ULSTER SENIOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI-FINAL ARMAGH V TYRONE Saturday, Clones, 4.45pm By Niall Gartland WILL things come full circle for an injury-ravaged Armagh side in Saturday’s Ulster Championship semi-final at Clones? Tyrone were the last team to defeat the Orchard County in 70 minutes of championship football – that being an All-Ireland round robin clash […]
Armagh name team for Clones date with Tyrone
ARMAGH have named their team for Saturday’s Ulster SFC semi-final showdown with Tyrone in Clones. There are four changes with skipper Aidan Forker, Paddy Burns, Oisin Conaty and Conor Turbitt coming in from their win over Antrim. Midfield duo Ben Crealey and Niall Grimley are named on the bench. There is still no sign of […]
Armagh v Tyrone: A famous footballing trilogy
Shaun Casey speaks to Gavin Devlin and Enda McNulty about Armagh and Tyrone’s famous trilogy of 2005. GAELIC games are built on local rivalries. Keeping an eye on them ‘uns across the road. Matching, or more importantly, surpassing their success is what the sport thrives on. Back in 2005, Armagh and Tyrone shared a memorable trilogy […]
KEVIN CASSIDY: The battle to join Donegal
WE were treated to a proper Ulster Championship clash last weekend when Donegal locked horns with Monaghan. As for the game itself, it went along the lines of how I thought it pan out with Donegal just having a little too much in the end up. At times in the game, Monaghan caused Donegal some […]
Owenbeg to host Tyrone and Donegal
By Michael McMullan REIGNING All-Ireland champions Tyrone will face Donegal in Wednesday’s Ulster U-20 final at Owenbeg (7.30pm). Three second half goals made the difference as the Red Hands saw off the challenge of Derry in the semi-final. The sides were level four times in the first half before Derry went 0-9 to 0-5 with […]
This weekend’s LGFA championship fixtures
THE fixture details have been announced ahead of this weekend’s LGFA Championship fixtures. Tyrone and Fermanagh will meet in the Ulster IFC on Sunday in Kinawley. Derry host Antrim on Saturday with the venue yet to be confirmed. Saturday April 26 TG4 Munster Senior Championship Cork v Kerry; Cloughduv GAA, 2pm TG4 Ulster Junior Championship […]
Cavan’s Brady finds a way to cope with busy schedule
By Niall Gartland IT’S been a hectic couple of years for Cavan joint-skipper Ciarán Brady, but he’s happy to acknowledge that he’s in fine fettle ahead of Sunday’s Ulster Championship quarter-final showdown against Tyrone. Split season be damned, Brady has had little down-time since his club Arva embarked on an incredible championship run spanning two […]
PREVIEW: Red Hands primed to maintain hex over Cavan
Ulster SFC Quarter-Final Tyrone v Cavan Sunday, O’Neill’s Healy Park, 4.15pm By Niall Gartland Advertisement IT’S not the mother of all hoodoos – but it’s not a million miles off it. Cavan haven’t won a single championship campaign against Tyrone since all the way back in 1983, and it isn’t as if they’ve given each […]
Cavan name team for Tyrone clash
CAVAN manager Raymond Galligan has named his team for Sunday’s Ulster SFC clash with Tyrone in Omagh. There is no place in the matchday panel for Paddy Lynch who has been ruled out with injury. Jason McLoughlin and Dara McVeety are the two changes from the league game with Cork, with Luke Fortune and Cian […]
Camogs set their championship sights
Niall Gartland runs the rule over the prospects of the province’s camogie teams Antrim Managers: Carl McCormick and Martin Coulter Captain: Amy Boyle Advertisement ANTRIM’s confidence will be sky-high heading into their forthcoming championship campaigns after winning the Division 1B title last weekend. The Saffrons clinched the title – and promotion to the top-tier Division […]