Month: September 2021

Louth 1-14 Meath 0-10 LOUTH SECURED THEIR first O’Byrne Cup final appearance since 2011 with a comfortable seven point win over 14-man Meath in Navan. As their reward for dumping out the O’Byrne Cup holders, the Wee County will play All-Ireland champions Dublin in the final of the pre-season competition. Meath’s Alan Forde was dismissed […]

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Kerry defender Aidan O’Mahony celebrated the 2014 All-Ireland final win with manager Eamonn Fitzmaurice. Source: Morgan Treacy/INPHO LONG-SERVING KERRY football defender Aidan O’Mahony has retired at the age of 36. The Rathmore player won five All-Ireland senior medals with the county while making 70 championship appearances for the Kingdom. His last outing was in the […]

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The Clare management and players after yesterday’s game. Source: Ken Sutton/INPHO Updated 16.22pm THE NEW CLARE management team of Donal Moloney and Gerry O’Connor may have signalled that they would be unable to field a team but it’s been confirmed that Wednesday evening’s Co-Op Superstores Munster Hurling League game against Cork in Sixmilebridge will go […]

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THE FOOTBALLERS OF Dublin, Louth, Roscommon, Galway, Tyrone and Derry will all have the chance to land some early season silverware this weekend. Dublin, Louth and Roscommon all chasing January silverware. Source: INPHO The finals of the January football fare in Leinster, Connacht and Ulster will see the spoils up for grabs in the O’Byrne […]

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AFTER 13 SEASONS and 70 championship appearances as a Kerry senior footballer, Aidan O’Mahony hung up his boots today. Kerry defender Aidan O’Mahony won eight Munster senior football medals. Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO There’s been no shortage of tributes to the Rathmore defender who walks away with five All-Ireland senior medals and three All-Star awards to […]

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Cronan Mac an Bhaird of Colaiste Na Coiribe in action against St Vincent’s Castleknock’s Roland-Onuoha and Ulo Eruma Gborie in today’s U16C Boys Subway All Ireland Schools Cup final. Source: Gary Carr/INPHO Home Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt has named three uncapped players — Andrew Conway, Niall Scannell and Rory Scannell — in his 40-man […]

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THE DRAWS FOR the 2017 Tipperary county senior football and hurling championships were made this evening. Thurles Sarsfields celebrate winning the Tipperary SHC last October Source: Morgan Treacy/INPHO Hurling champions Thurles Sarsfields, who are chasing a fourth straight title this year, find themselves the same group as Kilruane MacDonaghs, Nenagh Eire Óg and Carrick Swan. […]

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THE CLUB PLAYERS Association (CPA) have confirmed they won’t be backing Páraic Duffy’s proposals to revamp the All-Ireland senior football championship. Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO Last August, Duffy unveiled his plan to replace the quarter-finals with two groups of four, which would involve the addition of eight extra games into the inter-county football calendar. Duffy’s proposals will […]

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KERRY FORWARD DONNCHADH Walsh believes there won’t be any more retirements in the Kingdom this spring. Aidan O’Mahony, 36, announced yesterday his decision to step away from the inter-county game after a glittering career which delivered five All-Ireland titles. Click Here: wests tigers jersey Colm Cooper and Kieran Donaghy, both 33, were also thought to […]

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