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Gaelic Life Ulster Club All Stars honoured
January 25, 2012 at 1:06 pm
THE BRIGHTEST stars of the 2011 Ulster Club Championships gathered this week for the presentation of the first annual Gaelic [...]
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Supporting Northern Ireland is not an option
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Jarlath – Depression is an issue the GAA must address
January 25, 2012 at 9:00 amI HAVE always had a regard for cricketer Andrew Flintoff. His career was the epitome of perseverance. It required a [...]
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Gilligan’s reveals his shooting strategy
January 24, 2012 at 1:00 pmThe time off served him well. In his last Ulster Championship match, the 2008 Ulster semi-final against Fermanagh, he had [...]
Football
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Brolly – Supporting Northern Ireland not an option
January 24, 2012 at 9:00 amBBC Northern Ireland aired a fascinating documentary recently. It began with footage of the 12th July parade on Belfast’s Shankill [...]
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Gilligan explains Skinner injury incident
January 23, 2012 at 1:00 pmSTRICTLY speaking, Derry’s 2011 inter-county season ended in Croke Park on July 23 when Kildare cleaned them out and Enda [...]
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Devenney – New systems needed for Donegal and Monaghan
January 22, 2012 at 9:00 amAFTER the first week of McKenna Cup football, there is a healthy degree of, ‘Ah, sure it’s the first day [...]
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New attitude from Down
January 21, 2012 at 1:00 pmYOU CAN’T help but notice that things seem very different about Down this year. Their purposeful, forceful nature and bullish [...]
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Time for Derry to get defensive
January 21, 2012 at 9:00 amFOR DERRY, the month of January has so far been all about work-rate and the return of some familiar faces [...]
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Schools / Colleges
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Power NI McKenna Cup Group C previews
January 18, 2012 at 3:00 pmDonegal v Derry (tonight, Ballybofey, 7.30pm) SINCE 2009, Donegal have played Derry five times, and on the last three occasions [...]
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Sexton expects Armagh to field stronger side
January 14, 2012 at 8:00 pmTHE PATTERN of games where colleges go up against county sides is an all too familiar one. The students dominate [...]
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UUJ on brink of coup
January 14, 2012 at 9:00 amCAN UUJ do the double over the two Ulster Championship finalists this weekend, by beating John Brennan’s Derry? Last weekend, [...]
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QUB’s Fermanagh contingent ready to impress Canavan
January 13, 2012 at 5:00 pmJARLATH Burns calls it ‘challenge match’ play, the art of taking an extra solo out of the ball before moving [...]
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McAleese doubles up for Ballymena
December 23, 2011 at 9:00 amTHE Ulster Colleges Football All-Stars were released this week, and the big story was that St Louis Ballymena landed what [...]
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Hurling
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John Martin column – tribute to Eddie Brennan
January 23, 2012 at 9:00 amEDDIE Brennan used to hide his hurl on the way in the school gate because he didn’t want the other [...]
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Devenney – Players are getting a rough deal
January 17, 2012 at 9:00 amIT’S ONLY January, and already there are some strange moves being made by inter-county managers. I was willing to leave [...]
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Bad news from Tain league
January 16, 2012 at 1:00 pmdove·tail [duhv-teyl]; verb; to join or fit together compactly or harmoniously. THE NICE people at dictionary.com provide the above definition, [...]
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Rogan predicts ‘healthy’ year for Derry hurlers
January 12, 2012 at 1:00 pmGER Rogan says that there will be no repeat of the incidents which marred Derry’s hurling season last year, when [...]
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John Martin – hurling review of 2011
January 9, 2012 at 1:00 pmGOING by my predictions at the start of 2011, I’m a really poor pundit, or a really good scud. Probably [...]
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Charity begins in Glenarm
January 6, 2012 at 9:00 amSHANE O’NEILL’S GAC of Glenarm destroyed the cliche of the GAA being the ‘grab all’ association when they recently raised [...]
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Antrim panel ‘a work in progress’
January 5, 2012 at 1:00 pmANTRIM coach Terence McNaughton has said that the door remains open for any hurler willing to commit to Antrim’s bid [...]
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Handball
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The Festival that turns children on to a lifetime of sport
June 24, 2011 at 10:04 amFÉILE – even the word brings back brilliant memories.
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The largest youth festival on this island takes place at venues throughout Galway over the course of the coming weekend as the cream of club under 14 talent in handball, hurling and camogie converge on the west for another fantastic Féile na nGael. -
Chief appeals for calm in Handball row
May 19, 2011 at 8:36 amOne of the key figures in Handball has called on all parties involved in the ongoing objections to the proposed new National Handball Complex at Croke Park to set their differences aside for the good of the sport.
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Brady to focus attentions on handball
April 21, 2011 at 9:48 amFollowing his dramatic Ulster senior handball final win over Charly Shanks last weekend, Cavan’s three-time world champion Paul Brady is expected to be ruled out of football action for Mullahoran until the Championship.
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Masters final fixed for Sunday
April 14, 2011 at 11:21 amGort na Mona’s Paddy Crothers and John McGarry play Stephen Palmer and Kevin Buckley in the All Ireland Handball Masters A final this Saturday. The game will be played in Leixlip, county Kildare at 4pm.
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Brady in appeal for time
April 14, 2011 at 9:36 amPreparations for the eagerly-awaited All Ireland 40x20 Senior Singles final between world champion Paul Brady and Armagh's Charly Shanks have been thrown into disarray after Brady sustained a broken finger.
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In Focus…Conleith Gilligan
January 26, 2012 at 9:00 amSTRICTLY speaking, Derry’s 2011 inter-county season ended in Croke Park on July 23 when Kildare cleaned them out and Enda [...]
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Ladies Football
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Early appointments for Tyrone and Down
December 16, 2011 at 1:00 pmTYRONE and Down have shown their hand for the 2012 season with the appointment of new management teams for their [...]
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Lisnaskea double up
November 29, 2011 at 9:00 amIF you’re going to win a first All-Ireland title, you might as well do it in the most dramatic of [...]
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Missed opportunities haunt Sperrin Og
November 19, 2011 at 2:00 pmIt’s never easy for young players to juggle studies and football commitments, especially when it’s late November and you’re in [...]
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Every Little helps Lisnaksea
November 18, 2011 at 2:00 pmWhen Lisnaskea ladies boss Adi Little this week tells his team what to expect when contesting an All-Ireland final, he’s [...]
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Confusion over Lisnaskea’s London fixture
November 5, 2011 at 1:00 pmLISNASKEA ladies may have had a few cloudy heads on Monday morning, having laid claim to the Ulster Intermediate title [...]
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Camogie
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Eoghan Rua turn attention to All-Ireland title
October 14, 2011 at 6:00 pmWith their Ulster Intermediate Camogie title successfully retained, the attentions of Eoghan Rua now turns to the retention of their [...]
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Armagh Camogs aim for greatness
October 11, 2011 at 9:00 amTHE ARMAGH camogs are determined to improve following last weekend’s All-Ireland junior championship victory over Westmeath. Captain Bernie Murray insists [...]
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Magee calls for more scores
October 10, 2011 at 9:00 amPATSY Magee says that his Armagh team must up their scoring return if they are to beat Westmeath in this [...]
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Baldwin – Antrim don’t rely on Adams
September 20, 2011 at 9:00 amANTRIM Camogie boss Joe Baldwin has denied that his team are over-reliant on Jane Adams following last weekend’s All-Ireland Intermediate [...]
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Cavan disappointed after Westmeath defeat
April 28, 2011 at 11:28 amIn the end it was to be Westmeath’s day, but Cavan weren’t going to go down without a fight. It [...]
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