Month: September 2021

THE GAA’S CENTRAL Council met at Croke Park this morning to make decisions on a wide range of issues, as the introduction of a second-tier football championship received ‘broad support’. Five proposed rule changes were debated at an Ard Chomhairle meeting at GAA HQ, and it was agreed to discuss possible formats for a second-tier…

OFFALY AND KILDARE will be represented in the 2018 Leinster intermediate football championship final, when Shamrocks and Two Mile House go head-to-head for the title next month. So there we have it our @AIB_GAA Leinster Intermediate Finalists are set! It's @shamrocksgaa against @TwoMileHouseGAA on December 8th. Venue details to be confirmed.#TheToughest #LeinsterGAA pic.twitter.com/7iYLQga9kx — Leinster…

IT’S NOT OFTEN you hear about a GAA player being forced to retire due to concussion. What about a GAA player being forced to retire at the tender age of 20 after six concussions? Four of those by 18, and two in the space of just over three months as an up-and-coming, prodigiously talented Roscommon…

WHILE THE SPOTLIGHT has been on one big management job across the length and breadth of the country this week, it’s been a busy one in terms of another sport too.  The big one is of course Martin O’Neill’s successor as manager of the Republic of Ireland soccer team, but there’s also been plenty of…

THE OPPORTUNITY TO create history is not something that is often afforded to Longford GAA clubs. The Mullinalaghta players standing for the national anthem ahead of the 2016 Leinster club SFC semi-final. Source: Laszlo Geczo/INPHO And when it comes to the provincial stage of the season, the general expectation is that they can only aim…

1. “The next thing I remember was hearing someone banging on the door. It was around midnight. When I woke up I was lying on the floor covered in sick, my legs wouldn’t work. I crawled over to the door and opened it. The doctor and the guards were there, they barged into the room.…

KNOWN TO MANY as “the Memory Man”, the late Jimmy Magee was one of the most popular voices in Irish sport since his first job reporting on a hockey match for RTÉ in 1956. Since then, his coverage of many World Cups, Olympic Games and his co-hosting of RTÉ’s sports trivia show ‘Know Your Sport’…

Dr Crokes 1-21 St Joseph’s Miltown Malbay 2-9 Fintan O’Toole reports from Gaelic Grounds A RETURN TO winning ways for Dr Crokes in these end of season Munster final days. Dr Crokes players and supporters toast their latest success. Source: Ken Sutton/INPHO After the disappointment of being despatched by Nemo Rangers at this stage last…

Kilcummin (Kerry) 1-11 Fermoy (Cork) 1-3 Denis Hurley reports from Mallow KERRY’S STRONG RECORD in the Munster Club IFC was maintained as Kilcummin finished strongly at Mallow on Sunday afternoon to make it 12 Kingdom victories in the past 13 years. While they had eight points to spare in the end, it wasn’t until Ian…

Kilmacud Crokes 1-17 Portlaoise 3-8 Kevin O’Brien reports from Parnell Park  PORTLAOISE HAD A 61st-minute penalty from Craig Rogers saved as Kilmacud Crokes advanced to their first Leinster SFC club final in eight years. Source: Lorraine O’Sullivan/INPHO It was more late heartache in this competition for Portlaoise, who saw Paul Cahillane miss a late chance to…