By Niall Gartland TYRONE joint-manager Brian Dooher has hailed the ‘pure honesty of effort’ from Niall Sludden, who has taken the big decision to call time on his intercounty career. Sludden has been one of the leading lights in Tyrone football for many years, winning back-to-back Ulster titles in 2016 and 2017 and playing a […]
Armagh hold off the Red Hands to a clinch semi-final berth
Dr McKenna Cup Round Three ARMAGH 1-14 TYRONE 2-10 By Barry O’Donnell THE margins were wafer-thin come the final whistle last night but when the various permutations were untangled it was Armagh who booked their passage into the last four of the McKenna Cup by virtue of this narrow victory over old adversaries Tyrone at […]
Team news ahead of Tyrone’s midweek trip to Armagh
By Michael McMullan TYRONE and Armagh have named their teams for the midweek Dr McKenna Cup clash, , BOX-IT Athletic Grounds 7.30pm. Kieran McGeeney has named a more experienced team having fielded a novice side in their opening game, a drubbing at the hands of Donegal in Ballybofey. There are returns for Oisin O’Neill and Tiernan […]
O’Neill hoping injury woes are firmly behind him
By Niall Gartland TYRONE footballer Michael O’Neill hopes that he has put his injury woes behind him as he looks forward to his fifth season in the red and white at senior level. The Ardboe man played a full role in Tyrone’s surge to All-Ireland honours in 2021, but a lingering groin problem meant he played […]
2023 review: Tyrone left with plenty to ponder
A look back on some of the Tyrone memories of 2023…. 1 Kerry put a spanner in the works IT looked like Feargal Logan and Brian Dooher’s Tyrone team were coming good at the right time. After surviving a late scare against Westmeath in the All-Ireland group stages, they produced a performance of real panache […]
Trillick is the acid test for Carrickmore says Gallagher
By Niall Gartland THE old adage goes that it’s always darkest before the dawn and Carrickmore are bidding to round off their season on a high note in Sunday’s Division One final against Trillick at O’Neill’s Healy Park. Carrickmore produced an uncharacteristically timid performance in their first-round championship encounter against Edendork in late September, losing […]
Justin McMahon joins Antrim management team
All-Ireland winning defender Justin McMahon has been added to the Antrim management team for the 2024 season.
Fintona out to write their own script
By Niall Gartland FOR Fintona Pearses, 2023 is the gift that keeps on giving. A first Tyrone Junior Championship title in nearly half a century was an era-defining moment for the club, and now they’ve another crack at history as they finalise their preparations for Saturday’s Ulster Junior Championship semi-final against a hardened Blackhill side […]
Carrickmore’s famous 70s three-peat to be honoured
Niall Gartland speaks to three of the protagonists from the celebrated Carrickmore side that won three Tyrone Senior Championship titles in a row in the late seventies. ON Friday evening in the Patrician Hall, Carrickmore will honour their historic three in-a-row winning Senior Championship team from the years spanning 1977-1979. Needless to say it was […]
Paul McGirr tournament set to return after four-year hiatus
THE Paul McGirr Ulster U-16 Championship is set to make a welcome return this winter following a four-year hiatus. The Drom0re-based tournament was called off in 2020 due to Covid-19 restrictions and hadn’t been played in the intervening years, so its future looked in real jeopardy. But the tournament is set to be revived this […]