Last three Galway hurling champions involved as draw for next Sunday’s semi-finals made
THE LAST THREE Galway senior hurling kingpins will all feature in semi-final showdowns next Sunday as this year’s championship reaches the last four stage. Yesterday’s 1-23 to 2-19 quarter-final win for St Thomas over Clarinbridge completed the semi-final up as it was the remaining last eight fixture to be played. It means 2016 title winners…
Mannion hits 1-6 as Kilmacud claim first Dublin senior football title since 2010
Kilmacud Crokes 2-12 St Judes 0-13 Fintan O’Toole reports from Parnell Park PAUL MANNION STAMPED his class all over the Dublin senior football decider on a night when his Kilmacud Crokes team ended their club’s eight-year wait for senior football glory and condemned St Jude’s to more disappointment. Paul Mannion starred for Kilmacud Crokes tonight.…
Current and former Cork stars involved to complete remarkable 7-year rise from junior to senior club ranks
DARRAGH FITZGIBBON IS in the running for a couple of awards on Friday night after his exploits with the Cork hurlers in 2018 and he got his week off to a great start by helping his club Charleville reach senior level for the first time this afternoon. In the replay of the Cork premier intermediate…
‘This was Mannion’s moment to deliver and by God did he deliver, it was incredible’ – the Dub star
HE KICKED OVER the first point of the 2018 Dublin county final and added the second soon after in a similar effortless fashion. By the break he had chalked up 0-4, two more white flags were raised in the second half and concluded with a calm finish to net for a late goal that confirmed…
Promising Sligo forward becomes the AFL’s latest Irish recruit
THE NUMBER OF Irish players currently in the AFL has risen to 14. Sligo forward Red Óg Murphy has become the latest Gaelic footballer to make the move to Australia, after North Melbourne confirmed the signing of the youngster today. Murphy was part of the Sligo team that reached the All-Ireland minor football quarter-finals in…
Wicklow county board defend their role in St Patrick’s fixtures farce
WICKLOW GAA HAVE defended their role in the farcical situation which saw county champions St Patrick’s play two championship games in the space of 24 hours last weekend. St Patrick’s defeated Rathnew in the Wicklow county final replay at Joule Park, Aughrim on Saturday and went down by 10 points to Offaly champions Rhode the…
Former members of Donegal and Mayo set-ups join Sligo backroom team
NEW SLIGO MANAGER Paul Taylor has confirmed his backroom team for the 2019 campaign with former members of the Mayo and Donegal set-ups coming on board. Crossmolina native Joe Keane joins Sligo as coach/selector, while Donegal’s Adam Speer will operate as strength and conditioning coach and former Sligo player John MacPartland has been appointed selector.…
Costello succeeds Keane as Kerry minor football manager
KERRY HAVE NAMED James Costello as the county’s new minor football manager after Peter Keane’s promotion to the senior helm. The St Pat’s Blennerville man will be put before the County Committee for ratification on Monday, 26 November. His management team will also be ratified on the night. In recent years, Costello has been heavily…
‘The age issue is massively overblown in GAA’ – Liam Rushe
DUBLIN ARE EXPECTED to appoint their third manager in as many years later this week, with Anthony Daly and Mattie Kenny believed to be in a two-horse race for the position. Kilmacud Crokes manager Anthony Daly. Source: Oisin Keniry/INPHO Kilmacud Crokes’ Dublin SHC final defeat to Ballyboden St Enda’s on Sunday has freed up Daly’s…
Limerick All-Ireland winning manager reinstated after turbulent few days
2018 ALL-IRELAND WINNING manager John Ryan will remain at the helm of the Limerick ladies footballers after a turbulent few days on Shannonside. Ryan, who steered Limerick to All-Ireland junior glory in his first year in charge, will now oversee their assault on the intermediate grade in 2019, with confirmation of his reinstatement coming at…