By Niall Gartland GET to Croke Park and you’re doing something right. This weekend marks Tyrone’s first championship appearance at GAA Headquarters in almost exactly two years – the last time they graced the hallowed sod was an ill-fated quarter-final against Kerry on July 1, 2023. Tyrone didn’t really raise a gallop that day and suffice it […]
By Michael McMullan WITH 12 teams left in the race to get their hands on the Sam Maguire Cup, the pairings for this weekend’s All-Ireland preliminary quarter-final are how known. Ulster champions Donegal, winners over Mayo on Sunday, will face Louth. Down finished second to Monaghan in their group and have been drawn to play […]
By Michael McMullan PADDY Tally said the players emptied the tank but Derry can have no complaints after Saturday’s defeat at the hands of Dublin. It brought the curtain down on the season that saw the Oakleafers fail to win a game. Tally highlighted the Dublin improvement since their defeat to Armagh and feels they’ll […]
By Michael McMullan DERRY manager Paddy Tally has named his squad for Saturday’s All-Ireland SFC clash with Dublin in Páirc Esler. There is a return for goalkeeper Odhrán Lynch for the first time since a quad injury forced him out of the Mayo defeat earlier in the season. He comes in for Ben McKinless as […]
By Michael McMullan DERRY manager Paddy Tally says Conor McCluskey could be in line for inclusion for Saturday’s crunch All-Ireland clash with Dublin. The All-Star defender has missed much of the season and the Derry boss told Gaelic Life McCluskey is back in full training. “Clucky is going well, he is in full training, which […]
By Michael McMullan BEFORE a ball was kicked in the All-Ireland series, Paddy Tally looked at Derry’s group in two ways. The ‘Group of Death’ would tell which door Derry, Dublin, Armagh and Galway would be stepping from. Any team finishing in bottom couldn’t call themselves an All-Ireland contender. Finish in any of the other […]
THEY opened the Knockmore social club for me for the Dublin Galway game. By quarter to five I was settled in front of GAA+ on the huge television with a pint of Guinness and a feeling that life does not get any better. If I ever win the Euromillions I’ll buy the club and hire […]
Niall Gartland charts the counties who have traditionally fared best on the provincial front Kerry (86 Munster titles) LEADING the way with the most provincial titles of any county is – no big surprises here – Kerry. While Cork were dominant in the early stages of the competition, winning six Munster titles in the 1890s, it wasn’t long […]
By Michael McMullan DERRY are under no illusions with the task facing them when they begin their All-Ireland campaign this weekend. Manager Paddy Tally said being paired with Armagh, Galway and Dublin zoned them in right away. “It’s a tough group,” said Tally, referencing to the only group with all four teams having played in […]
By Michael McMullan AFTER the final two provincial showdowns, the search for the Sam Maguire Cup begins this weekend with a full picture of what is coming down the tracks. Reigning champions Armagh face a tough title defence after Saturday’s extra-time defeat put them in a difficult group with last year’s beaten finalists Galway, Dublin […]
