SIX of Fermanagh’s junior All-Ireland winning teams have been selected on team of the year. Tyrone lost the intermediate decider but have five players selected with Down having two players named. Champions Fermanagh and Leitrim lead the way on 2024 Teams of the TG4 All-Ireland Junior and Intermediate Championships Fermanagh and Leitrim lead the way […]
Niamh Mallon shortlisted for camogie award
FROMER Down player Niamh Mallon has been shortlisted for a PwC Camogie All-Star Award. It comes after the list of nominations were released and Mallon – who played with Galway – is one 11 of their All-Ireland final team to be listed. All-Ireland champions Cork lead the way with 11 awards. Mallon has been playing […]
Another award for Fermanagh attacking ace Eimear Smyth
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 […]
Fermanagh star Joanne Doonan reflects on returning home and a third All-Ireland
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 […]
Megan Maguire: “Her shots would leave you with bruises for weeks”
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 […]
McQuade realises her Croker dream
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 […]
Ulster Ladies Football Championship draws
WITH the club championships kicking into gear in counties across Ulster, here is a look at how the senior, intermediate and junior provincial draws pan out. SENIOR PRELIMINARY – October 13 Monaghan v Armagh QUARTER-FINALS – October 20 (1) Cavan v Derry (2) Fermanagh v Monaghan/Armagh (3) Donegal v Tyrone (4) Antrim v Down Advertisement […]
Ulster success at All-Ireland Sevens
CLANN Éireann of Armagh were crowned O’Neills All-Ireland Senior Club Sevens champions on Saturday with Derry side Ballymaguigan picking up the intermediate title. The Armagh club, runners-up in 2017 and 2008, finally got their hands on the coveted silverware in Dublin over the weekend. Clann Éireann, captained by Niamh Coleman, were impressive throughout the day […]
Fermanagh star Smyth tops the scoring charts
FERMANAGH star Eimear Smyth has claimed the ZuCar Golden Boot award for 2024 – the prize on offer for the leading scorer in the TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Football Championships. Smyth incredible tally of 8-48 (72 points) was 39 points clear of her nearest challenger, Louth’s Kate Flood. Smyth (23), from the Derrygonnelly Harps club, capped an […]
Tyrone trailblazers: Eilish Gormley’s story of ’99
When Tyrone won the All-Ireland Junior title 25 years ago, Eilish Gormley hit 3-6. She looks back on the county’s first national success and its origins with Michael McMullan BY the time Sean O’Kane returned as manager for the 1999 season, Tyrone ladies had been kicking destiny’s door long enough. They had what it takes […]