By Niall Gartland FORMER Kerry footballer Sean O’Sullivan doesn’t expect Sunday’s league encounter against Tyrone to bear much resemblance to last year’s one-sided All-Ireland SFC quarter-final clash at Croke Park. The Kingdom eased to a surprisingly comfortable 2-18 to 0-12 victory against Tyrone last summer, a result out of kilter with recent games between the […]
By Niall Gartland THE Jim Devlin Cup is set to be revived in the spring to mark the 50th anniversary of the murders of Jim and Gertrude Devlin by loyalist gunmen outside Edendork in Tyrone. It will take place between the 16 Division One teams in Tyrone on a knock-out starting in April and culminating in […]
By Niall Gartland TWO of Matthew McGuigan’s former Kildress teammates have described their devastation at the loss of someone whose dedication to the Wolfe Tones was evident in so many ways. Dean McNally and Philip Lennon were joint-captains of the Kildress team that claimed the Tyrone Junior Championship title in 2020, and they are still […]
BERAGH Red Knights have formally appointed a new management team headed up by Tyrone legend Conor Gormley and Damian Leonard. It’s a high-profile appointment for the club, who reached this year’s Division Two promotion play-offs where they fell narrowly short against the Moy. Gormley and Leonard have already accrued experience of working alongside each other […]
By Niall Gartland HAVING represented the club at senior level with distinction for nearly two decades, Coalisland veteran Stephen McNally says that he is “99 per cent” sure that he has hung up the boots for the final time following his side’s Division One-salvaging victory over the Moy last Sunday. If indeed he does formally retire […]
By Niall Gartland FINTONA are gearing up for their first Junior Championship semi-final appearance since 2011, but their captain Niall Murray recognises they won’t get anything handed to them by a strong Aghaloo side. The Pearses last reached the final four back in 2011, coming up short against Killeeshil, and it would be a big […]
By Niall Gartland TYRONE great Peter Canavan has described the late Art McRory as a ‘confidant’ who played a major part in his own journey to the steps of the Hogan Stand when Tyrone finally reached the promised land in 2003. Canavan played under Art McRory during a memorable spell in the mid-90s where Tyrone […]
By Niall Gartland FEARGAL Logan and Brian Dooher have put their names forward to stay on board as managers of the Tyrone senior intercounty football team, and it is expected that they will be ratified on a new three-year term at a meeting of the county committee next Tuesday evening (August 8). Logan and Dooher […]
By Niall Gartland DONEGAL legend Michael Murphy expects at least some of Tyrone’s elder statesmen to return for the 2024 season following Saturday’s disappointing championship exit at the hands of Kerry. Murphy, who hung up the boots at intercounty level last November at the age of 33, thinks that the raft of young talent coming […]
By Niall Gartland TYRONE will head into the bearpit of Ballybofey with their championship campaign firmly on the line this Saturday, but Connor McAliskey believes they have what it takes to book their place in the last eight of the All-Ireland. The former Tyrone sharpshooter recognises that the team is yet to reach the heights […]
