AROUND this time of the year I could usually do a ‘cut and paste’ job re previous articles about how the county season has finished and about how the real action starts for 90 per cent of GAA folk around the country with the club championships. Twitter feeds are either full of club championship fixtures or league […]
Rogers named as Player of the Month
August 10, 2023
DERRY midfielder Brendan Rogers has been named as the GAA/GPA Player of the Month in association with PwC. The Sleacht Néill man was a colossus in Derry’s run to the cusp of an All-Ireland final with 1-14 to his name across their 20-game season. He edges out nine-time All-Ireland winner Stephen Cluxton and Brian Fenton […]
Sean Marty Lockhart – making a case for the defence
August 3, 2023
Sean Marty Lockhart is one of the greatest defenders of all time, an All-Star and Ireland’s most capped International Rules player. Michael McMullan went to meet him to pick his brains on the art of defending WHEN you spend 22 hours away from collective team training in preparation for marking Peter Canavan, you tick the […]
The World Games – an explosion of colour and culture
July 27, 2023
The GAA World Games brought players from all over the globe to Derry this week. Liam McGinley was back on Irish soil with Asia and Celine Diffin was back on the next part of her adventure. They spoke with Michael McMullan… THE world is a massive place made so much smaller by the grá for […]
JOE BROLLY: Oakleaf crossroads
July 24, 2023
WHAT a hateful day. Derry had to lose it as Kerry were not going to win it. And we obliged. Conor Glass was anonymous again in Croke Park. Just like the club final and the semi-final last year against Galway. Didn’t track the wing-back for Kerry’s goal. Kicked a simple footpass over the sideline at a […]
KEVIN CASSIDY: Ulster duo well-placed to push on in 2024
July 20, 2023
I THINK everyone outside of maybe Ulster got the final that they wished for after last weekend’s results. Don’t get me wrong, we now have an unbelievable spectacle to look forward to given the history and the tradition between both of these teams, but it could have been easily so different. Massive credit must go […]
Derry devastation as Kerry pull clear in closing stages
July 16, 2023
All-Ireland SFC semi-final Kerry 1-17 Derry 1-15 By Michael McMullan DERRY’S hopes of a second All-Ireland title ewere dashed at the semi-final stage for the second year in a row after Sunday’s defeat to reigning champions Kerry at Croke Park. Advertisement The Oakleafers led 1-14 to 1-12 as the game headed for the final turn […]
Derry name side to take on the champions
July 14, 2023
By Michael McMullan CIARÁN Meenagh has named unchanged Derry team for Sunday’s Croke Park (4pm) semi-final date with All-Ireland champions Kerrry. Niall Toner has been retained with Benny Heron again held in reserve on a day when Chrissy McKaigue will make his 130th senior appearance for Derry. It’s a first game between the sides since […]
KEVIN CASSIDY: The championship plot thickens
July 13, 2023
AFTER a hugely exciting weekend with the hurling semi-finals last weekend, the attention now turns to the footballers as they head into battle. With the amount of exciting games we have had in the quarter-finals and now with the semi-final pairings, it would be easy to forget the amount of meaningless games we had in […]
Meenagh happy for Derry to keep climbing the ladder
July 12, 2023
Derry are back in the last four of the race for Sam. Manager Ciarán Meenagh is content with what has gone before, but the Ulster champions are looking for more as they pit their wits against the All-Ireland champions. He spoke with Michael McMullan… CIARÁN Meenagh remembers all about Derry trucking on the backroads of […]