IT’S nine years since Omagh’s Cara McCrossan tasted Ulster Championship football but on Sunday she endured the full wrath of emotions as Tyrone got out of Kinawley by the skin of their teeth. Fermanagh led the Ulster Intermediate quarter-final tie by six points at one stage but in the end captain Aoibhinn McHugh crafted out a […]
Niamh is back in the land of the O’Neill
Niamh O’Neill spent the last two years in Australia but she’s back in the red and white of Tyrone. Her focus is still the same, a love of football and dreams of a senior All-Ireland. She sat down with Michael McMullan IT has always been football for Niamh O’Neill. Right from the start. Kicking around […]
Tyrone skipper McHugh set for final-day showdown against the Lilywhites
By Niall Gartland TYRONE ladies’ survival hopes hinge on the final round of fixtures this Saturday and a victory on the road against Kildare could, circumstances permitting, be enough to salvage their Division One status for 2026. Two teams will face the drop when all is said and done, though nothing is set in stone […]
McCann: Tyrone Ladies’ main focus is on championship
By Shaun Casey THE next two weeks will tell the tale for Tyrone ladies in terms of their Division One status as they take on Dublin and Kildare but no matter what happens their main focus has always been the championship says boss Darren McCann. The Red Hand ladies are currently second from bottom with one […]
Corrigan not feeling overawed by the Kingdom
By Niall Gartland ALL-IRELAND champions Kerry may stroll into town on Sunday morning, but Tyrone ladies vice-captain Meabh Corrigan says they certainly won’t be rolling out the red carpet at O’Neill’s Healy Park. In the first of a classic Tyrone-Kerry double bill, Corrigan and her teammates will set about plotting the downfall of a team […]
Armagh and Tyrone set for big crowd double-headers
By Shaun Casey AFTER winning their opening three league encounters, Armagh will be keen to extend that record when they take on Mayo in the BOX-IT Athletic Grounds this weekend, in a double-header as the men face the same opposition beforehand. The Orchard County have got the better of Kerry, Tyrone and Dublin so far […]
Tyrone win on the road after second half comeback
Lidl National Football League Tyrone 1-15 Mayo 2-11 By Stuart Tynan TYRONE overturned a seven point half-time deficit to pick up their first win in Division 1 of the Lidl National Football League after a dramatic finale in Swinford Amenity Park on Sunday/ After a trio of early wides, Mayo began to make use of […]
Tyrone taking lessons from top tier outings
By Shaun Casey TYRONE boss Darren McCann hopes his side can take the positives from last week’s defeat to neighbours Armagh and pick up their first victory of the campaign when they head west to face Mayo in round three. The Red Hands were level with the Division One champions at half time but failed to […]
St Macartan’s have shown resilience says O’Hagan
By Niall Gartland ST MACARTAN’S are back in yet another Tyrone Senior Championship Ladies Final and Tara O’Hagan says that’s a testament to the resilient nature of a wildly successful team that also know the pain of defeat. This time last year, St Macartan’s fell narrowly short in extra-time of a classic county final against […]
Tyrone trailblazers: Eilish Gormley’s story of ’99
When Tyrone won the All-Ireland Junior title 25 years ago, Eilish Gormley hit 3-6. She looks back on the county’s first national success and its origins with Michael McMullan BY the time Sean O’Kane returned as manager for the 1999 season, Tyrone ladies had been kicking destiny’s door long enough. They had what it takes […]