WHEN DAVY FITZGERALD decided to step down as Clare senior hurling manager on 21 September, he could hardly have envisaged that he’d be a more “Buckle up Wexford fans, you’re in for a rollercoaster ride with Davy in charge”
Month: April 2022
McBrearty aiming to end 23-year Donegal senior title wait for Ghaeltacht village
Paddy McBrearty at the launch of the AIB GAA Club Championships this week. Source: Sam Barnes/SPORTSFILE “WELL, I THINK 23 years is too long for “McBrearty aiming to end 23-year Donegal senior title wait for Ghaeltacht village”
‘There was a sensation of feeling lost and not being part of it’: Fennelly on watching from the stands
ON SEPTEMBER 4, Michael Fennelly took his seat among the Kilkenny substitutes in the Hogan Stand. In front of him, he watched Tipperary wipe the “‘There was a sensation of feeling lost and not being part of it’: Fennelly on watching from the stands”
Quiz: Can you name the club this inter-county star plays for?
What club does Dublin star Paddy Andrews play for? St Brigid's Ballymun Kickhams Castleknock Cuala What club does former Hurler of the Year Tony Kelly “Quiz: Can you name the club this inter-county star plays for?”
We’ll Leave It There So: O’Neill hits back at Koeman, Carbery to make European debut and today’s sport
Ulster are put through their paces before Sunday’s clash with Bordeaux in Belfast. Source: Presseye/Jonathan Porter/INPHO Home Martin O’Neill has hit back at Everton manager “We’ll Leave It There So: O’Neill hits back at Koeman, Carbery to make European debut and today’s sport”
5 early fixtures to look out for in the 2017 senior football and hurling championships
1. Tipperary v Cork – Munster SHC quarter-final It’s Tipp against Cork again in the Munster senior hurling championship. Source: Lorraine O’Sullivan/INPHO For the second “5 early fixtures to look out for in the 2017 senior football and hurling championships”
Kerry pick up McGrath Cup title with 12-point win over Cork as Geaney shoots 1-4
Kerry 2-17 Cork 0-11 AN UNSEASONABLY LARGE football crowd gathered in Killarney this afternoon for the latest demonstration of Kerry’s superiority in Munster. Kerry’s Paul “Kerry pick up McGrath Cup title with 12-point win over Cork as Geaney shoots 1-4”
History makers! Clare’s Tulla reach first Harty Cup final with win over Waterford’s De La Salle
St Joseph’s Tulla 0-20 De La Salle 1-13 Páraic McMahon reports from the Mallow GAA Complex A SPIRITED SHOWING from the East Clare school in “History makers! Clare’s Tulla reach first Harty Cup final with win over Waterford’s De La Salle”
Feeling joyless while watching Man City win and the rest of the week’s best sportswriting
1. Competing at the Saudi International can’t seriously be construed as professional golfers endorsing the regime or its practices, but it lays bare a reality “Feeling joyless while watching Man City win and the rest of the week’s best sportswriting”
Cork ‘focusing on All-Ireland’ return as new chapter opens against last year’s nemesis
THERE’S A REAL new chapter feel on Leeside. Shane Ronayne is in the hot-seat, having taken over from Ephie Fitzgerald in September. New Cork boss “Cork ‘focusing on All-Ireland’ return as new chapter opens against last year’s nemesis”