TYRONE’S SENSATIONAL TG4 All-Ireland Ladies football senior championship quarter-final victory over Cork in 2010 sent shockwaves through the game – and Shannon Lynch remembers it well. Click Here: Palmeiras soccer tracksuit The Tyrone net-minder was in her debut season with the Red Hands – and they went all the way to a senior final. Nine years […]
Mayo midfielder Aidan O’Shea. Source: Inpho/Eoin Lúc Ó Ceallaigh AIDAN O’SHEA WAS asked recently to name a rival he particularly admires. “There have been a few, Michael Murphy from Donegal is from my era, and he’s a brilliant footballer,” he answered. It’s no surprise that O’Shea holds Murphy in such high regard. They’ve got plenty […]
HOWEVER GOOD THE mood was in Tipperary last week, the buzz has definitely increased tenfold since. Tipperary star Clodagh Quirke. Source: Dan Sheridan/INPHO Speaking to Premier camogie captain Clodagh Quirke at the Camogie Association’s ‘Go Together’ event in Croke Park last Thursday, she was well and truly gearing up for her side’s All-Ireland quarter-final showdown […]
FORMER KERRY FOOTBALLER Seán O’Sullivan came away from a U14 game knowing that one of the players on show was destined to line out for the green and gold one day. David Clifford with some Kerry fans after their Super 8s win over Mayo. Source: James Crombie/INPHO He reckoned that the impressive youngster from the […]
Cork 1-16 Kilkenny 0-13 Conor McKenna reports from O’Moore Park KILKENNY EXITED THE All-Ireland U20 Championship following a six-point loss to Cork in the semi-final in O’Moore Park, Portlaoise. The Rebel County were excellent at times in this game and they will face Tipperary or Wexford in the first ever All-Ireland U20 Hurling Final. Tommy […]
Cork 7-18 Tyrone 3-4 Daragh Small reports from Ballinasloe NIAMH COTTER AND Doireann O’Sullivan led the way as Cork beat Tyrone to bounce back from last weekend’s shock defeat to Armagh and advance to the TG4 All-Ireland SFC semi-finals. Cork had the issue wrapped up when they led by 3-8 to 1-3 ahead at half-time after […]
CORK’S LEADING MAN Cathal O’Mahony said he and his team-mates never gave up hope during a thrilling All-Ireland U20 final on Saturday afternoon at O’Moore Park. The Rebel County were stunned in the opening exchanges in Portlaoise, trailing 1-6 to no score after just 10 minutes. Keith Ricken’s side fired back, however, scoring three goals […]
Mayo 1-14 Donegal 1-10 Colm Gannon reports from Castlebar THEIR BACKS WERE against the wall and not for the first time, Mayo came game good against the odds. In a game that both sides did their best to kick away, Mayo held on to book their place in the All-Ireland semi-final next weekend, grinding out […]
Kerry 2-18 Meath 1-13 Fergal Lynch reports from Navan SEAN O’SHEA produced a masterful display as Kerry advanced to the semi-finals of the All-Ireland SFC with an under-whelming Super 8s victory over Meath at Pairc Tailteann this evening. With nothing at stake for Meath the brave Royals made Kerry work hard for their win and […]
CORK U20 FOOTBALL manager Keith Ricken praised his side’s ability to put their early disappointments against Dublin behind them to kick on with an All-Ireland winning performance of classy defending and lethal scoring at O’Moore Park. A first Cork win at the reformed grade looked highly unlikely after Dublin raced into a 1-6 to 0-0 […]