DECLAN DARCY HAS been Jim Gavin’s right-hand man since their U21 days when they delivered two All-Ireland titles to the capital. When Gavin took charge of the senior side in 2013, he brought Darcy on board as a selector and they’ve enjoyed some fruitful times since then. Sunday will mark their fifth All-Ireland senior final inRead moreRead more
Month: September 2021
‘We were all there as players when you’re on your last legs and you’re not getting game time’
‘Tyrone always believe, no matter how they’re going they always believe they can win’
DUBLIN’S POSITION AS favourites shows no sign of weakening but the identity of their opponents leaves Alan Brogan with a sense of caution before Sunday’s All-Ireland decider. He suffered enough in the early part of his playing career to leave him convinced that Tyrone will not lack confidence when they arrive in Croke Park. “TyroneRead moreRead more
Carnacon hit out at ‘impulsive, heavy handed’ ban following appeal success
CARNACON HAVE CRITICISED the Mayo Ladies County Board for an “impulsive, heavy handed approach” in attempting to ban them from the 2018 club championship. The reigning county, provincial and All-Ireland senior club champions last night won their appeal and had the controversial ban overturned by the Connacht LGFA Council. County delegates voted overwhelmingly last weekRead moreRead more
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‘Put yourself in his shoes – if your daughter had been murdered and that’s how someone in RTÉ behaved’
Source: James Crombie/INPHO CATHAL MCCARRON’S ABIDING memory from Tyrone’s last All-Ireland winning campaign was a scene in the Croke Park dressing room after they beat Wexford in the semi-final. McCarron, who was 19 at the time and in his first year on the senior panel, had just returned to the changing rooms under the Hogan Stand whenRead moreRead more
Former Longford star forward Padraic Davis proposed to take over as new senior manager
FORMER LONGFORD FORWARD Padraic Davis will be proposed for ratification to take over as the Midlanders’ new senior football manager, the county confirmed on Saturday. Davis enjoyed a 12 year inter-county career between 1995 and 2007, winning four Longford Senior Football Championships with Fr Manning Gaels. The 42-year-old went into management following the end of his playingRead moreRead more
Dubs name unchanged side for All-Ireland decider against Tyrone
DUBLIN HAVE NAMED an unchanged side for tomorrow’s All-Ireland football final against Tyrone (throw-in 3.30pm). Jim Gavin is set to stick with the same team that beat Galway by nine points earlier this month with Cian O’Sullivan fit to start following the injury scare which forced him off in the first half of the semi-final.Read moreRead more
Corofin crowned Kilmacud Sevens champions
Londis Kilmacud Crokes Football Sevens Corofin (Galway) 4-9 St Galls (Antrim) 1-8 COROFIN CLAIMED THEIR fourth Londis Kilmacud Crokes All-Ireland Senior Football Sevens title, thanks to a strong second-half display in the final at Glenalbyn on Saturday evening. Having lost their opening game to St Mary’s Saggart, the Galway side bounced back, to take silverwareRead moreRead more
‘You were kind of like the black sheep by going to the gym as much as I did on my own’
ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON, Matthew Donnelly set his out-of-office email alert, turned off his computer and walked out of the Belfast offices of PwC where he works as an Associate Consultant. As he switched off from the day job, he honed in on his other life, that of Tyrone captain facing into an All-Ireland final againstRead moreRead more
Michael Owen’s ‘dream’ of a Liverpool return, the Tyrone man who played for Dublin and all the week’s best sportswriting
Updated at 09.32 1. “City did not even include a trophy cabinet when they moved into the Commonwealth Games stadium in 2003. All their collectables, including a porcelain cow, were stored in a dimly lit room and nobody should be surprised that when Vincent Kompany arrived with the most fortuitous timing, 10 days before theRead moreRead more