By Jackie Cahill THE race for TG4 provincial glory gets underway over the coming weekend – with key senior action in Leinster, Munster and Ulster. Cork, fresh from their Lidl National League Division 1 success, get their Munster campaign underway against Tipperary on Saturday evening, before holders Kerry tackle Waterford on Sunday, in what is […]
This weekend’s LGFA fixtures
THERE is a host of championship games coming over the coming weekend in the various Ladies Football championships across the land. Derry and Antrim lock horns in a repeat of last year’s Ulster Junior Final. At senior level, Donegal have been promoted to Division One for next season. Their attention now turns to the Ulster […]
Saffrons eye title defence says skipper Devlin
By Michael McMullan ANTRIM face Derry on Saturday in Ballymaguigan as they begin the defence of their Ulster Junior title. The Saffrons have been on both sides of drama at the business end of the league. A last-gasp winning goal against Down clinched promotion to Division Two but they were left unstuck by a late […]
Derry keep on clocking up the hard yards
By Michael McMullan IT’S another busy week for Derry’s Cara Donnelly as preparations taper towards Saturday’s Ulster Junior Championship visit of champions Antrim. As a student in quantity surveying, through an apprenticeship with the Errigal Group, she clocks up the miles. Monday and Friday are spent at their Monaghan base. Tuesday and Wednesday are on […]
Donegal ladies raising ambitions after Division Two triumph
DONEGAL defender Niamh Carr is hopeful that their league success can spur them on in the Ulster Championship which begins later this month. Carr and her teammates clinched the Lidl Division Two league when they got the better of Cavan in Clones on Saturday and they are undoubtedly making progress. There is usually a big […]
“Goals win games, that’s the bottom line”: Donegal manager James Daly
Donegal 2-7 Cavan 0-8 By Damien Donohoe DONEGAL manager James Daly said they opted to play against the wind in the opening half and the ploy worked to perfection in this Lidl Division 2 final in St Tiernach’s Park, Clones. Donegal might not have scored until the 22nd minute but they contained Cavan to 0-4 […]
Report: Second half display seals league title for Donegal
Donegal 2-7 Cavan 0-8 By Damien Donohoe DONEGAL were crowned Lidl National Football League Division 2 champions after a powerful second-half display saw them overturn a three-point deficit to defeat Cavan in St Tiernach’s Park, Clones. Playing with the aid of a strong breeze in the opening half, Cavan made an impressive start and looked […]
Report: Antrim pipped to league title by Louth
Lidl National League Division 3 Louth 1-10 Antrim 1-9 By Dan Bannon A GAME of two halves in Crossmaglen as Louth captured the Lidl National League Division 3 title with the last kick of the game. Substitute Laura Lynch scored the winner for the Wee county with a last gasp free as the final looked […]
Dolan hoping for backing as Cavan eye league title
By Daire Walsh FOR her side’s latest appearance in a Lidl National Football League Division Two final at St Tiernach’s Park in Clones next Saturday, Catherine Dolan is confident Cavan supporters will come out in their droves to get behind the team. Previous finalists back in 2017 and 2018, Cavan will contest another NFL second-tier decider against provincial […]
All-Ireland triumph has put OLSPCK on the map says Dyas
By Niall Gartland LAST Thursday, Our Lady and St Patrick’s, Knock landed the big one – the Post Primary Schools All-Ireland Ladies Senior A Championship title with a 4-11 to 2-7 victory over St Joseph’s, Spanish Point of Clare. It was a dream day for the team, the school, and also the three feeder clubs […]









