Month: September 2021

THE OUTCOME WAS the same for the third successive season at the Munster final stage for Cork yet the display produced made for a different post-mortem in Páirc Uí Chaoimh last night. A season after shipping a 17-point beating to Kerry at this juncture, Cork cut the gap to three points. That illustrated the strides…

Donegal 1-24 Cavan 2-16  Declan Bogue reports from St Tiernach’s Park, Clones  DONEGAL HAVE RETAINED their Ulster senior football championship title after denying Cavan on their return to the provincial decider with a clinical display in Clones. Declan Bonner’s side moved seamlessly through the gears to record a comfortable victory in front of 29,000, and…

Offaly 3-17 Sligo 0-15 Kevin Egan reports from O’Connor Park  NOT TO BE outdone by their Midland rivals Laois and Westmeath, Offaly added their names to Monday morning’s third round qualifier draw thanks to a comprehensive home win over Sligo in Tullamore. It means that Sligo’s dismal 17-month run without a competitive win will continue…

Dublin 1-17 Meath 0-4 DUBLIN BECAME THE first inter-county side to complete a provincial nine-in-a-row, collecting the 58th Leinster title in their history after a 16-point defeat of Meath. They had just five points on the board following a lacklustre opening half but outscored Meath by 1-12 to 0-3 after the break to take the…

WITH THE PROVINCIAL football championship action having concluded today, the focus is starting to switch to All-Ireland series with the Super 8s set to begin in three weeks’ time. The four title winners have been confirmed after today’s ties with Roscommon claiming Connacht glory last Sunday, Kerry lifting the Munster crown last night, Donegal reigning…

MAYO 3-6 GALWAY 1-12 Michael Gallagher reports from Castlebar A RIP-ROARING TG4 Connacht SFC Final gave the Castlebar crowd everything they craved and more when a ferocious Mayo team put Galway to the pin of their collar on Sunday afternoon. Sizzling scores, yellow cards, a red card, a penalty save, exhilarating excitement and two teams…

DUBLIN WILL BE anxiously waiting for news on James McCarthy’s knee injury after the midfielder hobbled off in the 32nd minute of yesterday’s comfortable Leinster final victory. The three-time All-Star was on crutches after the game with an icepack strapped to his right knee. It’s unclear at this stage how serious the injury is, but Dublin…

MEATH REMAIN ONE game away from reaching the Super 8s, but Andy McEntee faces a challenge to lift up his troops in time for their round 4 qualifier in two weeks. Andy McEntee watches Dublin lift the cup. Source: Ken Sutton/INPHO While the Royals battled hard for three-quarters of the Leinster final, they ultimately fell…

MAYO WILL BE at home to Armagh while Kildare will entertain Tyrone after the latest All-Ireland football qualifier draw generated a couple of big showdowns in Round 3. This morning’s draw handed recent All-Ireland finalists Mayo and Tyrone with tricky assignments. Kieran McGeeney’s Armagh will head to Castlebar after knocking out Monaghan on Saturday night…

ADRIAN MULLEN HAS been selected  for the Kilkenny U20 side in their Leinster hurling opener tonight against Laois at the start of a big week as he will be involved in next Sunday’s senior final in Croke Park. Mullen hit 1-3 against Wexford nine days ago for the Kilkenny side and is likely to be…