CAVAN manager Raymond Galligan has named his team for Sunday’s Ulster SFC clash with Tyrone in Omagh. There is no place in the matchday panel for Paddy Lynch who has been ruled out with injury. Jason McLoughlin and Dara McVeety are the two changes from the league game with Cork, with Luke Fortune and Cian […]
Lynch ruled out of Tyrone match
By Niall Gartland CAVAN forward Paddy Lynch ‘won’t be in contention’ to make his return to the field of play for Sunday’s Ulster Championship opener against Tyrone, states manager Raymond Galligan. Lynch sustained a season-ending ACL injury in training at the tail-end of last April, just days after playing in Cavan’s Ulster Championship defeat after […]
Cavan hoping to end their Red Hand hoodoo
By Niall Gartland RECORDS are there to be broken and all that but Cavan fans may feel squeamish enough about the prospect of facing Tyrone given their miserly record against the Red Hands over the course of the last four decades. You have to spool the tape all the way back to 1983 for the […]
Cavan hoping to click up front against Meath
By Niall Gartland RAYMOND Galligan’s Cavan are bidding to get up and running at the second time of asking when they travel to Navan to take on Meath on Sunday, but they’ll need to improve if they’re to move towards achieving promotion out of Division Two. They lost out in a high-scoring match against Monaghan on […]
McKiernan returns to Cavan squad ahead of the new season
By Michael McMullan CAVAN manager Raymond Galligan has recalled Gearóid McKiernan to the Cavan squad ahead of the 2025 season, Gaelic Life can confirm. The Cavan Gaels player wasn’t of the plans in Galligan’s first season but is back on board. It comes after a similar move in Donegal where former star Michael Murphy has […]
The onus is on the Orchard
Ulster Championship quarter-final Cavan v Armagh Saturday, Kingspan Breffni, 6.30pm By Niall Gartland Advertisement IF you believe the bookies, this should be an Armagh victory all day long. They’ve been priced as 12 for Saturday’s trip to Kingspan Breffni Park, but in our eyes you’d be foolish to write off Mickey Graham’s Cavan. For one […]
Cavan squad named ahead of Armagh clash
MICKEY Graham has named a strong starting line-up for Cavan’s Ulster Championship quarter-final clash with Armagh tomorrow. The Breffni Blues head into the game off the back of a successful league campaign that saw them capture the Division Three title. Graham has made three changes to the starting team that downed Fermanagh 0-16 to 1-7 […]
Cavan have more to lose than All-Ireland series-bound Armagh says O’Reilly
By Niall Gartland MUCH has been made of Armagh’s poor provincial record in recent years, but Cavan legend Damien O’Reilly says there’s just as much at stake for the Breffni County in Saturday’s Ulster Championship quarter-final clash at Kingspan Breffni. Cavan have to progress to the Ulster final if they’re to be included in the […]
Cavan red hot favs against Antrim
By Niall Gartland UNBEATEN Cavan will be red-hot favourites to bring home the points when they travel to Corrigan Park to face Antrim this Saturday. The Breffni County have won all five of their league matches to date, and are virtually guaranteed to achieve promotion even if they fall flat in their final two fixtures. […]
McKiernan not far away from Cavan return
By Michael McMullan CAVAN manager Mickey Graham says Gearóid McKiernan may see action before the end of the league with the priority of having him fully ready for the championship. The Breffni County are out on Saturday, April 22, against the winners of Armagh and Antrim and Graham said his talisman is “not far away” […]