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 […]
Shaun Casey speaks to Gavin Devlin and Enda McNulty about Armagh and Tyrone’s famous trilogy of 2005. GAELIC games are built on local rivalries. Keeping an eye on them ‘uns across the road. Matching, or more importantly, surpassing their success is what the sport thrives on. Back in 2005, Armagh and Tyrone shared a memorable trilogy […]
From his days watching football, Michael McMullan selects a team of players that would excel under the new rules with a limit of one player per county and with every Ulster team represented… 1 Michael Byrne (Antrim) I HAVE watched Antrim a few times and Byrne has impressed. An excellent shot stopper, safe with the […]
BEFORE the throw in, Killarney Dr Crokes’ manager Pat O’Shea looked worried. He had every right to be. Torturing Kerry men is, after all, a cherished Canavan family tradition. God, meanwhile, was smiling and chatting in the stand, as though he knew something the rest of us didn’t. Which I suppose is one of the benefits […]
10 YEARS AGO IT was a case of a late finish in Tipperary with the county final between Loughmore-Castleiney and Cahir taking place just four days before Christmas. The delays came about due to a number of reasons, most notably the drawn All-Ireland SHC final – the Premier County losing out to Kilkenny the second […]
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 […]
10 YEARS AGO TYRONE manager Mickey Harte said his final selection for the upcoming Dr McKenna Cup would only come after the third level teams make their selections. Harte said he entered negotiations with Ulster President Martin McAviney on the situation. It comes after St Mary’s manager Paddy Tally had said he would pull the […]
By Shaun Casey THE Spirit of Paul McGirr foundation is bringing together some of the biggest names in GAA to help raise much-needed funds for their tireless charity work in a golf classic hosted at the Lough Erne resort on Friday, September 27. Former Tyrone and Dromore footballer Sean O’Neill, a managing director at MFC, a […]
Niall Gartland takes a look back at the top-scoring Ulster players in the history of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 1 Conor McManus (9-288) NO Ulster footballer has scored as much in championship football as Monaghan icon Conor McManus, a three-time All-Star widely regarded as the county’s best ever footballer. Even if he carries on into […]
By Niall Gartland PASCAL Canavan has urged Tyrone Gaels to make their voices heard at a protest march in Belfast on Saturday afternoon in support of Palestinian civilians impacted by Israel’s ongoing military campaign in Gaza. The march has been organised by pressure group ‘Gaels against Genocide’, who are calling for a permanent ceasefire in […]
