Rampant Galway start ends Derry’s unbeaten run


NFL Division 2 Galway 4-11 Derry 0-12 By Michael McMullan DERRY’S 12-game unbeaten league record came to a crashing end at home to Galway at blustery Owenbeg on Sunday. Advertisement Goals from Man of the Match Matthew Tierney, Damien Comer and Dessie Conneely had the Tribesmen half way to victory as they led 3-8 to […]


GERARD O’KANE – ULSTER’S MOVING DAY


MOVING day in golf is the third round of four in a tournament. It’s the day whereby players maneuvre themselves into position before the final day to try to set them up for one final push, or to maybe cement a position to try to hold onto. Well the same can be said for this […]


Derry skipper backs merged approach


By Michael McMullan DERRY senior camogie captain Shannon O’Doherty is fully behind any approach to merge the Camogie and Ladies Football Association with the mainstream GAA. In an interview for Gaelic Life, the Swatragh player feels Derry are making progress under new manager Martin Coulter and points to the support of new county chairperson Paddy […]


Derry receive blow ahead of Sunday’s top of the table clash


By Michael McMullan DERRY’S preparations for Sunday’s top of the table clash with Galway have been dealt a blow with a suspension handed out to star forward Shane McGuigan. McGuigan was controversially sent off, for the first time in his career, on a second yellow card, during stoppage time of Sunday’s draw in Roscommon. The […]


Derry maintain unbeaten run after brave comeback


Derry 0-12 Roscommon 0-12 By Michael McMullan DERRY came back from six points down to take their unbeaten league run to 12 games in an action packed draw with Roscommon in Dr Hyde Park on Sunday afternoon Referee Sean Longergan issued 14 yellow, two black and two red cards, including a booking for Derry manager […]


The shifting culture of physical fitness


Former Derry star Paul McFlynn has noticed a huge shift in the world of conditioning across the GAA since his own playing days. By Michael McMullan IN the days after Eoin McEvoy lifted the MacRory Cup, the St Mary’s Magherafelt past pupils’ WhatsApp group was pinging with messages. Paul McFlynn was part of the 1996 […]


Derry’s first acid test in their promotion race


National Football League Division Two Roscommon v Derry Sunday, 2pm, Dr Hyde Park By Michael McMullan THE last time Derry and Roscommon locked horns, Anthony Tohill kicked half a dozen points as the Oakleafers ran out 0-15 to 0-8 winners at Clones in the 2000 NFL semi-final. Sunday’s game in ‘The Hyde’ brings two of […]