Month: September 2021

AIDAN O’SHEA IS more than pleased to have James Horan back on board as Mayo senior football manager. Aidan O’Shea (file pic). Source: Donall Farmer/INPHO After previously being in charge between 2011 and 2014, Horan was re-appointed as manager last Thursday night and handed a four-year term. He succeeds Stephen Rochford, who departed in late…

TEAMS IN NEXT year’s Leinster senior hurling championship will gain a reprieve rather than having to undergo a hectic schedule in the round-robin format, as it is set to be run over six weekends. This year’s championship, the first to incorporate the new system, unfolded over the course of five weekends, resulting in both Offaly…

THE MAYO LGFA county board’s appeal against the leniency of the suspensions imposed on the Carnacon eight was rejected last night, meaning the players are available to play in Sunday’s Mayo Ladies SFC semi-final. The LGFA Central Council heard the county board’s appeal in Tullamore on Tuesday evening, but the two-week suspensions were upheld. The…

 BEATEN ALL-IRELAND football finalists Tyrone will begin next year in the Ulster preliminary round against Derry after the 2019 championship draw was made in RTÉ tonight.  Source: James Crombie/INPHO Mayo and Galway cannot face-off until a possible Connacht final, while Dublin will begin their bid for a fifth All-Ireland in-a-row against either Louth or Wicklow…

OFFALY WILL BEGIN their journey through the Joe McDonagh Cup with a round-one tie against neighbouring county Laois next year. They will then travel to take on the 2018 finalists Westmeath in the second round before facing Antrim and Kerry in the final rounds of the competition. The Faithful county dropped down to the Joe…

NEW OFFALY BOSS John Maughan has confirmed his backroom team for the 2019 campaign.  Maughan will bring Edenderry man Kevin Guing and Crossmolina native Gerry O’Malley on board as his selectors. Ballyboden St Enda’s club man Mark Fee comes in as football coach, while former Cavan footballer Dermot Sheridan has been appointed as strength and conditioning coach.…

ANTHONY DALY HAS refused to be drawn on speculation linking him with the Dublin hurling job, despite reports he is one of three men being considered for the position. According to reports in the capital, Daly, Mattie Kenny and Anthony Cunningham are the three men shortlisted to replace Pat Gilroy, but the Clare native has remained…

IF ST PETER’S Dunboyne win the Meath senior football title on Sunday, it’ll be their first since 2005 and just the third in their history. Dunboyne after their junior victory two weeks ago It’s been a difficult 15 months in the local community and while there are some things in life far more important than…

Source: PA Archive/PA Images 1. It was a Sunday get-together that featured Manchester United royalty. Sir Matt Busby was there and so was Nobby Stiles, among others. It was the early 1990s; the venue a wine bar in Sale, and the question was for Stiles, then in charge of the B team at Old Trafford.…

Doon 2-17 Patrickswell 0-22 Páraic McMahon reports from the Gaelic Grounds WING-BACK DENIS Moloney nailed the all-important winning point to send Doon on their way to the county final at the expense of 2016 champions Patrickswell. Despite failing to score in the final 11 minutes of normal time, Doon held off the challenge of a…