By Shaun Casey HEADING into 2024, it was 40 years since a Derry minor team had retained their Ulster title and the county had never before in their history held onto their Electric Ireland All-Ireland crown for back-to-back campaigns, but Damian McErlain’s side has changed all that. Two pieces of silverware wasn’t enough last year, […]
Electric Ireland Minor Football Championship Final Derry v Armagh Sunday, O’Neill’s Healy Park, 2pm By Michael McMullan IT’S like last year only it’s different in the race for the Tom Markham Cup. Derry and Armagh lock horns for the third time this season in Sunday’s All-Ireland Minor final. Advertisement When the Oakleafers won their sixth […]
Electric Ireland Minor Football Championship Final Derry v Armagh Sunday, O’Neill’s Healy Park, 2pm By Michael McMullan SUNDAY is the final step of James Sargent’s underage Derry career that has been laced with memorable days. They looked to have both hands on the 2023 league title until Donegal’s Eoghan Scott struck for goal. There was […]
Electric Ireland Minor Football Championship Final Derry v Armagh Sunday, O’Neill’s Healy Park, 2pm By Michael McMullan DERRY minor manager Damian McErlain is under no illusions of the task that awaits his charges in Sunday’s All-Ireland final. Within hours of overseeing his side’s hard fought semi-final win over Kerry, McErlain was on the road again […]
By Shaun Casey ARMAGH earned their spot in the All-Ireland Minor final for the first time since 2009 with an impressive victory over Mayo last Sunday and will now face Derry, for the third time this year, in Sunday week’ s decider in Omagh. There were barely 60 seconds on the clock when Mayo burst through the […]
By Michael McMullan DERRY and Armagh will meet in the Electric Ireland All-Ireland minor final later this month, a third meeting of the counties this season. The Oakleafers were comfortable winners over Armagh in the group stages with the Orchard County bouncing back to push them to the pin of their collar in the Ulster […]
By Michael McMullan DOWN minor manager Benny Coulter believes a handful of their current crop can go on to represent the county at senior level. Of the 12 games in league and championship this season, Down lost three times in Ulster. After losing to All-Ireland semi-finalists Derry in the league final, championship defeats to Tyrone […]
By Michael McMullan DERRY minor manager Damian McErlain was full of praise for the courage shown by his side in their Electric Ireland All-Ireland quarter-final win over Dublin. The Ulster champions bounced back after two Dublin goals pegged them back in a 0-18 to 2-10 win that needed both grit and composure in the final […]
By Shaun Casey LONGFORD perhaps don’t have the same aura around them as maybe a Dublin would, but Armagh are coming up against the current Leinster champions and won’t be taking their Electric Ireland All-Ireland quarter-final challenge lightly. The Orchard County lost out in their own provincial decider to reigning Ulster and All-Ireland champions Derry, […]
Electric Ireland Sigerson Cup Round Two: QUB 1-7 NUIG 1-8 For the second time in four days, Queen’s University have been beaten by a single point in the Sigerson Cup. This time it came in the new Round Two backdoor section with NUIG advancing to meet Garda College in Round Three. NUIG raced into an […]
