By Michael McMullan TYRONE manager Paul O’Grady will know more about his team’s credentials on Saturday afternoon. The Red Hands were comprehensive winners over O’Grady’s native Mayo on the opening weekend of action and now face Wicklow on Saturday at O’Neill’s Healy Park. O’Grady, who also manages the Omagh hurlers, moved to Tyrone – where his fiancée […]
By Michael McMullan ARMAGH sharpshooter Rachael Merry insists their targets remain the same this season despite being in transition. After their win over Roscommon, the Orchard County travel to Laois on Saturday as they hope to make another step towards promotion. Ending their battle to get out of Division Three and winning the elusive All-Ireland […]
By Shaun Casey THE Division 1B National Camogie League kicks off this weekend and the all-Ulster derby of Down against Antrim is a fixture that immediately jumps off the page as both sides will be keen to get off to a good start. It’s a repeat of last year’s league opener, played in Portglenone, which […]
By Niall Gartland IT’S a new season for the Tyrone senior camogs and also a new era on the management front as Mayo native Paul O’Grady has been installed as manager of the team. O’Grady made the move up here a year or so ago and made an immediate impact on the hurling front, guiding Omagh St […]
By Michael McMullan THE very mention of last season’s All-Ireland final replay and Derry ending their famine brings the excitement into Áine Barton’s voice. She recites moments from their historical Saturday like it was yesterday but Derry have largely parked their Senior Championship return later in the season. Now, their focus is fully on the league […]
Below are the nominees for the 2023 Dual Player of the Year. Find out more about this year’s shortlisted nominees below. Lauren McConville – Crossmaglen Not only is McConville a superb dual player for Crossmaglen, but she also lines out in totally different positions in both codes. In football, where she’d be more known, her […]
AIB All-Ireland Junior B final St Munna’s (Westmeath) 2-7 Crossmaglen Rangers (Armagh) 1-5 By Daragh Ó Conchúir IT was disappointment at the weekend as two goals in the opening period from Sandra McGrath propelled St Munna’s to a hard-earned victory in the AIB All-Ireland Junior B club camogie final at NGDC Abbotstown. Advertisement McGrath finished […]
AIB All-Ireland junior club camogie final. Granemore (Armagh) 3-9 Athleague (Roscommon) 2-5 By Kevin Egan Advertisement A DOMINANT first-half performance gave Granemore the platform for victory in Kinnegad on Saturday, with superb second-half goals from Rachael Merry and Corinna Doyle helping them to hold off a strong surge from Athleague in a very entertaining AIB […]
By Shaun Casey IT’S 20 years since a camogie team from Crossmaglen lined out on All-Ireland final day, but this Saturday in Abbostown, the Rangers will once again compete for All-Ireland glory. Back in 2003, the black and amber camogs overcame Drumcullen of Offaly to claim the Phil McBride Cup in the inaugural year of […]
By Shaun Casey IT’S been a long, hard year for Armagh forward Rachael Merry, but you’ll not hear her, or any other Granemore dual player for that matter, complaining. This weekend, they head to Kinnegad and the Granemore girls are hoping to finish their historic season on a high. Already in 2023, Granemore have collected […]
