Month: September 2021

MAYO’S PEARCE HANLEY reaches a special milestone this weekend in Australia as he is set to make his 150th appearance in the AFL on Sunday. Pearce Hanley in action for the Gold Coast Suns against St Kilda last month. Source: AAP/PA Images Hanley has been selected for Gold Coast Suns for Sunday’s clash against Adelaide…

DUBLIN BOSS MICK Bohan has rung the changes as the champions prepare for Sunday’s Lidl Ladies National Football League Division 1 semi-final clash with Cork at Nowlan Park in Kilkenny at 2pm. Cork’s Ciara O’Sullivan and Sinead Finnegan of Dublin will be in action this weekend. Source: Tommy Dickson/INPHO Bohan has made eight changes in…

Dennis Hogan, who controversially lost his WBO light-middleweight title fight against Jaime Munguia, hails from which county? PA Laois Kildare Kilkenny Wicklow Leanne Kiernan is looking forward to an FA Cup final against Manchester City at Wembley after playing her part in a semi-final win over Reading, but for which club does the Irish international…

Galway 1-12 Donegal 1-5 Kevin Egan reports from Glennon Brothers Pearse Park GALWAY’S OUTSTANDING FORM this spring continued as they burst out of the blocks against Donegal and easily secured their place in the Lidl Ladies NFL Division 1 final, their first time to reach that decider since 2015. The Tribeswomen enjoyed a nine-point win…

Tipperary 0-14 Kilkenny 0-8 JENNY GRACE WAS named player of the match as Tipperary got the better of the local derby with Kilkenny to claim the county’s first Littlewoods Ireland Camogie League Division 2 title. Grace scored eight points, seven of which came from frees, and in a game of this nature, such a contribution…

Anna (l) and Shelly (r) on their team-mate’s shoulders after the 2016 All-Ireland final win. Source: Tommy Dickson/INPHO “EVERYONE’S RARING TO go,” Anna Farrell smiles as she looks out onto the Croke Park turf. Over the past three years, the Kilkenny star has lined out for her county here on four occasions. One All-Ireland final…

Updated at 12.16 LIDL LADIES NFL DIVISION 1 SEMI-FINAL Cork 1-18 Dublin 2-14 (After extra-time) Daragh Small reports from Nowlan Park, Kilkenny ORLA FINN STARRED with 13 points in the sun as Cork knocked reigning Lidl National Football League Division 1 champions Dublin off their perch, and booked their place in the final with victory…

GALWAY HURLERS HAVE received a timely boost with Joseph Cooney marking his return from Australia by turning in a superb performance for his club Sarsfields at the weekend. Cooney only returned home a few days ago but lined out at full-forward for – against Kilnadeema-Leitrim. And Cooney, who played hurling for the Michael Cusack’s club…

A SCINTILLATING CONTEST under the blazing sun in Nowlan Park yesterday saw Cork knock reigning champions Dublin off their perch and reach the Division 1 league final after extra-time.  It took over 86 minutes of action to separate the two ladies football powerhouses, before Ephie Fitzgerald’s Rebels gained some more revenge for last year’s All-Ireland…

INTER-COUNTY CAMOGIE PLAYERS and managers will get the chance to voice their concerns at a ‘Feedback Forum’ this weekend, as the rules of the game come under more and more scrutiny with every passing week. Players across the length and breadth of the country have come out in numbers since last year’s All-Ireland final between…