Joe Doherty has has been chosen as the latest Gaelic Life Player of the Week. He starred as Urris won the Donegal junior title for the first time in 12 years. Doherty was voted by you, our readers, ahead of Michael McCarron from Naomh Pádraig Uisce Chaoin who finished in second place. After another bumper […]
THERE is an exciting and busy weekend of action across Ulster with county titles down for decision. Here is a county-by-county glance at the fixtures. Monday’s Gaelic Lives podcast will take a look at all the key stories. ANTRIM Advertisement SENIOR FOOTBALL FINAL Rossa v St Brigid’s Sunday, Corrigan Park, 3pm LAST year’s finalists will […]
SHANE O’Neills history-maker Aimee Mackin has been honoured with The Croke Park Hotel/LGFA Player of the Month award for September 2026. The Armagh star, who is also nominated for a TG4 All-Star and the 2026 TG4 Senior Players’ Player of the Year award, celebrated a landmark club success recently. The lethal 29-year-old attacker scored a […]
Niall Gartland takes a deeper look at the All-Stars awards and their significance… MAYBE I’ve anorak tendencies, but off the top of my head I’ve a fair idea of how many All-Stars line the mantelpieces of Tyrone players past and present (I’m a Tyrone man in case you hadn’t noticed). Peter Canavan leads the way […]
By Niall Gartland MICKEY Harte has been appointed as manager of Down club Kilcoo, it has emerged this evening. The club released a statement on its social media channels revealing that Harte has stepped into the role vacated by Martin Corey following their Down Senior Championship semi-final defeat to Burren. The Errigal Ciaran man most […]
Rossa will take on St Brigid’s on Sunday, aiming to win a first county football title in 35 years. Gerard Armstrong was the captain all those years ago and looks at the link to the present day. By Michael McMullan GERARD Armstrong was the last Rossa man to get his hands on the McNamee Cup. […]
By Michael McMullan THE draw for fonaCAB Ulster Minor Football Tournament will take place later this month as St Paul’s look into another busy Christmas season. Reigning champions Dromintee will have to wait to see if they will be back to defend their title. Cullyhanna are already in the Armagh final but the other side […]
I was chatting to Glenswilly man Gary McDaid last weekend who was coaching Sleacht Néill in the Derry Championship. As he walked down the Owenbeg tunnel, I told him Glenswilly were five up on Naomh Conaill with five minutes to play. His eyes lit up. Like many others, I tipped the champions for a return […]
Eugene O’Hagan and Paudie Matthews were part of the Clonduff winning team in 2000 and have their fingers crossed ahead of Sunday’s showdown with Burren. They spoke with Michael McMullan… Eugene O’Hagan looked at the back of Paudie Matthews’ number four jersey as Clonduff paraded around Páirc Esler on county final day 2000. They were […]
By Michael McMullan IT has been a magical championship season in Carndonagh and the footballers are up next this weekend. The hurlers and camogs have county silverware tucked away. There is a chance of making it a treble when they take on Naomh Pádraig Uisce Chaoin in Sunday’s Intermediate football final. It’s an all-Inishowen decider […]
