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
September 20, 2024
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
September 19, 2024
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
September 19, 2024
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
July 28, 2024
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
July 21, 2024
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
July 18, 2024
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 […]
STEVEN POACHER: The two best-coached teams are in the final
July 18, 2024
WE all heard recently that ’football is dead’ and we also heard ’football is coming home’ but after last weekend it’s evident that neither proposition is true. What a weekend for the Orangemen and what a weekend for Galway. To witness and sample the atmosphere in Croke Park at the final whistle on both days […]
Ulster dominate GAA team of the week
July 15, 2024
AFTER a weekend of semi-final action, nine Ulster players were named on the GAA team of the week. Croke Park Receive quality journalism wherever you are, on any device. Keep up to date from the comfort of your own home with a digital subscription. Any time | Any place | Anywhere Subscribe to current edition […]
Galway edge Donegal to book final spot with Armagh
July 14, 2024
All-Ireland SFC semi-final Donegal 0-15 Galway 1-14 By Michael McMullan Two late scores saw Galway into an All-Ireland final meeting with Armagh after a titanic battle with Donegal in Croke Park yesterday. Advertisement The sides were level 10 times before the Connacht champions pushed on for victory. Galway were out of the blocks with points […]