Month: September 2021

Updated Aug 10th 2019, 12:35 PM THE MAYO AND Dublin sides for their All-Ireland semi-final showdown at Croke Park this evening have been named [throw-in 5pm, live on RTÉ 2 and Sky Sports Arena]. James Horan has made two changes to the Westerners’ starting team that beat Donegal last weekend with Kevin McLoughlin and Fergal…

Mayo 2-12 Armagh 1-12 Daragh Small reports from Glennon Brothers Pearse Park GOALS IN EACH half from Maria Reilly and Sarah Rowe, combined with a driving performance from the back by Danielle Caldwell helped Mayo book their place in the TG4 All-Ireland Senior Championship semi-final with victory over Armagh. Reilly’s goal was the difference at…

Lee Keegan bagged a goal for the losing team. Source: Tommy Dickson/INPHO SIFTING THROUGH THE wreckage of Mayo’s second-half All-Ireland semi-final collapse, James Horan found it difficult to nail down exactly where it went wrong for his side. Heading down the tunnel at half-time holding a two-point lead, Mayo could hardly have dreamed up a…

JIM GAVIN WOULDN’T admit as much afterwards, but Dublin’s third-quarter showing was about as good a 12-minute spell as we’ve ever witnessed from his team. Ciaran Kilkenny, Con O’Callaghan, Brian Fenton and Paul Mannion. Source: Inpho It’s no easy feat to turn things around after so many players appeared to be performing way below their…

The Armagh team last April. Source: Oisin Keniry/INPHO AFTER THEIR ALL-IRELAND quarter-final exit yesterday, Armagh are on the lookout for new management with Fionnuala McAtamney and Lorraine McCaffrey stepping down. It comes as a cruel end to the year, after news of Aimee Mackin’s cruciate injury. “Fionnuala McAtamney and Lorraine McCaffrey step down as Armagh…

Galway 0-14 Kerry 0-13 THE KERRY PLAYERS will leave Croke Park wondering just how they left this one behind them. The Kingdom’s bid to reach a sixth All-Ireland minor final in succession was ended by a talented and well-drilled Galway outfit this afternoon. After going an incredible 34 matches and almost six years without suffering…

FOR THE 15th time in history, traditional powerhouses Dublin and Kerry will meet in the All-Ireland football final following this weekend’s semi-finals.  The Kingdom overturned a four-point half-time deficit as Stephen O’Brien’s 56th-minute goal propelled them to a 1-18 to 0-18 victory over Tyrone. Click Here: cheap penrith panthers jersey He guided the Kerry minors…

IT WAS STEPHEN O’Brien who stole the headlines after Kerry’s dramatic All-Ireland semi-final win over Tyrone in Croke Park this afternoon. Click Here: new zealand blues jersey The Kenmare man hit the all-important goal, tagged on two points and was named man-of-the-match but perhaps, most notably, was shown a black card as the clock ran…

Cavan 3-12 Westmeath 1-7 By Gerry Buckley CAVAN SECURED THEIR place in the TG4 All-Ireland senior championship again next year with a decisive win against Westmeath in Kinnegad this afternoon, while the Lake county ladies now face a winner-takes-all relegation final with Monaghan next weekend. Cavan, who had the aid of a slight breeze in…

1. Kerry’s second-half revival IT WASN’T AS emphatic as Dublin’s turnaround yesterday, but the manner of Kerry’s response after half-time was highly impressive. Trailing Tyrone by four, the Kingdom looked worryingly devoid of energy and ideas up front. Paul Geaney and David Clifford celebrate a late score. Source: James Crombie/INPHO The majority of their attacks…