“I CAN HONESTLY say it’s a better feeling,” Siobhan McGrath grinned in the bowels of Croke Park shortly after she helped her Dublin side to another All-Ireland crown. “I was so proud of them last year but it’s definitely a nicer feeling.” Source: Tommy Dickson/INPHO Last year, she watched on from the Hogan Stand, one […]
IT FITS THAT the three longest-serving Gaelic football managers at the outset of the 2019 season are a trio that journeyed deep into the heart of this year’s championship. Mickey Harte brought his Tyrone side back to the grandeur of All-Ireland final day and is set to be in charge for a 17th campaign. Jim […]
HIS SUDDEN DEPARTURE last Sunday night as the head of Dublin hurling was a shock, but one of the players who worked closely with Pat Gilroy when he ended the county’s barren football spell in 2011 does not believe it means the end of Gilroy’s future as a manager in the capital. Gilroy departed after […]
FORMER SLIGO STAR Paul Taylor is set to take over as manager of the county’s senior football team. The U21 boss has been recommended by the Yeats county’s selection committee and it is expected that he’ll be ratified by club delegates at a county board meeting on Monday. He’ll succeed Cathal Corey, who stepped away […]
KERRY FORWARD DONNCHADH Walsh has announced his retirement from the inter-county game at the age of 34. The 2015 All-Star made his debut under Páidí Ó Sé in 2003 but didn’t properly make his breakthrough until 2008. He went on to win three All-Irelands, eight Munster titles and two Division 1 crowns with the county. A […]
ALL-IRELAND CLUB CHAMPIONS Carnacon are set to appeal the player suspensions and fine handed out by Connacht LGFA Council earlier this week, according to reports. On Tuesday night, the club were fined €500 while the eight players who left the Mayo panel this summer were suspended for four weeks as the row rumbled on. Carnacon were […]
GALWAY FORWARD SEAN Armstrong has announced his retirement from inter-county football for the second time in his career. The Salthill-Knocknacarra ace previously retired in 2014 after losing his appetite to play county football, but he rejoined Kevin Walsh’s squad for the past two seasons. The 32-year-old lifted the Connacht title this year and the Division […]
Updated Sep 21st 2018, 1:53 PM LIAM SHEEDY IS set for a shock return as Tipperary senior hurling boss according to reports this morning. The 2010 All-Ireland winning manager is expected to be put forward for ratification at a Tipperary county board meeting on Monday night, reports the Irish Examiner. 2018 All-Ireland U21 winning boss Liam Cahill […]
THE LIAM MILLER Tribute Match, set to take place in Páirc Uí Chaoimh this Tuesday, will be shown live on free-to-air channel Virgin Media Three, the broadcaster announced this afternoon. The match, which will see a selection of Celtic and Ireland legends meet Manchester United legends, has been arranged to raise funds for Miller’s family and […]
ST VINCENT’S AND BALLYBODEN St Enda’s powered their way into the Dublin Senior Hurling Championship semi-finals with wins in Parnell Park this evening. St Vincent’s defeated northside rivals Na Fianna in a close-run contest that saw them emerge with a two-point win. Vins held a 0-6 to 0-5 advantage at the break before Colin Curry hit […]