THE first time the name Darragh Canavan entered my consciousness was all the way back in 2014. Jerome Quinn – you know the one – had produced a video of Darragh ripping it up for St Ciaran’s Ballygawley as they captured their first ever Ulster Schools title with a 0-19 to 1-6 victory over St […]
WHAT I watched last weekend reminded me of when I was younger growing up when I used to watch Peter Canavan playing for his club Errigal Ciaran in the Ulster Club Championship. Thinking back to those days I remember wondering how on earth this small fella was able to do what he did. Muddy pitches, […]
Michael McMullan looks at the top scoring Ulster players from play across league and championship. Here is the team… 1 Niall Morgan (Tyrone) MORGAN’S role as an outfield player with his club Edendork again raises the question if he could be a permanent fixture outfield for his county. An all-rounder, Morgan was level on 0-14 points […]
Five Ulster counties have exited the race for championship honours and Niall Gartland runs the rule over their seasons: TYRONE THE championship trumps all else, particularly in Tyrone, so fans of the Red Hand County will feel bitterly disappointed that they bowed out of the race for Sam last Saturday with their preliminary quarter-final defeat […]
By Niall Gartland EASY peasy lemon squeezy? Well, it certainly isn’t a nightmare draw for Tyrone, but it’s a knock-out championship match so they can’t afford to take Roscommon for granted in this Saturday’s All-Ireland preliminary quarter-final clash at O’Neill’s Healy Park. The Red Hands are by no means a runaway train but they have […]
AFTER another weekend of action across all codes, here is our latest Gaelic Life Team of the Week. It was a significant weekend for the footballers of Armagh and Donegal who clinched top of their All-Ireland group. Antrim and Down advanced in the Tailteann Cup and Derry ended their losing streak to keep themselves in […]
We take a look at the top scorers in Ulster since the start of the 2024 season… 1. Shane McGuigan (2-61) DERRY star Shane McGuigan tops the scoring rankings nearly four months into the season with 2-61 to his name across the McKenna Cup and National Football League. McGuigan was named at full-forward in last […]
DUBLIN’S opening two boring defeats in the league prompted me to ask the question, “Why won’t they kick the ball in to Con O’Callaghan?” For those games, he was a peripheral presence, tracking back and tackling round the middle third, taking a hand-pass at the last minute in a crowded defence. What a waste. Like […]
By Niall Gartland OISIN McCann brought his name to the attention of a national audience with a seismic performance in Ulster University’s Sigerson Cup final triumph over UCD last Wednesday evening in Tralee. The Killyclogher midfielder earned deserved plaudits for a display that exemplified all that is good about modern midfield play. There was high […]
Shaun Casey has a go at naming an alternative All-Star football team looking back at some of the big performers from this season… 1 Shane Ryan (Kerry) Ryan enjoyed an excellent season for Kerry and would have been picking up his second All-Star award this season but for the exploits of Dublin legend Stephen Cluxton. […]
