Cavan hope to make it back-to-back wins


By Niall Gartland WHAT a difference a week makes. Cavan will travel to Westmeath this Sunday with a renewed sense of optimism after they belatedly claimed their first league win in last weekend’s encounter against Louth. The discourse surrounding the Cavan set-up has been palpably negative following back-to-back defeats to Kildare and Louth. Well, supporters […]


Pondering change: Seanie Johnston looks at the new rule enhancements


Former Cavan forward and coach Seanie Johnston has taken a break from coaching this season but has been thinking about the FRC’s rule enhancements. He sat down with Michael McMullan… IT’S a chilly night in Cavan. Seanie Johnston is inside, perched over a cuppa. Liverpool beanie on. Watching their four-goal League Cup humbling of Spurs […]


O’Reilly: Relegation could be on cards


By Niall Gartland CAVAN legend Damien O’Reilly fears that relegation already looks like a distinct possibility after the worst possible start to the Breffni County’s Division Two campaign. Back-to-back defeats at the hand of Monaghan and Meath means that Cavan are stuck to the bottom of the table with nothing to show for their efforts ahead […]


Healthy club award for Crosserlough


CAVAN club Crosserlough were the winners of the Ulster GAA Healthy Club Award, presented in association with Ulster Independent Clinic, at the recent 2024 O’Neill’s Ulster GAA Awards held in Canavan’s, Co. Tyrone. The club are a very active healthy club within their county and their Health & Wellbeing committee links closely with the county […]


Cavan bidding for a third victory


By Michael McMullan PLENTY of water will pass under the bridge before the promotion spots are set in stone, Cavan are at least in the early conversation. That’s where they want to be. Then it’s about eying the steps forward. Last season was a relegation story to the third tier for the Breffni Blues. It’s more […]


Cavan unchanged for Meath clash


By Michael McMullan CAVAN manager Raymond Galligan has put his faith in the same team for Sunday’s game with Meath (Páirc Tailteann). The Breffni blues lost last week to Monaghan with the Royals also looking for a first win after going under to Cork in Round One. Galligan is still without Gearóid McKiernan who has […]


MacRory Cup: Cavan’s golden generation


By Shaun Casey EVERY now and then, a team comes through that catches the eye and arouses attention. Quite often, as most stories go, it can all end in tears but that certainly wasn’t the case with St Patrick’s College, Cavan and their golden generation. Once this team began to step up through the ranks, […]


CAVAN’S 2024: A season that fizzled out


1 Mixed results for the Cavan footballers THE first year of Raymond Galligan’s tenure in charge of the Cavan senior intercounty football team certainly had its moments. They finished third in Division Two – behind Donegal and Armagh, which is nothing to be embarrassed about – and then they claimed a memorable win over their familiar foes […]


McKiernan returns to Cavan squad ahead of the new season


By Michael McMullan CAVAN manager Raymond Galligan has recalled Gearóid McKiernan to the Cavan squad ahead of the 2025 season, Gaelic Life can confirm. The Cavan Gaels player wasn’t of the plans in Galligan’s first season but is back on board. It comes after a similar move in Donegal where former star Michael Murphy has […]