COLM O’NEILL’S FIVE-point haul as a second-half substitute last weekend has propelled him into the starting lineup for Cork’s trip to face Kildare on Sunday in Division 2 of the Allianz Football League. O’Neill arrived off the bench to help Cork salvage a draw against Galway last weekend and he replaces Niall Coakley at corner forward in […]
Ireland fans enjoy the atmosphere in Rome at the Trevi Fountain. Source: Dan Sheridan/INPHO Home Jordan Larmour’s second-half brace handed Ireland U20s a thrilling Six Nations win in Italy. Shane Lowry and Seamus Power are just two shots back at rain-hit Pebble Beach. Ireland have called on James Tracy as cover after captain Rory Best […]
CORK BOSS KIERAN Kingston has kept faith with the players who shone in pre-season as five players will make their first league starts against Clare tomorrow night. Shane Kingston, Mark Coleman David Griffin, Luke Meade and Darragh Fitzgibbon, all of whom are still U21, have impressed for the Rebels in recent weeks. Cork won all five […]
THREE YOUNGSTERS WILL make their first competitive start for Kerry against Mayo tomorrow evening. Eamonn Fitzmaurice has named Austin Stacks defender Ronan Shanahan, Na Gaeil midfielder Jack Barry and Templenoe’s Adrian Spillane in the Kingdom’s starting XV against last year’s beaten All-Ireland finalists. Barry, a minor in 2012, arrived off the bench four minutes into Kerry’s […]
IN 1992 COLM Cooper sampled an All-Ireland football final adventure for the first time. He was eight years of age. His formative football days shifted between kicking ball in Ardshanavooly in the heart of Killarney and getting a front-row view of the Dr Crokes senior team training on the Lewis Road. His brothers were involved, […]
IN FIVE WEEKS’ time, Dublin will be six games into their Allianz League campaign. By 19 March, they’ll have clashes against Tyrone, Mayo and Kerry in this year’s competition under the belt – the three teams widely regarded as the biggest pretenders to Dublin’s All-Ireland crown. Dublin forward Paul Mannion Source: Donall Farmer/INPHO If Jim Gavin’s […]
2016 WAS AN incredible year for Slaughtneil, winning Ulster titles in both football and hurling, as well as camogie, making for an historic treble for the Derry club. How and ever, 2017 is shaping up to be even better. The footballers today booked their St Patrick’s Day All-Ireland final date in Croke Park, as they […]
Source: Tommy Grealy/INPHO A LEINSTER SCHOOLS hurling game in Thomastown in Kilkenny was abandoned today early in the second half after an injury to a player from Wexford school, Good Counsel (New Ross). Jim Ryan, a player from Kilkenny club Rower-Inistioge, suffered a head injury in the Leinster SAHC semi-final between Good Counsel and Kilkenny […]
Coláiste Chríost Rí (Cork) 1-14 Tralee CBS (Kerry) 2-11 (after extra-time) Denis Hurley reports from Baile Bhúirne There will be a third game in the Corn Uí Mhuirí semi-final saga between Coláiste Chríost Rí and Tralee CBS after Michael Kelliher’s free five minutes into injury time at the end of extra time earned the Kerry […]
Slaughtneil 0-12 St Vincent’s 0-10 By Orla Bannon at Pairc Esler THE COLLECTIVE WILL of Slaughtneil, and the individual brilliance of Chrissy McKaigue, drove the Derry and Ulster champions to a stunning upset over St Vincent’s to advance to the AIB All-Ireland club football final. The Dublin champions were highly fancied to win at Pairc […]