By Niall Gartland IT’S been a hectic couple of years for Cavan joint-skipper Ciarán Brady, but he’s happy to acknowledge that he’s in fine fettle ahead of Sunday’s Ulster Championship quarter-final showdown against Tyrone. Split season be damned, Brady has had little down-time since his club Arva embarked on an incredible championship run spanning two […]
PREVIEW: Red Hands primed to maintain hex over Cavan
Ulster SFC Quarter-Final Tyrone v Cavan Sunday, O’Neill’s Healy Park, 4.15pm By Niall Gartland Advertisement IT’S not the mother of all hoodoos – but it’s not a million miles off it. Cavan haven’t won a single championship campaign against Tyrone since all the way back in 1983, and it isn’t as if they’ve given each […]
Bellew harbours mixed championship emotions
CAVAN boss Ollie Bellew is looking forward to this Sunday’s Lory Meagher Cup opener against Warwickshire – but he’s not exactly so enthused about the inclusion of New York in the competition. New York will enter the competition for the first time following a vote at the GAA’s Annual Congress, with 76.8 per cent of […]
Cavan name team for Tyrone clash
CAVAN manager Raymond Galligan has named his team for Sunday’s Ulster SFC clash with Tyrone in Omagh. There is no place in the matchday panel for Paddy Lynch who has been ruled out with injury. Jason McLoughlin and Dara McVeety are the two changes from the league game with Cork, with Luke Fortune and Cian […]
Ulster teams eye league glory this weekend
Compiled by Jackie Cahill THE scene is set for the 2025 Lidl National League Finals – with eight counties targeting national silverware. There’s a Division 1 and 2 Final double-header at Croke Park on Saturday, as Cork take on Galway in the Division 2 decider (3pm), followed by the Division 1 showpiece between Armagh and […]
Tyrone are heading in the right direction
By Niall Gartland A FEW minutes before the final whistle blew on Tyrone’s final day league win over Dublin, news of their relegation filtered through. Mayo had overcome Donegal, meaning that the Red Hands will play Division Two football in 2026, and while that’s a source of disappointment, the abiding feeling after the match was a […]
Cavan hoping to end their Red Hand hoodoo
By Niall Gartland RECORDS are there to be broken and all that but Cavan fans may feel squeamish enough about the prospect of facing Tyrone given their miserly record against the Red Hands over the course of the last four decades. You have to spool the tape all the way back to 1983 for the […]
League finals’ dates and details released
THE finals of the Ladies NFL will take place next month with three Ulster sides chasing silverware Lidl NFL Division 1 and 2 Finals Armagh v Kerry 5pm Cork v Galway 3pm Saturday 12th April – Croke Park Lidl NFL Division 3 Final Cavan v Wexford 2pm Sunday 13th April, – Integral GAA Grounds, Drogheda, […]
Bailieborough complete All-Ireland double
Lidl All-Ireland PPS Senior C All-Ireland final Bailieborough CS (Cavan) 5-12 Coláiste Muire (Ennis) 2-6 By Damien Donohoe BAILIEBOROUGH Community School completed a superb double by adding the Lidl All-Ireland PPS Senior C All-Ireland title to the Junior C title they won last week as they ran out 15 point winners against a determined Coláiste […]
Loreto on the title trail again
By Michael McMullan THE football story of Loreto College continues this week as they aim to bridge a seven-year gap and land the All-Ireland Senior A title. The Cavan school take on Skibbereen Community School hoping to translate three years of junior success into the biggest prize in the game. The county senior team is […]









