By Mark McGoldrick CROKE Park beckons for Fermanagh on Saturday as the Erne men bid to take one final step towards the Tailteann Cup final and Declan Bonner wants his players to embrace the challenge. The Fermanagh boss has watched his side build momentum with every passing week of their campaign and, while Down are […]
Bonner isn’t taking New York for granted
By Mark McGoldrick DECLAN Bonner has warned his Fermanagh players that they cannot afford to underestimate New York as they prepare for Saturday’s Tailteann Cup preliminary quarter-final at Brewster Park. The Erne county booked their place in the knockout stages with an impressive victory over Wexford two weeks ago and now stand just 70 minutes […]
Bonner urges supporters to come out in numbers
By Mark McGoldrick FERMANAGH manager Declan Bonner has urged Erne supporters to help ‘make Brewster Park a tougher place for opposition to come to’ ahead of this weekend’s crunch Tailteann Cup clash with Wexford. With the Leinster side standing in Fermanagh’s place of automatic qualification to the Tailteann Cup, Bonner wants the Erne faithful to […]
Bonner targets improvement up front
By Mark McGoldrick FERMANAGH will look to turn lessons into action this weekend when they welcome Longford for what promises to be a searching test in the opening round of the Tailteann Cup. After returning to training on the Tuesday night following their Ulster Championship defeat to Armagh, the mood in the camp was one […]
A free-hit for Fermanagh whether it’s Tyrone or Armagh
By Niall Gartland REMEMBER the 2018 Ulster final? It wasn’t exactly game of the century, Donegal outclassing Fermanagh by 2-18 to 0-12, but it was still a memorable occasion and a novel pairing at Clones. The Erne County overcame Armagh and Monaghan en route to the final and it’s hard enough to believe that, eight […]
Bonner pulls no punches after second loss
By Mark McGoldrick FERMANAGH manager Declan Bonner was pulling no punches following his team’s second successive defeat in the National Football League on Sunday. Despite dominating the Division Three game in Sligo for large periods, missed chances once again haunted the Erne men, with the Connacht side finishing strong to take the two points from […]
Supporters can be our 16th man says Erne boss
By Mark McGoldrick FERMANAGH manager Declan Bonner has called on the Erne supporters to make Brewster Park ‘a fortress going forward’ as they prepare to kick-off their league campaign on Sunday. All eyes will be on Brewster Park on Sunday afternoon when Fermanagh take on Wexford in the opening round of the Allianz National Football League, under […]
The aim is promotion says Erne boss Bonner
By Pauric McGurn FERMANAGH manager Declan Bonner said his side have “plenty of learning still to do” as they prepare for the Allianz National Football League, following the conclusion of the Dr McKenna Cup. The Erne men had some mixed results in the pre-season competition, beating Cavan in the opener only for the game to […]
Review of the year in Fermanagh: Back-to-backs for Erne Gaels
By Shaun Casey Tailteann Cup success the target in 2026 FERMANAGH were just one win away from another big day out at Croke Park and a Tailteann Cup final appearance in 2025 but just came up against a Kildare side that were too strong in the semi-final. The Lilywhites went on to win the competition, […]
A big challenge at the Wee County
By Niall Gartland IT was always going to be difficult to say no to new Louth manager Gavin Devlin. Ronan O’Neill spent the bulk of his intercounty days playing under Mickey Harte and his right-hand man Devlin, and there was no shortage of respect for the Ardboe man. Then there’s Devlin’s persistence – he was on […]









