By Daragh Ó Conchúir THURSDAY is her first day back at work after taking a week and a half off to get married but Niamh Mallon is agreeable to a quick chat from a Galway coffee shop beforehand to discuss a range of endeavours, personal and professional. There aren’t too many vacancies in the Mallon […]
By Barry O’Donnell HAVING just returned to the County fold over the off-season, Mark Bradley now finds himself quickly embroiled in a relegation scrap with Tyrone, but despite their mixed results, the star attacker is enjoying being back in the mix. Now into his early thirties the Killyclogher man was persuaded to don the county […]
AS I stood in Salthill last Sunday, I witnessed two things. The first one was the worst breeze I have ever witnessed a match taking place in. Secondly, it was the best display of kicking technique I have ever had the pleasure of watching. The conditions at Pearse Stadium were absolutely atrocious, and so the array […]
IN a new documentary, broadcaster Gráinne McElwain examines the realities of life for a GAA football referee in the modern game. For many referees, physical and verbal abuse from teams, the stands and on social media is commonplace and some GAA county boards are struggling to find enough referees to officiate fixtures across a growing number […]
By Michael McMullan IF Derry can polish up on their showing against Kerry, they give themselves a chance of getting the right result against Galway on Saturday. That’s the take of manager Paddy Tally who also pointed to the importance of the learnings from the defeat to Tyrone. While admitting Tyrone were deserving winners, there […]
By Shaun Casey ALL-IRELAND champions Armagh meet Galway on Saturday night to kickstart their Division One campaign in a repeat of last year’s Sam Maguire decider. These two teams have built up quite a solid rivalry over the past few seasons. It goes back to that sensational All-Ireland quarter-final meeting in 2022, which Galway won […]
Shaun Casey charts those who have led the way in National Football League Division One titles Kerry (23) LIKE the All-Ireland roll of honour, Kerry also has the most National League titles. The Kingdom have also lost seven league deciders and haven’t claimed the crown since 2022. Then, they lost just once throughout the entire […]
By Michael McMullan KIERAN McGeeney and Pádraic Joyce have named their teams for Saturday’s NFL opener in Salhtill. Armagh have 10 of the team who started against the Tribesmen in last summer’s All-Ireland final. Joe McElroy, Rian O’Neill, Aaron McKay and Paddy Burns aren’t in the squad while Conor Turbitt is listed on the bench. […]
I WAS writing here last week about how excited I was about the new rules coming into the game. This week, I am taking it a stage further. I am going to try ranking the teams based on how I think the rules will suit them. 1 – Kerry It’s goes without saying that, in […]
By Michael McMullan CAVAN Ulster winning manager Mickey Graham is set to join the Galway senior football management team, Gaelic Life understands. It’s a dramatic u-turn for Graham who stepped down from the Leitrim manager recently, two months after he was appointed. Graham was part of Andy Moran’s management team before succeeding Moran in the […]
