By Shaun Casey BROCAGH are aiming to keep the Bridie McMenamin Shield in the Red Hand County according to Tyrone captain Siobhan Donnelly as they face Aghaderg of Down on Sunday afternoon. Éire Óg Carrickmore captured the crown last season before going on to clinch the Ulster Junior B title this season, showing that pathway is […]
Former Gortin captain Roger Keenan reminisces on their historic run to the 1985 Senior Championship final By Niall Gartland TWO Saturday evenings ago, a distinguished group of Gortin gentlemen convened for a meal and a few drinks in the local village. It wasn’t just your usual weekly gathering – yes, they’re friends surely, but backboning […]
10 YEARS AGO THE football inter-county season came to an end with Dublin winning a third title in five years, but there was also some chart-topping from Fermanagh with Roslea’s Seán Quigley finishing the year as the championship’s top scorer. The Erne ace plundered 3-36 during Fermanagh’s run to the All-Ireland quarter-final, giving him a […]
By Alan Rodgers A SEVEN-YEAR stint in Tyrone intermediate football has whetted the appetite for more among the Naomh Eoghan side that is entering this year’s race for the Paddy Cullen Cup with particular vigour. The then Newtownstewart, St Eugene’s club gained promotion via a Tyrone Junior Championship title in 2018. They have since amalgamated […]
Pascal McConnell looks back 25 years later as a special Red Hand group claimed the All-Ireland U-21 title By Shaun Casey IN truth, no one else really stood a chance. This star-studded Tyrone team had already ruled at minor level and the u-21 stage was merely a platform to push on and create history in the […]
SEVEN of Tyrone’s All-Ireland winning minor team have been named on the Electric Ireland team of the year, including player of the year Peter Colton. This year’s campaign once again delivered a season of captivating drama, exceptional talent and one packed with plenty of minor and major moments as Electric Ireland reflects on their 14th […]
ANTRIM’S Maria O’Neill has been pipped by Dublin’s Hannah Tyrrell for the ZuCar Golden Boot award for 2025 – the prize on offer for the leading scorer in the TG4 All-Ireland Championships. Tyrrell’s final tally of 6-28 (46 points) saw her finish three points clear of Antrim’s Maria O’Neill (8-19 – 43 points). Tyrrell (34), […]
By Rónán Mac Lochlainn TYRONE manager Darren McCann said he was confident all through that they had the measure of Laois at Croke Park to capture the TG4 All-Ireland intermediate title for the second time in history. “On the sideline, we felt totally in control. We were creating chances but we just weren’t taking them, […]
Tyrone 2-16 Laois 1-13 By Rónán Mac Lochlainn GOALS in either half from Aoife Horisk and Katie Rose Muldoon proved pivotal as Tyrone edged out Laois by six points to capture the TG4 All-Ireland intermediate football final at Croke Park. Having succumbed narrowly to Leitrim in last year’s decider, it was Tyrone’s turn to celebrate […]
Niall Gartland speaks to Liam Grugan about the role of primary schools in developing our future GAA stars. IN 2019, St Lawrence’s Primary School in Fintona reigned supreme at the Millennium Cup – a prestigious annual competition for budding young Gaelic footballers from Omagh and its surrounding areas. Check out the pertinent photograph on these pages […]
