Month: September 2021

SLAUGHTNEIL’S REIGN AS Derry and Ulster senior club football champions ground to a halt in dramatic fashion this evening. Chasing a fifth consecutive Derry crown, they suffered a 1-11 to 0-13 defeat to Eoghan Rua in their quarter-final replay in Owenbeg. Eoghan Rua completed a superb comeback to set up a semi-final meeting with Ballinascreen.Read moreRead more

NEW TIPPERARY HURLING boss Liam Sheedy concedes that the onus is on his side to win back the public after a disappointing 2018. The 2016 All-Ireland champions crashed out of Munster in early June without a win to their credit after defeat to Clare following two draws and a loss to Limerick. That stormy period,Read moreRead more

KILKENNY AND DUBLIN All-Ireland winning coaches, Mick Dempsey and Jason Sherlock, are both of a new group that has been established by GAA President John Horan to look at GAA youth development. O’Connor, Sherlock, Dempsey and Cuthbert are all part of the group. Source: INPHO The panel is set to review the youth/player development pathwayRead moreRead more

SUCCESSFUL MINOR BOSS Peter Keane is set to be confirmed as Kerry’s new senior football manager next Monday night. The move will bring an end to Kerry’s hunt for a new man at the helm since Éamonn Fitzmaurice brought his six-season reign to a close in the wake of their exit in the Super 8sRead moreRead more

LOUTH HAVE TURNED to a former county underage manager to guide their senior football side for the 2019 season. The Louth players before their Leinster championship tie against Carlow this year. Source: Lorraine OÕSullivan/INPHO Click Here: Sao Paulo soccer tracksuit Wayne Kierans has been tonight confirmed at a county board meeting as the new LouthRead moreRead more

2018 ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONS Limerick will face Davy Fitzgerald’s Wexford while Super 11s holders Clare will go head-to-head with Cork in this year’s semi-finals at Fenway Park. The action kicks off in Boston on Sunday, 18 November with the four sides doing battle for the Players Champions Cup at the home of the Red Sox. TheRead moreRead more

JAMES HORAN’S RETURN as Mayo manager places him back in charge of a group he formed a strong emotional bond with during his first spell.  Source: James Crombie/INPHO In his four-year stint at the helm betweelon 2011 and 2014, Horan led Mayo to All-Ireland finals in 2012 and 2013, where they lost to Donegal andRead moreRead more

ALL-IRELAND INTERMEDIATE CHAMPIONS Cork lead the way in the nominees for the 2018 Camogie Soaring Stars Awards with 10 nominations while beaten finalists Down are close behind with nine. 10 for Cork, 9 for Down: Saoirse McCarthy and Sara-Louise Carr are both up for awards. Source: Laszlo Geczo/INPHO With the All-Star nominees announced earlier thisRead moreRead more

REIGNING ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONS Carnacon, without their eight suspended players, were 15-point winners last night in the Mayo SFC. The heavily depleted side beat Castlebar Mitchels on a scoreline of 4-10 to 0-7 in their re-fixed round 2 group clash at the Connacht Centre of Excellence in Bekan. Eight players including Cora Staunton and former MayoRead moreRead more

Ballyea 1-21 O’Callaghan’s Mills 1-17 Eoin Brennan reports from Cusack Park, Ennis A SUPERB HAUL of 1-9 from Tony Kelly effectively steered Ballyea to their second Clare senior hurling final in three years when holding off the stubborn challenge of O’Callaghan’s Mills in Cusack Park, Ennis this afternoon. The 2013 National Hurler and Young HurlerRead moreRead more