ST THOMAS’ NEEDED extra-time to see off Clarinbridge in the Galway SHC quarter-final, advancing on a scoreline of 1-23 to 2-19. The 2016 champions will face Sarsfields in the last four next Sunday in Athenry. The sides were level at half-time at 1-8 to 0-11, with Conor Cooney hitting the goal for St Thomas’. Clarinbridge […]
TIR CHONAIL GAELS ended their three-year wait without a London SFC title with a two-point victory over Fulham Irish. The Gaels edged a tight game with a 0-15 to 0-13 win. They led at half-time by 0-7 to 0-4 and a late score from Killian Butler sealed the win. It’s @theirishworld London SFC title No.17 […]
THE NIRE ARE the Waterford SFC champions for the third time since 2014, beating Kilrossanty in this evening’s final. Kilrossanty were seeking their first county title in 29 years, but the more experienced The Nire outfit edged a low-scoring affair by 0-9 to 0-7. Congratulations to @NireFourmile JJ Kavanagh & Sons Senior Football Champions 2018! […]
BALLYHALE SHAMROCKS CAPTAIN Michael Fennelly and manager Henry Shefflin paid touching tributes to a deceased member of the panel following their victory in the Kilkenny SHC final on Sunday. It was their 16th senior Kilkenny crown and amidst the celebrations, Fennelly and Shefflin remembered their teammate Eoin Doyle, who died following a motorbike accident earlier […]
THE EUPHORIA IN the St Finbarr’s camp after yesterday’s Cork senior football final triumph was not just rooted in the fact that they were a team atoning for a reversal at the same hurdle twelve months before. Ian Maguire captained St Finbarr’s to Cork senior football glory. Source: Laszlo Geczo/INPHO For a club who had […]
THE LAST THREE Galway senior hurling kingpins will all feature in semi-final showdowns next Sunday as this year’s championship reaches the last four stage. Yesterday’s 1-23 to 2-19 quarter-final win for St Thomas over Clarinbridge completed the semi-final up as it was the remaining last eight fixture to be played. It means 2016 title winners […]
Kilmacud Crokes 2-12 St Judes 0-13 Fintan O’Toole reports from Parnell Park PAUL MANNION STAMPED his class all over the Dublin senior football decider on a night when his Kilmacud Crokes team ended their club’s eight-year wait for senior football glory and condemned St Jude’s to more disappointment. Paul Mannion starred for Kilmacud Crokes tonight. […]
DARRAGH FITZGIBBON IS in the running for a couple of awards on Friday night after his exploits with the Cork hurlers in 2018 and he got his week off to a great start by helping his club Charleville reach senior level for the first time this afternoon. In the replay of the Cork premier intermediate […]
HE KICKED OVER the first point of the 2018 Dublin county final and added the second soon after in a similar effortless fashion. By the break he had chalked up 0-4, two more white flags were raised in the second half and concluded with a calm finish to net for a late goal that confirmed […]
THE NUMBER OF Irish players currently in the AFL has risen to 14. Sligo forward Red Óg Murphy has become the latest Gaelic footballer to make the move to Australia, after North Melbourne confirmed the signing of the youngster today. Murphy was part of the Sligo team that reached the All-Ireland minor football quarter-finals in […]