By Niall Gartland IT’S something of a big deal. The Lurgan ladies from Cavan will appear in their first-ever Ulster Senior Club Championship final this Sunday when they meet the might of holders Clann Éireann. They’re accustomed to that winning feeling in the Breffni County, mopping up nine of the last 17 titles on offer, […]
THERE are still a few county finals – including the refixed ones – but here is how the Ulster Club draws at at the moment MENS FOOTBALL SENIOR PRELIMINARY ROUND – November 2/3 Trillick/Errigal Ciaran v St Eunan’s Advertisement QUARTER-FINALS – November 9/10 (1) Erne Gaels/Enniskillen Gaels v Clontibret/Scotstown (2) Kilcoo v Crosserlough (3) Glen/Newbridge […]
Former Donegal players Tony Boyle and Raymond Sweeney have given plenty back to Dungloe. They’ve help build a winning culture in ladies’ football and shaped many of the men running out against St Eunan’s on Sunday. They spoke to Michael McMullan …. A TOURIST walking down the street would be forgiven for thinking the locals […]
EIMEAR McAnespie from newly-crowned Monaghan senior club champions Emyvale has been honoured with The Croke Park Hotel/LGFA Player of the Month award for September 2024. Emyvale made history on Sunday September 29 when they won the coveted county senior title for the first time in the club’s history. Eimear, 26, captained Emyvale to glory against […]
ARMAGH have players nominated for TG4 All-Star awards following their Lidl National League success and subsequent march to the TG4 All-Ireland Senior Championship semi-finals. The Orchard County is recognised with the presence of eight nominees, namely goalkeeper Anna Carr, defenders Clodagh McCambridge (captain), Grace Ferguson, Cait Towe and Lauren McConville, midfielder Caroline O’Hanlon and forwards […]
By Katrina Brennan AFTER plying her trade in the full-back line for Fermanagh this year, Joanne Doonan has certainly given Erne boss CJ McGourty something to think about after her performance at full-forward for her club Kinawley on Sunday. The former AFLW player was in sensational form as she hit 3-3 to help Kinawley retain the Division One […]
FERMANAGH attacking ace Eimear Smyth has picked up the latest award in a successful season. The Derrygonnelly sharpshooter was the leading scorer across the TG4 Junior, Intermediate and Senior Championship grades. Eimear’s incredible tally of 8-48 (72 points) was 39 points clear of her nearest challenger, Louth’s Kate Flood. The 23-year-old forward capped another incredible […]
Joanne Doonan is one of the Fermanagh players with three All-Ireland medals. She returned from Australia and has been busy both on and off the field in a new business venture. Daire Walsh writes… WHILE it isn’t the main reason she found herself back on home soil, Joanne Doonan is glad she decided to make […]
Name: Megan Maguire. Age: 21. Teams played for? Derrygonnelly Harps and Fermanagh ladies. Earliest GAA memory?~ My father was the junior manager in 2005 so I was always down at the pitch with him and my grandfather who was the groundskeeper. Advertisement Which team-mate has been the most inspirational and why? Roisin Gleeson, she’s been […]
By Katrina Brennan A TEARFUL Shannan McQuade accepted the West Country Hotel Cup on Sunday afternoon, following in the footsteps of Courteney Murphy in 2020 and Áine McGovern in 2017. The Tempo player climbed the steps in the Hogan Stand, surrounded by a sizeable Fermanagh support and as she said her thank you’s to management and […]
