Month: September 2021

2019 COULD POTENTIALLY be a massive year for Irish sport. Naturally, our starting point is the Rugby World Cup in September where Ireland will go deservedly go into the tournament as favourites. Joe Schmidt’s side were always a strong prospect for the World Cup, but that historic victory over the All Blacks on home soil…

RONAN McCARTHY HAS announced his Cork senior football team to play Limerick in the semi-finals of the McGrath Cup. The neighbours will begin their 2019 seasons by squaring off at Mick Neville Park in Rathkeale at 2pm on Sunday afternoon. An experimental Cork line-up captained by Ian Maguire features eight members of the side that…

MICHAEL ‘BRICK’ WALSH will begin his 17th inter-county senior hurling season tonight in Mallow after being named at half-back in the Waterford team to face Cork. The sides clash in Round 2 of the Co-Op Superstores Munster Hurling League with Brick Walsh selected in defence for the first game of the Padraic Fanning era as…

Waterford 1-24 Cork 1-18 Denis Hurley reports from Mallow WATERFORD WILL PLAY Clare on Sunday for a place in the final of the CoOpSuperStores.ie Munster hurling league after they got the better of Cork in Mallow tonight. Cork’s Conor Cahalane and Waterford’s Michael Walsh challenge for possession. Source: Oisin Keniry/INPHO Stephen Bennett scored 13 points…

LIMERICK BOSS BILLY Lee has named his starting team to face Cork in Sunday’s McGrath Cup semi-final. It’s the first game of the season for both sides, with Waterford and Clare facing off in the other last four clash.  The Treaty manager starts with one debutant – full-forward Adam Kearns – for the 2pm meeting…

ARMAGH ASSISTANT MANAGER Jim McCorry has questioned whether university football teams should continue to participate in the Dr McKenna Cup, arguing that they are struggling to compete against county teams. Jim McCorry standing alongside Armagh boss Kieran McGeeney. Source: James Crombie/INPHO Ulster University Jordanstown [UUJ], St Mary’s University and Queen’s University Belfast are the three…

ARMAGH ASSISTANT MANAGER Jim McCorry added his name yesterday to the growing list of voices who’ve questioned the value of retaining university sides in the Dr McKenna Cup. Queen’s University, Ulster University and St Mary’s College have competed in the Ulster pre-season since the early 2000s, but they may not be doing so for much longer.…

DARRAGH CANAVAN AND Matthew Murnaghan will make their first senior starts for Tyrone in Sunday’s Dr McKenna Cup clash with Ulster University at Healy Park.  Cavanan, the son of Red Hand legend Peter, is regarded by many as one of the finest attacking talents to emerge from the county in recent years. The 18-year-old scored a…

OFFALY BOSS JOHN Maughan has bolstered his squad for the 2019 campaign with the addition of Kilmacud Crokes forward Shane Horan. Kilmacud Crokes forward Shane Horan. Source: Bryan Keane/INPHO The Irish Daily Mirror reports that Horan, whose parents hail from the Faithful County, completed an inter-county transfer to Offaly earlier this month through the parentage…

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