By Niall Gartland IT’S been a hectic couple of years for Cavan joint-skipper Ciarán Brady, but he’s happy to acknowledge that he’s in fine fettle ahead of Sunday’s Ulster Championship quarter-final showdown against Tyrone. Split season be damned, Brady has had little down-time since his club Arva embarked on an incredible championship run spanning two […]
Ulster SFC Quarter-Final Tyrone v Cavan Sunday, O’Neill’s Healy Park, 4.15pm By Niall Gartland Advertisement IT’S not the mother of all hoodoos – but it’s not a million miles off it. Cavan haven’t won a single championship campaign against Tyrone since all the way back in 1983, and it isn’t as if they’ve given each […]
CAVAN manager Raymond Galligan has named his team for Sunday’s Ulster SFC clash with Tyrone in Omagh. There is no place in the matchday panel for Paddy Lynch who has been ruled out with injury. Jason McLoughlin and Dara McVeety are the two changes from the league game with Cork, with Luke Fortune and Cian […]
Niall Gartland runs the rule over the prospects of the province’s camogie teams Antrim Managers: Carl McCormick and Martin Coulter Captain: Amy Boyle Advertisement ANTRIM’s confidence will be sky-high heading into their forthcoming championship campaigns after winning the Division 1B title last weekend. The Saffrons clinched the title – and promotion to the top-tier Division […]
By Niall Gartland A FEW minutes before the final whistle blew on Tyrone’s final day league win over Dublin, news of their relegation filtered through. Mayo had overcome Donegal, meaning that the Red Hands will play Division Two football in 2026, and while that’s a source of disappointment, the abiding feeling after the match was a […]
By Niall Gartland RECORDS are there to be broken and all that but Cavan fans may feel squeamish enough about the prospect of facing Tyrone given their miserly record against the Red Hands over the course of the last four decades. You have to spool the tape all the way back to 1983 for the […]
Shaun Casey looks back on Ulster county’s maiden Division One successes Armagh Armagh’s one and only National League title came 20 years ago during a golden period of success for the Orchard County. Following on from their historic All-Ireland win in 2002, Armagh backed it up with a first ever NFL title in 2005, beating […]
Lidl NFL Division 1 Dublin 1-11 Tyrone 3-04 By Deniese O’Flaherty DUBLIN had to withstand a late Tyrone comeback to hold on for a narrow Lidl NFL Division 1 victory at O’Neill Park in Dungannon. Although the Red Hands were defeated their fate in Division 1 is still in their own destiny as they travel […]
HIS week in the league we have Super Sunday. And it is just that when you look across all the divisions. There is so much to play at both ends of all the tables. This Sunday I’ll make my way to Inniskeen for the derby clash of Louth and Meath, but, as usual on Super […]
By Niall Gartland RORY Brennan’s return to the intercounty scene is going very well on a personal level, and he says he was keen to repay the trust placed in him by new manager Malachy O’Rourke. The vastly experienced Trillick player looks to have nailed down a starting jersey in the heart of the Tyrone […]
