“The men of ’86, who ignited a flame that’s still burning.” – Peter Canavan, September 2003 PETER Canavan never forgot the men of ’86 in the county’s greatest hour. After hoisting the Sam Maguire Cup aloft in 2003, the Tyrone skipper delivered his iconic speech. Advertisement They’ve won another three All-Ireland titles since but […]
Alan Rodgers looks back on that iconic day at Clones in 1984 PROGRESS in the 1980s was measured by provincial success for a Tyrone team which was most definitely at a crossroads as they entered the footballing fray for the Centenary Year of 1984. It had been a frustrating build-up to that historic season. An Ulster Final […]
IT was rather poignant in the week that Feargal Logan and Brian Dooher were ratified to remain on as Tyrone senior joint managers, that their distinguished predecessor Art McRory should pass away. The current management team are just two of hundreds of players down through the years to have benfitted from the astute guidance and […]
By Niall Gartland TYRONE great Peter Canavan has described the late Art McRory as a ‘confidant’ who played a major part in his own journey to the steps of the Hogan Stand when Tyrone finally reached the promised land in 2003. Canavan played under Art McRory during a memorable spell in the mid-90s where Tyrone […]
TYRONE GAA has been left reeling at the sudden death of Art McRory, the man who led the County to its first All-Ireland Senior Final in 1986. ‘Big Art’, as he was affectionately known, passed away at his Donaghmore Road home in Dungannon overnight, aged 82. Mr McRory more than anyone else spearheaded Tyrone’s rise […]
Tyrone’s midfield maestro from the 1980s Harry McClure talks to Niall Gartland about his club and county career… HE was reared in Coalisland parish and his father played for Armagh – but it was with Clonoe and Tyrone that Harry McClure starred during the eighties and early nineties. McClure lined out in midfield alongside Plunkett Donaghy […]
