By Michael McMullan FOUR Masters went one better than last year by winning the club’s first Ulster minor title on Monday in Belfast. It was a contrast to last season when they had the finish line in sight before Dungiven’s comeback left the Donegal champions as the bridesmaids on final day. Captain Callum McCrea said […]
Gaels and Masters battle it out for first silver of 2024
By Michael McMullan THE first piece of silverware of 2024 will be hoisted into the Belfast sky on Monday. The minor footballers of Cavan Gaels and Four Masters are the envy of every other club in Ulster as their buses nose into the St Paul’s complex. Four Masters have never won the prestigious competition and […]
Improvement needed for Mayobridge minors says Poland
By Michael McMullan MAYOBRIDGE minors will need to improve on their quarter-final performance, insists joint manager Francie Poland. The Down champions were 1-7 to 1-5 winners over St Paul’s and now face Cavan Gaels on St Stephen’s Day (Shaw’s Road, 1pm). When St Paul’s hit their goal midway through the second half, Poland had the […]
Irvinestown braced for tough opener
By Mark McGoldrick IRVINESTOWN manager Shane McDermott is expecting a very difficult task when his side take on Cavan Gaels in the quarter-final of the St Paul’s Ulster Minor Club tournament. For the second year running, the St Molaise side will represent Fermanagh at the provincial competition, which will take centre stage at the St Paul’s GAA club […]
Lyng and Johnston join forces at Cavan Gaels
By Niall Gartland FORMER Cavan Gaels teammates Micheál Lyng and Seanie Johnston have been appointed to the helm of their senior men’s football team. Both men enjoyed glittering careers with the club during their playing days, Lyng winning nine senior championship medals and Johnston winning a remarkable ten. The pair managed Monaghan side Ballybay this […]
Cavan SFC throws in
By Kieran Lynch THE Cavan Senior Football Championship throws in this weekend with all 12 teams in action. The format is a 12-team league table, in which each team will play four games to narrow the field down to eight. From there, the quarter-finals begin. First up are reigning champions Gowna, and they face Lacken […]
A window to a cherished past
IT goes without saying that Cavan GAA has a distinguished past, and celebrating that fact is a dedicated new museum in the grounds of Kingspan Breffni. Officially opened last September by GAA President Larry McCarthy, the gallery is a tasteful flavour of all that has gone before – from the halcyon days when Cavan ruled […]
Reilly set to stay at the helm of Cavan Gaels
By Niall Gartland JASON Reilly will be back at the helm of Cavan Gaels in 2023. The Cavan legend is in his second stint of the club, and will hope to build on some of the progres made last year, which included an incredible league final victory over Crosserlough. It was Gowna who won the […]
IN FOCUS: Former Cavan star Anthony Forde lifts the lid on his club and county career
By Niall Gartland CAVAN through and through. Anthony Forde soldiered on for more than a decade after pocketing an Ulster Championship medal in 1997, possibly more in hope than in expectation, but he’s content enough when he looks back on it all. For one thing, Forde won plenty with Cavan Gaels during the lean years […]
Quarter final replays the centre of attention in Cavan
CAVAN SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP QUARTER-FINAL REPLAYS CAVAN GAELS V GOWNA Saturday, Kingspan Breffni, 8.15pm THESE two teams couldn’t be separated when they met last weekend for a place in the last four. Cavan Gaels were rampant in the group stages but last year’s beaten champions Gowna showed they’re determined to go all the way. Maybe Cavan […]