FORMER Fermanagh footballer Shaun Doherty is taking the plunge. For the last seven years he’s been employed as the county’s full-time Football Development Officer, and while it’s been rewarding, it’s now time for a change. The amount of weekend and evening work had limited Doherty’s time with his family, so that’s one, fairly prosaic reason why he’s […]
By Mark McGoldrick DERRYGONNELLY joint-manager Paul Greene is expecting a ‘massive challenge’ from Kinawley in Sunday’s Division One decider. “It’s going to be a huge test,” said the Harps boss, ahead of the big game. “It has been a very competitive league. Kinawley has been very dominant throughout and they have produced some great results. […]
By Michael McMullan DERRYGONNELLY had to wait until last night (Wednesday) to find out the identity of Sunday’s Ulster IFC final opponents, but the game wasn’t played. Steelstown’s postponed game with Ballyshannon was refixed for last weekend, with Ulster LGFA moving their semi-final against Cavan champions Castlerahan/Denn for last night. The Derry side, beaten in […]
JOANNE Doonan was roughly 10,500km away (thanks Google) when her club team Kinawley recently claimed their fifth senior championship title in a row in Fermanagh. It was a bittersweet experience in one sense, but it’s fair to say that the Doonan, who won two All-Ireland Junior titles with Fermanagh, has made peace with her decision […]
FERMANAGH SENIOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI-FINALS DERRYGONNELLY V ENNISKILLEN Saturday, Tempo, 4pm HOLDERS Derrygonnelly are back in the business end of the Fermanagh Championship and they’re fairly strong favourites to go all the way. Enniskillen have brought in a raft of youthful talent in recent years, and they’ll be bidding to avenge last year’s defeat in […]
By Katrina Brennan With Kinawley safely through to the semis, Sean Leonard, the Kinawley assistant manager was delighted with his team’s display; “We’re really happy. That was our goal to get through to the semi final, we get another week now to recover from this, then prepare for the semi final. “We all rowed behind […]
By Eimear Keenan ENNISKILLEN Gaels manager, Simon Bradley, was delighted to get out of Roslea with another two points on Sunday evening. “Roslea away was going to be a tough game for anyone in the championship,” he said, “It’s a very hard place to come and get a victory.’ “We aren’t happy with our first half performance, […]
By Niall Gartland THE last round of league fixtures in Fermanagh will take place on Friday night and there’s plenty at stake at both ends of the table. In Division One, second-placed Enniskillen welcome table-toppers Erne Gaels to Brewster Park, while Kinawley, lurking closely behind the Gaels, travel to Derrylin for a vital derby fixture. […]
Roisin O’Reilly tells us the team mate who’s always looking for the hair spray.
