By Michael McMullan FERMANAGH manager Kieran Donnelly will manage the Ulster team for the upcoming inter-provincial games later this month, Gaelic Life can confirm. The Brookeborough man, now going into his fourth season as Erne manager, was approached by Football Review Committee Chairman Jim Gavin to look after the Ulster side. The Irish Examiner have […]
Fermanagh and Tyrone players on teams of the year
September 23, 2024
SIX of Fermanagh’s junior All-Ireland winning teams have been selected on team of the year. Tyrone lost the intermediate decider but have five players selected with Down having two players named. Champions Fermanagh and Leitrim lead the way on 2024 Teams of the TG4 All-Ireland Junior and Intermediate Championships Fermanagh and Leitrim lead the way […]
Derry rule out Gallagher return
September 20, 2024
By Michael McMullan FORMER Derry manager Rory Gallagher is not being considered for a return as Oakleaf boss Gaelic Life can confirm. The news comes as Derry continue the search for Mickey Harte’s successor after his decision to step down after one year in the post. Gallagher was appointed as manager in 2019 and went […]
Gaelic Life team of the week
September 19, 2024
WITH the club championships getting more serious as the weeks pass, we look at some of the players who are putting their hands up with key performances. Here is the latest Gaelic Life team of the week 1 JAMES GRIBBIN Newbridge On the scoresheet and denied Diarmuid Baker in a narrow win over Steelstown. Advertisement […]
Another award for Fermanagh attacking ace Eimear Smyth
September 12, 2024
FERMANAGH attacking ace Eimear Smyth has picked up the latest award in a successful season. The Derrygonnelly sharpshooter was the leading scorer across the TG4 Junior, Intermediate and Senior Championship grades. Eimear’s incredible tally of 8-48 (72 points) was 39 points clear of her nearest challenger, Louth’s Kate Flood. The 23-year-old forward capped another incredible […]
FEATURE: Fermanagh’s Lory story
September 11, 2024
Two of the stars of Fermanagh’s Lory Meagher success lift the lid on their glory trail all the way to Croke Park By Shaun Casey WHEN Brian Teehan cracked home Fermanagh’s third goal in the sunbaked surroundings of Croke Park, Joe Baldwin’s men already had one hand and four fingers of the other gripped onto […]
Fermanagh star Joanne Doonan reflects on returning home and a third All-Ireland
August 24, 2024
Joanne Doonan is one of the Fermanagh players with three All-Ireland medals. She returned from Australia and has been busy both on and off the field in a new business venture. Daire Walsh writes… WHILE it isn’t the main reason she found herself back on home soil, Joanne Doonan is glad she decided to make […]
Megan Maguire: “Her shots would leave you with bruises for weeks”
August 12, 2024
Name: Megan Maguire. Age: 21. Teams played for? Derrygonnelly Harps and Fermanagh ladies. Earliest GAA memory?~ My father was the junior manager in 2005 so I was always down at the pitch with him and my grandfather who was the groundskeeper. Advertisement Which team-mate has been the most inspirational and why? Roisin Gleeson, she’s been […]
McQuade realises her Croker dream
August 9, 2024
By Katrina Brennan A TEARFUL Shannan McQuade accepted the West Country Hotel Cup on Sunday afternoon, following in the footsteps of Courteney Murphy in 2020 and Áine McGovern in 2017. The Tempo player climbed the steps in the Hogan Stand, surrounded by a sizeable Fermanagh support and as she said her thank you’s to management and […]
McGourty ‘thrilled’ at Fermanagh getting over the line
August 8, 2024
By Katrina Brennan IN his first season in charge, CJ McGourty has helped Fermanagh deliver silverware on the Croke Park stage. From the outset, that was McGourty’s number one priority and when the hooter sounded on Sunday afternoon, no one looked happier than him as he jumped and punched the air with delight. “(An) unbelievable […]