Richard Carey reflects on Eoghan Rua’s maiden Derry Senior Championship triumph. He spoke with Shaun Casey ON any given day, anything can happen. Form, history, it all goes out the window. Sometimes, your name is on the cup. When reflecting on Coleraine’s historic Derry Championship triumph in 2010, Richard Carey admits his side were the […]
Eoghan Rua dual player Mooney putting on a different exhibition
April 20, 2025
THE Derry club season is in full swing and Eoghan Rua are back in action but Ruairi Mooney has an extra plate to spin next weekend. A Sigerson Cup winner with St Mary’s during his time as a student in Belfast, Mooney has won championships with his club in football and hurling. There was also […]
Lavey must keep their own end of the deal
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September 8, 2023
By Michael McMullan THERE are no shortage of permutations in Group B of the Derry Senior Hurling Championship with all four teams level on two points ahead of the final round of games. Lavey manager Michael McCormick has studied them all and will know exactly where they stand by the time the ball is thrown […]
Eoghan Rua topping the pile
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June 10, 2023
BY KIERAN LYNCH EOGHAN RUA Coleraine sit atop of the pile in the Derry Division 1 Football League, but manager Sean McGoldrick says that his side aren’t getting carried away just yet. They have lost only once in their opening eight games, but with just four points separating the top seven teams, it’s still all […]
Eoghan Rua hurlers thriving on battling displays on the title trail
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October 14, 2022
By Michael McMullan IT’S been an eventful season for the hurlers of Eoghan Rua who take on Ballinascreen this Saturday’s intermediate decider. After languishing in the junior ranks, a win over Lavey was the springboard on their way to defeating a fancied Swatragh in the semi-final. With last weekend’s football relegation play-off with Kilrea called […]
Eoghan Rua aim to challenge higher
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September 11, 2022
By Michael McMullan EOGHAN Rua can compete with every team in Derry apart from Ulster champions Sleacht Néill insists Leo Passmore. The 2015 and 2019 Ulster junior champions caused a shock to overcome Lavey and secure a place in the intermediate semi-finals thanks to Passmore’s late goal in a 1-8 haul that also included their […]
Eoghan Rua aim to challenge higher
September 7, 2022
By Michael McMullan EOGHAN Rua can compete with every team in Derry apart from Ulster champions Sleacht Néill insists Leo Passmore. The 2015 and 2019 Ulster junior champions caused a shock to overcome Lavey and secure a place in the intermediate semi-finals thanks to Passmore’s late goal in a 1-8 haul that also included their […]
Eoghan Rua star Mooney savours third All-Ireland success
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March 10, 2022
By Niall Gartland MARIA Mooney rolled back the years as Eoghan Rua claimed All-Ireland Junior honours last weekend – and she says that she appreciates it much more than the glories of the past. The Coleraine and Portstewart-based outfit won All-Ireland Intermediate titles in 2011 and 2012, but the talented full-back was new to the […]
Mullan not intimidated by quick final turnaround
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March 2, 2022
By Shaun Casey ONE week is a tough turnaround to prepare for an All-Ireland final, but Katie Mullan believes the tightknit nature of the Eoghan Rua team – along with the experience within the group – will help with preparations ahead of their game with Clanmaurice. “We played our Ulster quarter-final, semi-final and final three […]
Coleraine unconcerned by short break
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November 23, 2019
Having won the Ulster Club junior Championship, the Derry club are now preparing for the All-Ireland tournament.