By Niall Gartland PLAYING in an All-Ireland final is a privilege few of us will ever get the chance to savour – and Monaghan camog Michelle Morgan has extra cause to cherish the prospect of Saturday’s Junior final showdown with Mayo. First of all, Monaghan camogie was defunct at senior intercounty level for a full 15 years before […]
CAVAN camogie star Shanise Fitzsimons has been chosen as the latest Gaelic Life Player of the Week. She was a key player as Cavan booked an All-Ireland semi-final spot. It has been a story of progression for Cavan made a return to the inter-county camogie scene. Fitzsimons was voted by you, our readers, ahead of Donegal […]
By Shaun Casey DOWN head into Sunday’s double header at Páirc Grattan at Inniskeen knowing a first championship victory of the campaign is required to save their season. The Mourne Ladies take on Laois following the curtain-raiser of Derry against Meath, and a win over their Leinster foes will secure their spot in the semi-finals of the […]
By Shaun Casey IT’S all on the line this Sunday afternoon at Páirc Grattan, Inniskeen as Derry and Meath are set to battle it out for a place in the All-Ireland Intermediate Championship semi-finals, and Áine McGill is embracing the challenge. When they travelled to the Kingdom two weeks ago in the final round-robin match, McGill admits that […]
MONAGHAN camogie star Marie Greenan has been chosen as the latest Gaelic Life Player of the Week. She was a key player as they saw off Donegal to book an All-Ireland final spot. Greenan scored 1-4 as Monaghan made another step in their season. Greenan was voted by you, our readers, ahead of Antrim footballer Dúana […]
By Séamas McAleenan NATRUALLY enough, the Antrim team and management will be hoping that they beat Kerry this Saturday when the two first-round winners in Group 1 of the Glen Dimplex All-Ireland Intermediate Championship go head-to-head in round two in Ahoghill. However, Lucia McNaughton, the Antrim captain when the team last won the title in […]
By Chris McNulty LAST winter, Kara O’Neill and her fellow Donegal players weren’t even sure if they would become teammates – but now they’re trailblazers for Donegal camogie. Donegal have fielded a senior team at Centra National League and Glen Dimplex All-Ireland Championship level for the first time in 2026. This Saturday, they play their […]
EVERY team at every level in Antrim is basically playing in the second or third tier, and to me that’s pretty stark. I know that’s not new, and there are bright spots like the performances of our camogs, but, in general, we’re not operating at the highest level. We can’t say we’re weak in one […]
By Niall Gartland ON paper, Derry camogs have a mountain to climb if they’re to surmount the considerable challenge of Antrim in this weekend’s All-Ireland Intermediate Championship group stage opener in Doire Trasna. They met a few weeks back in the Ulster Senior Championship semi-final with Antrim seemingly cruising to a 2-19 to 1-3 victory. […]
By Niall Gartland THE Antrim camogs have a wedding on their mind. One of their star performers, Lucia McNaughton, is set to get married on the very same day as All-Ireland Intermediate quarter-final – Saturday, July 4 – and there’s only one way to avoid a very unwelcome clash. Should they finish in the top two in the group […]
