Month: September 2021

KERRY FORWARD DONNCHADH Walsh believes there won’t be any more retirements in the Kingdom this spring. Click Here: custom plastic molding Aidan O’Mahony, 36, announced yesterday his decision to step away from the inter-county game after a glittering career which delivered five All-Ireland titles. Colm Cooper and Kieran Donaghy, both 33, were also thought to…

THERE’S NO DENYING the Dublin footballers have the edge over their great rivals Kerry. Kerry haven’t beaten the Sky Blues in the championship since 2009, and their four straight defeats to Dublin is their worst ever run in this fixture. Jonny Cooper and Donnchadh Walsh were at the 2017 Allianz Football League Launch in Croke…

COULD THE ALL-Ireland hurling final be played after the football final? That prospect has been raised by Paraic Duffy as he seeks to address the concerns in hurling circles over his proposals to revamp the All-Ireland football championship. The GAA Director General – writing in his annual report today – has responded to the criticism…

THE INCREASED EMPHASIS put on fitness and strength and conditioning in gaelic games has become more and more prevalent in recent times. ‘When I work out I’m happier.’ The game is becoming more and more physical. Players want to get bigger. There is more and more time being spent in the gym. This isn’t just…

TG4 HAVE ANNOUNCED details of their spring GAA coverage which will see them broadcast 42 games over the next four months. The TV station’s coverage commences with the meeting of St Thomas’ (Galway) and Ballyea (Clare) in the AIB All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Semi-Final Saturday week, 4 February. The opening round of the Allianz football…

University of Limerick 2-23 Cork IT 0-16 Declan Rooney reports from UL TWO GOALS IN a 30-second spell midway through the first-half got University of Limerick’s Fitzgibbon Cup campaign off to a winning start against a youthful Cork IT in Limerick. Waterford’s Stephen Bennett struck the first and Tipperary star John McGrath the second, as…

Waterford hurler Shane Bennett hit a hat-trick today for Limerick IT Source: Morgan Treacy/INPHO WATERFORD SENIOR SHANE Bennett was the scoring star with a brilliant haul of 3-7 as Limerick IT cruised past Trinity College in their opening game in the 2017 Fitzgibbon Cup today. The 4-21 to 0-7 victory on home soil ensured LIT…

Mary Immaculate College 2-31 GMIT 0-16 Darragh Small reports from Limerick CIAN LYNCH SCORED 1-2 as reigning champions Mary Immaculate College began their Fitzgibbon Cup Group A campaign with a comprehensive victory over GMIT at Mary Immaculate College. The hosts claimed last year’s title after a 1-30 to 3-22 victory against University of Limerick in…

LAST SUNDAY, DUBLIN’S fringe panelists upset Kildare to book their place in the O’Byrne Cup final. Like the rest of the All-Ireland winning squad, Jonny Cooper had no part to play in this year’s pre-season competition. But the All-Star defender remembers his early days in the Dublin set-up, when the O’Byrne Cup took on a…

THERE WERE WINS for DCU, IT Carlow and UCD in the opening round of Fitzgibbon Cup action tonight. Source: INPHO Deise senior Patrick Curran found the net as DCU enjoyed a 1-14 to 0-10 victory over Waterford IT at the DCU Sportsgrounds. The Dublin college boasted plenty of inter-county talent, with Waterford’s Curran and Peter Hogan in the…