Month: September 2021

TYRONE’S STRONG SECOND half display at Healy Park ensured Mickey Harte’s side kept their unbeaten league record, and powered to the top of the Division 1 table. Source: Presseye/Lorcan Doherty/INPHO A competitive first half saw the visitors take the lead entering the break though, with the help of a Gearoid McKiernan goal. Following a pulsating…

UL 2-5 UCC 0-8 By Jackie Cahill at Elvery’s MacHale Park, Castlebar CORK STAR EIMEAR Scally’s second half penalty helped to see off her former college UCC, as UL claimed a third O’Connor Cup crown in four seasons. The 2017 O'Connor Cup Champions @UL and their captain Anna Galvin!!! #OCCup17 pic.twitter.com/2ctHp1cLG5 — Ladies Football (@LadiesFootball)…

THERE WAS NO doubt about the standout tie in this weekend’s Littlewoods Ireland Camogie Division 1 League. Nicole Walsh hit 1-6 for Tipperary. Source: Ken Sutton/INPHO Wexford and Tipperary faced off at St Patrick’s Park, Enniscorthy, in a repeat of last year’s thrilling All-Ireland quarter-final, where the Premier had their more fancied opponents on the…

Nothing to see here… Just Andrew Conway latching on to Peter O’Mahony like a koala to a branch Source: Alice Bolger Aboud/INPHO This poor steward took a tumble while trying to tackle a pitch invader at the Gonzanga and Blackrock college Leinster Schools Senior Cup Semi-Final Source: Gary Carr/INPHO Oregon’s Chris Boucher fouls Arizona State’s Tra…

FORMER CORK HURLER Seanie McGrath is worried about the direction the game is headed, particularly the Munster SHC. Source: RTE Speaking on RTÉ’s Allianz League Sunday last night, the 1999 All-Ireland winner cited declining attendances and big Munster final defeats as reasons for his concern for the small ball code. Tipperary hammered Waterford by 21 points in…

WHEN MICHAEL CAHALANE was summoned by the Cork hurling management before half-time in Walsh Park yesterday afternoon, it represented a major personal milestone. Michael Cahalane (left) in action for Cork against Waterford yesterday. Source: Morgan Treacy/INPHO It was just over three years since his last senior league appearance for Cork, brought on as a substitute…

WHEN TONY KELLY left Croke Park on 26 September 2013, he didn’t think he would be waiting three and a half years for the next time that he would grace the pitch. If you’d told him that his next outing there would be in his club colours of Ballyea on Friday in a St Patrick’s…

IT WAS PART of a two or three year plan, but Davy Fitzgerald has managed to bring top flight hurling back to Wexford on the first time of asking. Source: Lorraine O’Sullivan/INPHO The feel good factor has returned to hurling in the Model county and they’ll be plying their trade in the top tier next…

KERRY AND CORK HAVE named the starting teams for their respective EirGrid U21 semi-finals on Wednesday night. Kerry, the favourites to go all the way in Munster and the All-Ireland series, weren’t entirely convincing in their 1-17 to 2-8 win over Clare in the last eight. Kingdom boss Jack O’Connor has named an unchanged side…

CORK’S BRIAN HURLEY could face another extended period on the sidelines after suffering a hamstring injury on club duty over the weekend. Hurley had only just returned after an eight-month layoff. Source: Cathal Noonan/INPHO Click Here: qld maroons shirt The Southern Star is this evening reporting that Hurley sustained an injury similar to the one…