Boost for Westmeath as key defender returns while experienced forward named captain
Updated Jan 29th 2019, 3:23 PM THE WESTMEATH FOOTBALLERS have been boosted by the return of key defender Kevin Maguire, while forward Kieran Martin has been appointed as captain for the coming season. Westmeath GAA confirmed Maguire’s return to The42 after he stepped away from the panel last year to go travelling. The Caulry clubman has been…
GAA President reveals crowds at league openers and season ticket numbers up despite price hikes
PRESIDENT JOHN HORAN has again defended the GAA’s decision to increase ticket prices while addressing Seanad Éireann at the House of the Oireachtas this afternoon. The GAA raised the cost of tickets for the league games in the top two divisions of both hurling and football, in addition to the price of All-Ireland final tickets in…
1-3 for Clare’s Guilfoyle as Mary I book Fitzgibbon Cup quarter-final spot with win over Maynooth
Mary Immaculate College 1-22 Maynooth University 0-12 Páraic McMahon reports from Mary Immaculate College AS EXPECTED, TWO-time Fitzgibbon Cup champions, Mary Immaculate proved too strong for Maynooth and recorded a 13-point victory at home this afternoon. Although the weather changed from rain to snow at various stages, the Jamie Wall managed side always remained the…
Tyrone lacked ‘a bit of balls’ in league defeat to Kerry – O’Sullivan
RETIRED KERRY STAR Darran O’Sullivan says All-Ireland finalists Tyrone lacked “a bit of balls” in their defeat to the Kingdom last weekend. Kerry opened their Allianz football league campaign with a four-point win over their Ulster rivals on Sunday to give manager Peter Keane a winning start to his time in charge. O’Sullivan believed that…
‘We felt we had been bullied into a course of action that we might well have taken anyway’
GAA DIRECTOR-GENERAL Tom Ryan has revealed he is ‘still very uncomfortable’ with the process which saw the association finding a way around their own rules last summer to stage the Liam Miller Tribute match in Páirc Uí Chaoimh. Controversy erupted last July when it was initially ruled that a charity game between a Celtic-Ireland Legends…
New TV show to focus on season in GAA clubs from 4 provinces
A NEW SEVEN-part series on TG4 will tell the story of a GAA club from each province in Ireland during the 2018 season. The cameras will follow An Ghaeltacht (Kerry), Na Piarsaigh (Galway), Na Dúnaibh (Donegal) and Kilmacud Crokes (Dublin), four clubs that face dramatically different challenges – on and off the field. ‘Ár gClub’…
O’Callaghan and O’Carroll hit 2-6 between them in UCD’s 17-point win over DIT
UCD 3-14 DIT 0-6 Kevin O’Brien reports from Belfield THE BELFIELD PITCH was almost frozen solid by the end of the game, but hosts UCD brushed off the cold conditions to book their place in the Sigerson Cup quarter-finals. The reigning champions will meet DCU in the last eight of the third-level competition, after comfortably…
‘Anything’s going to be better than last year’ – Leitrim back after championship absence
AFTER A DISASTROUS 2018, Leitrim’s first priority in the Lidl Ladies National Football League this year will be getting a team on the field. They didn’t feature in the Connacht or All-Ireland intermediate championship last summer after a difficult league campaign which saw them relegated to Division 4 on zero points after conceding five walkovers. Without…
Cork make 2 changes ahead of clash with Kildare
CORK HAVE NAMED their team for the Round 2 encounter in the National Football League against Kildare this Sunday. Click Here: london gaa jerseys There are two changes to the side that drew with Fermanagh last weekend. Michael Hurley and Mark Collins come into the side, while Damien Gore and Brian Hurley make way and…
Tony Kelly to sit out Kilkenny clash as ban upheld
Clare’s Tony Kelly leaves the pitch after being sent off last weekend. Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO CLARE TALISMAN Tony Kelly will miss this weekend’s league meeting with Kilkenny, as GAA disciplinary chiefs upheld a one-match ban last night. The 2013 Hurler of the Year was sent off for the Banner against Tipperary last weekend for a…