By Niall Gartland IT isn’t just the fact that no team has retained the O’Neill Cup title in nigh on 20 years, it’s the sheer spread of winners that makes it such a tantalising prospect. Eight different clubs have got their hands on the prize in the last 11 years, and statistically the most impressive […]
Name: Sorcha Gormley. Age: 18. Advertisement Teams played for: Carrickmore, Tyrone u-14, u-16, u-18 and senior and Éire Óg camogie. Who are your main rivals? St McCartan’s. Which opposition ground do you like playing on and why? Galbally, because I won my first Senior Championship on that pitch. What team have you […]
When Tyrone won the All-Ireland Junior title 25 years ago, Eilish Gormley hit 3-6. She looks back on the county’s first national success and its origins with Michael McMullan BY the time Sean O’Kane returned as manager for the 1999 season, Tyrone ladies had been kicking destiny’s door long enough. They had what it takes […]
By Niall Gartland THE old adage goes that it’s always darkest before the dawn and Carrickmore are bidding to round off their season on a high note in Sunday’s Division One final against Trillick at O’Neill’s Healy Park. Carrickmore produced an uncharacteristically timid performance in their first-round championship encounter against Edendork in late September, losing […]
Niall Gartland speaks to three of the protagonists from the celebrated Carrickmore side that won three Tyrone Senior Championship titles in a row in the late seventies. ON Friday evening in the Patrician Hall, Carrickmore will honour their historic three in-a-row winning Senior Championship team from the years spanning 1977-1979. Needless to say it was […]
By Shaun Casey ÉIRE Óg, Carrickmore needed extra-time to finally shake off the challenge of Fermanagh champions Lisbellaw in last year’s Ulster Hurling Championship semi-final and they would accept a similar style of victory this weekend. On Sunday afternoon, (Páirc Colmcille, 2pm), the two sides lock horns for the third season in a row and […]
2022 Dromore’s semi-final exit DROMORE emerged triumphant in the 2021 championship and deservedly so as they lay waste to Coalisland in a relatively one-sided Tyrone SFC final. Armed with a potent blend of youth and experience (they’d won the Ulster u-21 tournament a few years prior), they’d have fancied their chances of holding onto their […]
By Michael McMullan THE O’Neill Cup hasn’t been defended since Carrickmore’s 2005 title and two Ardboe championship winners have their thoughts on the competitive nature of Tyrone club football. In a feature interview for Gaelic Life, Benny Hurl and Brian McGuigan look back at their memories to recall their 1998 success. “We nearly play two […]
FORMER Tyrone and Carrickmore ace looks back at some of the memorable games playing and watching football down the years… Name: Eilish Gormley Teams played for: An Charraig Mhór, Tyrone, Ulster, St. Mary’s, UUJ, Combined Ulster Colleges, Combined Irish Colleges, Roscommon Ladies in Boston, Connacht Ladies in Boston, Armagh Ladies Rugby. Current involvement: Advertisement I […]
By Niall Gartland PRECEDENT suggests reigning champions Errigal Ciaran are on to a hiding to nothing in Tyrone but they’ll be quietly confident they can buck the trend by retaining the coveted O’Neill Cup. No team has successfully retained the title since Carrickmore did the back-to-back in 2004 and 2005. Some have come close – […]
