By Michael McMullan ANTRIM are looking at their Ulster Intermediate Championship clash with Down as a chance for a fresh start. That’s the take of captain Ciara Brown ahead of Sunday’s semi-final in Glenavy after a disappointing league campaign. The Saffrons were relegated back to Division Four after a campaign that yielded a victory over Sligo […]
Laura Garland out to help Monaghan back to the top table
Lauren Garland has been no stranger to life in the fast lane and hopes to help Monaghan in the hunt for silverware. Daire Walsh writes… AFTER recently retaining their Lidl National Football League Division 2 status, Lauren Garland and the Monaghan footballers now have a couple of more targets in their sights for 2024. […]
Underage value is no minor matter…
Jane Adams will always have the legacy of her starring roles on the camogie fields of Ireland. Michael McMullan chatted to her about the health of the game in Ulster and where gains can be made JANE Adams’ facial expression says it all. Her smile is beaming from ear to ear. With the very mention of […]
A glance ahead to a weekend of ladies championship action
Compiled by Jackie Cahill THERE’S action in all four provinces in the TG4 provincial championships over the coming weekend. At senior level, the round-robin series in Leinster and Munster concludes, with Dublin and Meath, who have already qualified for the Leinster final, meeting at Parnell Park on Sunday in a dress rehearsal ahead of their […]
Donegal’s great white hope
Susanne White is one of the top players in Ireland yet struggled to make Donegal teams at underage. After parking a love for soccer, she is a beacon of the county’s future. She spoke with Michael McMullan AN HOUR shooting the breeze with Susanne White is time well spent. A love of sport hangs from […]
Ulster teams in All-Ireland camogie finals this weekend
SATURDAY, APRIL 27 ELECTRIC IRELAND ALL-IRELAND MINOR A CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL Tipperary v Waterford, UPMC Nowlan Park, 4.30pm Referee: Gavin Donegan (Dublin) Appearing in another All-Ireland final at minor A level 12 months after doing so for the first time is another sign of the depth of the game in Waterford at present. After giving hot […]
Teams of the 2024 Lidl National Football Leagues revealed
THE Teams of the 2024 Lidl National Football Leagues – selected by the Ladies Gaelic Football Association’s All-Star committee – have been revealed. Champions Armagh, who won the Division 1 title for the very first time in 2024, lead the way on the top-flight selection, with seven players included. Runners-up Kerry, who won the competition […]
Goal hungry Westmeath deny never-say-die Derry
Westmeath 4-8 Derry 0-16 By Daragh Ó Conchúir at Croke Park A GOAL from the outstanding Megan Dowdall three minutes from the end of normal time finally confirmed Westmeath’s Very Camogie League Division 2A final triumph after Derry had threatened a remarkable comeback. The Lakesiders had led by nine points in the first half after […]
A Merry ending to league action for Armagh
Armagh 0-14 Laois 2-7 By Daragh Ó Conchúir A RACHAEL Merry point from a free deep into injury time grasped the Very Camogie League Division 3A title for the Orchard women, in a pulsating encounter that ended in a welter of excitement at Abbotstown. Having lost last year’s final by a point to Carlow and […]
Dashing Devlin douses Wicklow flame
Tyrone 3-16 Wicklow 0-10 By Daragh Ó Conchúir A TALLY of 1-7 from the sensational Lára Devlin, along with a colossal display by Gráinne McDonald laid the foundation for a hugely impressive victory by Tyrone over an outgunned Wicklow in the Very Camogie League Division 4 final at Protection & Prosperity Louth GAA Training Centre […]