The clean sweep


Niall Gartland takes a look at the counties who have completed a clean sweep of league, provincial and All-Ireland titles in the one year Kerry (nine times) KERRY are the most decorated county when it comes to winning Sam Maguire titles having won the competition a record 38 times. On nine of those occasions, they […]


Devlin taking his chance at senior level


By Niall Gartland FLOURISHING at underage level isn’t always a guarantee that senior success will follow suit, but Niall Devlin showed that he’s in it for the long haul with a sublime performance in Tyrone’s group stage victory over Clare nearly a fortnight ago. The Red Hands scored 2-3 in the first-half and Devlin was […]


Tyrone make one change for group stage finale against Cork


By Niall Gartland TYRONE have announced one change on their starting line-up ahead of tomorrow’s All-Ireland Round Robin final round clash against Cork in Tullamore. Conn Kilpatrick is named in midfield in place of Errigal Ciaran’s Joe Oguz, who isn’t included on the match-day panel on this occasion. Elsewhere, it’s pretty much as you were, […]


Dooher expecting titanic tussle


By Niall Gartland TYRONE joint-manager Brian Dooher says they aren’t getting bogged down in the permutations as they get set to conclude their group stage campaign with a tricky assignment against Cork in Tullamore this Saturday. Cork’s unexpected victory over Donegal a fortnight ago has made it difficult to make a firm prediction as to […]


JOE BROLLY: A toothpick to save penalties


AFTER a lot of rumours had done the round this week that the players had ousted Mickey Harte, and that Enda Muldoon was taking over until the end of the season under the discreet supervision of Rory Gallagher, the Gaelic Life’s Niall McCoy brought the gossip to an end. Niall tweeted, “Mickey Harte remains Derry […]


Preview: Tyrone must be on guard


By Niall Gartland CLARE are rank outsiders for their first ever championship outing against Tyrone this Sunday, but that makes for the perfect ambush situation so the Red Hands will have to be on their guard in their All-Ireland SFC Round Two match. The Banner County are a solid outfit that finished third in Division […]


Minor matters


Shaun Casey takes a look at the updated Ulster Minor Championship roll of honour list Tyrone – 25 titles NOBODY has won more Ulster Minor titles than Tyrone as they currently lead the roll of honour on 25, and no one has reached the decider more than the Red Hand County have (35). Tyrone last […]


Review show: A look back at Donegal’s win over Tyrone


DONEGAL’S winning run continued with a 0-21 to 0-14 win over Tyrone on Saturday in Ballybofey. The Gaelic Life team take a look back at the key moments in rate Donegal’s chances of lifting Sam. We also look at Armagh’s win over Westmeath as they bounce back from their Ulster final disappointment. We also caught […]


JOE BROLLY: Jimmy’s bursting bubbles


THE night of the Ulster final, when they arrived home with the cup, Jimmy McGuinness stood in front of his players and addressed the huge crowd. “These next three games are massive for us. Really really big games. And we have got to put them front and centre. These players are a different animal now. […]


McHugh excited by Red Hand replay


By Shaun Casey OF the 15 competitive games Donegal have already played this season, 11 of them have been against Ulster opposition and they kickstart their All-Ireland charge on Saturday afternoon against another familiar foe in Tyrone. Of course, that included the McKenna Cup and Ulster Championship campaigns, while the northern province was well represented […]