TYRONE Ladies wrap up their NFL Division Two campaign at Redhills against Cavan on Sunday with a place in the final long since secured. Manager Sean O’Kane has plenty of selection headaches as players stick their hands up for next month’s meeting with Kildare at Croke Park on April 7. Those two sides played out […]
Revival of historic Tyrone cup competition
February 8, 2024
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 […]
Dooher targeting a winning start
January 26, 2024
By Barry O’Donnell SLOW starts in the league have blighted Tyrone in recent seasons, a pattern which joint-manager Brian Dooher is keen to rectify this weekend The Red Hands begin what looks an arduous schedule of matches in Division One at home to Roscommon in O’Neill’s Healy Park this Sunday afternoon (throw-in 3.45pm), in a […]
Conor Bradley – the making of a star
January 25, 2024
By Niall Gartland WHEN a young lad makes it all the way to the bright lights of the multi-billion pound business that is the famed Premier League, you can rest assured that it didn’t come about by chance. Conor Bradley made his Premier League debut for Liverpool at the weekend and he delivered a typically […]
Joe Martin’s parting gift to Tyrone GAA
November 30, 2023
TYRONE GAA fans, take note: at the annual County Convention on December 12, the fifth and final volume of the late Joe Martin’s acclaimed ‘The GAA in Tyrone’ history series will be officially unveiled. Entitled ‘Memories: 1900-56’, the book is a miscellany of fascinating stories, historical research and interview material. To say this is a […]
Art: The man who spearheaded the Tyrone football revival
August 17, 2023
IT was rather poignant in the week that Feargal Logan and Brian Dooher were ratified to remain on as Tyrone senior joint managers, that their distinguished predecessor Art McRory should pass away. The current management team are just two of hundreds of players down through the years to have benfitted from the astute guidance and […]
Rodgers helped transform Tyrone football says county chairman
August 4, 2023
By Niall Gartland TYRONE county chairman Martin Sludden has paid tribute to the late Frank Rodgers, stating that the impact of his role as a leading GAA administrator in the county reverberates to this day. The Beragh Red Knights clubman died on Sunday aged 82 having been involved in the GAA as a player, coach […]
Cathal McShane set to miss Armagh match through injury
June 1, 2023
CATHAL McShane is unlikely to play any part in Tyrone’s Saturday night clash with Armagh, according to joint-manager Brian Dooher. The Owen Roes forward missed the tail-end of Tyrone’s Division One campaign due to injury and he has yet to make it back to full fitness. While he was named on the subs’ bench for […]
Eskra ready for fight for survival
August 20, 2022
IT’S no exaggeration to say that the race for survival in Division Two is on a knife-edge heading into the final three rounds of matches. Tattyreagh, Eskra, Rock, Clogher and Cookstown are in particular peril at the bottom of the table, and there are a few others who aren’t yet guaranteed of safety even at […]
Strabane starting from scratch
July 18, 2022
By Shaun Casey “IT’S a rebuilding process,” says Strabane hurling secretary Chris McDaid as the club are targeting underage growth which they hope will blossom into a senior team in the near future. “It’s a rebuilding process. The club been in existence for a long time, 40 odd years, but over the past ten we’ve struggled to […]