Month: September 2021

AFTER A SPATE of recent retirements, the Kerry football squad is set for further changes with four established players reportedly not in Peter Keane’s plans for next season. Two-time All-Ireland minor winning manager Keane is preparing for his first year in charge of the Kingdom, having replaced Eamonn Fitzmaurice in October.  Radio Kerry is reporting…

AS A YOUNGSTER Philip Mahony remembers the impression left by witnessing Ballygunner reach the Munster hurling summit back in 2001. It was a feat he wished to emulate but didn’t envisage the struggle and disappointment that would ensue in his playing days as the Waterford champions made their foray in the province. At the seventh…

GAA PRESIDENT JOHN Horan says he sees a future for the Aer Lingus Fenway Hurling Classic as long it pays for itself and doesn’t impact on anything else they are doing. Horan was present at Fenway Park on Sunday when Limerick became the third county to win the Super 11s when they defeated Cork 38-30…

TIPPERARY MANAGER SHANE Ronayne will continue in charge of the county’s ladies footballers for another two years, the county board has confirmed. The 2017 All-Ireland intermediate title-winning boss remains at the helm after an up and down 2018 for Tipperary. His ratification comes as more good news for Ronayne after he steered Mourneabbey to a…

Pairc Tailteann in Navan will host a double-header on Sunday. Source: Tommy Dickson/INPHO THE FOUR ROADS club in Roscommon have criticised the Camogie Association’s “crazy” and “unfair” decision to fix Sunday’s All-Ireland club junior final against Meath’s Kilmessan for Pairc Tailteann in Navan. It will be effectively a home game for reigning All-Ireland junior champions…

ANTHONY CUNNINGHAM’S ROSCOMMON backroom team has been confirmed with successful local club managers Iain Daly and Mark Dowd both coming on board as selectors. Daly recently stepped down as manager of the Michael Glaveys club having guided them to the 2018 All-Ireland intermediate final where they lost out to a Sean Cavanagh-inspired Moy side in Croke Park. Best of…

NEW COLLINGWOOD RECRUIT Anton Tohill has pushed back against the idea that GAA clubs should be compensated by AFL sides who poach their young talent. New Collingwood signings Mark Keane, Sarah Rowe and Anton Tohill. Source: Collingwood FC Kerry legend Tomás Ó Sé and Hawthorn’s Meathman Conor Nash both suggested in recent weeks that Irish clubs…

A CEREMONY WILL take place tomorrow at Glasnevin Cemetery, organised by the GAA to unveil a monument to mark the grave of one of the victims of Bloody Sunday at Croke Park in 1920. 14 people died while attending a match between Dublin and Tipperary on 21 November, when they were attacked by Crown Forces. …

“SILENCE IS NOT the answer,” as Nicole Owens wrote in a refreshingly honest, deeply personal and candid piece recently. Dublin star Nicole Owens. Source: Tommy Dickson/INPHO The Dublin star forward, who was pivotal as her side secured back-to-back All-Ireland titles in 2017 and 2018, penned a remarkable piece for The Sports Chronicle, bravely opening up…

GALWAY HAVE RATIFIED senior hurling manager Micheál Donoghue for a further two years at a county committee meeting tonight. Click Here: Gws Giants Guernsey The Clarinbridge man took the reins from Anthony Cunningham in 2015 and two seasons later led the Tribesmen to their first All-Ireland hurling success in 29 years. Galway have also won…