IF MONAGHAN AND Scotstown goalkeeper Rory Beggan was feeling any pressure after the fleet of ex-players turned pundits coming out last week to criticise his selection on the All-Star team ahead of Dublin’s Stephen Cluxton, he didn’t show it in their Ulster club win over Burren on Sunday. Beggan contributed two points in the game […]
FORMER MAYO LADIES football manager Frank Browne has been appointed as the new Dublin camogie boss. From Mayo football to Dublin camogie: Frank Browne. Source: Tom Beary/INPHO Browne, who steered the Westerners to the All-Ireland final in 2017, will take the reins from five-time All-Ireland winning goalkeeper David Herity. The Kilkenny man resigned from the […]
ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONS DUBLIN and their Leinster rivals Meath are set to meet in a challenge match to raise funds for seriously injured Liverpool fan Sean Cox. Dublin manager Jim Gavin and Meath boss Andy McEntee. The Irish Independent first reported that Jim Gavin and Andy McEntee’s sides will lock horns in aid of the Dunboyne […]
WITH COUNTY AND provincial champions crowned across the length and breadth of the country, attention now turns to the business end of the All-Ireland ladies football club championships. Courtney, Goldrick, O’Sullivan and Ward will all be key for their respective sides. The Ladies Gaelic Football Association (LGFA) today announced the full fixture details of the […]
Ballyboden St Enda’s 2-25 Clonkill 2-19 Paul Keane reports from Parnell Park BALLYBODEN ST-ENDA’S prevailed at the end of a tense and emotional evening at Parnell Park to take their place, as expected, in the semi-finals of the AIB Leinster club SHC. Yet the manner of the win which was achieved after extra-time was anything […]
IT WAS A highly-charged, emotional affair at Parnell Park last night, but despite their AIB Leinster club SHC quarter-final exit, Clonkill can hold their heads high after an extremely difficult few days for the club. Clonkill’s Luke Loughlin and Shane Power. Source: Laszlo Geczo/INPHO The scoreboard read 2-25 to 2-19 as the final whistle sounded […]
LOUTH LADIES FOOTBALL manager Darren Bishop has been re-appointed as manager for 2019, Louth LGFA have confirmed. Bishop, who helped steer Louth to Leinster junior glory and to the All-Ireland final in 2018, was ratified at a county board meeting last night and will remain at the Wee county helm. The Monaghan native took over […]
FORMER ARMAGH CAPTAIN Ciaran McKeever has taken his first step into inter-county management after being appointed to take charge of the county minor side for 2019. Former Armagh footballer Ciaran McKeever. Source: Donall Farmer/INPHO McKeever was ratified last night as the new Armagh minor football manager where he will succeed 2002 All-Ireland winner Paul McGrane […]
IN 2015 GER Aylward was a breakout star for the Kilkenny hurlers. By the end of the season he had an All-Ireland medal and an All-Star award populating his trophy cabinet. His debut yielded a stunning scoring salvo that summer, a tally of 3-5 in the pulverising of Wexford. The bar had been set at […]
IT WAS A BUSY day on the GAA club circuit across football and hurling codes, with a number of key intermediate and junior provincial ties down for decision. In Connacht, Galway’s An Spidéal overcame a Béál an Mhuirthead/Belmullet side which features Mayo star defender Chris Barrett, to book their place in the intermediate football final. Extra-time […]