By Shaun Casey THERE were so many turning points to Tyrone’s heroic 2025 season. Too many to count. Replays, wrongful red cards, last-minute winners, melees, match ups. The career-defining Armagh trilogy. The ten-game run to Sam. So many stories. But a meeting inside the dressing room after a league semi-final loss to Wexford jumps out […]
By Michael McMullan DERRY are eyeing a third successive win as their new focus when they host Offaly in Saturday’s Division Two clash at Find Insurance Celtic Park. That was the take of manager Ciarán Meenagh before the Oakleafers’ bus had even pulled out of Newbridge after last weekend’s victory over Kildare. The last time Derry won […]
I DON’T watch soccer. It reminds me of a sporting Love Island, all meticulous hairstyles, ultrabrite teeth, tattoos and superficial sportsmanship. Give respect, get respect, except when you are diving to feign injury to get an opponent sent off. The end of it for me was when I heard that Cristiano Ronaldo had a clause […]
Pascal McConnell looks back 25 years later as a special Red Hand group claimed the All-Ireland U-21 title By Shaun Casey IN truth, no one else really stood a chance. This star-studded Tyrone team had already ruled at minor level and the u-21 stage was merely a platform to push on and create history in the […]
TWO-TIME Tyrone All-Ireland winner Gavin Devlin is expected to be appointed as Louth manager in the coming days. The Ardboe native, Gaelic Life understands, is set to link up once again with Peter Dooley having worked with the senior squad when Mickey Harte was in charge. Dooley was also part of Ger Brennan’s coaching ticket […]
Niall Gartland talks to former Tyrone star Ryan Mellon about an unforgettable All-Ireland final triumph over Kerry in 2005 TYRONE’S finest hour? Some will balk at the notion – surely the honour goes to that historic All-Ireland triumph of 2003, that memorable late-September day where we finally reached the promised land after decades and decades of trying. No longer were we […]
With three round of the National Football League now complete, Niall McCoy looks who has caught the eye – for varying reasons – in the four divisions DIVISION ONE RIDING HIGH – DONEGAL A SIMPLE one to start – Dublin, Kerry and Armagh is close to as tough of an opening spell as you could […]
By Katrina Brennan KIERAN Donnelly believes they can come out on top of Sunday’s Division Three encounter against Offaly – but only if they play to their full potential. Mickey Harte and Declan Kelly’s men are unbeaten in three and provide a formidable challenge against a Fermanagh side coming off the back of a disappointing […]
10 YEARS AGO THERE was floodlight failure at Healy Park but the outage couldn’t save Mickey Harte’s Red Hands as they were swept aside by Monaghan in their Division 1 opener. It was a rosy start for the hosts with Darren McCurry putting them 0-7 to 0-2 ahead midway through the first half, but they […]
IT was a very good year for Mickey Harte. Mickey managed to get three cars in one year, with less miles on them than an elderly nun’s. Being a county manager these days can be awfully confusing, just ask Mickey Graham. Harte started off the season with Louth, unveiling his plans for the new year […]
