Wikipedia:WikiProject Gaelic games/Notability
This page is part of the WikiProject on Gaelic games and is an outline of the notability criteria for articles related to Gaelic games.
Clubs[edit]
As "there are no specific guidelines for Gaelic games clubs"... "WP:NCLUB applies directly". August 2021
Footballers[edit]
- WP:NGAELIC #1
Handballers[edit]
- WP:NGAELIC #2
Hurlers[edit]
- WP:NGAELIC #3
Panel members[edit]
Panel members who have yet to play a game are unlikely to be covered by WP:NGAELIC. When this question has been asked before in relation to other sports, the response has been that a "player would not pass this SNG ("subject-specific notability guideline", i.e. sport) based on that event because they didn't compete at the event" and that "there is AFD consensus from the world of [association] football, that a player on the squad for a major tournament but doesn't play will not meet SNG".
Referees[edit]
Referees and linesmen are not covered by WP:NGAELIC. Other sports guidelines also do not cover referees and consensus exists for this approach. The general notability guideline can be used instead.
Sports administrators[edit]
Members of county boards, provincial councils and other governing bodies are not normally given separate biographies unless they played at senior inter-county level, are covered by subject-specific notability guidelines (such as WP:POLITICIAN), or otherwise meet the general notability guideline. See WP:FITZ for an example of the opposition it is possible to encounter, even when an article has many references.
| Name | Status | Guidelines met | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maurice Davin | Possibly | ? | Co-founder of the GAA. Held "numerous world records for running, hurdling, jumping and weight-throwing". |
| Edward Bennet | Unclear | None | |
| Peter Kelly | Unclear | None | |
| Frank Dineen | Possibly | None | |
| Michael Deering | Unclear | None | |
| James Nowlan | Possibly | None | Has a stadium named after him. |
| Daniel McCarthy | Presumed notable. | WP:NPOLITICIAN | Teachta Dála. |
| Patrick Breen | Presumed notable. | WP:NGAELIC | All-Ireland SFC winner. |
| Liam Clifford | Unclear | None | |
| Seán Ryan | Unclear | None | Played at university level only. |
| Seán McCarthy | Presumed notable | WP:NPOLITICIAN | Teachta Dála. Lord Mayor of Cork. |
| Bob O'Keeffe | Presumed notable. | WP:NGAELIC | All-Ireland SHC winner. |
| Pádraig MacNamee | Unclear | None | |
| Séamus Gardiner | Presumed notable. | WP:NGAELIC | |
| Dan O'Rourke | Presumed notable. | WP:NGAELIC WP:NPOLITICIAN |
Teachta Dála. Senator. |
| Michael Kehoe | Possibly | None | Centenary commemorations. |
| Vincent O'Donoghue | Unclear | None | |
| Séamus McFerran | Possibly | None | |
| Joseph Stuart | Unclear | None | Fitzgibbon Cup winner. |
| Aodh Ó Broin | Unclear | None | Club SFC winner. |
| Alf Murray | Presumed notable. | WP:NGAELIC | |
| Séamus Ó Riain | Unclear | None | Club SFC winner. Junior county team player. |
| Pat Fanning | Presumed notable. | WP:NGAELIC | |
| Donal Keenan | Presumed notable. | WP:NGAELIC | All-Ireland SFC winner. |
| Con Murphy | Presumed notable. | WP:NGAELIC | All-Ireland SHC winner. |
| Paddy McFlynn | Unclear | None | Club SFC winner |
| Paddy Buggy | Presumed notable. | WP:NGAELIC | All-Ireland SHC winner. |
| Mick Loftus | Presumed notable | WP:NGAELIC | All-Ireland SFC winner. |
| John Dowling | Possibly | ? | Club player only.[1] Refereed numerous All-Ireland finals in both codes. |
| Peter Quinn | Unclear | None | Club player mostly. One game in the Dr Lagan Cup ≠ notability.[1] |
| Jack Boothman | Unclear | None | First Protestant president. Club player only.[1] |
| Joe McDonagh | Presumed notable. | WP:NGAELIC | All-Ireland SHC winner. |
| Seán McCague | Unclear | None | Was an inter-county manager.[1] Oversaw abolition of Rule 21. |
| Seán Kelly | Presumed notable. | WP:NPOLITICIAN | Member of the European Parliament. |
| Nickey Brennan | Presumed notable. | WP:NGAELIC | All-Ireland SHC winner. |
| Christy Cooney | Unclear | None | |
| Liam O'Neill | Unclear | None | Club player only.[1] |
| Aogán Ó Fearghail | Unclear | None | Club player only. Never won a championship game.[1] |
| John Horan | Unclear | None | Club player only.[1] |
| Larry McCarthy | Unclear | None | First overseas president. Club player only.[1] |
Tournaments[edit]
County championships (such as those at intermediate level) can be notable, but must be adequately sourced. See this AfD as an example: before (when nominated for deletion) and after (when closed as "keep").
Youth players[edit]
Youth players are not normally given separate biographies.
Even captaining an under-20 county team is not sufficient to counter opposition at AfD.