1996 Results

Week	Date	H/A	Opposition	W/L	Score
	9 June	H	Belfast Spartans	W	30-6
	Aug	H	Portadown Panthers	W	34-0
	25 Aug	A	Carrickfergus Knights
SB XI		N	Dublin Lightning	L	8-26

Dublin Tornadoes Shamrock Bowl XI 1996 Roster

Number	Player / Coach	Position
	Coaches
	Denis Fitzgerald	Coach
14	Brian Sutton	Coach / Quarterback / Wide Receiver
66	Alan O’Brien	Coach / Center / Defensive Tackle
89	Danny O’Callaghan	Coach / Inside Linebacker
	Players
13	D. Furillo	Wide Receiver / Defensive Back
15	M. Harris	Inside Linebacker / Defensive Back
20	Q. McEntaggart	Defensive Back
26	Seaghan Sutton	Wide Receiver / Defensive Back
27	D. Grabow	Running Back / Outside Linebacker
28	Conor Leonard	Free Safety / Wide Receiver
34	P. McCowan	Fulback / Inside Linebacker
44	Craig Morrell	Outside Linebacker / Fullback
56	S. Harley	Defensive Tackle / Defensive End
66	F. O’Donnchu	Defensive End
67	John Jones	Nose Tackle / Offensive Tackle
68	R. Hedges	Offensive Tackle / Defensive Tackle
77	M. Murphy	Offensive Tackle / Defensive Tackle
80	T. Tighe	Outside Linebacker / Wide Receiver
81	J. Durrad	Wide Receiver / Defensive Back
83	M. Sinclair	Guard / Defensive Tackle
85	Gary Morrell	Quarterback / Running Back / Kicker
86	Simon McMinn	Running Back / Strong Safety
87	Padraig Reddington	Tight End
88	Brian Dennehy	Running Back / Defensive Back
90	M. Dillon	Guard / Defensive Tackle

Logos

Image References

[1] Dublin Tornadoes Logo – provided by email from Judd Lasher at http://www.417helmets.com

[1A] Dublin Tornadoes (1995) Timmy Tornado Logo [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/19961115063729im_/http://fiachra.ucd.ie:80/~alan/Icons/American/timmy.gif [Accessed 3 July 2018]

Websites

[2] Naughton, L. (1996) “American Football”Evening Herald. Thursday, 22 August 1996, pg. 67. [62] Naughton, L. (1996) “US Football”Evening Herald. Thursday, 9 September 1996, pg. 65.
[3] Naughton, L. (1996) “US Football – Tornadoes call-up”Evening Herald. Thursday, 1 February 1996, pg. 61.
[4] Naughton, L. (1996) “US Football”Evening Herald. Thursday, 13 June 1996, pg. 71.  

Internet Archive

[5] 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]  
[6] Irish American Football Association (2018) Nostalgia – A look a some pictures from the archives [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootball.ie/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171016_165339-1024×768.jpg [Accessed 3 July 2018]  

Programmes

[7] American Football Association of Ireland Shamrock Bowl ’96 Dublin Lightning v Dublin Tornadoes

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Ciaran Simms.

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