By Niall Gartland EVERY successful team needs its fresh legs and its old heads, and Ben McDonnell knows Errigal Ciaran are all the stronger for having both in abundance. By our reckoning, the experienced midfielder has played every single minute of five Tyrone Senior Championship finals – namely, the 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2024 showdowns. That’s certainly […]
Harte hoping to avoid a Mayo ambush
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May 30, 2025
By Alan Rodgers ONE of the best championship performances from a Tyrone team this decade has transformed them from hopeful contenders to a team with bright prospects of making a very strong mark as the race for this year’s Sam Maguire heats up. There was a quiet sense of satisfaction among the Red Hand players amidst the […]
Ricey hopeful of a Tyrone recovery in All-Ireland series
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May 2, 2025
By Niall Gartland RYAN McMenamin wouldn’t be at all surprised if Tyrone make a full recovery from their provincial exit at the hands of Armagh and mount a charge through the upcoming All-Ireland Round Robin series and beyond. Citing his own experience of springing back into contention in the old backdoor system, the three-time All-Ireland winner […]
McDonnell looking forward to tuning in from Australia
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April 13, 2023
By Niall Gartland BEN McDonnell is on the other side of the world at the moment, but for a spell in the early hours of Monday morning, it’s fair to say his heart will be firmly back in Ireland. Currently living in Sydney, the 2021 All-Ireland winner will sit down to watch Tyrone’s Ulster Championship […]
McDonnell expects tough Celtic Park challenge from Glen
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November 11, 2022
By Barry O’Donnell HAVING at last ‘filled a gap’ on the Dunmoyle clubhouse gallery of past champions, Ben McDonnell appreciates that replicating the classes of 1993 and 2002 will be an even sterner test for this current Errigal Ciaran side. The Tyrone campaigner played a starring role as Errigal bridged a ten year gap to […]