By Shaun Casey MICKEY Harte was always the Everest that Jim McGuinness needed to scale. Go back to 2011 before the Ulster and All-Ireland titles, before the All-Stars and Player of the Year awards, before one of the greatest turnarounds in GAA history. McGuinness’ first objective when he assumed the reins of his native county […]
THERE has been a lot of giving out about the lack of championship feel to the games up until now. This will all disappear on Saturday evening when close neighbours Donegal and Derry lock horns. Whatever the result on Saturday, one thing is for sure it will look and feel like a proper championship game. […]
By Shaun Casey DUBLIN footballer Ciaran Kilkenny says he has “massive respect” for All-Ireland contenders Derry and like the rest of the country, is excited to watch their clash with Donegal this weekend. Mickey Harte and Jim McGuinness renew their acquisitions on the sideline and Kilkenny, who has played against Derry four times in the […]
Ulster U-20 FC quarter-finals Derry 1-11 Cavan 0-7 Monaghan 1-15 Armagh 0-13 DERRY and Monaghan booked their semi-final spots on Wednesday night with wins over Cavan and Armagh. At Owenbeg, it was 1-4 from Oisin Doherty who pushed Derry into a position of control with James Murray doing a fine marking job on Bre3ffni ace […]
By Niall Gartland DERRY hurlers begin their Christy Ring Cup campaign this weekend as they commence their quest to go one better than last year in the competition. The Oakleafers lost last year’s final by a mere two points against Meath, but manager Johnny McGarvey knows it would be foolhardy to look beyond the group […]
Céat McEldowney rejoined the Derry camogie squad at the start of the season and has been an important part of their plans. Michael McMullan spoke to her ahead of Sunday’s National League final IN the days after losing to Loughgiel in last year’s Ulster semi-final, a message flashed up on Céat McEldowney’s phone that opened […]
SUNDAY’S historic triple-header at Croke Park will see camogie final and football action share the country’s biggest stadium. The Very Camogie League Finals and Leinster GAA Football Quarter Final are taking place simultaneously. It is the first time in history that both events will occur on the same day at GAA Headquarters. In the Very […]
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 […]
DO away with the league finals they said. Nobody wants them they said. There is no room in the calendar they said. Well, anyone who was of that opinion before last weekend’s games will certainly have changed their tune on Monday morning. What we witnessed in Croke Park is everything that is good about our […]
Ulster U-20 FC Derry 1-11 Monaghan 2-6 By Michael McMullan DERRY were made to hang tough against Monaghan on Wednesday night in Castleblayney to get back to winning ways. Advertisement After being hit by Gavin Potter’s winner in defeat to Tyrone last week, it was a late Oisin Doherty insurance point that saw Hugh McGrath’s side […]
