All-Ireland MFC quarter-final Derry 2-12 Roscommon 1-9 By Michael McMullan GOALS from Rocco Devlin and Gabriel Gormley shot Derry through to another All-Ireland semi-final on Saturday night in Cavan. Advertisement The Oakleafers bounced back from their Ulster final defeat to Tyrone with a victory over Connacht champions Roscommon. The Rossies were cold after a four-week […]
Analysis: Go long or short – kicking by numbers
June 5, 2026
Darren Devine is a GAA Analyst and has looked back over round one of the Sam Maguire race. Michael McMullan outlines some of his key numbers. POSSESSION is nine tenths of the law. How often have we heard it? The way football is now, it’s even more important than that. There are two main ways […]
Revealed: Gaelic Life player of the week
June 5, 2026
ANTRIM minor midfielder Dara Campbell has been chosen as the latest Gaelic Life Player of the Week. He was a key man as the Saffrons won the All-Ireland minor title with victory over Wicklow last weekend in Inniskeen. It was a welcome end to the season for Antrim who kept progressing after losing out in […]
FEATURE: Donnan and Austin recall Down’s underage success of the late 1970s
June 4, 2026
By Niall Gartland THESE days, former Down goalkeeper Pat Donnan lives in Macclesfield – not, to borrow a legendary line from Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh, a GAA stronghold. The casual acquaintance from across the water has little idea about his considerable sporting accomplishments – chief among them his place on the Down panel that landed a […]
Gourley calls for Red Hands to do themselves justice
June 4, 2026
By Michael McMullan CIARAN Gourley hopes Tyrone can do themselves justice when they step into the All-Ireland arena against Galway this Saturday. They head into the All-Ireland Minor Championship quarter-final on the back of winning the county’s 26th Ulster title last weekend. Gourley has been down this road enough times to know how it rolls. Having […]
Bannigan rues Monaghan’s flat first half
June 2, 2026
By Shaun Casey MONAGHAN were 11-points adrift at half time of Sunday’s All-Ireland series opener against Mayo, and while they showed their gutsy never-say-die attitude to cut the deficit back to one-point, manager Gabriel Bannigan ended up rueing their first half showing. The Farney men opted to play against the wind having won the toss […]
UPDATE: All-Ireland SFC draw
June 2, 2026
THE draw for Rounds 2A and 2B of the All-Ireland SFC took place this morning. Ulster champions Armagh have been drawn against Louth away. Donegal will welcome Cork with All-Ireland champions Kerry facing a trip to Newbridge. Derry and Meath will face off in a repeat of the Royals’ win earlier in the season. Advertisement […]
Glackin backing his Derry side to bounce back
June 1, 2026
By Michael McMullan DERRY minor manager Kieran Glackin is hoping his young charges can bounce back ahead of this weekend’s All-Ireland quarter-final against Connacht champions Roscommon. The Oakleafers were beaten by Tyrone in Friday’s Ulster final. After leading at half-time, Derry were closed out by the Red Hands’ ruthless 10-minute spell after half-time. “It’s a […]
REPORT: Armagh get All-Ireland campaign off to a winning start with victory over Derry
May 30, 2026
All-Ireland SFC Armagh 1-18 Derry 1-13 By Michael McMullan ULSTER champions Armagh began their Al-Ireland campaign with victory over Derry on Saturday night in the BOX-IT Athletic Grounds. Advertisement They led by six at half-time with Derry pulling it back to three points when Armagh were down a man after Jason Duffy’s black card. Conor […]
Donegal’s Tara Geoghegan excelling on another front
May 29, 2026
By Daire Walsh AFTER previously shining in the underage ranks of one county, Tara Geoghegan has been enjoying life as a key senior panellist with another in the past 12 months. Back on August 5, 2023 at Coralstown/Kinnegad GAA in Westmeath, Geoghegan scored four points as Donegal defeated Waterford to secure an All-Ireland U18 ‘C’ […]