By Pauric McGurn ERNE Gaels manager Declan Bonner said “we’re all human beings and mistakes can be made” after some major and controversial decisions were called during the Senior Football League Division One Final. Two two-pointers from Stephen McGullion and Jarlath Flanagan helped Derrygonnelly Harps to victory, although video footage later showed they should have […]
By Michael McMullan THE Fermanagh senior league final will be replayed after a CCC decision to uphold an appeal from Erne Gaels. Derrygonnelly were 0-17 to 0-15 winners in Sunday’s final at Brewster Park. The Harps were two points down, 0-15 to 0-13, with four minutes to play before scoring two controversial points. Advertisement Both […]
By Niall Gartland THE leading contenders at the higher reaches of Fermanagh club football are staying with their sitting management teams for 2025. Defending senior champions Erne Gaels confirmed before Christmas that Declan Bonner will remain at the helm, while Simon Bradley remains in charge of Enniskillen Gaels. Bonner led the Belleek team to their first […]
As Erne Gaels prepare to enter the Ulster Senior arena for the first time since 1981 when they face Scotstown, we look at the four times Fermanagh sides made the final By Niall McCoy LIKE its county equivalent, no Fermanagh club has ever won the Ulster Senior title, but there have been some near misses […]
By Katrina Brennan “WE only scored one point in the second half which, as I said to them, is not going to win too many championship matches,” was how Erne Gaels manager, Declan Bonner, summarised his side’s sucker-punch defeat at the hands of Derrygonnelly. The result means that the Belleek-based side face a quarter-final with Teemore […]
FERMANAGH attacking ace Eimear Smyth has picked up the latest award in a successful season. The Derrygonnelly sharpshooter was the leading scorer across the TG4 Junior, Intermediate and Senior Championship grades. Eimear’s incredible tally of 8-48 (72 points) was 39 points clear of her nearest challenger, Louth’s Kate Flood. The 23-year-old forward capped another incredible […]
With the club championships now underway across Ulster, Michael McMullan looks at the number of different winners of the senior titles over the last decade Tyrone (7) IT’S hardly surprising that the Red Hand County tops the list. Champions Trillick have three titles to their name in the last decade with Omagh having won it […]
Name: Megan Maguire. Age: 21. Advertisement Teams played for? Derrygonnelly Harps and Fermanagh ladies. Who are your main rivals? Derry. Which opposition ground do you like playing on and why? Leitrim because it’s close to home. Which opposition ground do you dislike going to and why? Limerick as it’s a whole day travelling. What team […]
Name: Megan Maguire. Age: 21. Teams played for? Derrygonnelly Harps and Fermanagh ladies. Earliest GAA memory?~ My father was the junior manager in 2005 so I was always down at the pitch with him and my grandfather who was the groundskeeper. Advertisement Which team-mate has been the most inspirational and why? Roisin Gleeson, she’s been […]
By Katrina Brennan IN his first season in charge, CJ McGourty has helped Fermanagh deliver silverware on the Croke Park stage. From the outset, that was McGourty’s number one priority and when the hooter sounded on Sunday afternoon, no one looked happier than him as he jumped and punched the air with delight. “(An) unbelievable […]
