By Niall Gartland A SLIDING doors moment. Last year Fermanagh pushed eventual champions Tyrone right to the pin of their collar in an All-Ireland Intermediate Championship quarter-final clash that went all the way to extra-time. Watching the Red Hands go on to adorn the Croke Park stage may have prompted a funny feeling within the […]
Midweek change in the latest round of LGFA fixtures
April 28, 2026
FERMANAGH will host Cavan on Wednesday night in Tempo in a refixed Ulster semi-final. It is one of a host of games across the country as the LGFA championships kick into gear. Cavan have been promoted to Division One ahead of next season. The winners will play whoever comes through the other semi-final between Monaghan […]
Armagh begin title defence with victory over Donegal
April 27, 2026
Armagh 0-10 Donegal 1-4 By Kieran Lynch ARMAGH triumphed over Donegal 0-10 to 1-4 in the TG4 Ulster Senior Championship opener at the Box-It Athletic Grounds. The opening quarter of the game was keenly contested, with chances at both ends. Armagh got the better of it with Aimee and Blaithin Mackin scoring either side […]
Daly primed for Orchard County challenge
April 25, 2026
BY MATTHEW WILSON DONEGAL senior ladies manager James Daly is hoping his side can make a positive start to their Ulster Championship campaign when they face Armagh this Sunday. Donegal were last in action just shy of a fortnight ago when they secured the Division Two league title courtesy of a superb five-point victory over Cavan. […]
From one battle to the next: Donegal’s Katie Dowds looks ahead to the championship
April 25, 2026
By Daire Walsh FOLLOWING the recent high of a Lidl National Football League Division Two final victory, Katie Dowds and Donegal have another huge game on the horizon at the BOX-IT Athletic Grounds this weekend. Just 15 days on from their NFL showpiece triumph against another provincial rival in the shape of Cavan, the O’Donnell […]
This weekend’s LGFA action at a glance
April 24, 2026
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
April 23, 2026
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
April 22, 2026
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
April 22, 2026
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
April 16, 2026
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 […]