Drimnagh Cycos | Irish Flag Football Team 1995-2005

Enda Mulcahy

6 years ago

IFFL Senior Team 1995-2005

Home Ground: St. Enda’s Park, Rathfanham, D16 / Marlay Park, Rathfarnham D16 / Sallins, Co. Kildare

Colours:

History: Played in the Irish Flag Football League from 1995-2000, winning the Final in 1995-96.. Also played in the Angl-Irish Flag football Challenge from 1997-2005 against Leicester Europa Eagles, the first International matches played by either an Irish or English club side.

Career Record: Total (W-L-T): 40-15-2 / Regular Season: (W-L-T): 31-8-1 / Post-Season (W-L-T): 5-3-0 / International (W-L-T): 4-4-1 (Excluding Regular Season 1998-99)

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Regular Season					Post-Season					International
	P	W	L	T	Pct	P	W	L	T	Chp	P	W	L	T
1995-96	11	8	3	0	.747	2	2	0	0	IFFL	0	0	0	0
1996-97						2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0
1997-98						2	1	1	0	AIFC	1	1	0	0
1998-99						1	0	1	0		1	0	1	0
1999-00	8	6	2	0	.750	2	1	1	0	AIFC	1	1	0	0
2000-01	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	AIFC	1	1	0	0
2001-02	2	1	1	0	.500	0	0	0	0	AIFC	1	1	0	0
2002-03											1	0	0	1
2003-04											1	0	1	0
2004-05											1	0	1	0
2005-06											1	0	1	0

Links to Year-by-Year Season Reports & Rosters

1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2001-02

References

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Sources

[1] FD Reporter (1996) Deadly Drimnagh fly the flag for Ireland. First Down. April 20, 1996. Pg..

[4] Anon. (1997) “Eagles lose to Cycos in Dublin Challenge Match”. First Down, August 2 1997

[6] Anon. (1998) “Eagles soar over Irish challengers”. First Down, Saturday, May 16 1998,, pg. 21

[7] Anon. (1999) “Flying high for the Irish title”. First Down, June 3-9 1999

[8] Anon. (1999) “Cycos path to Glory”. First Down, June 17-23 1999, pg. 19

Websites

[5] Britball Now (2018) History of the game in Ireland [Internet] Available from: http://www.britballnow.co.uk/history-index/ireland/history-of-the-game-in.html [Accessed 25 October 2016]

[13] Britball Now (2018) 2001 Adult Flag news – 10th July 2001 – Drimnagh thrash Leicester 49-6 in Senior Flag challenge match [Internet] Available from: http://www.britballnow.co.uk/history-index/ireland/history-of-the-game-in.html [Accessed 25 October 2016]

Internet Archive

[2] Drimnagh Cycos – Wayback Machine (2001) Photos [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20011117060516/http://www.geocities.com:80/colosseum/base/6389/photos.html [Accessed 21 April 2017]

[3] Wayback Machine Web Archive – Drimnagh Cycos Geocities (2002) Photo Album [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20020213124840/http://www.geocities.com:80/Colosseum/Base/6389/photos.html [Accessed 17 June 2017]

[9] Drimnagh Cycos -Wayback Machine (2001) 1999-2000 Season [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20011017195459/http://www.geocities.com:80/Colosseum/Base/6389/ [Accessed 21 April 2017]

[10] Wayback Machine – Irish American Football Scene (2001) Flag Football: News – UL Vikings at Drimnagh Cycos [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20010721055929/http://www.iafs.co.uk/ [Accessed 8 October 2017]

[11] Wayback Machine – Drimnagh Cycos Yahoo Site (2001) Recent Messages [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20011221050433/http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/drimnaghcycos [Accessed 21 April 2017]

[12] Wayback Machine – Irish American Football Scene (2002) UL Vikings 0 Drimnagh Cycos 12 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20020405053228/http://www.iafs.co.uk/ [Accessed 8 October 2017]

Social Media

[13] Eirball | Facebook (2019) Message to Eirball from Liam Farrell 23 November 2019: “Photo of Page from Programme from 2nd Anglo-Irish Flag Football Challenge – Leicester 9 May 1998”: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.15752-0/p280x280/76935222_2155933711383104_2434125650756370432_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&_nc_ohc=yZESPE_0PpoAQkL8_Sd_0fWOogy9E2v9DX90TtHEAtD6kJy2sxa32pQeg&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=e14dfac0dbcff962d1c62181bb6cf2b9&oe=5E85B40B [Accessed 23 November 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Liam Farrell & Peter Mullen, Drimnagh Cycos

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 2 July 2019