By Barry O’Donnell MALACHY O’Rourke has dismissed the notion that the Red Hands represent Kerry’s ‘bogey team’ but admits the fact that Tyrone have won the more memorable clashes over the past twenty years has probably helped perpetuate that impression. Despite the fact that the Kingdom have won four of the last five Championship meetings […]
By Shaun Casey FOR the thousands of Armagh fans seated around Croke Park, taking in the crisp September air, the emotion of compete devastation filled their thoughts. They came so close to toppling Gaelic football’s aristocrats Kerry in 2000 but failed to do so. Level after normal time, level after extra-time, level after 70 minutes of […]
By Shaun Casey WHILE Armagh currently have their hands on the Sam Maguire Cup, and head into Saturday’s All-Ireland quarter-final against Kerry as slight favourites, past experiences have led Aaron Kernan to be wary of the Kingdom. Jack O’Connor’s side had to come through the preliminary quarter-finals after Meath knocked them off top spot in […]
By Michael McMullan REGARDLESS of Monday morning’s All-Ireland quarter-final draw, champions Armagh are set to face Kerry next weekend. It will be a repeat of last summer’s All-Ireland semi-final. With Armagh having played Dublin and Galway in their group, combined with repeat provincial final pairings not being permitted, that fixture is already set. Advertisement Pot […]
By Michael McMullan CAVAN and Kerry have named their teams for this weekend’s All-Ireland preliminary quarter-final clash in Killarney. Ryan Donohoe is the one Cavan change, coming in for Oisin Kieran in Raymond Galligan’s side. Kerry have welcomed Diarmuid O’Connor back after a shoulder injury, one of five changes since the defeat to Meath, with […]
By Michael McMullan WITH 12 teams left in the race to get their hands on the Sam Maguire Cup, the pairings for this weekend’s All-Ireland preliminary quarter-final are how known. Ulster champions Donegal, winners over Mayo on Sunday, will face Louth. Down finished second to Monaghan in their group and have been drawn to play […]
By Michael McMullan DOWN camogs have parked their Ulster semi-final disappointment and have set their new focus on the All-Ireland series. After victory over Kildare, Down welcome Kerry to Liatroim on Saturday aiming to back it up. A late save from Antrim goalkeeper Caitríona Graham denied Down a spot in the Ulster final but they’ve […]
CORK are a permanent anti-climax. Incapable of a definitive contribution, they are indifferent to defeat. Because they are deeply unserious, they play in the full knowledge that they are going to lose. They are not a football team, merely a gather up of boys who want to train and tog out for the county. They […]
By Michael McMullan THERE have been less goals in this season’s provincial championships with an expected overall rise in scoring with the inception of the new rules. The difference has come in Ulster wjere last year’s tally of 17 dropped to 10, albeit three games in 2024 went to extra-time with this season’s final the […]
Niall Gartland charts the counties who have traditionally fared best on the provincial front Kerry (86 Munster titles) LEADING the way with the most provincial titles of any county is – no big surprises here – Kerry. While Cork were dominant in the early stages of the competition, winning six Munster titles in the 1890s, it wasn’t long […]
