shillelagh, which goes to the winner of the Purdue-Notre Dame football game.
The traveling trophy is a wood plaque with a drawing of a barn and an attached basketball hoop, which best describes basketball in Indiana.
The Monon Spike, a traveling trophy that originated in the fall of 1975, symbolizes the volleyball rivalry between Purdue and Indiana.
www.purdue.edu /usp/purdue_pride/athletics.shtml   (995 words)

  
 SI.com - SI On Campus - To the victors go the hardware - Monday October 17, 2005 1:02PM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
After watching USC retain possession (tear) of the Jeweled Shillelagh trophy, it got me thinking about other pieces of hardware given to the winner of various college football rivalries. After extensive research and a ton of googling I compiled a list of some of the great rivalry trophies across the land.
The Conestoga Wagon Trophy: Dickinson vs. Franklin and Marshall
The Paul Bunyon Trophy is an homage to Michigan's major lumber producing industry.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2005/sioncampus/10/17/alist.1017   (526 words)

  
 Mounted Games 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Shillelagh won, with Meath and Louth going through from the area to Anniharvey.
This means that Meath, Shillelagh, Louth, Tipperary, United and Laois go through to compete at the RDS for the Leonard Memorial Trophy.
The main competition of the IPC Mounted Games calendar, the Leonard Memorial Trophy, is one f the most exciting competitions at the Dublin Horse Show, and this year was no exception.
www.jassfoley.itgo.com /custom.html   (1064 words)

  
 campeireann.com
The Colm Sherry trophy is symbolic of the spirit of CAMP and can only be awarded to the resident who makes the best contribution to CAMP in every sense of the word.
I won the Colm Sherry trophy in 1994, the award came as a big surprise and means a great deal to me. Winning the trophy gave me the determination to overcome my problems and I will be doing my best again on every camp I attend in the future.
Her personal trophy has a special place in her room, it was her first year to attend camp and it was a great adventure, winning the trophy made the week very special.
www.campeireann.com /java-campeire/colmsherry.jsp   (325 words)

  
 College Football Rivalry Games - Encyclopedia FunTrivia
A shillelagh, in case you were wondering, is a large club made of oak, flthorn, or other hardwood.
The Trophy was first given in 1953, and represented Michigan’s history as a lumber producing state.
The trophy was an actual bronzed combat boot from Vietnam, which the combat scars were still visible.
www.funtrivia.com /en/subtopics/College-Football-Rivalry-Games-224332.html   (562 words)

  
 Hoganstand.com - GAA Football & Hurling   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Shillelagh however will contest Sunday’s final having had a wonderful championship campaign so far with no little influence from the Byrne Brothers.
Goals have been Shillelagh’s trade mark in this year’s championship, with the team netting 15 in the five matches, or an average of three per game.
With just seconds remaining the sides were level, when Kennedy collected a clearance from his own defence, soloed up the field and shot over the bar for what proved to be the winning score in a close-fought final, in a game where there was never much between the sides.
www.hoganstand.com /wicklow/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=52312   (289 words)

  
 FOX Sports - COLLEGE FOOTBALL - TRADITIONS: USC-Notre Dame
Ordinal out of range The winner of the game keeps a shillelagh, which is a Gaelic war club made of wood from Ireland, for a year.
This Shillelagh has emerald-studded shamrocks representing Notre Dame victories and ruby-adorned Trojan heads standing for USC wins (each is engraved with the year and final score).
The original shillelagh was flown in from Ireland by Howard Hughes' pilot.
msn.foxsports.com /story/3168950   (785 words)

  
 Laois Nationalist: Shillelagh in sights of first major trophy
SHILLELAGH stand poised to take their first major trophy in senior ranks after beating Enniskerry in the semi-final of the once off Millennium Cup at Arklow.
However, convincing this win was Shillelagh will know only too well that Baltinglass will be a different kettle of fish in the final.
Shillelaghs growing reputation in senior ranks was further enhanced by this big win over neighbours Tinahely in the Spring football league at Shillelagh.
www.laois-nationalist.ie /news/story.asp?j=6937   (400 words)

  
 Carlow Nationalist - 2000/04/28: Baltinglass win first of 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The score was level at half-time - Shillelagh 1-4, Baltinglass 0-7 but Baltinglass sprung Kevin O’Brien from the subs bench for the second half and the former all star was the dominant figure afield for the final 30 minutes.
Paul Kenny waltzed through the Shillelagh for two early points but the game was blasted wide open when ‘Teenager David Cullen found the Baltinglass in the 13th minute to put Shillelagh ahead.
Shillelagh, starting their second season in senior ranks did themselves proud and put it up to Baltinglass from start to finish.
archives.tcm.ie /carlownationalist/2000/04/28/story8115.asp   (1544 words)

  
 Regatta Results
Shillelagh and Kathmandu served notice that they had the same speed as the leaders as new crew joined the boats.
The Whiplash trophy (in honor of this years winner) is a large Bullwhip given to the boat in the fleet most deserving of a trophy.
Charlie Cavalino on Shillelagh is the winner of the Tan Guapo trophy for his close, occasionally leading position, mixing it up with Ray right to the end, and making an almost photo finish with Ray.
www.vossassociates.com /schock/regatta_results.htm   (5510 words)

  
 College Football Rivalries
Notes: The whereabouts of the original Silver Spade (a prospector's shovel found in the Organ Mountains near NMSU's Las Cruces campus) are unknown.
The Trophy was chosen for it's symbolism relating to both schools major fields of study - agiculture and mining - at the time.
Notes: the trophy is a large buffalo nickel.
www.1122productions.com /rivalries/n.html   (290 words)

  
 The Jeweled Shillelagh - NCAA Wiki
The jeweled shillelagh is passed between the annual winner of the USC-Notre Dame game, perhaps the finest intersectional rivalry in college football.
A new shillelagh - slightly longer than the original - was commissioned by Jim Gillis, a former baseball player at both USC and Notre Dame and a one-time president of the Notre Dame Club of Los Angeles, and handcrafted in 1997 in County Leitrum, Ireland.
There are now 42 shamrocks, 29 Trojan heads and 5 combined medallions on the shillelaghs.
ncaawiki.com /index.php/The_Jeweled_Shillelagh   (322 words)

  
 The Exponent - sports
The trophy, donated by a merchant seaman who was an Irish fan, brought the shillelagh from Ireland and it was mounted on a trophy base.
Each year, the winner receives the trophy and a small football with the winning team's initials and the final score is attached to the base.
The last time the Shillelagh graced the Boilermaker trophy case was in 1999, when Purdue defeated the Irish 28-23.
www.purdueexponent.org /interface/bebop/showstory.php?date=2003/09/26§ion=sports&storyid=tgShillelagh   (565 words)

  
 IGN: NCAA Football 2003 Review
The other half of your trophy case should be dedicated to all of the rivalry trophies that you can collect both within and outside the dynasty mode.
The trophy room is attached to your profile so that whenever you play a rivalry game with a trophy at stake, whether it's against the CPU or a buddy you and your profile are on the hook for that trophy.
USC and Notre Dame's battle for the Jeweled Shillelagh yields one of the nicer trophies while Michigan and Michigan State's Battle for the Paul Bunyan Trophy or Air Force-Army's Battle for the Commander-in-Chief Trophy will give you nothing more than bragging rights even with the word "trophy" in the title.
cube.ign.com /articles/365/365303p2.html   (1114 words)

  
 My Purdue Football Memories
In what was supposed to be a rebuilding year, the 1998 Purdue Boilermakers stormed to a 9-4 record and repeated as Alamo Bowl champions with a shocking 37-34 win over No. 4 Kansas State.
Sophomore quarterback Drew Brees established himself as the preseason 1999 Heisman Trophy favorite by shattering countless Purdue, Big Ten, and NCAA records.
Other great games from that season include the destruction of Daunte Culpepper's Heisman Trophy chances in a 35-7 win over Central Florida on ESPN, another thriller against Michigan State at East Lansing, 25-24 (one week after MSU upset No. 1 Ohio State), and another Bucket blowout against Indiana, 52-7.
members.tripod.com /~xanderski/pufootball   (633 words)

  
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Rivalries with Trophies EA has included many traveling trophies that can be won in a rivalry game.
Rivalries without Trophies These are the rivalries in the game that do not have trophies that can be won.
Although Air Force has won the trophy 16 times (Army 6, Navy 5) and have won every year since 1996, it appears the game only awards the trophy, for your trophy room, to the Army-Navy game.
www.a2zcheat.com /cheats/psx2/n/Archive/ncaa_football_2004_rivalry.txt   (684 words)

  
 Shillelagh Trophy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Shillelagh Trophy is a trophy exchanged between Notre Dame and Purdue, being held by the winner of the annual football game.
Jeweled Shillelagh, the trophy awarded to the winner of the annual Notre Dame - USC game
This page was last modified 16:14, 25 July 2006.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shillelagh_Trophy   (78 words)

  
 Irish And No. 5 USC Set To Renew Nation's Premier Intersectional Rivalry :: Football looks for eighth consecutive home ...
The winner of the Notre Dame-USC game keeps a shillelagh (presented by the Notre Dame Club of Los Angeles), with shamrocks representing Notre Dame victories and ruby Trojan heads standing for USC wins (each is engraved with the year and final score).
The original foot-long shillelagh was flown from Ireland by Howard Hughes" pilot, according to legend, and was introduced in 1952 (although the medallions date back to the start of the series in 1926).
When the original shillelagh ran out of space after the 1989 game, it was retired and is permanently displayed at Notre Dame.
und.cstv.com /sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/101303aaa.html   (13274 words)

  
 Trojan Pride - USC's Official Spirit Organization
In the finest intersectional rivalry, the shillelagh is a trophy passed between the winner of the USC-Notre Dame football game.
Upon victory a jeweled pin, a Ruby Trojan Head for USC or an Emerald shamrock for Notre Dame, representing the victorious school, is attached to the Shillelagh along with the year and game score.
It was resolved at Tommy Trojan that the bell would be used as a trophy for the victor in the annual football games between the two schools.
www-scf.usc.edu /~scpride/traditions.html   (913 words)

  
 Football Game Notes :: Purdue-Notre Dame: Sept. 27, 2003
Purdue is one of merely two schools in the Big Ten and one of only 13 nationally to play in a bowl game each of the last six seasons.
This year's meeting is just the fifth in which Purdue comes in ranked higher in the Associated Press poll and only the second in which Purdue is ranked and Notre Dame is not (also 1952).
The trophy is a club donated by Joe McLaughlin, a merchant seaman and a Fighting Irish fan who brought it from Ireland.
purduesports.cstv.com /sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/092203aab.html   (3231 words)

  
 Sox trophy a hit at S. Side Irish parade
The crowd at the South Side Irish parade cheers no matter who is walking past -- whether it's a bunch of plumbers dressed in green, a pack of Irish wolfhounds, or Chicago's version of the Flying Elvises: the Roller-skating St. Patricks.
But the roar that greeted the sight of the White Sox World Series trophy Sunday probably approached what would be heard on the South Side if Mayor Richard J. Daley rose from the dead to lead the parade while simultaneously beating Osama bin Laden with a shillelagh.
A car carrying the World Series trophy aloft prompted paradegoers to scream "White Sox!" so loud, their vocal chords were in danger of exploding.
www.suntimes.com /output/news/cst-nws-stpats13.html   (572 words)

  
 Week Four Traditions
In 1957, the late Joe McLaughlin, a merchant seaman and an Irish fan, donated the Shillelagh, which he brought from Ireland to be a traveling trophy between Purdue and Notre Dame.
After each football clash between the two schools, a miniature gold football engraved with the winner's initials, and the score is attached to the stand of the Shillelagh.
The trophy is given to the victor until the next game between the schools.
web.ics.purdue.edu /~joannieg/week4.html   (1250 words)

  
 Bringing home the prize | IndyStar.com
In 1925, both schools met to develop a suitable trophy for the winner.
The college football regular season is nearing its end, which means a glut of trophy games involving longtime rivals.
Nearly all trophy games are steeped in history, with some dating to the late 1800s.
www.indystar.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051118/SPORTS/511180485/1004/SPORTS   (1307 words)

  
 Saint Xavier High School - Louisville, Kentucky - St. X - catholic education
The Shillelagh Cup is a golf tournament between the two schools’ Alumni Associations modeled after the famous Ryder Cup format.
Even though the schools have a longstanding rivalry in athletics, this event has been characterized by sportsmanship, fun, and fair competition.
The Shillelagh Cup trophy will be presented to the St. X Alumni Association after the first quarter of Friday night’s football game at Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium.
www.saintx.com /news/news.asp?ID=596   (198 words)

  
 Shillelagh Pipes And Drums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
In 1970, the Band was awarded the Mayor’s Trophy, Jerry Kennedy was the Drum Major.
In 1976, the Band was awarded Best Foreign Group Trophy, Jerry DeYoung was the Drum Major.
In 1979 and 1983 the Band had the honor of leading the Newark St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Tom Murphy and Bill Byrne were the Drum Majors.
www.fsos.com /pipe_band.htm   (299 words)

  
 Scout.com: Trophy ceremony
USC held a nice ceremony on campus today in front of Heritage Hall to unveil trophies for the Orange Bowl, the Women’s Volleyball national title and the Heisman Award won by Carson Palmer.
Travis Watkins were then brought on stage for the presentation of the Orange Bowl trophy.
It came time for the final award and Carroll called Carson Palmer an example of “everything this season was about” and at that point he introduced the senior quarterback to the delight of the crowd.
usc.scout.com /2/89287.html   (565 words)

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