We’re good enough to win Ulster – McCauley


BY DÁIRE BONNAR AFTER winning their first Donegal championship title at the start of October, attentions turn to Ulster for Naomh Pádraig Uisce Chaoin and boss Daniel McCauley feels they are more than capable of going the whole way. The Ture men beat Carndonagh by 2-12 to 0-8 in the county final and it was […]


Ulster dominate All-Star selection


By Shaun Casey Nine All-Star awards will be making their way north at tomorrow night’s ceremony. Of the 15 players honoured on the PwC GAA/GPA Football All-Star team, three Ulster teams are represented. All-Ireland champions Armagh have the most with six awards while Ulster champs Donegal have two. Tyrone are also represented on the team […]


An Ulster connection as Dermot McCabe takes over in Westmeath


ByMichael McMullan THERE will be an Ulster influence in Westmeath with the appointment of former Cavan star Dermot McCabe as their new senior football manager. The Gowna man steps into the hotseat vacated by Dessie Dolan after their exit at the hands of Derry in the All-Ireland series. McCabe has enjoyed success at the helm […]


GLIST: Niall McCoy goes star gazing into the 2024 Sam Maguire race


With the All-Stars now just over a month away, Niall McCoy’s side is unsurprisingly dominated by his native Armagh with seven players making the cut Blaine Hughes (Armagh) NIALL Morgan was immense but Blaine Hughes just edges him after a terrific season. One major error, Aaron McKay saving his blushes against Fermanagh, and near flawless […]


Derry rule out Gallagher return


By Michael McMullan FORMER Derry manager Rory Gallagher is not being considered for a return as Oakleaf boss Gaelic Life can confirm. The news comes as Derry continue the search for Mickey Harte’s successor after his decision to step down after one year in the post. Gallagher was appointed as manager in 2019 and went […]


Armagh have 11 players nominated for All-stars


ALL-IRELAND champions Armagh have 11 players nominated for All-Stars. It comes after the selection committee released their full lost of nominations. Niall Morgan and Darragh Canavan have been nominated while Ulster champions Donegal have seven players listed. The major talking point is the omission of Stefan Campbell who played a significant role in Armagh’s success […]


Gaelic Life team of the week


WITH the club championships getting more serious as the weeks pass, we look at some of the players who are putting their hands up with key performances. Here is the latest Gaelic Life team of the week 1 JAMES GRIBBIN Newbridge On the scoresheet and denied Diarmuid Baker in a narrow win over Steelstown. Advertisement […]


JOE BROLLY: Be Clare, not Donegal


ARMAGH must be Clare, not Donegal. Gaelic football has become two dull defensive formulas competing soullessly, with all the emotion of a game played on X box. The resemblance to modern soccer is uncanny. Everyone looks the same, plays the same, sounds the same. Great sport, in the end, is about courage, imagination, intuition, self-expression, science […]


JOE BROLLY: Releasing the fanaticism


NOTHING happened in the Donegal Galway game. Just two dull defensive formulas competing soullessly, with all the emotion of a game played on X-Box. In this type of game, a mistake or a fluke decides things. Galway got the fluke, a weird goal that gave them three points out of thin air that they didn’t […]


KEVIN CASSSIDY: Final has makings of a classic


IT wasn’t to be for Donegal on Sunday in Croke Park as the better team won on the day. We were beaten by a more efficient Galway side. I penned here last week that I felt that two things would determine the outcome of this game. Number one was Donegal’s lack of a kicking game and […]