Month: September 2021

Offaly 1-29 Dublin 2-25 (After extra-time) Kevin O’Brien reports from Parnell Park 11 DAYS AFTER the darkest day in Offaly hurling history with the senior team’s relegation to the Christy Ring Cup, their U20s pulled off a massive result by beating Dublin after extra-time in the Leinster quarter-final.  John Murphy celebrates with his club mates…

ROSCOMMON SEALED A showdown with Galway in the Connacht U20 football semi-final after tonight’s extra-time defeat of Leitrim at Carrick-on-Shannon. The Rossies prevailed in a high-scoring affair by 3-17 to 4-13. Mark Diffley’s brace of goals handed Leitrim a commanding five-point half-time lead but 14-man Roscommon fought back. Paul Carey bagged a crucial goal before his…

IN THE AFTERMATH of Dublin’s Leinster final hammering of Meath, the focus quickly turned to the advantages they enjoy off the field.  Their excessive funding, population, sponsorship deals and use of Croke Park as a home venue all cropped up in the arguments over the past few days. Despite the fact that the finals in…

Kevin O’Brien reports from Parnell Park  RARELY HAS A county needed a victory like Offaly did against Dublin in the Leinster hurling U20 quarter-final last night. They arrived into the game against the 2017 All-Ireland minor semi-finalists as underdogs, but a sizeable away crowd travelled to Donneycarney in the hope they could pull off an…

DUBLIN’S ALL-STAR defender Sinead Goldrick faces a race against time to prove her fitness if she is to play any part in Sunday’s TG4 Leinster SFC Final against Westmeath. A broken arm in the week before Dublin’s Lidl NFL semi-final loss to Cork has taken longer than expected to shake off, and chasing her eighth…

IF GOALSCORING DOES not usually fall within the remit of Chris Crummey, he picked an opportune time to make his mark in that sector for the Dublin hurlers. With the Leinster championship balanced on a knife-edge in Parnell Park last Saturday week, the Dublin captain made his critical intervention. By firing home their third goal…

IT’S FIVE YEARS since Alan Cadogan made his senior hurling breakthrough for Cork, seven years after his older brother Eoin had made his bow. Yet it took until last month in the Gaelic Grounds for the pair to both line out together in a championship setting.   Alan Cadgoan’s return has been a major boost for…

CORK HURLING BOSS John Meyler has added former midfielder Tom Kenny to his backroom team for the remainder of the season.  The Evening Echo reports that the two-time All-Ireland winner has been involved with the Rebels in training over the past week and is now formally part of the set-up.  Kenny, who retired from inter-county…

DONAL VAUGHAN HAS returned from injury to bolster Mayo’s midfield options after serious injuries to Diarmuid O’Connor and Matthew Ruane over the past week.  Vaughan returns as one of four changes from last weekend’s win over Down, with Michael Plunkett, Fergal Boland and full championship debutant Mikey Murray all included in the team for the…

DUBLIN HAVE NAMED 11 2018 TG4 All-Ireland final starters for their Leinster decider against Westmeath on Sunday.  Netwatch Cullen Park hosts a provincial final triple header with senior, intermediate and junior glory up for grabs and all three games being shown live on Facebook. Mick Bohan’s Dublin are bidding for eight in-a-row to add to…