BEFORE the throw in, Killarney Dr Crokes’ manager Pat O’Shea looked worried. He had every right to be. Torturing Kerry men is, after all, a cherished Canavan family tradition. God, meanwhile, was smiling and chatting in the stand, as though he knew something the rest of us didn’t. Which I suppose is one of the benefits […]
10 YEARS AGO IT was a case of a late finish in Tipperary with the county final between Loughmore-Castleiney and Cahir taking place just four days before Christmas. The delays came about due to a number of reasons, most notably the drawn All-Ireland SHC final – the Premier County losing out to Kilkenny the second […]
THE first time the name Darragh Canavan entered my consciousness was all the way back in 2014. Jerome Quinn – you know the one – had produced a video of Darragh ripping it up for St Ciaran’s Ballygawley as they captured their first ever Ulster Schools title with a 0-19 to 1-6 victory over St […]
10 YEARS AGO TYRONE manager Mickey Harte said his final selection for the upcoming Dr McKenna Cup would only come after the third level teams make their selections. Harte said he entered negotiations with Ulster President Martin McAviney on the situation. It comes after St Mary’s manager Paddy Tally had said he would pull the […]
By Shaun Casey THE Spirit of Paul McGirr foundation is bringing together some of the biggest names in GAA to help raise much-needed funds for their tireless charity work in a golf classic hosted at the Lough Erne resort on Friday, September 27. Former Tyrone and Dromore footballer Sean O’Neill, a managing director at MFC, a […]
Niall Gartland takes a look back at the top-scoring Ulster players in the history of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 1 Conor McManus (9-288) NO Ulster footballer has scored as much in championship football as Monaghan icon Conor McManus, a three-time All-Star widely regarded as the county’s best ever footballer. Even if he carries on into […]
By Niall Gartland PASCAL Canavan has urged Tyrone Gaels to make their voices heard at a protest march in Belfast on Saturday afternoon in support of Palestinian civilians impacted by Israel’s ongoing military campaign in Gaza. The march has been organised by pressure group ‘Gaels against Genocide’, who are calling for a permanent ceasefire in […]
Armagh is developing a multimillion-pound training facility at St Malachy’s, Portadown. Shaun Casey writes… AFTER Armagh’s one-point defeat to Donegal in the Division Two league final at Croke Park, Kieran McGeeney lamented the fact that his side couldn’t train for a week in the build up to the game as there were no pitches available. The […]
By Alan Rodgers IT was the summer of 1994. Tyrone hadn’t won an Ulster Championship match for five years while Donegal were emerging from a golden era of success which had seen them win their first ever All-Ireland title. Breffni Park was the venue for a clash that saw one era begin while another ended. […]
THERE is a five-year old chess sensation nicknamed ‘Tweedledum’ who is currently setting the chess world alight. A video emerged of him last week, playing in a tournament against a seasoned chess master from China. The child sucks on a piece of lace, yawns and looks all around him as his 50 year old opponent […]
