By Barry O’Donnell IT has been one of the abiding images post-match during this memorable double championship run of 2025 for both the Tyrone u-20s and the minors – the Loughmacrory group picture out on the pitch. Over the last few weeks and months, as the Red Hands underage teams progressed through their Ulster and […]
By Alan Rodgers WHEN Padraig Donaghy held aloft the Thomas Markham Cup for the All-Ireland Minor title on Sunday afternoon he was holding too the dreams of the teammates standing around him hoping for more silverware in the years ahead. This was the start of the journey for a Tyrone team which blazed a trail […]
By Alan Rodgers MORE Ulster success has once again put the Tyrone Minors in pole position to challenge for even more glory at All-Ireland level when they meet Cork in what looks set to be an intriguing tussle in this Saturday’s quarter-final showdown in Portlaoise. But you won’t find either the management or players under-estimating […]
By Niall Gartland TYRONE minors have gone unbeaten from the very start of the season, but manager Gerry Donnelly feels improvement is needed if they’re to overcome Monaghan in Saturday evening’s Ulster Championship semi-final at O’Neill’s Healy Park. The Red Hands booked their spot in the last four with a fairly commanding round two victory […]
By Niall Gartland TYRONE minor manager Gerard Donnelly is grateful that the protracted group stage format has been replaced by a more palatable backdoor system in this year’s Ulster Championship. The Red Hands take on Fermanagh this Saturday in Omagh and will be strongly fancied to prevail, though Donnelly, who teaches in St Michael’s, Enniskillen, […]
By Michael McMullan GERARD Donnelly knows exactly what is coming down the track this weekend for his Tyrone minor side. The Red Hands will take on reigning Ulster and All-Ireland champions Derry in their own back yard at Owenbeg. Donnelly, now in his fourth year at the helm, steered the Red Hands to the 2021 […]
By Michael McMullan TYRONE minor manager Gerard Donnelly will be a more interested spectator than most for the Red Hands’ All-Ireland u-20 final against Kerry on Sunday. While he leads the current minor group into semi-final action against Derry on Saturday, he will have coached virtually the entire u-20 group. There are “lots of rewards” […]
By Katrina Brennan LAST weekend Fermanagh played their final challenge match in preparation for the start of the Tailteann Cup, with a game against Monaghan, and despite losing it by six points, Erne manager, Kieran Donnelly says “the preparations have gone as well as they could have” as they ready themselves for Saturday’s game with Wicklow. […]
By Barry O’Donnell TYRONE minor manager Gerard Donnelly is throwing down the gauntlet to his charges to try and put back-to-back wins together when they tackle Monaghan in a crunch Group A Ulster Championship clash at Ardboe this Saturday lunchtime. The Red Hands form has been patchy in both league and championship throughout the course […]
By Niall Gartland COUNTY chairperson Martin Sludden has expressed his gratitude to Tyrone’s inter-county football managers for their genuinely held sense of volunteerism in his address to the convention on Tuesday night. Debate on the subject of intercounty costs, particularly in relation to management teams, has ramped up in recent weeks following the publication of […]
