Month: September 2021

COOLDERRY LIFTED THE Offaly hurling title for the 31st time in their history with a 2-17 to 0-17 win over reigning champions Kilcormac/Killoughey. Goals from captain Kevin Connolly and Eoghan Parlon in either half powered Joachim Kelly’s side to their first title since 2015. Kevin Connolly the @coolderrygaa captain celebrates with the Robbins Cup pic.twitter.com/gsb3VbQdkc —Read moreRead more

Ballygunner 2-19 Abbeyside 0-13 Tomas McCarthy reports from Dungarvan PAURIC MAHONY SUPPLIED thirteen points as Ballygunner raised the News & Star cup for the fifth year in-a-row at a blustery Fraher Field this afternoon. The Gunners talisman was a major doubt before the match with a back injury but was deemed fit to start andRead moreRead more

ELEVEN POINTS FROM Stephen Sherlock saw St Finbarr’s through to a second straight Cork SFC final as they overcame Carbery Rangers in Sunday’s semi-final at Páirc Uí Chaoimh. The 2016 champions had looked well in control as they led by 0-8 to 0-4 at half-time, John O’Rourke scoring two while Sherlock had all of theRead moreRead more

TOMÁS MCCANN BURIED a goal from a 13-metre free with the last kick of the game to hand Erin’s Own, Cargin a one-point Antrim SFC semi-final win over St Gall’s. Cargin’s match-winner Tomas McCann Source: Antrim GAA After a thrilling game of football, Cargin edged into the final on a scoreline of 2-17 to 4-10.Read moreRead more

TWO OF CORK’S back-to-back All-Ireland champions and one of beaten finalists Kilkenny’s star players will battle it out for the title of senior Player of the Year. Dalton, Sigerson and Cotter all made the cut. Rebels duo Chloe Sigerson and Orla Cotter and Kilkenny stalwart Anne Dalton have all been nominated for the Camogie Association/WGPARead moreRead more

CIAN LYNCH DOESN’T drink, so it’s fair to say he probably remembers more of Limerick’s Liam MacCarthy Cup celebrations than a fair few of his team-mates.  “I see too much,” he laughs.  Source: Cian Lynch/INPHO The 22-year-old is unique in that he is a teetotaler and a devout Catholic, attending mass on a weekly basis atRead moreRead more

1. Exit for the All-Ireland champions in Parnell Park That losing feeling when the stakes are highest has become unfamiliar to the Cuala hurlers. Their comeback fell just short in the Dublin semi-final yesterday against Kilmacud Crokes, marking a first knockout defeat since November 2015 when they lost the Leinster final against Oulart-the-Ballagh and theRead moreRead more

PETER KEANE HAS been tonight appointed as the new manager of the Kerry senior footballers on a three-year term. Kerry All-Ireland minor winning boss Peter Keane. Source: Inpho Keane’s appointment was officially confirmed tonight at a meeting of the Kerry county board. His management team of Donie Buckley, Maurice Fitzgerald, Tommy Griffin and James FoleyRead moreRead more

BRIAN CODY HAS been confirmed as the Kilkenny senior hurling manager for 2019, the country announced on Monday night.  The 64-year-old has been in charge of the Cats since 1998 and is the county’s longest serving and most successful manager. Cody has won 11 All-Ireland hurling titles over the last two decades, collecting 15 LeinsterRead moreRead more

A NEW MANAGEMENT team in place and already the talk of the ultimate target in Gaelic football crops up. Kerry chairman Tim Murphy is delighted with the new team. Source: INPHO Kerry installed Peter Keane as their new senior boss last night on a three-year term with Donie Buckley, Maurice Fitzgerald, Tommy Griffin and JamesRead moreRead more