By Niall Gartland CARRICKMORE have the opportunity of bagging an important piece of silverware on the cusp of Christmas in Saturday’s Division One final against Dungannon – but joint-manager Ciaran McBride firmly believes that the All County Leagues should have been wrapped up months ago. Carmen understandably showed signs of ring-rustiness in Sunday’s semi-final clash […]
By Niall Gartland THE longest established camogie club in Derry, Greenlough, will contest this Saturday’s Bridie McMenamin final against Éire Óg, Carrickmore. They’ve been managed this last few years by a native of Dungannon, Stephen Taggart, who just so happened to work under Carrickmore’s manager Declan Sherlock in his previous guise as Tyrone camogie manager. The […]
WITH the club championships getting more serious as the weeks pass, we look at some of the players who are putting their hands up with key performances. Here is the latest Gaelic Life team of the week 1 EOGHAN MULHOLLAND Clann Éireann Second-half penalty save helped his Clann Éireann side keep the ‘Nab’s at arm’s […]
By Alan Rodgers ONE of the most mouthwatering pairings in the Tyrone Senior Championship will get this year’s title-race off to a flying start when a Dromore team which last won the title just three years ago bids to make its mark again. The St Dympna’s haven’t made it back to the final since claiming […]
By Niall Gartland IT isn’t just the fact that no team has retained the O’Neill Cup title in nigh on 20 years, it’s the sheer spread of winners that makes it such a tantalising prospect. Eight different clubs have got their hands on the prize in the last 11 years, and statistically the most impressive […]
Name: Sorcha Gormley. Age: 18. Advertisement Teams played for: Carrickmore, Tyrone u-14, u-16, u-18 and senior and Éire Óg camogie. Who are your main rivals? St McCartan’s. Which opposition ground do you like playing on and why? Galbally, because I won my first Senior Championship on that pitch. What team have you […]
When Tyrone won the All-Ireland Junior title 25 years ago, Eilish Gormley hit 3-6. She looks back on the county’s first national success and its origins with Michael McMullan BY the time Sean O’Kane returned as manager for the 1999 season, Tyrone ladies had been kicking destiny’s door long enough. They had what it takes […]
By Niall Gartland THE old adage goes that it’s always darkest before the dawn and Carrickmore are bidding to round off their season on a high note in Sunday’s Division One final against Trillick at O’Neill’s Healy Park. Carrickmore produced an uncharacteristically timid performance in their first-round championship encounter against Edendork in late September, losing […]
Niall Gartland speaks to three of the protagonists from the celebrated Carrickmore side that won three Tyrone Senior Championship titles in a row in the late seventies. ON Friday evening in the Patrician Hall, Carrickmore will honour their historic three in-a-row winning Senior Championship team from the years spanning 1977-1979. Needless to say it was […]
By Shaun Casey ÉIRE Óg, Carrickmore needed extra-time to finally shake off the challenge of Fermanagh champions Lisbellaw in last year’s Ulster Hurling Championship semi-final and they would accept a similar style of victory this weekend. On Sunday afternoon, (Páirc Colmcille, 2pm), the two sides lock horns for the third season in a row and […]
