By Barry O’Donnell ERRIGAL Ciaran midfielder Joe Oguz believes that the ‘trust’ ingrained within the squad enables them to ride out rocky periods in games and emerge on the other side as winners. Often times during this protracted championship run, the Dunmoyle boys have appeared to be creaking and that was definitely the case in […]
JUST as I was about to finish this week’s piece the earth-shattering news broke that Micheal Murphy has returned to the Donegal camp. Rumours had been floating about for a number of weeks and I have to admit when I saw him on TV during the interprovincials last month, I noticed he has trimmed down a […]
By Ryan Ferry ST EUNAN’S manager Barry Meehan believes that his team is battle-hardened after the Donegal Senior Club Championship, and he’s hoping that will help them make a real imprint in Ulster this season. The Letterkenny club are out on their own at the top of the Donegal SFC roll of honour but they […]
By Niall Gartland ERRIGAL Ciaran are back at the summit of Tyrone Club Football for the second time in three years following last Friday night’s victory over a gallant Trillick side. It was a superb performance from Enda McGinley and Stevie Quinn’s team – and a significant slice of redemption having lost out to Trillick […]
By Niall McCoy FRIDAY night lights come to Omagh as champions Trillick and Errigal Ciaran get ready to restart their engines after a false start and battle it out for the O’Neill Cup. Like much of the province, Storm Ashley got in the way last weekend with the Healy Park final being pulled late on […]
By Niall Gartland ENDA McGinley and county final day. A match made in heaven? Well, he’s certainly featured in his fair share of them. The Errigal Ciaran joint-boss lined out in a whopping eight Tyrone Senior Championship finals during his playing days – four victories, two defeats and two draws speaks to a man accustomed […]
By Niall Gartland ERRIGAL Ciaran stalwart Peter Harte was the hero of the hour with his sensational injury-time winner against Killyclogher on Sunday night, and he acknowledges that there’s something ‘special’ about the Tyrone Senior Championship. A bumper crowd is expected on Sunday, October 20 for the O’Neill Cup showdown between Errigal Ciaran and Trillick […]
By Niall Gartland LESS than three miles from Cookstown is a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it archaeological site of immense historical significance – Tullyhogue Fort, an ancient ceremonial site where chieftains of the great O’Neill dynasty, then the ruling family in Gaelic Ulster, were inaugurated. Forgive the clumsy, laboured analogy, but going by the palatable sense of anticipation across […]
By Niall Gartland ERRIGAL Ciaran joint-manager Enda McGinley issued an update on the fitness of Cormac Quinn, who enjoyed a breakout season with Tyrone in 2023 before his progress was unfortunately curtailed this season by injury. The talented half-back has sat out his club’s league campaign with a groin injury and McGinley believes that their championship […]
By Niall Gartland IT isn’t just the fact that no team has retained the O’Neill Cup title in nigh on 20 years, it’s the sheer spread of winners that makes it such a tantalising prospect. Eight different clubs have got their hands on the prize in the last 11 years, and statistically the most impressive […]
