Month: September 2021

Corofin 2-10 Ballintubber 1-9 Colm Gannon reports from MacHale Park, Castlebar Corofin showed their grit to come out on top. Source: Tommy Dickson/INPHO THE INTRODUCTION OF Ian Burke from the bench proved to be vital for Corofin as they retained the Connacht senior title by four points against Ballintubber in MacHale Park on Sunday afternoon.…

Mullinalaghta 2-15 Éire Óg 0-3 Conor McKenna reports from Glennon Brothers Pearse Park MULLINALAGHTA ST COLUMBA’S booked their place in the Leinster senior club football final after a comprehensive 18 point victory over Eire Og, with the Carlow champions finishing the game with 12 players. Mullinalaghta players celebrate their victory. Source: Laszlo Geczo/INPHO Click Here:…

1. Crokes control in Munster again IF 2017 CULMINATED on a low note for Dr Crokes when they were toppled by Nemo Rangers, they restored themselves to the status of Munster title holders in style today. They may have shipped a late goal but were full value for their nine-point winning margin in the Gaelic…

JUST BEFORE THE final whistle sounded in Semple Stadium last Sunday, Wayne Hutchinson retreated as Na Piarsaigh mounted one last attack. All afternoon he had been immense at the heart of the Ballygunner defence. There was a six-point buffer on the scoreboard to protect. Once more he prepared to defend that central corridor. As the…

Kellie Harrington was crowned Champion of the World on Saturday Source: Mandatory Credit – AIBA The Dubliner received a heroes’ welcome home earlier — and rightly so! Source: Morgan Treacy/INPHO Teen star Michael Obafemi made his Ireland senior debut on Monday, at the start of a mental week for the national side Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO…

Kevin O’Brien reports from Parnell Park AFTER YESTERDAY’S SEMI-final win over Portlaoise, the danger for Kilmacud Crokes is complacency setting in ahead of the provincial final against tiny Longford club Mullinalaghta.  The Dublin champions are 1/5 with most bookmakers to defeat Mickey Graham’s Mullinallaghta, who have a club membership of just 155 compared with Kilmacud’s 4,000-odd numbers.…

QUALIFYING FOR A first Munster senior final sparked huge excitement in Miltown Malbay but when they got there they discovered the scale of the challenge at that stage of the competition. Landing at the Gaelic Grounds for yesterday’s decider saw the West Clare club collide with the might of Dr Crokes, seven-time winners and nine-time…

THE CONTRAST WAS stark. When the Munster club football final ended yesterday, the Dr Crokes reaction was noticeably muted. They were provincial champions and glad of their latest success but there was no great outpouring of emotion. It was a marked change from the hurling equivalent the previous Sunday in Munster, a seismic afternoon for…

FIVE YEARS AGO the Burke family were at the heart of a historic All-Ireland breakthrough for Galway club St Thomas. John Burke was on the sideline directing operations with five of his sons – Cathal, Darragh, Sean, Kenneth and David – all starting while the youngest Eanna came on as a second-half sub. Click Here:…

FAMILIAR FACES ON the victory podiums in Munster and Connacht. The two provinces both concluded senior club football matters yesterday afternoon. There was a sense of business as usual in the Gaelic Grounds and at MacHale Park. In Limerick the 2017 All-Ireland champions Dr Crokes motored away to the Munster accolade with a controlled performance…