Limerick 2-17 Tipperary 4-14 Shane Brophy reports from the Gaelic Grounds LIAM SHEEDY’S SECOND term in charge of Tipperary got off to a winning start with a three-point victory over All Ireland champions Limerick in the opening round of the Coop Superstores Munster Hurling League at the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick this evening. 3,224 were an […]
YOU MAY OR may not have heard that a Dublin team won a county championship title without a single Dublin player, born and bred, on board last year. St Brendan’s have a fairly unique story, it must be said. The St Brendan’s first team. Source: St Brendan’s Ladies GAA Facebook. While they did have two […]
Kildare 0-16 Carlow 1-06 NEIL FLYNN AND Jimmy Hyland chipped in with nine of Kildare’s 16 points as the Lilywhites ran out seven-point winners over Carlow in round two of the 2019 O’Byrne Cup. The pair were clinical in front of the posts as Kildare shot into an 0-11 to 0-2 at the break, putting […]
1. In the semi-final Crokes goalkeeper David Nestor saved a last-minute penalty from Portlaoise’s Craig Rogers to win the game. Another Rogers stepped up to take this kick. Wing-forward Gary, cool as a man kicking around on the beach, wrote his name into the history books by sending Nestor the wrong way. In that glorious […]
Meath 0-16 Dublin 1-11 MEATH RECORDED A two point victory over All-Ireland champions Dublin on Sunday afternoon at Páirc Tailteann, as the two rival counties united together to raise much-needed funds for Sean Cox. The father-of-three was brutally attacked unprovoked prior to Liverpool’s Champions League semi-final meeting with AS Roma in April, with all funds from […]
DUBLIN’S HURLERS ENDED 2018 on a high with a 0-27 to 0-18 win over Offaly at Parnell Park in Round 2 of the Walsh Cup today. After a relatively evenly fought opening few minutes in which both sides scored four points each, Dublin started to establish a substantial lead that they rarely looked like surrendering. […]
NEW LAOIS BOSS Eddie Brennan is frustrated at not having a full complement of players available to him for the coming season and cannot understand the reluctance of some hurlers in the county to join their squad. It was revealed last week that this year’s captain Ross King had opted to step away from the […]
IT MIGHT BE only days away from Christmas, but Thursday night will feature four senior inter-county games as the 2019 pre-season competitions continue in earnest. Leinster GAA have confirmed that the O’Byrne Cup meeting between Wexford and Laois, which fell victim to the weather over the weekend, has been refixed for Thursday, 20 December in […]
THE ALL-IRELAND football and hurling club championships are heating up as the fixture details for the semi-final ties are now finalised. Reigning All-Ireland SFC club champions Corofin will face Donegal and Ulster winners Gaoth Dobhair in their final-four fixture on Saturday 16 February in Carrick-on-Shannon. Longford’s Mullinalaghta will be looking to extend their fairytale season when […]
GALWAY GAA TREASURER Michael Burke hit out at people ‘within Galway GAA’ who ‘put every barrier and obstacle’ in his way of getting to the truth of their financial problems. Speaking at last night’s Galway GAA Convention, Mr Burke said ‘the game is up’ for those who have ‘done a disservice to Galway GAA and […]