Month: September 2021

This year’s victorious Galway, Limerick and Tipperary winning captains. Source: INPHO THE CURTAIN WAS brought down on the 2018 inter-county hurling championship season yesterday at the Gaelic Grounds as Tipperary lifted the Bord Gáis Energy All-Ireland U21 crown. It’s been a great few months of hurling action but how much do you remember? Time to…

JIM GAVIN ARRIVED at Dublin’s All-Ireland final media night armed with facts and figures that show how Tyrone have evolved into a more attacking outfit.  Source: James Crombie/INPHO Jim McGuinness suggested last week that Tyrone may look to drop 15 bodies behind their own 45 in an attempt to arm wrestle the four-in-a-row chasing side into…

 MAYO ARE ON the look-out for a new senior football manager after Stephen Rochford confirmed his resignation following three seasons in charge. Rochford looked set to remain at the helm 2019 when Peter Ford and Shane Conway were confirmed as the new members of his backroom team earlier this week. But speculation began to mount…

THE ALL-IRELAND football final is only days away but Stephen Rochford’s decision to step down as Mayo boss will dominate the news agenda over the next 48 hours as the county begin their search for a replacement.  [image alt=”Stephen Rochford” src=”http://cdn.thejournal.ie/media/2018/08/stephen-rochford-63-630×323.jpg” width=”630″ height=”323″ title=”” /end] Few details around his departure have emerged as of yet,…

OFFALY ARE SET to turn to John Maughan to take charge of their senior football squad for the 2019 season. The recommendation as new Offaly football boss is John Maughan.Source: James Crombie/INPHO Maughan has been recommended by a committee comprising of Tommy Byrne, Pauric Pierce, Vinny Claffey and Eddie Fleming to take charge of the…

EVEN BY MAYO standards, it’s been a madcap couple of weeks in the county. Last night, Stephen Rochford confirmed his resignation as Mayo manager citing a lack of ”a desired level of support” for him to continue in the role for a fourth season.The 2015 All-Ireland club winning Corofin manager agreed on a two-year extension to…

WITH THE FINAL looming into view, the 2018 All-Ireland senior football championship is set to conclude and the last opportunity arises to make the case for the star footballer from this season. Howard, Cavanagh, Fenton, Kilkenny, Sludden and McCaffrey have been some of the star performers this season.Source: INPHO It looks set to be a…

YOU HAVE TO hand it to a certain breed of Tyrone footballer. When Mickey Harte comes calling, few refuse the offer. In Tyrone, there is no higher calling than being a county player. And yet when you look through their team and pick out some of their more aggressive performers, the eye is drawn to,…

WESTMEATH’S RAY CONNELLAN has not been offered a contract with AFL club St Kilda for the 2019 season. Westmeath native Ray Connellan.Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO Connellan has spent the past two seasons with the Melbourne-based club after having joined them when he signed a two-year contract in July 2016. The club has opted not to hand…

KILDARE ARE ON the look-out for a new senior hurling manager after Joe Quaid confirmed he will not be seeking a second term as boss. Quaid was in charge of the Lilywhites for three seasons which culminated in the Christy Ring Cup victory over London at Croke Park in June.  In a statement issued today,…