It’s hard not to feel a bit shiftless on a Sunday like that when you deem yourself to be worn out from hammering remote control buttons to take you from TG4’s coverage of the National League finals to Virgin Media’s broadcast of the second game of our women’s Six Nations campaign and back again. Just … Read more
Cormac Egan of Offaly celebrates with joint-manager Mickey Harte after the Allianz Football League Division 3 final win over Kildare at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile Mickey Harte has admitted Offaly face a near-impossible task to qualify for this year’s Sam Maguire race – despite being crowned Allianz Football League Division 3 … Read more
John Mullane Waterford legend John Mullane has called on the GAA to show “common sense” and refix Sunday week’s Division 1B League final between Waterford and Offaly amid a ticket shortage for the Páirc Uí Chaoimh double-header. Thousands of supporters have been left out in the cold due to the demand for tickets with the … Read more
Cork’s Division 1A National Hurling League final against Tipperary at Páirc Uí Chaoimh sold out in under 24 hours. The April 6th showdown, part of a double-header alongside the Division 1B decider between Waterford and Offaly, is set for a 45,000 full house. Fixture details were only confirmed on Monday, with tickets going on sale … Read more
NFL Division 3: Offaly 2-17 Kildare 0-17 Offaly joint manager Mickey Harte. Photo: Matt Browne/Sportsfile The job may not be complete just yet but the Mickey Harte revolution in Offaly hit another major peak with a first competitive victory over neighbours Kildare in 19 years as the Faithful County moved one step closer to Division … Read more
Ronan Maher is the anchor at centre half-back for Tipperary. Photo: Sportsfile We’re halfway through the league and, to me, no candidate has yet jumped out screaming: we want this title badly. By default, two teams will land into the final in early April and, once there, rest assured they’ll have a proper cut. But, … Read more
NHL Div 1B: Offaly 0-27 Dublin 1-23 Offaly’s Dan Ravenhill celebrates after scoring the winning point from a free against Dublin in Croke Park. Photo: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile Dan Ravenhill proved Offaly’s hero as he struck deep into injury time to complete a thrilling win over Dublin in their league encounter at Croke Park on … Read more
Former winners with UL Shane Dooley and Kieran Joyce say third-level success can act as springboard for inter-county careers Former UL hurlers Offaly’s Shane Dooley and Kilkenny’s Kieran Joyce Playing in Saturday’s Fitzgibbon Cup final will be hugely beneficial for rising inter-county stars, according to former winners of the competition Shane Dooley and Kieran Joyce. … Read more
NHL Div 1B: Offaly 2-26 Antrim 0-17 Offaly’s Dan Ravenhill in action against Antrim’s Declan McCloskey during their Allianz HL Division 1B tie at Glenisk O’Connor Park in Tullamore. Photo: Matt Browne/Sportsfile This really should be all about Offaly, how thoroughly dominant they were at Glenisk O’Connor Park, how much sharper in their touch and … Read more
He won and lost epic Offaly duels as a player – now the ‘Marmite manager’ seeks their scalp with Antrim Davy Fitzgerald in action for Clare during the All-Ireland SHC semi-final against Offaly in 1998. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile Davy Fitz meets the Faithful … it has a certain ring to it, even though Offaly … Read more