By Niall Gartland CAVAN camogie boss Brendan Skehan hopes that the first victory of his tenure will imbue his side with some much-needed confidence as they look ahead to the remainder of their All-Ireland Premier Junior campaign. Skehan, who managed Meath for the last four seasons, answered the SOS call when things were going particularly […]
Minor matters
May 31, 2024
Shaun Casey takes a look at the updated Ulster Minor Championship roll of honour list Tyrone – 25 titles NOBODY has won more Ulster Minor titles than Tyrone as they currently lead the roll of honour on 25, and no one has reached the decider more than the Red Hand County have (35). Tyrone last […]
Cavan GAA, LGFA and Camogie sign Memorandum of Agreement on facilities
May 29, 2024
CAVAN GAA, Cavan LGFA and Cavan Camogie have entered a landmark Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) in relation to the development of The Polo Grounds Centr
The northern nights: The team of the Ulster SFC
May 17, 2024
The dust has settled on the Ulster Championship with Donegal taking the title after another dramatic encounter. Michael McMullan names his team of the championship. 1 Shaun Patton (Donegal) IT’S hard to look past him despite the competition for his spot and missing out against Tyrone with injury. His kick-outs and control of the square […]
Gaelic Life team of the week
May 16, 2024
AFTER another weekend of action across all codes, here is our latest Gaelic Life Team of the Week. It took extra-time, every sinew and then penalties for Donegal to take an Ulster title against an Armagh team who offered so much. Tyrone u-20s continued their adventure, there was camogie final action with other Ulster teams […]
Bellew: Cavan can only control the controllables
May 15, 2024
By Shaun Casey IT’S all fine margins at the top of the Lory Meagher Cup table but Cavan will be focusing on controlling the controllables and hope that by the end of proceedings on the final day of the group games, they’ve secured their own fate. Fermanagh are out in front on seven points and […]
Donnelly expects a ‘tough’ and ‘physical’ test from Wicklow
May 10, 2024
By Katrina Brennan LAST weekend Fermanagh played their final challenge match in preparation for the start of the Tailteann Cup, with a game against Monaghan, and despite losing it by six points, Erne manager, Kieran Donnelly says “the preparations have gone as well as they could have” as they ready themselves for Saturday’s game with Wicklow. […]
Maggie Farrelly: Game changer
May 6, 2024
By Shaun Casey LIKE most people in the profession, Maggie Farrelly stumbled upon refereeing almost by accident. She took up the whistle to help her club, while still playing and coaching, and hasn’t looked back since. Cavan GAA were enforcing a rule that all clubs must provide a referee or their senior team would lose […]
DECLAN McCOY: Careful, we don’t want a football match breaking out
April 26, 2024
AFTER a riveting weekend of football, it’s fair to say the Ulster Championship is alive and well. Whilst I may bemoan the lack of jeopardy and level of shadow boxing in the current format, I thoroughly enjoyed the games. Cavan just came up short in a spirited performance and Jim McGuinness has rejuvenated Donegal again. […]
Preview: Cavan have more than a puncher’s chance
April 21, 2024
Ulster SFC Cavan v Tyrone Sunday, Breffni Park, 4pm By Niall Gartland IN recent years Tyrone have been akin to a box of chocolates, so there’s an exciting sense of unpredictability about Sunday’s Ulster Senior Championship quarter-final clash against Cavan. The Red Hands were nothing if not unpredictable during the league; swashbuckling one weekend, dead […]