By Michael McMullan DERRY’S target is simple this week. Avoid defeat at the hands of Clare and they are on the way back to Division One for the first time since 2015. While a tenth game unbeaten since the 2022 All-Ireland semi-final defeat to Galway will see them through, it’s hard to imagine anything other […]
LAST Friday evening in our school, St Joseph’s Newry, hosted the second of our January coach education evenings, with Clare Senior Football Coach Mark Doran delivering a brilliant session on using games to break down a crowded defence. There was 150 coaches at it and the previous week there was over 200 coaches there to witness […]
By Shaun Casey BALLYBAY are looking forward to the new and exciting prospect of featuring in the Ulster Club Championship, something they haven’t done since 2012. Captain Eoin McKearney was just a cub at that stage, but the 25-year-old says the whole team is looking forward to this weekend’s experience. “I’ve never played in it; […]
By Kieran Lynch BALLYBAY Pearse Brothers turned in a top-class performance to dethrone Scotstown in the Monaghan Senior Football Championship final on Sunday. Jerome Johnston and Mark Doran’s side won 1-11 to 1-8 to claim their first county crown since 2012, with goal-scoring Man of the Match Dessie Ward one of a number of outstanding […]
By Shaun Casey IN the space of seven days, Ballybay will commence battle with Monaghan kingpins Scotstown twice, with the two main senior trophies up for grabs. The Senior league final takes place in two weeks’ time, but first up the pair meet in the championship decider. “I haven’t even thought about that yet, said […]
MONAGHAN remain on the hunt for a new senior football manager and the Gaelic Life understands that Oisin McConville is the main target. The 2002 All-Ireland winner is currently in charge of Inniskeen while he is also the joint manager of the Armagh u-20s along with former teammate Barry O’Hagan. It is understood that the […]
