Month: September 2021

ANTRIM’S CUSHENDALL secured their passage to the 2019 All-Ireland SHC club hurling semi-finals last weekend and two more places are set to be filled this afternoon. In Pearse Stadium at 2pm the Galway hurling final commences with Liam Mellows taking on St Thomas, the winners of that tie will meet newly-crowned Ulster champions Cushendall next…

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RADIO KERRY BROADCASTER Weeshie Fogarty has died at the age of 77. Fogarty was a figure synonymous with Kerry GAA, having represented the county footballers at senior level before embarking on a refereeing career and later as a radio commentator and broadcaster. His club Killarney Legion confirmed the news of his passing this morning with…

Ballygunner 2-14 Na Piarsaigh 2-8 Fintan O’Toole reports from Semple Stadium AND FINALLY A winning breakthrough in Munster hurling for a side who had become well-versed in heartbreak. Ballygunner’s Stephen O’Keeffe and Eddie Hayden with Na Piarsaigh’s Adrian Breen. Source: Morgan Treacy/INPHO Ballygunner have fallen short twice in the last three seasons, a core of…

St Thomas’ 2-13 Liam Mellows 0-10 Daragh Small reports from Pearse Stadium, Salthill FORMER GALWAY ALL-Ireland winner Conor Cooney scored the killer second goal and St Thomas’ returned to the summit of Galway hurling as they dethroned Liam Mellows at Pearse Stadium in Salthill. It was just a one-year absence for the 2013 All-Ireland champions…

Ballyhale Shamrocks 6-21 Naomh Éanna 4-11  Ronan Fagan reports from Innovate Wexford Park  COLIN FENNELLY SHOWED himself to be the master executioner when blasting 4-4 to power Ballyhale Shamrocks through to their first Leinster Club SHC decider since 2014 at the expense of Wexford champions Naomh Éanna. But Ballyhale had to overcome an electrified opening by…

Coleraine 2-10 Scotstown 1-14 Declan Bogue reports from Healy Park, Omagh IT HAD TO be Rory Beggan. With five minutes of injury time played, Scotstown got a chance they scarcely deserved after trailing for most of the game. A cross-field pass was played, and Donal Morgan was caught with a closed-fist tackle by Ciaran McGoldrick.…

Foxrock-Cabinteely (Dublin) 2-08 Donaghmoyne (Monaghan) 1-08 Aisling Clery reports from Bray Emmets SUBSTITUTE ROISIN MCGOVERN proved the match-winner for Foxrock-Cabinteely as her late, late goal sent the Dublin and Leinster champions into their first All-Ireland Senior Ladies Club Football Final since 2016. In a dramatic finish at Bray Emmets, the sides were level at 1-8…

Ballyboden St Enda’s 5-28 Coolderry 5-25 (After extra extra-time) Paul Keane reports from Parnell Park IF THERE WAS a more entertaining game played at Parnell Park than this AIB Leinster club SHC semi-final, settled by the majesty of Dublin footballer Colm Basquel who hit 3-3, we’d love to hear about it. An epic encounter that…

Charleville 2-20 Feakle 1-20 CHARLEVILLE PRODUCED A stirring 13-point second-half turnaround to dramatically secure a historic Munster Intermediate Club Hurling title in the Gaelic Grounds this afternoon. Ten points in arrears by half-time against Clare champions Feakle, the North Cork side still trailed by five entering the final 10 minutes. However, with an eight-point second-half…