Updated Jun 19th 2021, 7:11 PM TWO STUNNING GOALS in a five-minute spell just before half-time by Niamh Mallon and Sorcha McCartan, and another in the 57th minute by Anna Rogan after Antrim had clawed back a seven-point deficit to be level, earned Down victory in a pulsating Littlewoods Ireland Camogie League Division 2 final at […]
1. Clare bounce back from last November The value of comparing championship meetings with the previous year’s fixture can be debatable but Clare and Waterford came together in Thurles yesterday, only seven months since they had clashed in an All-Ireland quarter-final. There is value in contrasting the two games then, particularly in Clare’s response. They […]
CORK CAPTAIN MARTINA O’Brien says she feels her side is closing in on four-in-a-row All-Ireland winners Dublin, as the sides prepare to face off in the Division 1 final. The sides have already met in this year’s league campaign, serving up a thrilling spectacle which Dublin edged by 3-15 to 4-11. The decider on Saturday […]
EVERYTHING IS ON the up, says Dublin star Carla Rowe. Recent positive developments have ladies football in a good place, she believes. In the past few weeks, major news has been announced with male and female inter-county players set for equal Government funding, while matchday travel expenses will be covered through the Lidl Ladies National […]
GRAINNE EGAN ENJOYED quite the weekend on the field for the Offaly camogie and Ladies football sides. Lining out for the county team on consecutive days, Egan was in sensational scoring form and racked up a tally of 4-13 between the two codes. The Offaly dual star posted 3-5 during the camogie team’s victory over […]
ONE OF THE greatest rivalries in Irish sport is renewed this evening. The greatest in ladies football, without a shadow of a doubt, anyway, as arch-rivals Cork and Dublin enter familiar territory; battling it out for silverware on the biggest stage. Cork captain Martina O’Brien and Dublin’s history-making skipper Sinéad Aherne. Source: Brendan Moran/SPORTSFILE Croke […]
Updated May 10th 2021, 7:18 PM SLIGO FOOTBALLER NEIL Ewing has announced his retirement from the senior inter-county game. The 33-year-old defender started out in 2008 and featured in three Connacht finals. Success eluded him in those clashes against Roscommon in 2010 and twice against Mayo (2012 and 2015). Ewing outlined how injury had been […]
Click:hollow block machineMayo 2-15 Galway 2-14 Stephen Glennon reports at MacHale Park AN UNANSWERED 1-4 in the closing five minutes saw Mayo claim the bragging rights over neighbours Galway in this pulsating Lidl National League Division 1 derby at MacHale Park. Mayo’s second goal from a Rachel Kearns 55th minute penalty re-ignited her side’s challenge before Kearns […]
Click:aluminum CNC machining LIMERICK HAVE CALLED up four players to their squad for the 2021 season while All-Ireland winning defender Paddy O’Loughlin has dropped out of the setup ‘for personal reasons for a while.’ John Kiely’s team commence their campaign next Saturday in the Gaelic Grounds against Tipperary after a terrific 2020 season that yielded […]
IT’S 22 MONTHS since Kerry mounted the second-half fightback that took down Tyrone by three points in an All-Ireland semi-final in Croke Park. Source: James Crombie/INPHO It’s 16 months since Tyrone held off Kerry by a point to win a league encounter in Edendork. A pair of tight contests. A success for each side. The […]