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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
By Michael McMullan GLEN skipper Connor Carville was in O’Neill’s Healy Park last weekend to run his eye over the Tyrone final and was “very impressed” with what he saw. The back to back Derry champions face Errigal Ciaran on Sunday at Celtic Park (3.30) in an eagerly awaited clash of the titans. Speaking at […]
By Niall Gartland ERRIGAL Ciaran footballer Niall Kelly says he never countenanced any doubts that they could get their hands on the O’Neill Cup, despite some of the setbacks of recent seasons. They came out second best in the 2017 and 2019 finals, and there were a number of other stomach-churning defeats which could’ve derailed a […]
By Barry O’Donnell TWO seasoned operators produced one of the most compelling personal duels in last Sunday’s Tyrone Senior Final. Errigal Ciaran defender Ciaran Quinn (32) and Carrickmore attacker Martin Penrose (38) went at it hammer and tongs over the sixty plus minutes of action at O’Neill’s Healy Park, and at the finish up each […]
