1. Mayo enter ‘do or die’ territory A MONTH AFTER their Connacht semi-final defeat to Roscommon, Mayo are set to come back under the national spotlight for this weekend’s away trip to Down. They’ll be without promising young midfielder Matthew Ruane who suffered a broken collar bone in training last week. Seamus O’Shea and Tom […]
PETER KEANE HAS named his team for this weekend’s highly-anticipated Munster Senior Football Championship final against Cork at Páirc Uí Chaoimh [throw-in 7pm]. The Kerry boss makes four changes from his side’s six-point semi-final victory against Clare two weeks ago at Cusack Park. James O’Donoghue picked up a hamstring strain against Clare and misses out on […]
IN THE TUMULT of 1997, back in the days when reporters were allowed to bear witness and bring to life such scenes, the Irish Independent’s Vincent Hogan was on hand to record Ryan McHugh’s first experience of an Ulster title winning dressing room. Cavan had just beaten Derry to win their first Anglo-Celt Cup in […]
FOR ALL THE excitement the Ulster and Connacht championships have thrown up in recent weeks, Leinster and Munster will run along expected lines this weekend – barring a seismic shock. Dublin are bidding to become the first ever side to win nine provincial titles in-a-row when they take on Meath at Croke Park on Sunday. […]
LONGFORD HAVE MADE two changes ahead of their Round 2 All-Ireland SFC qualifier against All-Ireland finalists Tyrone on Saturday at Glennon Brothers Pearse Park [throw-in, 5pm]. Both switches are in attack, where Barry McKeon starts in place of Andrew Farrell while Darragh Doherty makes way for Joseph Hagan. Padraic Davis’ side come into this tie […]
GALWAY HAVE BOOKED their spot in the Connacht MFC final while Mayo and Sligo are set to battle it out for the other place in the decider. The reigning champions put five goals past Leitrim in their final round-robin tie to ensure their progression to the final where they will be bidding to complete five-in-a-row. […]
THE GALWAY FOOTBALLERS have received a huge boost as they prepare for the All-Ireland qualifiers after captain Damien Comer made a return to club action this evening. Comer, who hasn’t featured for Galway yet in 2019, was sidelined after fracturing a bone in his foot while playing a charity soccer game on St Stephen’s Day. The […]
IT’S A RUNNING joke among Ben Brennan and his pals at St Colmcilles that James Conlon could very well be Bernard Flynn’s long-lost son. Meath great Flynn started out at the east-Meath club just outside Drogheda and made his name as a small but skilful forward who could kick points off either foot. Meath’s James […]
1997. ANOTHER TIME, another place. You only have to study the evolution of the GAA jersey as a starting place. Back in 1997 Cavan were the envy of most counties with their cool strip, but what was most illuminating about it was that their young manager Martin McHugh had a hand in its’ design. Cavan […]
GIVEN THE LENGTHS he has had to go to just to get on the football pitch, Cork’s Brian Hurley certainly doesn’t see tonight’s Munster SFC final against Kerry (7pm) as an impossible task. Two horrific hamstring injuries – the first in 2016 and then, following recovery, another a year later – threatened his career, with […]