Month: September 2021

SHANE O’DONNELL WILL be back in a Clare jersey far sooner than envisaged with confirmation that the 2013 All-Ireland final hero will be lining out for the Banner County in the Aer Lingus Fenway Hurling Classic in Boston on Sunday. O’Donnell has moved to the United States after being awarded a prestigious year-long Fulbright Scholarship…

JOE KERNAN, IRELAND’S International Rules boss last year, does not support the idea of GAA clubs being compensated for young players joining AFL clubs. Joe Kernan after Ireland’s International Rules defeat last year to Australia. Source: Tommy Dickson/INPHO The issue has cropped up again recently with a group of young players – Dublin’s James Madden,…

1996 WEXFORD ALL-IRELAND winner Eamonn Scallan has been confirmed as the new Wicklow hurling manager.  The Ferns-St Aidan’s club man takes his first step into senior inter-county management having built up valuable experience in charge of the Wexford minors recently. Scallan has also been involved in the Model county’s senior backroom team. As a player,…

ALL-STAR WINNING FORWARD Ian Burke will bolster the options of All-Ireland club champions Corofin by being fit for selection for Sunday week’s AIB Connacht decider. Burke, who collected his first All-Star award recently after his exploits for Galway this summer, has missed Corofin’s last two games after fracturing a rib in their drawn county final.…

“IT’S BEEN A mad few months”. Shane Dowling reflects on a year of contrasting All-Ireland final experiences. Late March generated the heart-breaking disappointment with Na Piarsaigh of a club final loss in a replay thriller. Mid August saw him reach the peak with the Limerick hurlers in Croke Park. And next Sunday he’ll aim to…

CORK SHARPSHOOTER PATRICK Horgan has said that while he was thrilled to win his third All-Star recently, it has only increased his desire for an All-Ireland medal. The Glen Rovers clubman will head into his 12th season of senior championship hurling in 2019, and after watching Clare in 2013, Galway last year and Limerick this…

FOXROCK-CABINTEELY MANAGER PAT Ring has paid tribute to his daughter Amy’s resilience – as the Dublin and Leinster champions gear up for Sunday’s All-Ireland Ladies Senior Club Football semi-final showdown with crack Monaghan outfit Donaghmoyne (Bray Emmets, 1pm). This fixture is a repeat of the 2016 Final showdown between the sides – which Donaghmoyne won…

ON SUNDAY EVENING, we’ll have our 2018 All-Ireland ladies football senior club finalists and the focus will turn to the duel-battle for the Dolores Tyrrell Memorial Cup at Parnell Park. Between now and then though, there’s two huge semi-finals down for decision — and they throw in at opposite ends of the country on Sunday…

AN GHAELTACHT AND Kerry legend Dara Ó Cinnéide says there was an “emotional” atmosphere in the dressing room following Marc Ó Sé’s final game for the club at the weekend. Marc Ó Sé [file photo]. Source: ©INPHO It marked the end of a special era as the last of the famous Ó Sé brothers called time on his playing career…

MICKEY MORAN HAS moved on to Down club Kilcoo for his next management role after a career that has seen him manage five county senior sides and enjoying huge success recently with Derry club Slaughtneil,  Kilcoo last night confirmed that Moran will manage their senior football side for the next three years. “Mickey was unanimously ratified…