Month: September 2021

CORK MANAGER EPHIE Fitzgerald says that pin-pointing a potential All-Ireland semi-final showdown against Dublin is “very disrespectful to everybody else”. Another titanic collision between the old foes has been earmarked before a ball has been kicked in the All-Ireland championship round-robin series, and Fitzgerald feels that they hype around it is unfair on other sides.  […]

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CILLIAN O’CONNOR could become the top scorer in All-Ireland SFC history this weekend as Mayo take on Kerry in the Super 8s.  O’Connor, still just 27, travels to Killarney just four points shy of Colm Cooper’s all-time scoring record. Legendary forward Cooper, who retired aged 33, scored 23-283 in his 85 championship games for the […]

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2018 WAS AN historic year for Waterford Camogie, and for Beth Carton.  Waterford star Beth Carton. Source: Dan Sheridan/INPHO The Déise featured in the All-Ireland quarter-finals for the first time ever, while their scoring sensation Carton capped the journey with a first camogie All-Star for the county. It was an incredible journey, one on which […]

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Eirgrid Munster U20 Football Championship Semi-Final: Kerry 0-18 Limerick 1-3 Jason O’Connor reports from Austin Stack Park KERRY BEGAN THE defence of their Munster U20 Football title with an expected but underwhelming victory this evening, as the Shannonsiders put in a much more creditable effort than last year’s outfit, who suffered a 28-point drubbing in […]

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