As they so often do, Cork and Kerry gave us plenty to discuss in Saturday’s All-Ireland SFC group game. There was the skirmish before half-time and like the Galway-Offaly hurling one in April there is nothing officials can do until the teams return to the field for the start of the second half. This is … Read more
Sunday’s fixtures All-Ireland SFC (Both FT) – Cavan 1-13 Donegal 3-26; Derry 2-20 Galway 4-14 (Both HT) Dublin 0-9 Armagh 0-13; Monaghan 0-7 Clare 0-14 Tailteann Cup (All FT) – Leitrim 3-9 Tipperary 0-10; Antrim 1-22 London 1-14; Carlow 1-15 Longford 1-20; Fermanagh 0-25 Wexford 1-17; Kildare 4-19 Sligo 1-24 Half-time: Monaghan 0-7 Clare 0-14: … Read more
Philly McMahon: Jink in the armour – why a new breed of elusive forwards holds the key to All-Ireland glory The Irish Independent Source link
Orchard legend hails progress of team now playing like champions All-Ireland-winning manager Joe Kernan is excited by Armagh’s prospects for rest of the championship. Photo: Sportsfile In the three years and one month since their loss to Donegal in an Ulster quarter-final, Armagh have only lost one championship game in regulation time. Some 24 matches … Read more
Communities Minister Gordon Lyons (Liam McBurney/PA) Stormont’s communities minister Gordon Lyons is set to attend his first ever Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) match this weekend. It will be the first time the DUP MLA joins spectators at a senior football match since taking up ministerial office more than a year ago. Source link
Philly McMahon: Why I said McFadden Ferry deserved a slap, but only a slap The Irish Independent Source link
All-Ireland SFC qualifier second round dates, times and venues confirmed Dublin are back in Croke Park for their All-Ireland SFC qualifying clash with Armagh. Photo by Harry Murphy/Sportsfile Dublin’s ‘home’ game against Armagh in the second round of the All-Ireland football qualifiers has been fixed for Croke Park on Sunday June 1 with a 4pm … Read more
Jim McGuinness says Donegal were determined not to leave Clones without the Anglo Celt Cup on Saturday evening. After an epic Ulster decider, Donegal emerged from extra-time with the narrowest of victories over Armagh – retaining the title for only the third time in the county’s history. [ Donegal win extra-time thriller against Armagh to take … Read more
Ulster Senior Football Final: Donegal 2-23 Armagh 0-28 Chaos in Clones, wonderful, frantic chaos. And from within the madness of it all, Donegal emerged still holding the Anglo Celt Cup while Armagh left with a sackful of regrets for the third successive Ulster final. It needed extra-time to separate these two heavyweights. How either were … Read more
Good morning and welcome to our live blog of today’s GAA Sam Maguire and Tailteann Cup draws. It’s Gordon Manning here with you for what will be a significant day in the race for the 2025 All-Ireland senior football championship. And it’s certainly championship weather out there. Wow, what day!. But if you’ve managed to … Read more