THE All-Ireland quarter-finals were filled with class, excitement, unpredictability and, at times some madness, so you could see that we all enjoyed those games last weekend. We had two very big statements from Kerry and Dublin last weekend who are now clearly out on their own in the race for Sam 2023. Monaghan and Derry […]
DERRY and Glen’s Michael Warnock dishes the dirt on the players who play alongside him… Name: Michael Warnock. Age: 30. Teams played for: Glen, St Patrick’s, Maghera, Swatragh (hurling), Derry (hurling) and Wexford Boston (hurling). Advertisement What’s your earliest GAA memory? It was John Bradley shouting “on your bike” at me. Which team-mate has been […]
ANTRIM will face Tipperary this weekend as the All-Ireland camogie championships enter the knock-out stages. Senior Quarter Finals – Saturday – Croke Park Cork v Kilkenny 1.30pm Tipperary v Antrim 3.30pm Semi Finals Galway and Waterford Relegation Quarter Final – Saturday Down v Wexford – Liatroim Fontenoys (Time TBC) Advertisement Relegation Final: Offaly v loser […]
By Michael McMullan THE GAA have finalised the semi-final details of this year’s All-Ireland SFC series. Champions Kerry will take on Derry on Sunday, July 16 at 4pm, a game which will be preceded by the All-Ireland JFC final. Dublin’s game with Monaghan take place the previous day, Saturday, July 15 (5.30pm) with the Tailteann […]
All-Ireland SFC quarter-final Derry 1-12 Cork 1-8 By Michael McMullan DERRY joined Monaghan and Kerry in the last four of the All-Ireland semi-finals with a degree of comfort at Croke Park on Sunday. Advertisement Conor Doherty’s 49th minute goal that proved the key score in the the next play after Rory Maguire’s fisted goal had […]
All-Ireland SFC quarter-final Derry v Cork Sunday, Croke Park, 1.45pm Live on RTÉ By Michael McMullan “They may not appreciate it when I say it, but Derry needed this All-Ireland a lot more than Cork did.” The words of Derry captain Henry Downey followed the 1993 All-Ireland final, the last time the Oakleaf County crossed […]
By Michael McMullan DERRY have made one change for Sunday’s All-Ireland quarter-final with Cork in Croke Park (1.45pm), part of a double header with Dublin and Mayo that is expected to bring 80,000 fans. There is a return for All-Star defender Chrissy McKaigue with clubmate Padraig Cassidy dropping to the bench. McKaigue was rested in […]
By Michael McMullan DAYS like Sunday are what’s it all about for Derry manager Ciaran Meenagh and the Oakleafers’ camp. Their quarter-final will be followed up by a Dublin and Mayo clash that tops the billing. In a footballing sense, this is “real living” as the championship cranks up another notch with the group stages. […]
By Michael McMullan DERRY manager Ciaran Meenagh says his reaction to drawing Cork is “no different” to what it would’ve been had the Oakleafers drawn Tyrone or Mayo in Monday’s All-Ireland quarter-final draw. Sunday’s Croke Park clash (1.45pm) is the first championship meeting of the counties since the 1993 All-Ireland final and it will precede […]
By Michael McMullan ARMAGH’S BOX-IT Athletic Grounds will host next month’s all-Ulster clash of Derry and Monaghan in the All-Ireland minor final. It follows on from last season’s all-Connacht final between Galway and Mayo being hosted in Roscommon’s Dr Hyde Park. It will be the fourth time the counties have met at minor level this […]
