Month: September 2021

1. Tom Parsons Trying to get the ball off this Legend with no luck @tomas5ky #PàidíÓSés 👌 pic.twitter.com/6ju8yridNk — Tom Parsons (@TomParsons_8) August 11, 2018   2. Thomas Barr The medal is firmly in my grasp, so now it might slowly start to sink in! The noise and support was spine tingling last night, so…

Kerry 1-16 Monaghan 2-11 Paul Brennan reports from Croke Park FOR THE FIFTH successive September, Kerry will contest the All-Ireland minor football final after the Kingdom just about accounted for Monaghan — bidding to be only the second minor team from the county to reach the All-Ireland final — in a thoroughly entertaining and well-contested…

Galway 5-11 Mayo 0-12 Daragh Small reports from Dr Hyde Park  CAPTAIN TRACEY LEONARD pulled the strings as Galway moved into the final four of the TG4 All-Ireland senior ladies football championship with an outstanding 5-11 to 0-12 defeat of rivals Mayo. Dr Hyde Park was the picture-perfect venue for the repeat of the Connacht…

Tyrone 1-13 Monaghan 0-15 Fintan O’Toole reports from Croke Park THERE WAS A solitary green flag raised in Croke Park today but it proved critical in determining who would advance to the All-Ireland decider and who would bow out of the 2018 race. At a juncture when Monaghan had just edged in front, Niall Sludden…

Dublin 3-19 Kerry 1-7 Daragh Small reports from Dr Hyde Park NIAMH MCEVOY SCORED the crucial first goal and reigning TG4 All-Ireland champions Dublin advanced to a semi-final against Galway with an 18-point win over Kerry at Dr Hyde Park in Roscommon. Dublin claimed the 2018 Lidl NFL title when they saw off Mayo in…

A ONE POINT All-Ireland semi-final loss was bound to generate disappointment, but for Monaghan boss Malachy O’Rourke the pain was greater given the amount of injury-time that was played today in Croke Park. Points from Kieran Hughes and Drew Wylie had enabled Monaghan to chip away at Tyrone’s advantage in the additional period before time…

TYRONE WILL MEET Dublin in the All-Ireland football final after both sides enjoyed vastly different semi-final wins over the weekend. On Saturday, Dublin had nine points to spare against Connacht champions Galway in Croke Park. Jack McCaffrey, Ciaran Kilkenny, Brian Fenton, Con O’Callaghan and Paul Mannion were among Dublin’s star men while Ian Burke stood out…

SINCE TYRONE LAST scaled the Gaelic football summit in 2008, they have ventured back to Croke Park on four occasions in search of a berth in the September decider. Cork in 2009, Mayo in 2013, Kerry in 2015 and Dublin in 2017 put paid to the dreams held by Mickey Harte’s teams. Their All-Ireland semi-final…

GALWAY MANAGER STEPHEN Glennon says it was a massive relief when Róisín Leonard scored her side’s fifth goal against Mayo, to secure safe passage into a first TG4 All-Ireland semi-final since 2014. The reigning Connacht champions were hammered 6-19 to 1-10 by Cork at this stage last year, and this was a big statement. They…

DUBLIN MANAGER MICK Bohan says his players were entirely responsible for their brilliant second half display as they blew Kerry away with a stunning performance at Dr Hyde Park on Sunday. The 18-point victory sets up a TG4 All-Ireland semi-final with Galway, the only team who have defeated Dublin competitively this year. The Tribeswomen claimed…