Galway 1-14 Meath 0-6 John Fallon reports from Pearse Stadium PADRAIC JOYCE’S GALWAY got their Division 2 campaign off to the best possible start against a Meath team who did not get their first score until the 45th minute of a one-sided contest at Pearse Stadium. There was no way back for Andy McEntee’s men…
Kerry 1-10 Kildare 0-13 ENTHUSIASM FOR JANUARY football was on evidence today in Newbridge with a bumper crowd that sparked a 15-minute delay to the throw-in. Jimmy Hyland scores the free that levels the game for Kildare. Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO The home fans were rewarded for their eagerness to witness live action as their Kildare…
KILCOO COACH CONLEITH Gilligan felt Aidan Branagan was harshly sent-off in the dramatic conclusion to normal time in yesterday’s All-Ireland club semi-final. Kilcoo ran out five-point winners over Cork and Munster champions St Finbarr’s, but needed extra-time before they shook off the determined challenge of their opponents in Portlaoise. Click Here: In normal time Kilcoo…
DERRY CAME OUT on top of a scrappy encounter with Down in Division 2 of the Allianz National Football League, Rory Gallagher’s side beating their Ulster rivals 1-10 to 0-6 in Owenbeg this evening. Niall Loughlin supplied the only goal of the game midway through the first half, with the hosts leading 1-6 to 0-4…
Kilmacud Crokes 1-11 Pádraig Pearses 0-8 Kevin Egan reports from Kingspan Breffni Park KILMACUD CROKES WILL face Kilcoo in the AIB All-Ireland senior club football final in a fortnight’s time as a strong finish helped them overcome the challenge of first-time semi-finalists Pádraig Pearses at Kingspan Breffni Park this evening. Crokes fired over the final five…
OLIVIA DIVILLY DROVE Kilkerrin-Clonberne to their first ever currentaccount.ie All-Ireland Senior club title following a stunning four-point win over Mourneabbey in St Brendan’s Park, Birr. The Connacht champions are also the first team from Galway to get their hands on the Dolores Tyrell Cup since Galway Gaels in 1982. Chloe Miskell’s 12th minute wonder goal…
JUST UNDER 12 months after she got the all-clear, Bríd O’Sullivan captains Mourneabbey against Kilkerrin-Clonberne in the currentaccount.ie All-Ireland Senior club final today. She has already been successful with the captain’s armband twice at this stage of the competition, but this year holds a special significance. “It started off as a bump in my thumb….
LIMERICK’S LEGENDARY GOALKEEPER says he was delighted to see his county finally end their wait for All-Ireland glory in 2018 on his upcoming episode of Laochra Gael. Quaid is the next GAA figure to feature in the series which will be aired on TG4 next Thursday. The episode explores various fascinating aspects of Quaid’s life,…
DCU were crowned champions in 2020. Source: Bryan Keane/INPHO THE DRAW FOR the quarter-finals of this year’s Sigerson Cup has been made today. Advertisement 2020 champions DCU, who needed a last-minute penalty converted by Sligo’s Red Óg Murphy to overcome St Mary’s College a week ago, will take on Ulster University in Dublin on Wednesday, 2…
NUIG 1-20 Mary Immaculate 2-9 John Fallon reports from Dangan NUIG ADVANCED TO the quarter-finals of the Fitzgibbon Cup with an accomplished display in dreadful conditions on their college grounds in Galway as Mary I fell to a second defeat in the competition. Incessant rain, a strong breeze and a very wet surface made conditions…