By Niall Gartland TYRONE legend Stephen O’Neill has spoken about how his life became ‘intertwined’ with that of the late Cormac McAnallen during a period of unprecedented success for the Red Hand County. O’Neill and McAnallen were integral figures on the celebrated Tyrone minor side that landed All-Ireland honours in 1998, and that was only […]
Tyrone Masters on brink of historic three-peat
September 14, 2023
By Niall Gartland HISTORY-CHASING Tyrone Masters are one game away from becoming the first team from the county to win three All-Irelands in-a-row but the men from Kerry will be dead set on putting a halt to their charge. The two sides are scheduled to meet in the Dr Mick Loftus Cup showdown at the St […]
Tyrone Masters set to renew acquaintances with the Dubs
August 24, 2023
By Niall Gartland TYRONE Masters stand on the cusp of another All-Ireland final appearance as they renew acquaintances with Dublin at Kingspan Breffni in Cavan this Saturday afternoon. The Tyrone over-40s team came up trumps against Dublin in the last two All-Ireland finals but there’s no guarantee that it’ll be a similar story this weekend […]
Sean Marty Lockhart – making a case for the defence
August 3, 2023
Sean Marty Lockhart is one of the greatest defenders of all time, an All-Star and Ireland’s most capped International Rules player. Michael McMullan went to meet him to pick his brains on the art of defending WHEN you spend 22 hours away from collective team training in preparation for marking Peter Canavan, you tick the […]
Retirement u-turns
February 25, 2023
Jack McCaffrey is back for Dublin, and we look at players who have returned to the fold after announcing their retirement… Brian Corcoran (Cork) LIKELY the most prominent example of the genre, legendary Cork hurler Brian Corcoran shocked the GAA world when he retired at the age of 28. Corcoran, who had won the Hurler […]
Feature: Ulster’s golden boys
October 30, 2022
Shaun Casey looks back at Ulster’s Player of the Year winners on All-Star night. 2021: Kieran McGeary (Tyrone) TYRONE stormed to a fourth ever All-Ireland title last summer and Pomeroy clubman Kieran McGeary was at the forefront of their resurgence. Led by the new management team of Brian Dooher and Feargal Logan, the Red Hands […]
‘Stephen O’Neill’s 2005 Ulster final performance was a special one’
October 19, 2022
WHEN Tyrone lit up the noughties, they had Brian McGuigan pulling the strings as their playmaker from centre forward. He looks back on some of the moments from a glittering career for club and county. Teams played for: St Patrick’s Academy Dungannon, Ardboe, Tyrone, Ulster and Ireland. Current involvement: Manager of Ardboe u-13s Which club game, […]
Pauric Grimes: Searching to find your ‘why’
September 13, 2022
LAST week I fired a few difficult questions your way and one response I received got me to thinking. I suggested that the journey begins with a ‘why’. Your reason behind wanting to better yourself. Your reason to justify the difficult decisions. The purpose that defines your entire decision making process. And then I got this […]
O’Neill tips Tyrone to bounce back
April 7, 2017
TYRONE’S form has taken a nosedive in the past few weeks but Stephen O’Neill is confident that they can rectify matters for the championship. Hopes were high of qualifying for the league final after a bright early start but a triple whammy of defeats to Donegal, Mayo and Kerry put an end to that particular […]