Month: September 2021

YESTERDAY’S ULSTER SENIOR ladies football final was a low-key one, but it ended in Armagh lifting the silver for the first time since 2014 after a two-point win over Monaghan. The Orchard county just edged the Clones decider, running out 0-17 to 0-15 winners though pushed each and every step of the way. Captain fantastic…

Updated Dec 13th 2020, 9:48 PM 1. Limerick confirm their greatness IT’S BEEN SOME three-year run for Limerick. They’ve amassed two National League, Munster and All-Ireland titles during that spell. Today’s 11-point win over Waterford confirmed what we long suspected: Limerick are finest hurling side in the land. Limerick’s Aaron Gillane and Diarmaid Byrnes celebrate…

Updated Dec 14th 2020, 3:00 PM LIMERICK HAVE CONFIRMED their status as one of the great hurling teams after picking up their second All-Ireland title in three years on Sunday. They simply outgunned Waterford in the final to complete a clean sweep of trophies for 2020, adding to their league and Munster triumphs in recent…

FORMER DONEGAL ALL-Ireland winner Paul Durcan has been added to Tony McEntee’s Sligo backroom team for the 2021 season.  Durcan will be the goalkeeping coach under Armagh native McEntee, who was confirmed as the new Sligo boss last month. A Celtic Cross winner with Donegal in 2012, Durcan also lifted the All-Ireland club title with…

A DECADE AGO, Paul Kinnerk had his first taste of All-Ireland hurling final day as a coach. He watched on as the Clare minor team he had helped prepare produced a power-packed display, yet they fell just short of Kilkenny by two points in that 2010 showdown. If defeat was a tough experience to absorb…

FORMER KERRY STAR Kieran Donaghy is reportedly set to join the coaching ticket with Armagh’s senior footballers. The Irish News reported today that the four-time All-Ireland champion, who also played basketball with distinction, will feature in the Orchard County’s setup in 2021. Senior football manager Kieran McGeeney has been in charge with his native county…

ONE OF THE standout images from Limerick’s post-match celebrations yesterday was of Gearoid Hegarty and Tom Morrissey with their arms around one another and sharing an intense stare. The imposing pair were the dominant players in the All-Ireland final as Limerick returned to the summit with their second title in three years. A 12-point haul…

BOTH THE WOMEN’S Gaelic Players Association (WGPA) and the male equivalent, GPA, held extraordinary general meetings this evening while voting to merge into a single entity. 100% of GPA delegates and 96% of WGPA delegates voted in favour of joining player bodies to form a 4,000-strong association to cover all inter-county GAA players. The new…

KERRY’S AFL STAR Mark O’Connor has revealed that he would have been available to line out for the county if they had progressed to last month’s Munster senior football final. Geelong Cats player O’Connor had been in action in Australia up until 24 October when he lined out in the AFL Grand Final as his…

Updated Dec 15th 2020, 8:25 AM AFTER COMING ON in Sunday’s All-Ireland senior hurling final, Iarlaith Daly is back in action for Waterford tonight in the Bord Gáis Energy Munster U20 semi-final. Daly has been named at centre-forward in the Waterford team that will take on Tipperary in the Fraher Field at 7pm. Tipperary have made…