By Oisin Duddy IT’S fair to say that Moy captain Declan Conroy is looking to this Saturday’s showdown in the Tyrone Intermediate Championship final against Pomeroy (O’Neill’s Healy Park, 6pm). The Moy, who haven’t won an Intermediate Championship since their Tyrone, Ulster and All-Ireland treble in 2017-18, will hope to deliver a performnance befitting of […]
Derry were hailed as having the best midfield partnership in the game this year. We look back at some of the finest midfield pairings in GAA history. Brian McGilligan and Anthony Tohill (Derry) IT pretty much says it all that both men made up the midfield spots when the All-Stars were handed out in the […]
Some of the legends of the game have produced their best work on All-Ireland final day, and Niall Gartland takes a look back at some of the very best individual performances in recent decades in All-Ireland SFC deciders… Maurice Fitzgerald 1997 MAURICE Fitzgerald’s performance in the 1997 All-Ireland final is the stuff of legends, but it […]
By Niall Gartland TYRONE Masters stand on the cusp of another All-Ireland final appearance as they renew acquaintances with Dublin at Kingspan Breffni in Cavan this Saturday afternoon. The Tyrone over-40s team came up trumps against Dublin in the last two All-Ireland finals but there’s no guarantee that it’ll be a similar story this weekend […]
By Shaun Casey EVERY youngster that grows up in the Orchard County dreams of pulling on that famed orange and white shirt and representing Armagh. It’s an honour that not everyone gets to enjoy, and some have to wait longer than others. For Padraig McKeever, managing director of McKeever Sports, the official supplier of all Armagh GAA […]
By Niall Gartland SEAN Cavanagh believes a few subtle adjustments could transform Tyrone’s season for the better as they gear up for Saturday’s All-Ireland group stage clash against Armagh. While the Red Hands are certainly playing well, they’re yet to hit the heights that saw them surge to All-Ireland glory back in 2021. Five-time all-star […]
Niall Gartland takes a look at the footballers who have shone brightest on Ulster Championship final day in recent seasons, picking up the Man of the Match awards 2022: Brendan Rogers (Derry) ONE of the most likeable lads on the inter-county circuit and also one of the most talented, Brendan Rogers had a game to […]
Cavanagh deserves the benefit of the doubt IT’S good that there is some GAA news to keep us occupied during the lockdown, and Sean Cavanagh certainly stepped up the plate this week. His use of the phrase “up here in the UK” was a strange one in an interview with RTE, and understandably ruffled some […]
THE Douglas Murray book, “The Madness of the Crowds” should be required reading for all A-level students. The book examines gender, race and identity, and today’s society’s crusading desire to right perceived wrongs and to weaponise identity, both accelerated and cultivated by social and news media. In this part of the world, the weaponisation of […]
Sean Cavanagh is to join the Moy management team.
