2023: Monaghan continue to defy expectations


A look back on some of the Monaghan memories of 2023.. 1 The great survivors LIKE every year for what feels like an eternity at this stage, Monaghan were the favourites to drop out of Division One and finally suffer league relegation in 2023. A new, inexperienced, management team in place, a side in transition, […]


2023: Cause for optimism in Erne County


A look back on some of the Fermanagh memories of 2023… 1 Promotion the high point for Kieran Donnelly’s men FERMANAGH will play Division Two football in 2024 following a highly productive league campaign which saw Kieran Donnelly’s side finish top of the table with six wins from seven games in the third tier. Unfortunately […]


Changing of the guard


A look back on some of the Donegal memories of 2023… 1 An impossible task HAVE you ever tried to climb up a wall with both hands tied behind your back? It’s impossible. That’s the hand Paddy Carr, Aidan O’Rourke and Paddy Bradley had this year. With a raft of the players who took Derry […]


2023: The year that was


Niall Gartland takes a wry look back on an eventful year at club and county level… Well that was a little of a talking point wasn’t it? RIGHT, let’s get this one out of the way good and early. For weeks it seemed like the only thing any of us ever spoke about was the […]


Monaghan make draw for 2023 SFC


By Shaun Casey THE 2023 Monaghan Senior Football Championship draw took place on Monday evening and has thrown up some really interesting clashes. Like the last number of years, the championship is a group format, with two groups of five teams. Reigning champions Ballybay arguably have the ‘easier’ side of the draw and will be […]


Urney thinking big with new development plan


By Niall Gartland URNEY St Columba’s have launched an ambitious new development plan with three key projects forming the nucleus of their overall plan of action. The official launch, attended by Tyrone GAA Chairman Martin Sludden, went ahead last Friday night at local primary school St Columba’s. As for the nitty gritty, a 28-page document […]


McGeeney to stay on as Armagh manager for 2023


KIERAN McGeeney will manage the Armagh senior intercounty footballers until at least the end of the 2023 after he was handed a one-year extension to his contract this evening. It will be McGeeney’s ninth year in charge of the team (he was appointed in late 2014) and the news will come as no major surprise […]