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Hibernian Football Club ( / hɪˈbɜːrniən / ), commonly known as Hibs, is a professional football club in Edinburgh, Scotland. The team competes in the Scottish Premiership, the top division of Scottish football. The club was founded in 1875 by members of Edinburgh's Irish community, and the name is derived from the Latin for Ireland. [ 5]
Hibernia. True-colour satellite image of Ireland. Hibernia ( Latin: [ (h)ɪˈbɛr.n̪i.a]) is the Classical Latin name for Ireland. The name Hibernia was taken from Greek geographical accounts. During his exploration of northwest Europe ( c. 320 BC ), Pytheas of Massalia called the island Iérnē (written Ἰέρνη ). [citation needed]
History of Hibernian F.C. Hibernian, one of the most prominent clubs in Scottish football, was founded in 1875. [1] The club was named in honour of the Roman name for Ireland and the Ancient Order of Hibernians. [1] The club has competed in the top division of Scottish football in all but four seasons since they first gained entry to the top ...
McMichael is the longest-serving manager, having run the club for 17 years across two spells. Willie McCartney took charge of part of the league-winning side in 1947–48, but he died in office after a Scottish Cup match in January 1948. [4] Hugh Shaw inherited that team, and went on to win three league championships in the late 1940s and early ...
Hibernian Football Club ("Hibs") is a Scottish football club, based in the Leith area of Edinburgh. Hibernian were the first ever British club to enter an official European footballing competition, doing so in the inaugural 1955–56 season of the European Cup. They were also the first Scottish club to participate in the Fairs Cup, an ...
The football club changed its name a year later to Hibernians Football Club [ 2] as a nod to Hibernian, the club founded by Irish Catholics in Edinburgh. They won their first match as Hibernians 2–1, against HMS Antelope in October 1931. [ 2] They had to wait for a place to become available in the professional league, but in January 1933 they ...
Ancient Order of Hibernians in America. The Ancient Order of Hibernians ( AOH; Irish: Ord Ársa na nÉireannach[ 1][ 2]) is an Irish Catholic fraternal organization. Members must be male, Catholic, and either born in Ireland or of Irish descent. Its largest membership is in the United States, where it was founded in New York City in 1836.
Hiberno-English [a] or Irish English (IrE), [5] also formerly sometimes called Anglo-Irish, [6] is the set of dialects of English native to the island of Ireland. [7] In both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, English is the dominant first language in everyday use and one of two official languages, along with the Irish language.