By Patrick Morrison ALL goalkeepers want to improve. It doesn’t matter what age, level or reason for playing as a goalkeeper, we all want to feel as if we are becoming better ‘keepers week on week. That said, it is important to realise that the amount you improve, and the rate of improvement are vastly […]
By Shaun Casey BLAINE Hughes is back in contention for the Carrickcruppen number one shirt ahead of the Intermediate Championship final against St Paul’s. It leaves boss Barry Flynn will have a decision to make. Hughes picked up an MCL injury during the warm-up of the All-Ireland final in July and he hasn’t featured for […]
By Shaun Casey A LOT can change inside the short space of 12 months. This time last year, there was a debate surrounding Kieran McGeeney’s tenure as Armagh boss and whether or not he should continue in that capacity. Now, 12 months on, he’s an All-Ireland winning manager and has been signed off for 2025 with […]
By Michael McMullan KILCOO goalkeeper Niall Kane has backed Armagh number one Blaine Hughes to pick up an All-Star after his performances on the Orchard County’s march to Sam Maguire. Speaking on the Gaelic Lives podcast this week, Kane hailed Hughes’ consistency. Alongside Gaelic Life columnist Patrick Morrison, he discussed how the Armagh ’keeper played […]
By Patrick Morrison IT was back in the early nineties that I first experienced the game of basketball. As a tall primary six student I was afforded a place on the school basketball team. We were coached by Jimmy McKee (Pearse Ógs) in the Christian Brothers PS and competed in a few competitions throughout the […]
By Patrick Morrison Blaine Hughes (Armagh) v Shane Ryan (Kerry).Shaun Patton (Donegal) v Conor Gleeson (Galway). This weekend will see the penultimate round of the 2024 All-Ireland Football Championships take place while also seeing the final of the Tailteann Cup. The two semi-finals and Tailteann Cup will see crowds from all four provinces descend upon the capital […]
Kieran McGeeney has announced his squad for Saturday’s All-Ireland semi-final showdown with Kerry. The Orchard County have named an unchanged line-up from the one that defeated Roscommon two weeks ago. It’s only a seventh ever championship meeting between Armagh and Kerry, with the last clash coming back in 2006. The Kingdom emerged victorious that day, […]
AFTER another weekend of action across all codes, here is our latest Gaelic Life Team of the Week. Armagh and Donegal have made it to the last four in the race for Sam Maguire while Derry made their exit. There was camogie and ladies football action with some counties starting to focus on club action […]
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By Shaun Casey THE Armagh goalkeeping position has been the subject of much debate in recent seasons. If truth be told, the Orchard County struggled to find a permanent replacement for Paul Hearty after the Crossmaglen man’s retirement in 2012. In the years that followed, many men guarded the goals for Armagh, but none really […]
