DOWN and Fermanagh have players named on the 2026 Tailteann Cup team of the year. While champions Wicklow have six on the team, beaten finalists Down have five men on the final 15. Goalkeeper Ronan Burns seeing off stiff competition to be named and joined by Pierce Laverty and Shane Annett in defence after their major […]
DOWN and Antrim have had players named on the Joe McDonagh Cup Team of the Year 2026. Laois lead thew way with seven after they lifted the title. Ian Shanahan and Padraig Delaney man the full back line, the hard-working Fiachra Culliton-Fennell is on the half back line, and David Dooley’s i spirational captaincy is […]
By Niall Gartland MICKEY Harte has been appointed as manager of Down club Kilcoo, it has emerged this evening. The club released a statement on its social media channels revealing that Harte has stepped into the role vacated by Martin Corey following their Down Senior Championship semi-final defeat to Burren. The Errigal Ciaran man most […]
Eugene O’Hagan and Paudie Matthews were part of the Clonduff winning team in 2000 and have their fingers crossed ahead of Sunday’s showdown with Burren. They spoke with Michael McMullan… Eugene O’Hagan looked at the back of Paudie Matthews’ number four jersey as Clonduff paraded around Páirc Esler on county final day 2000. They were […]
Former Down defender Paul Higgins charts his journey to the 1991 and 1994 All Ireland titles. Niall Gartland writes… The Mourne Mountains to the north, the Irish Sea to the south. Future Down star Paul Higgins grew up in Ballymartin, a scenic part of the world located on the main route between Kilkeel and Newcastle. It’s […]
THE Tailteann Cup quarter-final draw was made on Monday morning with all three Ulster teams kept apart. Antrim will host Wicklow with an interesting angle. The Saffrons’ manager Mark Doran was previously part of Oisin McConville’s management team in the Garden County. Down and Fermanagh booked their places in the last eight with wins over […]
Compiled by Jackie Cahill THE 2026 TG4 All-Ireland Senior Championship gets underway over the coming weekend – with all four provincial champions in action. The action begins on Saturday when Ulster champions Armagh make the trip to Cork, ahead of three senior ties on Sunday, as Leinster and All-Ireland champions Dublin visit Mayo, Munster champions […]
By Niall Gartland THESE days, former Down goalkeeper Pat Donnan lives in Macclesfield – not, to borrow a legendary line from Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh, a GAA stronghold. The casual acquaintance from across the water has little idea about his considerable sporting accomplishments – chief among them his place on the Down panel that landed a […]
All-Ireland U14 Gold championship Kerry 1-8 Down 1-5 By Anthony Newman KERRY were crowned All-Ireland U14 Gold champions at St Brigid’s, Kiltoom in Roscommon. They made up for last year’s loss and were deserving winners after a magnificent game of football. Up front Amyrose Shanahan was a handful for the Down defence all through while […]
By Michael McMullan THE draw has made for the next round of the Tailteann Cup with Antrim already into the quarter-finals. Mark Doran’s side beat both Carlow and Tipperary in the opening rounds. Down missed out after their shock defeat at the hands of Offaly. Advertisement They now face Longford in a winner takes all […]
