Electric Ireland Minor Football Championship Final Derry v Armagh Sunday, O’Neill’s Healy Park, 2pm By Michael McMullan DERRY minor manager Damian McErlain is under no illusions of the task that awaits his charges in Sunday’s All-Ireland final. Within hours of overseeing his side’s hard fought semi-final win over Kerry, McErlain was on the road again […]
GAA team of the week
July 1, 2024
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Highly disappointing end to a reasonable season: Harte
July 1, 2024
By Michael McMullan MICKEY Harte said Derry’s season was “reasonable” but came to a “highly disappointing” end after bowing out of the All-Ireland race on Sunday at Croke Park. The sides were level in the 52nd minute of Sunday’s quarter-final before Kerry twice pushed into two separate four-point leads before winning by five to end […]
JOE BROLLY: The OakLeafers’ reprieve
June 29, 2024
IT was as if the last eight weeks were a bad dream. Like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, our boys woke up on sunday morning in their own beds, their mothers waking them up with a cup of tea and buttered toast. There were very few Derry fans at the game in Castlebar. I […]
Preview: Stick or twist for Derry in Croke Park
June 29, 2024
All-Ireland SFC Derry v Kerry Sunday, Croke Park, 3.15pm By Michael McMullan IT seems like a lifetime ago when Cormac Murphy took off across Austin Stack Park. Shane Ryan had pulled a shot wide of the posts. Kerry’s last throw of the dice. It was January and Derry were back in Division One for the […]
John Joe Kearney: Both sides of the line
June 28, 2024
John Joe Kearney won an All-Ireland Minor title both as a player and a manager. He played club football until he was 46 and was Mickey Moran’s right-hand man during Sleacht Néill’s glory years. Michael McMullan went to meet him… JOHN Joe Kearney turned 77 in June and his memories from a decorated career are […]
Derry and Antrim aiming to bounce back after losses
June 28, 2024
By Shaun Casey BOTH Derry and Antrim will be keen to bounce back from chastening defeats last weekend when they take the field on Saturday afternoon as their Senior Camogie Championship campaigns continue. The Oakleafers have won two of their four outings but lost out to Kilkenny last weekend, with the Cats earning a 4-17 […]
This weekend’s All-Ireland Ladies action
June 28, 2024
Compiled by Jackie Cahill THE semi-final pairings for the TG4 All-Ireland Junior and Intermediate Championships will be confirmed over the coming weekend. All four Intermediate quarter-finals are down for decision next Sunday, while the final group fixtures in the Junior Championship will determine the make-up of the semi-final pairings. In Group A, Fermanagh and Carlow […]
Derry team named for Croke Park clash with Kerry
June 27, 2024
By Michael McMullan DERRY have named their team for Sunday’s All-Ireland quarter-final clash with Kerry at Croke Park (3.15pm). There is one change with Eunan Mulholland getting the nod ahead of Emmett Bradley from the team that started last week against Mayo. There is a return the squad for Niall Loughlin as there is a […]
KEVIN CASSIDY: It’s Croker time
June 27, 2024
BEFORE we get stuck into this weekend’s blockbusters in the race for Sam, let’s touch on last weekend’s games. Last week I predicted that Derry, Cork, Tyrone and Galway would win their respective games. I will get to the Derby victory later but the one that surprised me the most was the Roscommon win. I […]