By Shaun Casey CULLOVILLE’S three-point win over Belleek last Sunday not only stretched their winning streak to seven games, but saw them earn promotion to Division 2A and capture the league title as well. All eyes will turn to the championship now coming up in two weeks’ time, and last year’s beaten finalists will hope to […]
By Niall Gartland KIERAN Donaghy and Ciaran McKeever are set to remain as part of the Armagh backroom team for 2023, Gaelic Life understands. Team manager Kieran McGeeney was handed a one-year contract extension last week and it’s understood that McKeever and former Kerry footballer Kieran Donaghy have needed little encouragement to remain part of […]
ARMAGH goalkeeper Anna Carr has been nominated for the 2022 ZuCar Golden Glove award. Carr, Carlow goalkeeper Nicole Hanley, TG4 All-Ireland Intermediate winner Eimear Barry from Laois, Mayo’s Aisling Tarpey and Meath’s TG4 All-Ireland Senior Championship winner and current All Star, Monica McGuirk, are the five goalkeepers in with a chance of claiming the award. […]
KIERAN McGeeney will manage the Armagh senior intercounty footballers until at least the end of the 2023 after he was handed a one-year extension to his contract this evening. It will be McGeeney’s ninth year in charge of the team (he was appointed in late 2014) and the news will come as no major surprise […]
WITH the inter-county scene behind us, Niall Gartland takes a glance at the club scene across all nine counties… Antrim Football: The football championships are up and running in the Saffron County with holders Creggan and Lamh Dhearg playing out an enthralling draw a week ago. They were the first county in Ulster to commence […]
Glen Dimplex All-Ireland Premier Junior Camogie Final Antrim 5-5 Armagh 0-14 THE old adage of “goals wins games” was true in Croke Park today as Dervla Cosgrove shot Antrim to All-Ireland glory The Saffron ace hit three in 84 first-half seconds, and three saves from Áine Graham were among the more notable events as Antrim […]
By Shaun Casey COUNTY champions Clann Éireann are hitting form at the right time and this Friday evening, they’ll be hoping to extend their winning streak to four in a row. Manager Ruairi Lavery, in his first year in charge, has had a fairly tough season as county commitments and injuries have denied him a […]
THE Dublin empire has fallen, replaced by a democracy of flawed challengers. Tyrone came out of the blue to win it last year. When they did, it was so mentally overwhelming for them that they were unable to recover in time to defend their title. They were a ghost team this season, walloped by Derry […]
By Michael McMullan THERE is an Ulster focus this weekend as the All-Ireland Camogie Championship continues. Derry have been drawn to play Cork as they bid for a first intermediate title since their 2012 replay win over Galway. Armagh, Antrim and Cavan are all in the last four of the junior competition. Advertisement All-Ireland Premier […]
KERRY and Galway will contest the 2022 All-Ireland Senior Football final and I suppose no one can really argue that they deserve to be there. This fixture takes me back to the days when I started to take football seriously as a young lad, watching these two teams contesting All-Ireland finals against each other. When you […]
