Tag: Tyrone GAA

  • Two greats bowing out with very different tales to tell

    Two greats bowing out with very different tales to tell

    Carlow’s Darragh Foley and James McCarthy of Dublin announced their respective inter county retirements on the same day a few weeks back. One of the national papers carried a piece in the days which followed lamenting how – understandably but nevertheless unfortunately – for one individual, media outlets were festooned with pages of coverage while…

  • Selections for Fairyhouse – Jul. 10th 2024

    Selections for Fairyhouse – Jul. 10th 2024

    4.50: MOUTARDE – EW – (GARY CARROLL/GAVIN CROMWELL) 5.25: RUDI’S APPLE (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 6.00: SIXPACK (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 6.30: MAGICAL ZOE (COLIN KEANE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 7.00: MONASTERBOICE (COLIN KEANE/NOEL MEADE) 7.30: EMPORIO – EW – (HUGH HORGAN (5)/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 8.00: ROYAL TRIBUTE – EW – (SHANE FOLEY/JOHN MCCONNELL)

  • Selections for Dundalk – Jan. 26th 2024

    Selections for Dundalk – Jan. 26th 2024

    4.00: NO SPEED LIMIT – EW – (KILLIAN LEONARD/PAT MCKENNA) 4.30: NORTH DORSET – EW – (KEITHEN KENNEDY (7)/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 5.00: ELEGANT MAN (MIKEY SHEEHY/ADRIAN MURRAY) 5.30: GATSBY CAP – EW – (HUGH HORGAN (5)/JOHN MCCONNELL) 6.00: FERRYBANK – EW – (BILLY LEE/TED WALSH) 6.30: POMERIGGIO – EW – (SHANE FOLEY/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 7.00: SHANADAR (SCOTT…

  • Royals reserve final berth with a game to spare

    Royals reserve final berth with a game to spare

    Meath…2-17 Tyrone…0-08 Second half goals from Eamon Og O’Donnchadh and substitute Paddy Barnwell put a coat of gloss on a polished Meath performance in O’Neill’s Healy Park, Omagh as the visitors booked their place in the Allianz NHL Div. 2B Final with a game to spare. On a weekend that, locally at least, was a…

  • Meath team for Tyrone trip

    Meath team for Tyrone trip

    Meath manager Seoirse Bulfin has shuffled his deck somewhat ahead of tomorrow’s Allianz NHL Div. 2B clash with Tyrone at O’Neill’s Healy Park. The Royal County will be aiming to continue their unbeaten run in the competition. Ace marksman Jack Regan (Kiltale) will lead the attack from the 40, while Seanie Geraghty reverts to midfield…

  • Meath clock up big tally but now must wait

    Meath clock up big tally but now must wait

    Meath… 2-19 Antrim… 0-04 It was all one way traffic under the lights of Fr McManus Park on Friday night as Meath’s U-20 footballers had little difficulty in maintaining their unbeaten run in the Leo Murphy Cup. However, their progression or otherwise in the pre-championship competition is out of their hands and will depend on…

  • Meath U-20 Football team vs. Antrim

    Meath U-20 Football team vs. Antrim

    The Meath team to take on Antrim tonight in Round 3 of the Leo Murphy Cup has been announced. John McCarthy’s charges are unbeaten after two outings, having drawn with defending All Ireland champions Tyrone and defeated Down in Burren last time out. Throw in at Fr McManus Park, Skryne is at 7.30 and admission…

  • O’Connor comes home to steer The Kingdom again

    O’Connor comes home to steer The Kingdom again

    Irish sport’s worst kept secret is out. Jack O’Connor has returned for a third stint as Kerry senior football manager. Once again, the Dromad Pearses clubman has brought Diarmuid Murphy and Mike Quirke as part of his backroom team. O’Connor recently left Kildare in the lurch, heading for where the pale moon was rising even…

  • Bench Press Works The Oracle For Dominant Red Hands

    Bench Press Works The Oracle For Dominant Red Hands

    Tyrone…2-14 Mayo…0-15 Whom the Gods wish to destroy, they first make mad. When Ryan O’Donoghue snatched at a handy point chance and then skewed a penalty wide minutes later, that old, terribly familiar black cloud must have loomed large on the green and red horizon once again. As with the Meath ladies just shy of…

  • Breaking News: Tyrone Pull Out Of Kerry Re-fixture

    Breaking News: Tyrone Pull Out Of Kerry Re-fixture

    The immediate future of this season’s All Ireland SFC has been cast into doubt with the revelation that Tyrone will not be fulfilling their already re-fixed All Ireland SFC semi final against Kerry. The O’Neill County camp has been ravaged by cases of Covid-19 in the last couple of weeks, with reportedly only 11 members…