THE first time the name Darragh Canavan entered my consciousness was all the way back in 2014. Jerome Quinn – you know the one – had produced a video of Darragh ripping it up for St Ciaran’s Ballygawley as they captured their first ever Ulster Schools title with a 0-19 to 1-6 victory over St […]
Feature: Like father, like son
October 9, 2022
The 10 father-son combinations who have won All-Star awards in Gaelic Football. Bernard Brogan Snr and Alan Brogan and Bernard Brogan Jnr BERNARD Brogan Snr won three All-Ireland titles with Dublin and picked up an All-Star award in 1979. His sons Alan and Bernard won even more than their famous father during an unbelievable spell […]
Feature: Who’ll make team of the year?
September 8, 2022
IT’S a topic that always prompts lots of debate, and our journalist Niall Gartland has his say on who he thinks should be named on this year’s All-Ireland football team of the season… 1 ETHAN RAFFERTY (ARMAGH) I WAS going to opt for the steady and reliable Kerry goalkeeper Shane Ryan, but then I thought, […]