10 YEARS AGO DONEGAL did the job against Fermanagh in the Ulster Championship quarter-final with seven points to spare, though their victory wasn’t without incident as Neil McGee received a straight red for a challenge on Ruairi Corrigan on the cusp of half-time. On the whole though it was a very good display from the […]
Canavan’s memories of 2005 glory
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March 10, 2026
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 […]
Tyrone and the legacy of ’86
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January 30, 2026
This year marks the 40th anniversary of Tyrone’s first All-Ireland senior final appearance. Noel McGinn was part of the team that put Kerry to the pin of their collar. Michael McMullan asked him about the legacy of ‘86. “The men of ’86, who ignited a flame that’s still burning.” – Peter Canavan, September 2003 PETER Canavan […]
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Tyrone and Derry engage in melee as Benny Coulter hits a hat-trick
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January 25, 2026
10 YEARS AGO… NEIGHBOURLY love was in short supply as Tyrone defeated Derry in a fractious McKenna Cup final. The Red Hands may have finished with 13 men, but they enjoyed their 1-22 to 1-17 win in Armagh in front of a vocal crowd. Oakleaf boss Damian Barton was shoved to the ground by Cathal […]
Joe Brolly: RARE AIR
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November 2, 2025
Mark Vancil, the author of Michael Jordan’s biography ‘Rare Air’ said that the difference between Michael and the rest, what set him apart, was that he was “always present.” He never thought about failure. His mind never wandered to what might happen or how the score in a game might end up. If he missed […]
Snow patrol – The Chris Snow story
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October 31, 2025
By Shaun Casey THINGS could have all turned out so differently for Chris Snow, Fermanagh and Ederney. As a teenager, Snow fantasized about sailing across the Irish Sea and making a career as a goalkeeper in England. The possibilities seemed endless. Numerous trials at different clubs suggested that ambition was more than just a dream. […]
20 years on: Mellon recalls an All-Ireland final for the ages
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July 10, 2025
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 […]
Tyrone are back without ever really going away
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May 29, 2025
By Michael McMullan ON Tuesday morning, I took a call from a walking buddy Jarlath Devlin, a Coalisland Fianna man living in Derry, informing me the Red Hands were back. It was a throwaway statement after the toppling of Donegal in fortress Ballybofey. He didn’t really think they were back. They had never really gone […]
Tyrone stars of the noughties pull on their boots to official open state of the art Stewartstown facility
May 13, 2025
By Michael McMullan TYRONE All-Ireland winning captain Peter Canavan is one a number of former Red Hand stars pulling the boots back on this Saturday. To mark GAA President Jarlath Burns officially opening their playing facilities and state-of-the-art new stand, Stewartstown Harps team of 2005 are taking on a Tyrone team of the decade on […]
Ulster’s Croker match ups
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April 25, 2025
With talk that this year’s Ulster final could be played at Croke Park, we take a look at some of the previous all-Ulster meetings at GAA Headquarters. 2003 All-Ireland SFC semi-final Armagh 2-10 Donegal 1-9 ARMAGH kept their two in-a-row hopes alive in front of 76,000 spectators with an extremely hard-earned win over Brian McEniff’s […]