Skelly stars as Antrim take the title


U14 All-Ireland Bronze Championship Antrim 5-10   Limerick 5-6  By Deniese O’Flaherty SOPHIE Skelly scored 4-3 as Antrim claimed the U14 All-Ireland Bronze Championship title in a goal fest at Kinnegad GAA. Advertisement Skelly put in a superb performance as the Saffrons won their first piece of sìlverware at this grade. Eight goals were scored in […]


Ciara Garvey: Caroline O’Hanlon is such an inspiration


Q&A…Armagh’s Ciara Garvey takes on the Gaelic Life teammates section Name? Ciara Garvey. Age? 22. Teams played for? Carrickcruppen, Queen’s University, Belfast and Armagh Advertisement Earliest GAA memory? Winning an u-10 Cullyhanna blitz with the boys’ team Which team-mate has been the most inspirational and why? Probably Caroline O’Hanlon and watching her play for the […]


Ulster sides chasing perfect start in ladies championships


By Niall McCoy DOWN’S season has been a superb one to date with promotion from Division Three and an Ulster Intermediate title bagged, and they’ll be hoping to carry that form into the All-Ireland series as they travel to Redhills on Sunday for their Intermediate opener against Cavan. Caoibhe Sloan and Peter Lynch’s side are […]


McGourty pride as Erne County end wait for Ulster title


By Martin McBrien A FEELING of pride was how CJ McGourty summed up Fermanagh’s first Ulster title in eight years following their provincial Junior success against Derry. “Very proud of the girls, very proud of the county, very proud of the committee,” beamed Fermanagh manager McGourty, who saw his team record a facile 6-14 to […]


Goals paved the way as Down take the title


TG4 Intermediate Football Championship Final  Down 2-9  Monaghan 0-14  DOWN made it back-to-back Ulster championships when they held off a battling Monaghan to claim the intermediate title to follow up on last year’s junior crown. When Laoise Duffy struck for their second goal at the beginning of the second half it looked like the Mourne […]


Red Hands set for Smithboro showdown


MONAGHAN will be aiming to ambush Tyrone along the old track bed of the Enniskillen -Clones railway line at Smithboro on Sunday in the semi-final of the Ulster Ladies Intermediate Championship (throw-in 2pm). While the Red Hands eased to a comfortable 3-12 to 2-8 victory in the league meeting back in February they are expecting […]