Month: September 2021

A LITTLE OVER a month after leaving the Limerick hurling panel due to ‘personal reasons’, Barry Nash returned to training with John Kiely’s side last week. The 20-year-old last month left the senior intercounty panel ahead of Limerick’s Allianz Hurling League campaign but now appears to have made himself available again ahead of the championship.…

Updated at 16.00 IT WAS THE one piece of silverware that had eluded Colm Cooper in his storied career, but the decorated forward finally got his hands on the Andy Merrigan Cup yesterday. Source: Donall Farmer/INPHO The 33-year-old was clinical as ever in front of goal, and his tally of 1-2 paved the way to…

St Brendan’s College, Killarney (Kerry) 3-13 St Colman’s Claremorris (Mayo) 1-11 TWO GOALS IN three second-half minutes were crucial to defending Hogan Cup champions St Brendan’s College returning to Croke Park for the decider in two weeks’ time. The Sem overcame a spirited challenge from St Colman’s of Claremorris this afternoon at Cusack Park in…

Kildare 2-9 Down 0-10 Jackie Cahill reports from Páirc Esler, Newry SUPERSUB DAVID SLATTERY struck twice in the second half as Kildare earned a priceless victory in the race for promotion. The Confey clubman netted with his first contribution of the game, in the 37th minute, having been introduced as a half-time substitute. And Slattery…

Kerry 0-13 Dublin 0-13 Paul Brennan reports from Austin Stack Park, Tralee AND ON THEY go. Dublin’s unbeaten run stretches to a record equalling 34 games but Kerry – the joint holders of the record – pushed them every inch and second of the way, all the way in fact until Paul Mannion found a 74th…

Donegal 0-12 Tyrone 0-6 DONEGAL’S MOST IMPRESSIVE outing of the season so far took Rory Gallagher’s side to joint-top of Division 1 tonight in Ballybofey. The home team did the damage in the second quarter against Tyrone, having struck five points in succession to go in at half-time 0-9 to 0-4 in front. In awkward…

ELEVEN-TIME SENIOR All-Ireland winner Deirdre O’Reilly has confirmed she has retired from intercounty football after a hugely impressive 15-year career. Source: Tommy Dickson/INPHO “It’s official alright right. All done,” O’Reilly said with a smile, following revelations on Cork’s Red FM on Saturday evening by Cork coach Ephie Fitzgerald that O’Reilly would not feature in 2017. One…

1. Missed opportunity for Kerry THERE WERE A host of positives for Eamonn Fitzmaurice to take out of Tralee last night, but it’s hard to shake the sense that Kerry let a seismic opportunity slip from their grasps. Source: Cathal Noonan/INPHO Heading into injury-time the home side led by two points and had possession, but…

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Cork 0-18 Meath 1-15 DONAL LENIHAN KICKED a 75th-minute equaliser as a topsy-turvy Division 2 game finished level at Páirc Uí Rinn on Sunday afternoon. Having trailed by nine points early in the second half, the Royals were still eight adrift after Paul Kerrigan’s point for Cork on 48 minutes, but an unanswered 1-6 from…