IT’S a topic that always prompts lots of debate, and our journalist Niall Gartland has his say on who he thinks should be named on this year’s All-Ireland football team of the season… 1 ETHAN RAFFERTY (ARMAGH) I WAS going to opt for the steady and reliable Kerry goalkeeper Shane Ryan, but then I thought, […]
A FEW weeks back, John Harrington of GAA.ie interviewed me for a piece in the All-Ireland semi-final programme. It centered around how Gaelic Football has evolved over the last five years and how the sport is gathering pace both on and off the playing field. There’s S & C, nutrition, GPS, video analysis, performance coaches, transition play, […]
WICKLOW hurler Daniel Staunton won man of the match in a club championship game at the weekend. After the game, a bewildered looking Daniel was presented with a bag of new season Wexican Queens potatoes by a beaming Louise Hollingsworth of Kelly’s Fruit and Vegetables, Wicklow Town. He will need a wide mantelpiece. When we […]
By Niall Gartland OFFICIATING an All-Ireland final is an honour bestowed on a very select group of referees, and Galbally native Sean Hurson said he was hugely privileged to get the call up for last Sunday’s showdown between Kerry and Galway. The first man from Tyrone to referee the big day since Paddy Devlin in […]
THE Dublin empire has fallen, replaced by a democracy of flawed challengers. Tyrone came out of the blue to win it last year. When they did, it was so mentally overwhelming for them that they were unable to recover in time to defend their title. They were a ghost team this season, walloped by Derry […]
Paddy Tally heads back to All-Ireland final this weekend. Michael McMullan looks at what he has brought to Kerry’s challenge. ONLY Darren McCurry and Cormac Costello have managed to score a goal from play against Kerry this year. The fact both moments could be argued as contenders for goal of the year speaks volumes for […]
Galway and Kerry face off this Sunday to see who is crowned 2022 All-Ireland senior football champions. At the start of the year not many would have predicted this pairing but both are in the final on merit. Both have gone through somewhat of a rebuild over the last number of years with the new […]
KERRY and Galway will contest the 2022 All-Ireland Senior Football final and I suppose no one can really argue that they deserve to be there. This fixture takes me back to the days when I started to take football seriously as a young lad, watching these two teams contesting All-Ireland finals against each other. When you […]
By Michael McMullan TYRONE referee Sean Hurson has been selected to take charge of the All-Ireland final clash of Kerry and Galway later this month. He heads up a team of officials that includes seven from Ulster and Roscommon whistler Paddy Neilan. Galbally man Hurson, a club mate of Kerry selector Paddy Tally, has also […]
All-Ireland Senior Championship Quarter Final Armagh v Kerry Saturday, Tullamore, 5pm By Shaun Casey Advertisement IT’S do or die this weekend as the All-Ireland series reaches the knockout stages of the competition. Armagh are back in the last eight, the hurdle they fell at last season, and they take on Kerry on Saturday, a team […]
