Month: September 2021

THE EIGHT CARNACON players who left the Mayo panel have had their suspensions reduced to two weeks after an appeal to the National Appeals Committee last night, The42 understands. The players in question –  Cora Staunton, Fiona McHale, Martha Carter, Marie Corbett, Amy Dowling, Doireann Hughes, Sadhbh Larkin and Saoirse Walsh – were still found guilty of bringingRead moreRead more

TODAY HAS SEEN Mayo GAA unveil their new jersey for next year. In their traditional colours of green and red, the county shirt has been upgraded with a white collar and a variation of the ringed design around the torso area.  Made by O’Neill’s and sponsored by Eleverys once again, the shirt will be availableRead moreRead more

MIKE SOLAN HAS withdrawn his name from the race to replace Stephen Rochford as Mayo senior football manager, paving the way for James Horan to take charge.  Solan and Horan were the only two names put forward by the clubs in the nomination process, but the former All-Ireland winning U21 boss has decided to drop outRead moreRead more

How many of Dublin's 2018 All-Ireland winners were this week nominated for ladies football All-Star awards? 13 14 15 16 Who scored the first soccer goal at Páirc Uí Chaoimh during the Liam Miller tribute match? Robbie Keane Denis Irwin Louis Saha Roy Keane Sean O'Brien is set to make a return to action againstRead moreRead more

Foxrock-Cabinteely 1-13 St Brigid’s 0-7 REIGNING DUBLIN AND Leinster champions Foxrock-Cabinteely made it four in-a-row tonight as they beat St Brigid’s in the county senior championship final. The dominant southside outfit boasts six of Mick Bohan’s freshly-crowned All-Ireland winners — Sinead Goldrick, Niamh Collins, Amy Connolly, Hannah O’Neill, Emma McDonagh and Tarah O’Sullivan — andRead moreRead more

PARNELLS GAA HAVE accepted relegation from the Dublin SFC 1 after the Coolock outfit conceded their relegation play-off, which was scheduled for Sunday. The relegation double-header dogfight was scheduled for O’Toole Park with Parnells down to face Lucan Sarsfields and Clontarf due to go head-to-head with St Oliver Plunkett’s-Eoghan Ruadh, but both fixtures have beenRead moreRead more

THE WEST COAST Eagles came out on top in a cracking AFL Grand Final as they beat Collingwood by five points at the MCG.  Champions: West Coast Eagles. Source: AAP/PA Images It was a thrilling finish at the Melbourne venue as Dom Sheed powered the Eagles into the lead with a goal from an acuteRead moreRead more

TWO MAYO HURLING clubs claim they have been overlooked by the county board in the distribution of JP McManus’ €3.2million donation to GAA clubs.  Earlier this week, the news broke that the Limerick multi-millionaire had donated €100,000 to every GAA county board in Ireland to distribute among their clubs. The instruction was that the figure beRead moreRead more

St Judes 2-9 Ballymun Kickhams 1-11 Kevin O’Brien reports from Parnell Park BALLYMUN KICKHAMS WERE sensationally dumped out of the Dublin senior 1 football championship quarter-final by St Judes after Kieran Doherty’s stoppage-time winner. A start-studded Ballymun side looked in control when they led by 1-10 to 1-6 after 55 minutes, but Judes scored 1-3 downRead moreRead more

THURLES SARSFIELDS’ QUEST for a fifth Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship title remains alive, but only just, as they needed a Ronan Maher goal deep in injury time to see off the challenge of Kilruane MacDonaghs, 2-14 to 1-16, in the quarter final in Nenagh today. Maher’s strike, his second in the space of ten minutes,Read moreRead more