MAYO ALL-IRELAND WINNER Pádraig Carney has died aged 91, his club have confirmed. A general view of Mayo flags. Source: Cathal Noonan/INPHO Fondly-known as ‘The Flying Doctor,’ Swinford-born Carney passed away in California following a brief illness. “When the words GAA legends are used there is always one Swinford man that is mentioned, Padraig Carney,” […]
16 TEAMS ARE in the draw for Round 2 of the 2019 All-Ireland senior football qualifiers which takes place tomorrow morning. It includes recent All-Ireland finalists Mayo and Tyrone, while Armagh and Monaghan are also involved. The draw will be broadcast live tomorrow on Morning Ireland on RTÉ Radio 1 at 8.30am, and also on […]
Kevin O’Brien reports from Croke Park SINCE OFFALY NEARLY dumped them out in the Leinster SFC preliminary round, Meath’s performance levels have improved greatly over the past two games. Click Here: Alfa Romeo Racing Suit They had 15 points to spare over an extremely defensive Carlow outfit and backed that up with a 3-13 to […]
THE DRAW FOR the second round of the All-Ireland senior football championship qualifiers was made this morning with Mayo pitted away against Down as one of the stand-out fixtures. The last counties plucked out of the bowl for the draw formed an all-Ulster clash as Monaghan will host Armagh after both sides were knocked out […]
Kevin O’Brien reports from Croke Park CIAN O’NEILL CONVEYED his annoyance at the way his comments were misinterpreted by some media outlets in the build-up to Kildare’s Leinster SFC semi-final defeat to Dublin. Cian O’Neill looks on during Kildare’s Leinster SFC semi-final defeat to Dublin. Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO O’Neill’s “we are going to win that […]
STAR PLAYERS FROM Donegal, Galway and Limerick were the recipients of The Sunday Game’s man-of-the-match awards this weekend. There was another feast of GAA action on show across the two codes, as we edge closer to the provincial deciders in football and hurling. On Saturday, reigning champions Donegal booked their place in the Ulster SFC […]
THE GAA HAS confirmed the formation of the Fixtures Calendar Review Task Force, which it hopes will deliver a report of recommendations by November with the view voting in those changes at Congress 2020. The 11-man task force set-up by Association president John Horan will be chaired by GAA management committee member Eddie O’Sullivan and includes […]
ANTHONY DALY SAYS he was “bitterly disappointed” following Clare’s second consecutive defeat in the Munster SHC, suggesting that “the will to fight seems to be gone out of that team.” After losing out heavily to Tipperary last weekend, Clare suffered another hammering at the hands of All-Ireland champions Limerick on Sunday. Between the two results, […]
JIM GAVIN PAID tribute to Dublin’s centurion Stephen Cluxton after the goalkeeper made his record 100th championship appearance on Sunday. Cluxton pulled off fine saves to deny Kildare’s Ben McCormack and Keith Cribbin goals in the Leinster SFC semi-final, as the Lilywhites fell to a heavy 0-26 to 0-11 defeat. It was the 56th clean […]
ARMAGH GAA HAVE confirmed that Jarlath Og Burns has been released from hospital following Sunday’s Ulster semi-final replay defeat to Cavan. The midfielder was replaced after 68 minutes of the 0-23 to 0-17 defeat. The Irish Sun first reported that Burns left Clones in an ambulance amid concerns that he was still suffering the effects of a head […]