Downings are putting the final plans in place for Sunday’s All-Ireland final. Emer Trearty is one of the players bidding for glory but she remembers the days when they didn’t even have a team. Michael McMullan writes… THE Downings team bus will snake its way through the narrow streets of Donnycarney on Sunday afternoon. It […]
By Shaun Casey LAST year, this was all new territory for Granemore and new territory for their manager Connor Devlin. But fast forward 12 months and the club are still making history, but they have a bit of experience to call on this time around. For the second season running, Granemore head into the Junior […]
AIB All-Ireland Club Camogie Championship Finals SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14 AIB ALL-IRELAND JUNIOR CLUB CAMOGIE FINAL Granemore (Armagh) v Knockananna (Wicklow), Donoughmore Ashbourne, 1.30pm Referee: Joseph Mullins (Clare) Live on Camogie Association YouTube Granemore surprised many, if not themselves, by reaching last year’s All-Ireland final and then getting the better of Roscommon champions Athleague to […]
All-Ireland Ladies Junior Final Sunday December 15 Mungret St Paul’s (Limerick) v Na Dúnaibh (Donegal) Parnell Park, 2pm, Live on TG4 YouTube By Jackie Cahill CLUBS from Munster and Ulster will battle it out at Parnell Park in Sunday’s AIB All-Ireland Junior Club Championship Final. Flying the flag for Limerick and Munster are Mungret St […]
By Shaun Casey FOR the second season in a row, Ulster champions Clann Éireann have been granted home advantage for their All-Ireland semi-final and full-back Clodagh McCambridge says her side are honoured to once again run out in Lurgan. Last season, after claiming the Ulster crown for the first time in their history, the side […]
By Niall Gartland THERE’S a very real danger that Eglish are coming in cold to Sunday’s All-Ireland Intermediate semi-final against Ahascragh/Caltra, and manager Nathan Curry finds it hard not to be frustrated by the situation. Just like last year, there was no Ulster Intermediate Championship on the books and that means that Eglish haven’t played […]
By Niall Gartland LOUGHGIEL star Lucia McNaughton acknowledges that their All-Ireland final defeat to Sarsfields in December 2022 still stings, so a chance at achieving redemption is on the cards in Sunday’s semi-final clash at Kingspan Breffni. They met on a cold winter’s day in late 2022 at Croke Park with Sarsfields claiming a 2-14 […]
Cavan were All-Ireland u-18 and u-16 champions this year and were narrowly edged out by Galway in the u-14 final. All finals were in the top division. It wasn’t always this way. Mick Flynn began the upward journey 15 years ago. He spoke with Michael McMullan… WHEN the pupils of Cnoc Mhuire in Granard wanted […]
THE 2024 AIB All-Ireland Ladies Club Football Championship final line-up will be confirmed over the coming weekend. 12 clubs are chasing coveted slots in the Finals, to be played over the weekend of Saturday/Sunday December 14/15. The Intermediate (3pm) and Senior (5pm) Finals are scheduled for Saturday December 14 at Croke Park, with the Junior […]
By Michael McMullan THREE days after playing a central role in Downings lifting a first ever Ulster title and Julie Trearty is still showing the signs of battle. There is the elation and a level of immense satisfaction but her walking is still laboured. Like the rest of her team, she poured everything into 80 […]
