By Michael McMullan GLEN and Sleacht Néill are among clubs in Derry looking for a new senior football manager. Rory Kavanagh has stepped down from his role with Glen. The 2012 All-Ireland winner with Donegal took over from Malachy O’Rourke ahead of the 2025 season. Advertisement The Watties were beaten by Magherafelt in the semi-final […]
By Michael McMullan GLEN manager Rory Kavanagh insists that everyone is chasing Newbridge in the race for the John McLaughlin Cup. Speaking after Glen became the first name into the semi-final draw, Kavanagh said his side are moving in the right direction with focus on priming for the next hurdle. Glen face Magherafelt, a repeat […]
By Michael McMullan GLEN manager Rory Kavanagh has used the Derry League to have a look at his squad with a host of key players missing. Conor Glass, Ciaran McFaul, Ethan Doherty and Danny McDermott were part of the county squad this season. McDermott, called in after the u-20 campaign, was back in action for […]
By Michael McMullan DONEGAL All-Ireland winner Rory Kavanagh feels the FRC’s rule enhancements have led to football being a “much better spectacle” but is happy to see the latest tweak around the midfield mark on kick-outs. Kavanagh is in his first season as Glen manager and looking forward to getting their county players integrated after […]
By Michael McMullan GLEN have appointed former Donegal star Rory Kavanagh as their new senior football manager. The All-Ireland winner takes over from Malachy O’Rourke who stepped down after four years at the helm. Kavanagh will be assisted by David O’Herilihy who was his right-hand man in with St Eunan’s when they won the Donegal […]
By Michael McMullan CHAMPIONS Naomh Conaill face the acid test of their credentials against St Eunan’s in Sunday’s Donegal SFC semi-final in Ballybofey. It’s a repeat of last year’s final won by Martin Regan’s men and the recent group clash that finished level, 0-9 all, in Glenties. St Eunan’s were champions in 2021, beating Naomh […]
JUST when you thought it was safe, he’s back. Like Freddie Kruger appearing at the window. Or Jack Nicholson at the door with an axe, grinning, those dark eyes flashing. “Heeeeere’s Jimmy.” Having engineered the most extraordinary coup in the history of Gaelic football in 2012, then the greatest ambush in living memory (the 2014 All-Ireland […]
GLENTIES overcame all the odds last weekend to land their sixth title overcoming a hotly fancied St Eunan’s side in a pulsating encounter. St Eunan’s were the team on everyone’s lips this year with no-one giving any other team a chance. Going into the game a lot of people, myself included, thought that St Eunan’s […]
I ATTENDED the Gaoth Dobhair semi-final two weeks ago and a lot of the conversation circled around who would become the next Donegal management team and why the process was taking so long. Last week I was sitting in a coffee shop waiting for someone. With a little time on my hands, my mind wondered […]
By Michael McMullan FORMER Donegal star Rory Kavanagh has emerged as the frontrunner to succeed Declan Bonner as the county’s senior football manager, Gaelic Life understands. Kavanagh, an All-Ireland winner in 2012, retired after Donegal’s narrow loss in the final two years later before being coaxed back by Rory Gallagher in 2016. After finishing his […]
