All-Ireland Intermediate Camogie Championship quarter-final Derry 1-23 Dublin 1-10 DERRY have progressed to the last four of Glen Dimplex All-Ireland Intermediate Camogie Championship after Saturday’s win over Dublin in Portaloise. They are joined by Meath after their 2-17 to 1-7 victory over Kerry at the same venue. Advertisement The second-string teams of Cork and Galway […]
By Michael McMullan THE shoots of hope from Derry’s 2020 Ulster Championship defeat to Armagh gave Rory Gallagher the encouragement to drive the county to the new levels that delivered a first Ulster title in 24 years. From the “early training sessions” in the 2020 season, the Derry boss became aware of the swathes of […]
By Michael McMullan RORY Gallagher insists he will be picking from close to a full squad ahead of Derry’s first All-Ireland semi-final since their 2004 defeat to Kerry. Padraig Cassidy and Oisin McWilliams weren’t risked against Clare and remain in full training ahead of Derry’s Croke Park showdown with Galway. Cassidy, who started all but […]
By Michael McMullan DERRY won’t be in the shake-up for the All-Ireland Junior title next month, but shoots have been emerging at underage level to offer hope of a new beginning in the county. It’s five years since they had the pulled a draw from the jaws of victory at Croke Park on All-Ireland Sunday […]
By Michael McMullan THE GAA have appointed Stephen Barker as a Derry GAA’s first ever Head of Operations, Gaelic Life can confirm. Derry clubs were informed of the decision last night and his new role will commence next month, after an external recruitment process. Barker, who is the current Chairman of Derry GAA previously served […]
DERRY GAA are reporting a surplus of almost £350K for the 2021 financial year. In his report for Monday’s AGM, Treasurer Martin Devlin has published the county’s financial standing, with a surplus of £348,842, which increased from the £201K reported last year. It follows from their statement last year that the board were now ‘debt […]
Name: Barry Gillis. Teams played for: Advertisement Magherafelt and Derry. Current involvement: Coaching Magherafelt’s youth and senior goalkeepers. Coaching Dungannon Clarke’s youth and senior goalkeepers. Which club game, that you played in, will you never forget and why? It was a game a long time ago. We had a poor club year. […]
AFTER watching two games in Division One on the first two weekends of the National League, I got to see the Division Three pairing of Cavan and Derry last weekend. I must admit that on my way to Breffni Park last Saturday I was expecting a little drop off in the quality and intensity than what […]
THESE players are listed in order of their debuts, from the oldest to themost recent. Johnny McBride – 1995-2006 Johnny McBride was a leader of men. He came into the senior team having captained Derry minors and u-21s to glory. At senior level he was part of the 1998 team that won the Ulster title. He […]
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION THREE NORTH Cavan v Derry Saturday, Kingspan Breffni, 3pm Advertisement LAST weekend Derry proved, for the second time this year, that they are an attacking team. After scoring 21 points against Longford in round one, they hammered five goals past Fermanagh in round two, for a 5-13 to 0-9 win. Fermanagh […]
