IAFL Senior Team 1995-1998

Home Ground: Civil Service GAA Grounds, Islandbridge

Colours: Red Jerseys/ White Pants with Red Stripe/ White Helmet with Black and Red Stripes

History: Formed out of the ashes of other Dublin Clubs in 1995, they played three seasons, winning the Shamrock Bowl in 1996, defeating the Dublin Tornadoes 26-8, and reaching the playoffs the other two years. They left the American Football Association of Ireland in 1997, intending to return under the new administration in 2002, but never did [22]. They did, however, play in a blitz in 1998 with the Queen’s University Belfast Broncos and Belfast Lasers.

Home Venue Map – Civil Service GAA, Islandbridge, Dublin 8

Year-by-Year Record

	Lge	RS W-L-T	Pct	PS W-L-T	Chp	Int W-L-T	Int Chp
1995	AFAI			0-1-0	.000
1996	AFAI			1-0-0	1.000
1997	AFAI			0-1-0	.000

Dublin Lightning Logo [23]

1995 Results

Week	Date	H/A	Opposition	W/L	Score
1	21.05.95	A	Lurgan Area Raiders	W	14-0
2	28.05.95	A	Dublin Tornadoes	L	6-48
5	18.06.95	H	Lurgan Area raiders	W	36-16
6	25.06.95	A	Carrickfergus Knights	W	18-6
8	16.07.95	H	Dublin Tornadoes	L	0-20
9	23.07.95	H	Carrickfergus Knights

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1996 Results

Week	Date	H/A	Opposition	W/L	Score
	25.08.95	H	Belfast Spartans

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1997 Results

Week	Date	H/A	Opposition	W/L	Score
	03.06.97	H	Dublin Bulls	L	12-18
	17.06.97	A	Dublin Bulls	L	7-34
	21.06.97	A	Portadown Panthers	L	8-35
	20.07.97	A	Dublin Bulls	L	6-36
	31.08.97	H	Dublin Bulls	W	7-6
SF	07.09.97	A	Dublin Bulls	L	0-14

[22]

Sources

[3] Anon (1995) Standings & Fixtures – Irish League. First Down. 29 July 1995, pg. 21.

[4] Anon (1995) Standings & Fixtures – Irish League. First Down. 15 July 1995, pg. 18.

[5] Anon (1995) Irish Update – Tearaway Tornadoes. First Down. 15 July 1995, pg. 18.

[6] Anon (1995) Standings & Fixtures – Irish League. First Down. 1 July 1995, pg. 21.

[7] Anon (1995) Irish League. First Down. 1 July 1995, pg. 21.

[8] Anon (1995) Standings & Fixtures – Irish League. First Down. 24 June 1995, pg. 21.

[9] Anon (1995) Irish League Round-Up – Tornadoes wake up from Knight-mare performance. First Down. 24 June 1995, pg. 21.

[10] Anon (1995) Standings & Fixtures – Irish League. First Down. 17 June 1995, pg. 21.

[11] Anon (1995) Irish League Round-Up – Tornadoes turn up heat. First Down. 17 June 1995, pg. 21.

[12] Anon (1995) Standings & Fixtures – Irish League. First Down. 10 June 1995, pg. 21.

[13] Anon (1995) Irish League Round-Up – Graham’s Five Alive. First Down. 10 June 1995, pg. 21.

[14] Anon (1995) * The Irish League… First Down. 3 June 1995, pg. 18.

[15] Anon (1995) Standings & Fixtures – Irish League. First Down. 15 July 1995, pg. 18.

[16] Anon (1995) Tornadoes smash county rivals. The Echo. Thursday, 20 July 1995, pg. 48.

[17] Anon (1995) Tornadoes blow Lurgan away. The Echo. Thursday, 13 July 1995, pg. 48.

[18] Anon (1995) Tornadoes on the rampage. The Echo. Thursday, 15 June 1995, pg. 46.

[19] Naughton, L. (1996) “American Football” Evening Herald. Thursday, 22 August 1996, pg. 67.

Internet Archive

[20] Dublin Tornadoes (1996) Irish American Football League 1995: The League Schedule ’95 / Results in ’95 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/19961115060654/http://fiachra.ucd.ie/~alan/american_football.html#main_menu [Accessed 5 July 2017]

[21] Dublin Lightning (2001) Welcome to the homepage of the Dublin Lightning American Football Team [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/19990209091349/www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Stadium/6662/ [Accessed 4 July 2018]

Websites

[22] Dublin Tornadoes (1997) Irish League and Shamrock Bowl [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/19980520033318/http://connect.ie:80/users/tornadoes/Shamrock.htm [Accessed 5 July 2017]

Images

[23] Dublin Lightning (1999) Lightning Logo [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20010614095221im_/http://www.geocities.com:80/Colosseum/Stadium/6662/lightninglogo.jpg [Accessed 4 July 2018]

[24] Kevin Sharkey Facebook (2012) Photo, April 12, 2012 [Internet] Available from: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/552941_2609201649151_269204123_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&_nc_sid=43edb5&_nc_ohc=zK6xXOBBa3QAX8u6o0U&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=2c16d3398c781197aeaca2cf3fd4cade&oe=5EF3A76B [Accessed 28 May 2020][Cropped and Resized]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Cillian Smith, Michael Smith, Ralph Schmeer and Michael Brophy of the Irish American Football Association and Irish American Football Officials Association.

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