DONAL O’Hare has emerged as a serious doubt for Down’s Ulster Championship quarter-final against Monaghan on Sunday.
O’Rourke sticks with tried and trusted
June 3, 2016
MALACHY O’Rourke has named a familiar looking line-up for Monaghan’s Ulster Championship quarter-final against Down on Sunday. Monaghan’s starting team features no debutants as they begin their championship defence, but there are a number of changes from their last competitive outing, a one-point win against Donegal in April that salvaged their Division One status. Vinny […]
John Martin: No fairytales to come in hurling
May 28, 2016
I’VE often said that results from any given day shouldn’t be taken as a ‘state of the nation’ reflection of the hurling landscape
Carr: Clubs have only themselves to blame
May 20, 2016
CLONDUFF manager Ross Carr has leapt to the defence of Down manager Eamonn Burns following the postponement of a selection of league matches.
Mulholland aiming to change Rostrevor mentality
May 13, 2016
ROSTREVOR manager Shane Mulholland has confirmed that the club will be losing three key players for the summer months.
Kevin McKernan sidelined with ankle ligament damage
April 15, 2016
DOWN star Kevin McKernan sustained ankle ligament damage in a club match for Burren on Monday but his manager Sean Ward has every confidence in a return to full fitness. A scan allayed fears of a break following the incident in a 3-15 to 0-5 win against Ballymartin, but nonetheless McKernan is set for a spell […]
Guest column – Cahal Carvill: We were ready
April 2, 2016
This is the famous extract from Rudyard Kipling’s poem “If”, a copy of the poem was presented to the great Tony O’Reilly by his father.
Exclusive: Dan Gordon not returning to Down
February 19, 2016
Dan Gordon will not be playing for Down in 2016.
Burns reveals Down team
January 29, 2016
EAMONN Burns has named his first Down League side, and a number of players will get their chance to shine.
John Martin: Five reasons to admire 2015
January 3, 2016
THE past 12 months’ action has already taken a bit of a battering in hurling circles for being a year to forget. Certainly the Championship of 2015 didn’t live up to recent years, but it still provided some highlights. On the final day of 2015, here’s my five most memorial moments of the year.