By Michael McMullan PADDY Tally has named his Derry team for Saturday’s All-Ireland SFC clash with reigning champions Armagh (BOX IT Athletic Grounds 5pm). There are four changes from the defeat at the hands of Donegal seven weeks ago in Ballybofey. Ben McKinless is named in goals, a first start since the Oakleafers’ exit at […]
Gaelic Lives Group Stages Week 2 Preview
May 23, 2025
KYLE Coney and Paul Durcan preview all the upcoming championship action! Malachy O’Rourke’s Tyrone head to Ballybofey to take on back-to-back Ulster champions Donegal. All-Ireland champions Armagh hope to bounce back from their provincial final defeat when they host Derry. Monaghan are on the road to Newbridge as they take on newly crowned Leinster winners […]
This weekend’s GAA on the box
May 21, 2025
THERE is another bumper weekend of Gaelic Games action on this weekend across the land. The Munster and Leinster hurling titles are still on the line with the football action now switching towards the race for Sam. Ulster champions Donegal welcome Tyrone to MacCumhaill Park in a repeat of their opener from last year won […]
Goals have gone down in this season’s provincial championships
May 21, 2025
By Michael McMullan THERE have been less goals in this season’s provincial championships with an expected overall rise in scoring with the inception of the new rules. The difference has come in Ulster wjere last year’s tally of 17 dropped to 10, albeit three games in 2024 went to extra-time with this season’s final the […]
Tally expecting a battle to emerge from group of death
May 19, 2025
By Michael McMullan DERRY are under no illusions with the task facing them when they begin their All-Ireland campaign this weekend. Manager Paddy Tally said being paired with Armagh, Galway and Dublin zoned them in right away. “It’s a tough group,” said Tally, referencing to the only group with all four teams having played in […]
Gaelic Life team of the week
May 15, 2025
THE championship action was in full flow last weekend with silverware up for grabs on different fronts. Here is our selection of the star players from games involving Ulster teams. 1 Ethan Rafferty Armagh Grew into a thrilling Ulster final clash against Donegal. Hit a mammoth two-point free in extra-time. Advertisement 2 DEARBHAIL DOBBIN Antrim […]
The outside world can wait: The sights and twists of a super Saturday in Clones
May 14, 2025
For the fourth year in a row, the Ulster final served up extra-time as Donegal and Armagh stood tall all the way to the last second. Michael McMullan took a walk through Ulster football’s Mecca… SATURDAY in Clones was absolutely magic. You could see it, feel it and almost taste it. As for the football […]
Mackin happy for Armagh improvement since league final collapse
May 12, 2025
By Michael McMullan ARMAGH Ladies won their fifth Ulster title in six seasons on Saturday but Blaithin Mackin said it hasn’t always been rosy in the garden. She recalls the earlier years of her career when the Orchard County were on the other side of results and Donegal were top of the pops in Ulster. […]
Ulster representation on the GAA Team of the Week
May 12, 2025
ULSTER champions Donegal have five players on the latest GAA Team of the week after Saturday’s extra-time win in the Ulster final. Beaten finalists Armagh have three players on the team, including Oisin Conaty who hit six points, one of which took the decider to extra-time. Louth ended a 68-year gap for a Leinster senior […]
The All-Ireland group stage picture is now complete
May 12, 2025
By Michael McMullan AFTER the final two provincial showdowns, the search for the Sam Maguire Cup begins this weekend with a full picture of what is coming down the tracks. Reigning champions Armagh face a tough title defence after Saturday’s extra-time defeat put them in a difficult group with last year’s beaten finalists Galway, Dublin […]