By Michael McMullan THERE are no shortage of permutations in Group B of the Derry Senior Hurling Championship with all four teams level on two points ahead of the final round of games. Lavey manager Michael McCormick has studied them all and will know exactly where they stand by the time the ball is thrown […]
BY KIERAN LYNCH EOGHAN RUA Coleraine sit atop of the pile in the Derry Division 1 Football League, but manager Sean McGoldrick says that his side aren’t getting carried away just yet. They have lost only once in their opening eight games, but with just four points separating the top seven teams, it’s still all […]
By Michael McMullan IT’S been an eventful season for the hurlers of Eoghan Rua who take on Ballinascreen this Saturday’s intermediate decider. After languishing in the junior ranks, a win over Lavey was the springboard on their way to defeating a fancied Swatragh in the semi-final. With last weekend’s football relegation play-off with Kilrea called […]
By Michael McMullan EOGHAN Rua can compete with every team in Derry apart from Ulster champions Sleacht Néill insists Leo Passmore. The 2015 and 2019 Ulster junior champions caused a shock to overcome Lavey and secure a place in the intermediate semi-finals thanks to Passmore’s late goal in a 1-8 haul that also included their […]
By Michael McMullan EOGHAN Rua can compete with every team in Derry apart from Ulster champions Sleacht Néill insists Leo Passmore. The 2015 and 2019 Ulster junior champions caused a shock to overcome Lavey and secure a place in the intermediate semi-finals thanks to Passmore’s late goal in a 1-8 haul that also included their […]
By Niall Gartland MARIA Mooney rolled back the years as Eoghan Rua claimed All-Ireland Junior honours last weekend – and she says that she appreciates it much more than the glories of the past. The Coleraine and Portstewart-based outfit won All-Ireland Intermediate titles in 2011 and 2012, but the talented full-back was new to the […]
By Shaun Casey ONE week is a tough turnaround to prepare for an All-Ireland final, but Katie Mullan believes the tightknit nature of the Eoghan Rua team – along with the experience within the group – will help with preparations ahead of their game with Clanmaurice. “We played our Ulster quarter-final, semi-final and final three […]
Having won the Ulster Club junior Championship, the Derry club are now preparing for the All-Ireland tournament.
In this week’s Gaelic Life, Coleraine’s Ciaran Mullan speaks to Niall Gartland ahead of his team’s semi-final clash against Scotstown. After winning their first ever Derry senior title in 2010, Eoghan Rua are now in touching distance of their first ever provincial decider but a mammoth task stands in their way. “We’re taking Ulster more […]
Joe Passmore delivers an impassioned defence of why the Coleraine club fought so hard to be included in this year’s Ulster Intermediate championship
