NEW OFFALY BOSS John Maughan has confirmed his backroom team for the 2019 campaign. Maughan will bring Edenderry man Kevin Guing and Crossmolina native Gerry O’Malley on board as his selectors. Ballyboden St Enda’s club man Mark Fee comes in as football coach, while former Cavan footballer Dermot Sheridan has been appointed as strength and conditioning coach. […]
ANTHONY DALY HAS refused to be drawn on speculation linking him with the Dublin hurling job, despite reports he is one of three men being considered for the position. According to reports in the capital, Daly, Mattie Kenny and Anthony Cunningham are the three men shortlisted to replace Pat Gilroy, but the Clare native has remained […]
IF ST PETER’S Dunboyne win the Meath senior football title on Sunday, it’ll be their first since 2005 and just the third in their history. Dunboyne after their junior victory two weeks ago It’s been a difficult 15 months in the local community and while there are some things in life far more important than […]
Source: PA Archive/PA Images 1. It was a Sunday get-together that featured Manchester United royalty. Sir Matt Busby was there and so was Nobby Stiles, among others. It was the early 1990s; the venue a wine bar in Sale, and the question was for Stiles, then in charge of the B team at Old Trafford. […]
Doon 2-17 Patrickswell 0-22 Páraic McMahon reports from the Gaelic Grounds WING-BACK DENIS Moloney nailed the all-important winning point to send Doon on their way to the county final at the expense of 2016 champions Patrickswell. Despite failing to score in the final 11 minutes of normal time, Doon held off the challenge of a […]
East Kerry 2-10 Dingle 1-13 Paul Brennan reports from Austin Stack Park A 66TH MINUTE point — two minutes after the signaled four minutes of additional time — from Kerry defender Tom O’Sullivan rescued a dramatic draw for Dingle against a fancied East Kerry team in the first of the Kerry SFC semi-finals in Tralee […]
Imokilly 4-19 Midleton 1-18 Fintan O’Toole reports from Páirc Uí Chaoimh THE SIMILARITIES WITH the Cork decider last year were striking and the outcome was the same. Imokilly’s penchant for bagging goals proved a crucial ingredient once more in a Cork senior hurling final this afternoon in Páirc Uí Chaoimh, firing four in this victory […]
St Vincent’s 0-8St Jude’s 2-11 Stephen O’Meara reports from Parnell Park ST JUDE’S HAVE torn up the script for the second round in a row to topple St Vincent’s in the semi final of the Dublin Senior Football Championship. Having already dumped out Ballymun Kickham’s in the previous round, a fortnight ago, their appetite would […]
St Peter’s (Dunboyne) 1-11 Summerhill 0-9 Dunboyne captain Cathal Finn reacts at the final whistle Source: Tommy Dickson/INPHO Paul Keane reports from Pairc Tailteann, Navan HE MADE HIS name initially on the Dublin club scene but Stuart Lowndes is quickly emerging as a key player across the border in Meath. Three years after playing for […]
Dr Crokes 2-19 Kerins O’Rahilly’s 2-10 Paul Brennan reports from Austin Stack Park DR CROKES’ TITLE defence remains on course after they eased into their third Kerry county final in a row on the back of a nine-point win over a Kerins O’Rahillys team that had beat them earlier in the Championship. That surprise result […]