Breffni blues on the GAA team of the week


AFTER their staring roles in Cavan’s win over Monaghan, Paddy Lynch and Padraig Faulkner were named in the latest GAA team of the week.   Receive quality journalism wherever you are, on any device. Keep up to date from the comfort of your own home with a digital subscription. Any time | Any place | […]


Cavan net Ulster win in dramatic finale


Ulster SFC Cavan 3-12 Monaghan 1-12 By Michael McMullan A RAMPANT Cavan advanced to the last eight in Ulster with a dramatic victory over Monaghan thanks to three goals on Sunday in Clones. Advertisement It was Gerard Smith’s 76th minute goal that shot an energetic Cavan side into a 2-11 to 1-12 lead they never […]


Tough task ahead for Cavan youngsters


By Shaun Casey AN away day trip to the current Ulster and All-Ireland champions isn’t the most appetising way to begin your championship campaign, but that’s the daunting task ahead of Cavan this weekend as they travel to Derry. The two sides played each other a couple of weeks ago in the league, at the […]


Vinny Corey: Working the Oriel


Monaghan boss Vinny Corey has had some challenges already this season but he’s looking forward to the start of another championship campaign By Niall Gartland VINNY Corey oversaw a memorable championship run in his first season in charge of the Monaghan footballers, but the early months of 2024 have been testing and they’ve had to […]


CHC hand Woods a one match ban


By Michael McMullan MONAGHAN have been hit the blow ahead of their Ulster Championship visit of Cavan with the news of Andrew Woods’ unsuccessful appeal of his red card in their defeat to Monaghan. Woods was sent off by referee Niall Cullen for striking but requested a hearing which took place on Thursday night. The […]


Heady heights for the Cavan hurlers


By Niall Gartland THE Cavan hurlers continue to make progress at a rapid pace and now stand on the brink of a place in the Division 3A final. It wasn’t that long ago that they didn’t even field a team at inter-county level – they went six years without one before rejoining the Lory Meagher […]


Breffni breakthrough: A look back at Cavan’s u-21 dominance


It’s a decade since Cavan completed their four-in-a-row of Ulster u-21 titles. Jack Brady looks back on how it impacted the county’s fortunes. Michael McMullan writes… MICKEY Graham, Dermot McCabe, Peter, Larry and Jason Reilly came within a late rally of the 1996 All-Ireland u-21 title. Graham’s goal levelled matters in Tom Semple’s field before […]


Chance to round off league on a high note


By Niall Gartland THE Cavan footballers were brought back down to earth with a bump with a bruising defeat to Armagh last weekend, so they’ll be hoping to prove a point to themselves in their find round league clash against Fermanagh this Saturday. Promotion is now an impossibility following their 2-21 to 0-12 loss to […]