Gaelic Life

Football

Brolly – Johnston’s journey
February 22, 2012 at 1:00 pm
IN one of Billy Connolly’s most memorable sketches, he suggested a new British national anthem. His theory was that the [...]
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Devenney – Why I’m pro the Interpros
February 20, 2012 at 6:00 pm
I’M SURE that it’s probably not taking up too much space elsewhere in this paper, but the Inter-Provincials are being [...]
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Jarlath – The GAA is a tribal beast, deal with it
February 20, 2012 at 9:00 am
I HADN’T intended to write about schemozzles today, having covered it in last week’s issue, and with Cross in action [...]
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Hughes ‘surprised’ to get captaincy
February 18, 2012 at 5:00 pm
IT UNDERLINES the remarkable rise to prominence Darren Hughes has enjoyed in recent times that he wasn’t even on the [...]
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Interprovincials can solve GAA’s ills
February 18, 2012 at 1:00 pm
Inteprovincial football semi-final Ulster v Connacht Sunday, Markievicz Park, Sligo, 2pm THERE WAS a spring in the step of Ulster [...]
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Early appointments for Tyrone and Down
December 16, 2011 at 1:00 pm
TYRONE 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 am
IF 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 pm
It’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 pm
When 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 pm
LISNASKEA ladies may have had a few cloudy heads on Monday morning, having laid claim to the Ulster Intermediate title [...]
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Ulster hurlers enter the unknown
February 18, 2012 at 9:00 am
ULSTER boss Gregory O’Kane says that he and his team are heading into the unknown in this weekend’s semi-final clash [...]
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Sambo McNaughton’s early years
February 15, 2012 at 1:00 pm
Extract from interview with Sambo McNaughton: It started with bean cans and two ends of broken hurls. “We used to [...]
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Sambo McNaughton interview
February 14, 2012 at 1:00 pm
ONCE you see it, you just know that this is the house of Terence ‘Sambo’ McNaughton. The instructions were clear; [...]
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SIX reasons why Loughgiel will be playing in the All-Ireland final on St Patrick’s Day…
February 14, 2012 at 9:00 am
1. The whole of Munster, in fact the whole of Ireland think that Loughgiel’s scoring threat begins and ends with [...]
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Family matters
February 12, 2012 at 9:00 am
WHEN they board the bus on Friday to head down for an overnight stay in the Regency Hotel, PJ O’Mullan [...]
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Carr reveals Ashbourne preparations
February 16, 2012 at 5:00 pm
WATERFORD Institute of Technology play host to the Ashbourne, Purcell and Fr Meaghair Competitions this weekend. 2011 and 2012 Division [...]
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Loughgiel can do the double
February 5, 2012 at 9:00 am
Last Tuesday night, Emma Connolly was on hand to collect her Gaelic Life Ulster Club Camogie Player of the Year [...]
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Eoghan Rua turn attention to All-Ireland title
October 14, 2011 at 6:00 pm
With 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 am
THE 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 am
PATSY Magee says that his Armagh team must up their scoring return if they are to beat Westmeath in this [...]
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The Festival that turns children on to a lifetime of sport
June 24, 2011 at 10:04 am
FÉILE – even the word brings back brilliant memories.
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.
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Chief appeals for calm in Handball row
May 19, 2011 at 8:36 am
One 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 am
Following 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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Scor Question time
February 16, 2012 at 5:00 pm
IF YOU play an instrument, you can keep practising your timing. Dancers can keep going over their steps, while those [...]
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Ulster’s got talent
November 26, 2011 at 9:00 am
THE ON-FIELD action may be winding up for the year, but things are heading towards the business end of the [...]
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