AHEAD of what will be one of their toughest tests so far in the National League this Sunday against Donegal at Ballybofey, Tyrone ladies senior manager Sean O’Kane is delighted that his side is well placed in the Division Two table approaching the run in. The Red Hands sit in second spot with ten points […]
By Niall Gartland MAEVE Monaghan says that the positivity is back in Monaghan ladies football after a couple of lean years at senior inter-county level. Their team captain was delighted that they mustered a draw in their recent Division Two encounter against Donegal, a result that showed they’re on the right path under their manager Darren […]
By Shaun Casey KERRY prolonged Armagh’s wait for Division One football by 12 months when they overcame the Orchard County in the 2022 Division Two league final to earn promotion to the top flight, while they also ended Armagh’s involvement in the championship that same year. Fast forward to 2024 and they are the only […]
Zoë Loughran, right, chats about the players she has soldiered alongside down through the years Name: Zoë Loughran. Age: 30. Teams you play for? Killeeshil and Tyrone. Advertisement Earliest GAA memory? Travelling the country with my Da to watch Tyrone playing or going to the Féile with Killeeshil in ’05 – specifically watching Lisa-Marie Toal […]
By Shaun Casey THE Division 1B National Camogie League kicks off this weekend and the all-Ulster derby of Down against Antrim is a fixture that immediately jumps off the page as both sides will be keen to get off to a good start. It’s a repeat of last year’s league opener, played in Portglenone, which […]
Lavey have been shortlisted for Club of the Year at the Gaelic Life All-Stars’ night. Michael McMullan spoke with the club’s ladies football co-ordinator Brian Óg Boyle about their progress to become Ulster champions. JUST over seven years ago ladies football was just an itch in Lavey, a club with All-Ireland titles in both men’s […]
AS Armagh chase a first-ever Division One final spot after four wins from four, Niall McCoy looks at the eight previous times Ulster sides have made it to the decider Monaghan 1994 THE first Division One final took place all the way back in 1979 when Tipperary beat Galway, but it took until 1994 for […]
By Michael McMullan DOWN ladies are not going to get their two opening league defeats define their season insists Laoise Duffy. After winning last year’s All-Ireland Junior title there has been a spike in interest in the ladies games across the county. There was disappointment in their performance away to Roscommon in their season opener […]
By Michael McMullan FERMANAGH have their eyes on a top four finish and a chance to go on better than last year by booking a league final spot. They host Leitrim on Sunday in a repeat of last year’s league semi-final that the Erne County lost by two points. Under new manager CJ McGourty, Fermanagh are […]
Compiled by John Fallon ARMAGH manager Gregory McGonigle said they have plenty of room for improvement despite continuing their blistering start to the Lidl National Football League with a third win in a row. They held Galway scoreless when they had the wind in the opening half before securing a 0-8 to 0-6 win at […]
