‘People were saying they don’t want non-Irish people playing their sport’
“I’M A BIT nervous about it,” says Boidu Sayeh. “I haven’t done anything like it before. This’ll be new for me.” The Westmeath GAA star is referring to an annual conference for the Federation of Irish Sport taking place today at the Helix Theatre in DCU. This year, the topic is inclusivity in Irish sport,…
Captain back as Mayo make 3 changes for Connacht clash with Roscommon
CAPTAIN DIARMUID O’CONNOR returns as Mayo make three changes for Saturday’s Connacht semi-final against Roscommon in Castlebar. O’Connor, one of the stars of their league final win over Kerry in the spring, missed the opener against New York but is named at wing-forward for the last four clash. Experienced defender Chris Barrett is drafted in…
Kerry minors defeat Clare to set-up Munster final showdown with Cork
Kerry 1-16 Clare 0-11 KERRY SET-UP a Munster minor football championship final meeting with Cork after an eight-point defeat of Clare in tonight’s clash in Tralee. Emmet O’Shea’s goal handed the hosts a 1-8 to 0-3 lead at the interval, with Dylan Geaney, Kevin Goulding and Jack O’Connor also on target. Clare’s challenge improved somewhat after…
‘We were on our team holiday and Páidí called me to the bar to inform me about the All-Star’
WESTMEATH’S 2004 CREW will gather later this summer to mark the 15th anniversary of their famous Leinster final replay victory over Laois. Paidi O’Se celebrates the 2004 Leinster semi-final victory with John Keane and Gary Connaughton. Source: INPHO In 2014, a decade on from the only provincial title in their history, the county board organised…
Cavanagh in as Mickey Harte makes one change to Tyrone side to face Antrim
2018 ALL-IRELAND FINALISTS Tyrone have made one personnel change to their starting team to face Antrim in their Ulster SFC quarter-final clash. There’s a place in the last four at stake at the Athletic Grounds in Armagh tomorrow evening [throw-in 6pm, live on BBC Two Northern Ireland], with Mickey Harte’s side hoping to build on…
‘Everyone has their self-doubts…You’re the one getting chased all the time’
AT THE END of every season, James McCarthy will sit down and reflect on the year. Six times since 2011, he has finished the year as an All-Ireland champion. On three occasions, he’s been selected on the All-Star team and can count himself extremely unlucky not to have won at least four. But that doesn’t…
Here’s the details for Monday morning’s football qualifier draw
16 TEAMS WILL go into the hat for the All-Ireland football qualifiers round 1 draw that takes place on Monday morning. The draw will be broadcast live on RTE Radio 1′s Morning Ireland and GAA.ie just after 8.30am. All the counties involved failed to reach their provincial semi-finals. Dates and venues for each game will…
‘It’s bad when he’s making me feel old’ – McHugh on Donegal’s star in the making
RYAN MCHUGH HAD just turned 20 when he put 2-2 past the Dubs in the 2014 All-Ireland semi-final. Dublin haven’t lost a championship game since and at 25 McHugh is now one of the seasoned campaigners in the Donegal squad. Nothing brought that fact home more than when Declan Bonner invited promising young forward Oisin…
Cluxton, McCaffrey return as Dublin recall big guns for Louth clash
JIM GAVIN WILL leave nothing to chance this evening in Portlaoise as Dublin welcome back their big guns for their Leinster SFC opener against Louth in O’Moore Park. The Dubs boss makes just four changes to the side that lifted the Sam Maguire in Croke Park last September. Stephen Cluxton takes his place between the…
0-13 for Conway as Kerry claim key Joe McDonagh Cup victory against Westmeath
Westmeath 2-16 Kerry 1-21 Conor McKenna reports from Cusack Park, Mullingar KERRY CLAIMED VICTORY away to Westmeath in their second game of the Joe McDonagh Cup, with Fintan O’Connor’s side full value for their two-point win on Saturday afternoon at Cusack Park. Westmeath were flat on the day in complete contrast to their victory over…