Thursfield Sarsfields 0-17 Ballygunner 0-16 PA BOURKE NABBED nabbed a late, late victory for Thurles Sarsfields with a 65 in the fifth added minute to put them through to the Munster semi-finals. Ballygunner rallied from four points adrift to get on level terms with the home side entering injury time. In a thrilling finish, Stephen…
Dr Crokes 1-14 Kilmurry-Ibricknane 0-8 DR CROKES CANTERED into a home Munster club semi-final tie with the Tipperary champions on 13 November, easing past Kilmurry-Ibrickane in Quilty. They outscored the home club 1-7 to 0-4 in the second half. In their previous Munster club meetings in 2011 and 2012 the Kerry club were narrow winners but…
IN A CITY that never sleeps, amidst the skyscrapers, Lake Michigan and general hustle and bustle, lies a small but close-knit Ladies Gaelic football club. Despite the abundance of male clubs, there are just two senior female sides in Chicago – one north of the city and one southside. Located just 15 minutes from the…
Carbery Rangers players celebrate their Cork senior final victory THERE WERE SIX players who featured during the 2003 Cork junior final that also saw gametime earlier this month when Carbery Rangers at last experienced the winning feeling on county senior final day. If vaulting from junior kingpins to senior champions seems meteoric, they needed plenty…
Henry Shefflin and Ballyhale players celebrating their 2016 All-Ireland club final win. Source: Cathal Noonan/INPHO Click Here: “WE WERE SLAGGING him actually that he was only back with the club a couple of months and was writing stories about how the club players were being treated! “Jesus, if he’d been there for the last 13…
Castlebar Mitchels 3-13 Knockmore 0-10 CASTLEBAR MITCHELS HAMMERED home their dominance of the club scene in Mayo with a powerhouse display against Knockmore — running out 3-13 to 0-10 winners. When the game was there to be won early in the second half, they put the foot down and crushed their opponents resistance thanks to…
Updated at 18.30 INTER-COUNTY STAR RICHIE Hogan was in inspired form as his Danesfort side condemned Fenians to relegation from the Kilkenny SHC today. Fenians, for whom JJ Delaney started centre-back, were on the back foot after just nine minutes when James Mulally found the net for Danesfort. But Fenians rallied well and edged themselves…
Cuala 1-15 Kilmacud Crokes 0-15 Paul Keane reports from Parnell Park A STORMING FINAL few minutes from Cuala ensured that they claimed back-to-back Dublin SHC titles for the first time though only after flirting with disaster at Parnell Park. Mattie Kenny’s men roared into a 1-7 to 0-1 lead early on and looked to have…
ON 31 OCTOBER last year, Cuala’s long wait was over. After endring 21 years without a Dublin SHC title, the Dalkey side are now just one game away from defending their crown for the first time in their history. But reaching today’s final [throw-in at 15:00], where they will face Kilmacud Crokes, has been far from…
Clare hurling great Ger Loughnane Source: James Crombie/INPHO CLARE HURLING LEGEND Ger Loughnane, Kerry football great Pat Spillane, Dublin’s All-Ireland winning midfielder Brian Fenton and Waterford hurling manager Derek McGrath were all honoured for their GAA exploits last night. The quartet were recognised at the annual awards ceremony by the Gaelic Writers’ Association in Dublin….