By Niall Gartland FORMER Cavan Gaels teammates Micheál Lyng and Seanie Johnston have been appointed to the helm of their senior men’s football team. Both men enjoyed glittering careers with the club during their playing days, Lyng winning nine senior championship medals and Johnston winning a remarkable ten. The pair managed Monaghan side Ballybay this […]
By Kieran Lynch THE Cavan Senior Football Championship throws in this weekend with all 12 teams in action. The format is a 12-team league table, in which each team will play four games to narrow the field down to eight. From there, the quarter-finals begin. First up are reigning champions Gowna, and they face Lacken […]
IT goes without saying that Cavan GAA has a distinguished past, and celebrating that fact is a dedicated new museum in the grounds of Kingspan Breffni. Officially opened last September by GAA President Larry McCarthy, the gallery is a tasteful flavour of all that has gone before – from the halcyon days when Cavan ruled […]
By Niall Gartland JASON Reilly will be back at the helm of Cavan Gaels in 2023. The Cavan legend is in his second stint of the club, and will hope to build on some of the progres made last year, which included an incredible league final victory over Crosserlough. It was Gowna who won the […]
By Niall Gartland CAVAN through and through. Anthony Forde soldiered on for more than a decade after pocketing an Ulster Championship medal in 1997, possibly more in hope than in expectation, but he’s content enough when he looks back on it all. For one thing, Forde won plenty with Cavan Gaels during the lean years […]
CAVAN SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP QUARTER-FINAL REPLAYS CAVAN GAELS V GOWNA Saturday, Kingspan Breffni, 8.15pm THESE two teams couldn’t be separated when they met last weekend for a place in the last four. Cavan Gaels were rampant in the group stages but last year’s beaten champions Gowna showed they’re determined to go all the way. Maybe Cavan […]
CAVAN SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP QUARTER-FINALS CAVAN GAELS V GOWNA Friday, Kingspan Breffni, 8pm A HUGE contest as last year’s beaten champions Gowna take on the might of Cavan Gaels. Jason Reilly’s Cavan Gaels came through the group stages as the only team to win alll four of their matches, while Gowna were fortunate enough to sneak […]
By Niall Gartland CROSSERLOUGH boss Jimmy Higgins hopes they’ve learnt from a rather underwhelming championship campaign in 2021 as they get ready for their round one clash against Cavan Gaels this weekend. They won their first senior title in 48 years in 2020, but they didn’t even make it out of the group last season […]
By Shaun Casey JASON O’Reilly is back for more as he enters his second stint in charge of Breffni powerhouse Cavan Gaels. The former Cavan sharpshooter, who still togs out for his own club team Belturbet, enjoyed a hugely successful time during his first term as manager. “They say you should never go back but […]
By Shaun Casey FORMER Cavan star Seanie Johnston looks set for a shock return to the playing field with his club Cavan Gaels. Johnston is currently a member of Mickey Graham’s Cavan management team as a forwards coach but could line out at club level this season. The 14-time championship winners are under new management, […]
