Niall Gartland asseses Cavan’s chances of making their mark in 2026 under new manager Dermot McCabe “Probably collectively, and probably since I was a player, I would think maybe Cavan don’t look at themselves in a positive manner. I would think that, ‘oh, geez, we’re playing them’ would be the approach, or just, ‘I don’t […]
By Niall Gartland THE opportunity to pull on a Cavan jersey for the very first time at senior inter-county level is something that debut players should really relish, according to their new manager Dermot McCabe. McCabe was speaking at Tuesday evening’s launch of the McKenna Cup, which has been restored to the calendar after a […]
By Shaun Casey A FIRST-EVER foray into Ulster awaits Munterconnaught this weekend and manager Stephen McGovern says his side are looking forward to representing their club and county as they take on Down champions Ardglass. The Cavan club will have home advantage at Kingspan Breffni on Sunday afternoon and after ending their 31-year wait for […]
By Niall Gartland CONFIDENT Kingscourt Stars manager Colin Kelly states firmly that they haven’t “stumbled” into Sunday’s Cavan Senior Championship final against a Gowna team bidding for their third title in four years. These two teams met in the 2023 showdown on a day to forget for Kingscourt (the final scoreline of 5-15 to 0-13 […]
By Shaun Casey THE appointment of Dermot McCabe as the next Cavan senior football manager is a “positive” move and one Cavan people should be excited about, says former Breffni player Joe Dillon. McCabe spent last season in charge of Westmeath as they dropped out of Division Two despite putting in a number of commendable performances. […]
By Niall Gartland BALLYHAISE rounded off their Division Two campaign with a league final victory over Shercock last weekend – but their manager Gerard O’Kane is conscious that they’re set for a big step up in the upcoming Cavan Senior Football Championship. They did extremely well in last year’s championship campaign, bowing out at the quarter-final […]
By Niall Gartland RAYMOND Galligan made a surprise exit as Cavan senior intercounty boss earlier in the week, and one of his right-hand men, legendary Tyrone footballer Stephen O’Neill, says that he’s left the county in a good place. O’Neill was forwards’ coach during Galligan’s two-year tenure, a stint where they suffered some bruising championship […]
By Shaun Casey THERE aren’t too many tougher tasks than heading to Killarney to take on a wounded Kerry and former Cavan footballer Ciaran Brady hopes the Breffni man can play with pride for that famous blue jersey. Raymond Galligan’s men are coming in off the back of two chastising defeats to Ulster foes Donegal and […]
THERE are two changes to the starting line-up for the Cavan team that will face Tyrone on Sunday in their final round clash at Brewster Park. Two key attacking players, Paddy Lynch and Oisin Brady have been named to start, while Sean McEvoy and Oisin Kiernan drop to the subs bench. That comes with the […]
BEFORE Donegal and Tyrone have even kicked a ball in the All-Ireland series, it has been blown wide open. Last weekend’s result in Castlebar now means that anything is possible in this group and we could see one of the big guns exit the competition a lot earlier than they would have wanted. Let’s just […]
