By Niall Gartland ERRIGAL Ciaran joint-captain Meabh Corrigan (pictured) is hoping to end her wait for a second senior championship medal when they come up against rivals St Macartan’s in Saturday’s final at O’Neill’s Healy Park. Corrigan was only 15 years old when she pocketed her first medal at this level when Errigal edged St […]
Errigal Ciaran out to buck the trend in Tyrone Senior Championship
By Niall Gartland PRECEDENT suggests reigning champions Errigal Ciaran are on to a hiding to nothing in Tyrone but they’ll be quietly confident they can buck the trend by retaining the coveted O’Neill Cup. No team has successfully retained the title since Carrickmore did the back-to-back in 2004 and 2005. Some have come close – […]
Oguz driven to succeed with Red Hands
By Niall Gartland LINING out in the red and white of Tyrone is an achievement in itself, but it’s a results business and Joe Oguz was relieved to come out on the winning side of a competitive tussle against Armagh last Saturday evening. He was granted his first championship start at senior inter-county level against […]
McDonnell looking forward to tuning in from Australia
By Niall Gartland BEN McDonnell is on the other side of the world at the moment, but for a spell in the early hours of Monday morning, it’s fair to say his heart will be firmly back in Ireland. Currently living in Sydney, the 2021 All-Ireland winner will sit down to watch Tyrone’s Ulster Championship […]
A season of mixed emotions for Tyrone
1 All-Ireland defence never gets going FEARGAL Logan and Brian Dooher led Tyrone a fourth ever All-Ireland title in 2021, and hopes were high that they could possibly, just possibly, retain their crown, something never before achieved by a Tyrone team at senior level. From early on though, the signs weren’t good. There was an […]
Errigal Ciaran’s comeback kings
It has been 20 years since Errigal Ciaran were Kings of Ulster and former defender Barry O’Donnell looks back on their journey…. By Michael McMullan ERRIGAL Ciaran had weathered the early storm. After trailing by three points before raising a flag themselves, the champions were back to within a point at the break and would […]
Canavan takes charge at Armagh Harps
PASCAL Canavan has taken over as manager of Armagh Harps, who won the Division 1A league this season and replaces Benny O’Kane. The Harps were crowned league champions, for the first time since 1991, but had an underwhelming championship campaign. For the second year in a row, they were ousted by Maghery, with three-points the […]
Glen’s second coming shoots them to last four
ULSTER CLUB SFC QUARTER-FINAL Glen 3-10 Errigal Ciaran 1-12 By Michael McMullan A POWERFUL and purposeful second half – with Ethan Doherty to the fore – saw Glen advance from Sunday’s Celtic Park cauldron and book their semi-final spot with Cargin. Advertisement Goals from Conor Convery, Ethan and Alex Doherty did the trick in a […]
McDonnell expects tough Celtic Park challenge from Glen
By Barry O’Donnell HAVING at last ‘filled a gap’ on the Dunmoyle clubhouse gallery of past champions, Ben McDonnell appreciates that replicating the classes of 1993 and 2002 will be an even sterner test for this current Errigal Ciaran side. The Tyrone campaigner played a starring role as Errigal bridged a ten year gap to […]
KEVIN CASSIDY: Crossmaglen must find a new balance
LIKE most others, I thought Crossmaglen would have too much experience and know-how for Ballybay last weekend, but in this competition you just never know and great credit must go to them for turning in an excellent performance. I was impressed by their play in that they could mix it up in terms of the […]