10 YEARS AGO BALLYCRAN won a first Down SHC title since 2011 as a late flurry of scores saw them past Ballygalget in Portaferry. Ballygalget were left wondering how they hadn’t lifted the Jeremiah McVeagh Cup as they led 0-16 to 0-11 with 10 minutes remaining but Ballycran hit 1-4 without reply to steal it. […]
10 YEARS AGO THE football inter-county season came to an end with Dublin winning a third title in five years, but there was also some chart-topping from Fermanagh with Roslea’s Seán Quigley finishing the year as the championship’s top scorer. The Erne ace plundered 3-36 during Fermanagh’s run to the All-Ireland quarter-final, giving him a […]
10 YEARS AGO ARMAGH’S hopes of reaching just a second-ever All-Ireland Ladies Senior final were ended by a ruthless Dublin outfit who won 2-16 to 2-5 at Parnell Park. Gregory McGonigle, who would go on to manage the Orchard County, said he was delighted with how they shut down Caroline O’Hanlon and Aimee Mackin. They […]
10 YEARS AGO THE fall-out from ‘rufflegate’ continued with Tyrone confirming that they were appealing the eight-week ban handed out to Tiernan McCann after he hit the deck after being patted on the head by Monaghan’s Darren Hughes in their All-Ireland SFC quarter-final. McCann took a torrent of abuse online and in the press afterwards, […]
10 YEARS AGO FERMANAGH caused one of the shocks of the summer as they finished with a flourish to dump Roscommon out of the championship. It looked like the Erne County’s run was over as they trailed by five points with five minutes remaining at Brewster Park, but the hosts would not give up. They […]
10 YEARS AGO FERMANAGH served notice of their intentions as they hammered Antrim by 13 points in the All-Ireland Qualifiers. There was no doubting that star of the show as Seán Quigley helped himself to 0-14 at Brewster Park, which was three points more than the entire Antrim team combined in their 1-21 to 0-11 […]
10 YEARS AGO ANTRIM trio CJ McGourty, Kieran McGourty and Conor Burke were dropped for the Qualifier with Laois for disciplinary reasons, but the Saffrons still managed to cause a big upset as they defeated Laois 2-14 to 1-15 in their Qualifier clash in Portlaoise. The trio had played for St Gall’s in a club […]
10 YEARS AGO THE Armagh hype train was full steam ahead as they welcomed Donegal to the Athletic Grounds in what was Kieran McGeeney’s first championship match as manager, but the game was over nearly as soon as it started as the Tir Chonaill County dismantled them with ease. Michael Murphy was in sparkling form […]
10 YEARS AGO IT was an emotional day for Fermanagh hurling as they won the Lory Meagher Cup and dedicated the win to their player Shane Mulholland. Erne captain JP McGarry spoke of Mulholland’s impact in his victory speech with the player dying in a car crash earlier in the year. Fermanagh won the contest […]
10 YEARS AGO A TOUGH day for the provincial football systems as Dublin hammered Longford by 27 points while in Munster, Tipperary had 22 points to spare against Waterford. Longford boss Jack Sheedy decided to go man-to-man on a point of principle but it was a tough day’s work as they lost out 4-25 to […]
