All-Ireland winning boss commits to Dublin for new two-year term
THE DUBLIN LADIES footballers will have Mick Bohan in charge of them for another two years after he was handed a new term in charge last night. Mick Bohan celebrates Dublin’s victory over Cork in September. Source: Tommy Dickson/INPHO Club delegates ratified the decision to reappoint Bohan for a spell that will extend to the…
Kildare next up in club manager role for Dublin and Roscommon county winning boss
PAUL CURRAN WILL take charge of Kildare side Celbridge in his next club management position after winning county titles in two different counties over the last seven seasons. Paul Curran took Ballymun Kickhams to the 2013 All-Ireland club final. Source: Cathal Noonan/INPHO The former Dublin footballer has been confirmed as manager of the Kildare club…
Wexford hurler to miss start of National League after suffering broken jaw in Fenway Classic
VERSATILE WEXFORD HURLER Damien Reck looks set to miss the start of the national league after suffering a broken jaw in the Aer Lingus Fenway Hurling Classic in Boston on Sunday. The 19-year old suffered the injury in the opening minute of their semi-final clash with All-Ireland champions Limerick when he collided with a knee after being…
Cork stick with All-Ireland winning manager Fitzgerald for fourth season
CORK MANAGER EPHIE Fitzgerald will remain in charge of the county’s ladies footballers for 2019, meaning a fourth year at the helm. The Irish Examiner first reported the extension of Fitzgerald’s stay this morning, while a Cork LGFA spokesperson confirmed the news to The42 this afternoon and added that his selectors are still to be…
Reigning champs Árdscoil bow out as Cork and Tipperary lead the way in Dr Harty Cup quarter-finalists
CURRENT TITLE HOLDERS Árdscoil Rís bowed out of Dr Harty Cup race in Munster today as the group stages concluded and the quarter-final line-up was finalised. Árdscoil Rís have been a dominant force in the premier Munster colleges hurling competition with five titles to their credit since 2010 and a presence in the post-Christmas knockout…
‘I expected there would be a day when Weeshie would return to me. I never lost hope that we would reunite’
THE WONDERFUL JOHN B Keane once remarked to me that there are just two Kingdoms –the Kingdom heaven and the Kingdom of Kerry… And when I die, hopefully I will travel from one Kingdom to another – Weeshie Fogarty Weeshie Fogarty, Donie O’Sullivan, Maurice Fitzgerald and Christy Riordan pictured in 2010. Source: Dan Sheridan/INPHO A…
Two-time Galway All-Ireland senior winner will take charge of county U20 side in 2019
ONE OF GALWAY’S greatest forwards will take charge of the county’s U20 footballers next year after Padraic Joyce was ratified for the post last night. Padraic Joyce in action for Galway against Meath in the 2001 All-Ireland final. Source: INPHO Joyce was nominated for the position last month along with Stephen Joyce, who recently managed…
The42’s Big Annual Sports Table Quiz is coming to Cork next week
How many senior All-Ireland medals does Rena Buckley have? Who scored the Bayern Munich goal against Cork City at Musgrave Park? Why can’t I get any phone signal in here? ON THURSDAY, 29 NOVEMBER we’re holding our second annual Big Annual Sports Table Quiz to celebrate the release of our book Behind The Lines, Volume…
Is she back? 18-time All-Ireland winner to captain Munster footballers for inter-pros
CORK GREAT BRIEGE Corkery is set for a dramatic return to elite-level football next weekend, named as Munster’s captain for the annual inter-provincial tournament. The 18-time All-Ireland winning dual star won her 11th senior football Celtic Cross in September 2016 but hasn’t lined out for Ephie Fitzgerald’s Rebels since. She did make a return to…
‘Being honest in years gone by we were labelled chokers by the Clare public’
Source: Instagram – @smiley_014 AMONGST THE ROW of football communities that hug the west coast of Clare, there have been winter days in the sun. Sunday expeditions when an entire parish is emptied in the pursuit of Munster senior football glory. Cooraclare lost the maiden final in 1964 and then a succession of clubs next…