MOVING day in golf is the third round of four in a tournament. It’s the day whereby players maneuvre themselves into position before the final day to try to set them up for one final push, or to maybe cement a position to try to hold onto. Well the same can be said for this […]
By Michael McMullan DERRY senior camogie captain Shannon O’Doherty is fully behind any approach to merge the Camogie and Ladies Football Association with the mainstream GAA. In an interview for Gaelic Life, the Swatragh player feels Derry are making progress under new manager Martin Coulter and points to the support of new county chairperson Paddy […]
BY the very nature of the award, they had plenty of competition, but Steelstown are our Club of the Year. The Derry City club had a phenomenal year on two fronts – not only did their men’s team win the All-Ireland Intermediate title, but their ladies went all the way to the Ulster Intermediate final, […]
By Michael McMullan DERRY’S preparations for Sunday’s top of the table clash with Galway have been dealt a blow with a suspension handed out to star forward Shane McGuigan. McGuigan was controversially sent off, for the first time in his career, on a second yellow card, during stoppage time of Sunday’s draw in Roscommon. The […]
Derry 0-12 Roscommon 0-12 By Michael McMullan DERRY came back from six points down to take their unbeaten league run to 12 games in an action packed draw with Roscommon in Dr Hyde Park on Sunday afternoon Referee Sean Longergan issued 14 yellow, two black and two red cards, including a booking for Derry manager […]
Former Derry star Paul McFlynn has noticed a huge shift in the world of conditioning across the GAA since his own playing days. By Michael McMullan IN the days after Eoin McEvoy lifted the MacRory Cup, the St Mary’s Magherafelt past pupils’ WhatsApp group was pinging with messages. Paul McFlynn was part of the 1996 […]
National Football League Division Two Roscommon v Derry Sunday, 2pm, Dr Hyde Park By Michael McMullan THE last time Derry and Roscommon locked horns, Anthony Tohill kicked half a dozen points as the Oakleafers ran out 0-15 to 0-8 winners at Clones in the 2000 NFL semi-final. Sunday’s game in ‘The Hyde’ brings two of […]
By Michael McMullan DERRY defender Brendan Rogers acknowledges that while his side’s league run-in is perfect championship preparation, taking their season game by game is the number one focus. The Oakleafers take their 100 per cent record to unbeaten Roscommon on Sunday knowing that a victory could leave them with one foot in the promotion […]
By Niall Gartland MARIA Mooney rolled back the years as Eoghan Rua claimed All-Ireland Junior honours last weekend – and she says that she appreciates it much more than the glories of the past. The Coleraine and Portstewart-based outfit won All-Ireland Intermediate titles in 2011 and 2012, but the talented full-back was new to the […]
DERRY have received s defensive boost with the return to the panel of Paddy Kelly. The experienced Kevin Lynch’s defender, who last played in the 2021 Christy Ring win over Sligo, didn’t join up with the panel initially this season. After approaching the management team to throw is lot behind Derry’s promotion charge, he has […]
