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2030:expanding it
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1975:Field hockey
1884:Munster Reds
1828:Sundays Well
1740:Tower Street
1729:St Vincent's
1719:St Michael's
1714:St Finbarr's
1699:Nemo Rangers
1602:Flower Lodge
1407:London Irish
1308:Intervarsity
1146:Competitions
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955:Enniscorthy
923:Division 2C
862:Division 2B
833:MU Barnhall
801:Division 2A
740:Division 1B
679:Division 1A
546:Jack Clarke
340:rugby union
209:Noel Hickey
2069:Categories
1946:UCC Demons
1927:Basketball
1571:St. Mary's
1180:Celtic Cup
1081:Schoolboys
960:Galwegians
889:Instonians
823:Greystones
777:Old Wesley
752:Buccaneers
623:References
571:Henry Wall
486:Mick Doyle
325:dolphinrfc
123:Rugby team
99:April 2008
69:newspapers
36:references
1821:Highfield
1669:Blackrock
1540:Cork F.C.
1477:Cork City
1115:URC teams
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914:Wanderers
879:Dungannon
813:Banbridge
808:Ballymena
787:St Mary's
762:Highfield
757:Garryowen
711:Lansdowne
233:League(s)
223:Coach(es)
214:President
190:Ground(s)
142:Full name
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1694:Mayfield
1633:Cork AUL
1621:See also
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1122:Connacht
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904:Skerries
894:Malahide
701:Cork Con
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559:Ted Ryan
342:club in
206:Chairman
1941:Neptune
1870:Cricket
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1801:Munster
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1684:Douglas
1132:Munster
1090:Women's
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930:Ballina
874:Dolphin
716:Shannon
369:Honours
179: (
171:Founded
165:Munster
127:Dolphin
83:scholar
1955:Venues
1907:Venues
1845:Venues
1750:Venues
1590:Venues
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1102:Sevens
1097:Senior
1056:Sevens
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338:is a
299:Team
151:Union
90:JSTOR
76:books
2026:stub
1076:U20s
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327:.com
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181:1902
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155:IRFU
62:news
1835:UCC
1734:UCC
1648:GAA
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