By Michael McMullan DERRY manager Paddy Tally has added Strength and Conditioning coach Cairbre Ó Cairealláin to his backroom team. A former Antrim hurler, he was part of both Tipperary and Limerick hurlers’ All-Ireland winning formula. Ó Cairealláin, from St Paul’s on Belfast’s Shaws Road, also had a spell at Arsenal where he looked after the academy […]
WHEN the well known badge kisser Mickey Harte was being presented with the keys to his new Renault in Celtic Park, proudly wearing his Derry tracksuit, he said that his Tyrone assistant Gavin Devlin was “the best coach in Ireland.” The best coach in Ireland went on to play an offside trap in a game […]
By Michael McMullan NEW Derry manager Paddy Tally will pencil in rest for whoever needs it and says a strong link across the u-17 and u-20 grades is essential to long-term progress. He points out the difference in conditioning levels between a player coming in from the u-20 grade to a seasoned player with a […]
NEWLY retired Chrissy McKaigue leaves a ‘legacy etched in determination, leadership and excellence’ according to a tribute released from Derry GAA. McKaigue has taken the decision to sign off on his intercounty career, 16 years after making his senior debut in a championship clash against Monaghan in 2008. Now 35, McKaigue made 149 senior appearances […]
By Michael McMullan NEW Derry manager Paddy Tally is excited at the prospect of a return to county management and said it was an opportunity he couldn’t turn down. The Galbally man was ratified a three-year term at the meeting of the clubs on Thursday night. Having coached the Oakleafers during Brian McIver’s tenure as […]
By Michael McMullan NEW Derry manager Paddy Tally has announced his management team for the season ahead. Tally was ratified on Thursday night, on a three-year term, to succeed Mickey Harte after a four-month search for the Oakleafers’ new boss. Paul McFlynn remains on board from last season. They will be joined by Paul McIver and […]
LAST weekend we found out who this year’s semi-final pairings are in the Ulster Club Championship. We have some very interesting clashes to look forward to but first let’s look back at the action last weekend. Down champions Kilcoo did just about enough to get the win on Saturday evening and although they didn’t shoot […]
By Michael McMullan DERRY will put Paddy Tally forward to clubs for ratification as their new senior football manager on Thursday night at Owenbeg, Gaelic Life can confirm. It ends months of speculation after Mickey Harte stepped down from the post. Tally was part of the Tyrone panel beaten in 1995 All-Ireland final and coached […]
By Niall Gartland TYRONE club Galbally have appointed Gavin McGilly as manager of their men’s senior football team with club native Paddy Tally involved in an advisory capacity. Annaghmore man McGilly worked alongside Paddy Tally when St Mary’s surged to a historic Sigerson Cup triumph in 2017, and he was also part of Tally’s background […]
By Michael McMullan LEADING GAA personalities will be in Ballymena later this month as St Louis Grammar school host ‘A Night with St. Louis’, a chat night featuring guests from across the GAA world. The event will be compered by former Dunloy and Antrim goalkeeper Shane Elliott, himself a past pupil of the school and a […]
