By Shaun Casey ARMAGH and Tyrone renew their famous rivalry on Saturday evening as Malachy O’Rourke’s Red Hand County visit the BOX-IT Athletic Grounds for the second round of the National League. Both head into the contest off the back of very different opening round displays, as All-Ireland champions Armagh fell to Galway by six […]
By Barry O’Donnell DIVING head first into the choppy waters of top flight league football provides Tyrone Ladies with the ideal opportunity to prove they can swim alongside the best of them, team captain Aoibhinn McHugh believes. The talented Aghyaran midfielder has again been handed the skipper’s armband for the campaign ahead, with Meabh Corrigan and […]
By Michael McMullan PADDY Tally has named his first Derry team for their league opener against Tyrone on Saturday in Omagh. There are four changes from their All-Ireland quarter-final defeat to a the Kingdom last summer, who had Tally in the management team. Gareth McKinless is on club duty, Chrissy McKaigue is retired, the injured […]
By Michael McMullan DERRY are looking forward to getting their teeth into a new league season this weekend says manager Johnny McGarvey. The Oakleafers open their Division Two campaign against Tyrone on Saturday in Omagh. Going into his third season as manager, McGarvey has drafted eight players into the squad over the off-season with others […]
All-Ireland Club SFC final Cuala 3-14 Errigal Ciaran 1-16 By Michael McMullan ERRIGAL Ciaran’s remarkable season didn’t have the magical ending after losing Sunday’s All-Ireland final. Shipping three first half goals and 13 points adrift at the break, they threw everything at the second half – led by Peter Harte – but it wasn’t enough […]
Malachy O’Rourke is a big-name appointment for Tyrone and Niall Gartland looks at the road ahead for the new man at the helm. FEARGAL Logan and Brian Dooher’s names will go down in the history of Tyrone GAA and rightly so, but it was no major surprise that their tenure came to an end at the […]
By Michael McMullan BEN McDonnell is on the other side of the fence now as Errigal Ciaran go in search of a first All-Ireland final spot. In an Ulster Championship where they won three of their games in tight squeezes, his four points were vital. None more so that his late scores to see off […]
By Shaun Casey ENDA McGinley was Ronan McGuckin’s club captain when the Ballinderry native guided Errigal Ciaran to the 2012 county title, defeating defending champions Dromore in the showpiece, and McGuckin knew McGinley was destined for top level management. The three-time All-Ireland winner led the Ballygawley men to another Tyrone title this year before ending […]
I WAS writing here last week about how excited I was about the new rules coming into the game. This week, I am taking it a stage further. I am going to try ranking the teams based on how I think the rules will suit them. 1 – Kerry It’s goes without saying that, in […]
Former Antrim footballer CJ McGourty is proving himself a success on the coaching circuit. He speaks to Shaun Casey. TYING his right shoelace has become a painful chore for CJ McGourty. The hip on that side has already undergone three operations, but still nags him. He’ll have to get it replaced before his 50th birthday, […]
