By Jonathan Hogan THE Fermanagh Senior Football League finally throws in this weekend — and with it comes plenty to talk about and plenty to play for. From the re-integration of the county players, to how clubs manage the tight window before Championship, to the late start and the new rules, there’s no shortage of debate as […]
CONOR Laverty has named his side for Saturday’s Ulster Championship date with Fermanagh in Brewster Park. It’s same starting 15 that edged out Monaghan on the final weekend of the league season. Finn McElroy has been named on a bench that also includes Shay Millar and Caolan Mooney who have championship experience. The winners will […]
Christmas means St Paul’s in Belfast for the top minor football teams across Ulster. Michael McMullan looks at the leading clubs across the competition’s history Ballinderry 4 1996, 1997, 2001, 2008 THE Shamrocks are one of the two Derry clubs to have won the title on four occasions, with three different teams. Gerard Cassidy was […]
By Katrina Brennan WE will wait another few days to determine the 2024 Fermanagh Senior Football Champions following a 0-8 apiece draw between Simon Bradley’s Enniskillen Gaels side and Erne Gaels on Sunday afternoon. It’s the first drawn final since the 1998 final between Enniskillen and Devenish. The Gaels went on to win that one […]
By Katrina Brennan IN August, Conor McShea climbed the steps in the John Vesey stand to collect Enniskillen’s first Division One trophy since 2001. Nine weeks later, the question is, will he be the one raining aloft the New York Cup after Sunday’s Fermanagh final against Erne Gaels? Since McShea committed solely to the football side of […]
By Katrina Brennan IT was a case of job done, as ‘ugly’ as it may have been for Enniskillen and their manager Simon Bradley. “We set out at the start of the year to try and do as best as we could without the county lads and it put us in a great spot and we […]
By Niall Gartland ENNISKILLEN Gaels fired off a warning shot to the rest of the county when they dismantled Derrylin in their first league outing last Friday evening on – get this – a scoreline of 7-19 to 1-2. Among those to impress were county duo Conor Love (3-5) and Callum Jones (2-9), but manager […]
Omagh CBS are back in the Hogan Cup final and Niall Gartland takes a look at the Ulster schools that have featured on All-Ireland final day in the competition since 2010 2023 OMAGH CBS OMAGH CBS claimed the Hogan Cup in style last St Patrick’s Day as they lay waste to a shell-shocked Summerhill College at […]
Fifty years ago, St Michael’s, Enniskillen won their first ever MacRory title. Dermot McManus and Frank Cassidy were part of that historic winning team. Michael McMullan chatted with them about a memorable year. THE seeds of the historical 1973 season were yet to be sown, but St Michael’s, Enniskillen had a decision to make. It […]
Kilcoo 3-14 Enniskillen Gaels 1-9 KILCOO ruthlessly booked their spot in the Ulster club final, and their ambitions of three-in-a-row remain well and truly alive. Playing with the aid of a massive breeze blowing down towards the Cathedral end of the Athletic Grounds, Kilcoo took control during the first half. Shealan Johnston raised two green […]
