Cork’s Briege Corkery in pursuit of Cora Staunton in 2005. Source: Andrew Paton/INPHO CORK DUAL STAR Briege Corkery has revealed how the words of Cora Staunton, motivated her to chase more All-Ireland glory this year. The perennial All-Ireland champions were facing into the unknown at the outset of the 2016 season following some key losses […]
Diarmuid Connolly strikes home the only goal of the game against Rhode. Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO YESTERDAY SAW the 2016 GAA club provincial championships conclude as St Vincent’s swept to Leinster glory against Rhode. Analyst Rob Carroll takes a closer look at the impact of St Vincent’s captain, man-of-the-match and star man Diarmuid Connolly. ************************* MAN-OF-THE-match, […]
All smiles for Diarmuid Connolly Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO DIARMUID CONNOLLY SIGNED off from the 2016 Gaelic football season yesterday in a familiar fashion. Another final win and another piece of silverware secured. 2016 that's a wrap 💙 pic.twitter.com/09V07LsvWp — Diarmuid Connolly (@dermoc123) December 11, 2016 Source: Diarmuid Connolly/Twitter It’s been another remarkable year of success […]
WHEN WESTMEATH JOGGED back towards their Croke Park dressing-room just one point in arrears, they knew they were getting under the skin of the Dubs. The Leinster champions, and talisman Diarmuid Connolly, were clearly frustrated by the Lake County side, just as they had been in the opening half of the 2015 final. But in […]
TWO CLUB TEAMS in Galway made bets on key GAA games they were playing in during the year, it has been revealed by the outgoing county chairman Noel Treacy. Treacy, a former Fianna Fáil government minister, said that gambling in the GAA continues to grow and is now a major problem for the organisation. He […]
GALWAY WILL CONTINUE the fight for all their hurling teams to play in a single provincial structure, and will consider a move to the Munster championship if Leinster don’t play ball. A motion was passed at the Galway county convention last night, which called for Galway’s minor and U21 teams to join the senior teams […]
THERE ARE OVER six thousand people homeless in Ireland this Christmas, but the Westmeath hurlers did their part to help last night. The U21 and senior teams decided that they could go without a post-match meal next month, and decided to deliver them to homeless people instead. U21 hurling manager Adrian Moran felt the need […]
A FORMER KILKENNY minor hurler and Gaelic football colleges star was in the spotlight at Old Trafford last night when he hit the net as Manchester United were dumped out of the FA Youth Cup. 17 year-old Thomas O’Connor was in action for Southampton and helped his side claim a 2-1 victory in the third […]
2014 MUNSTER SENIOR club football champions Austin Stacks have turned to a hugely experienced inter-county figure to be the new manager of their senior football team. Pat Flanagan has a wealth of inter-county experience from training the Kerry and Cork senior footballers, along with having a role with the Waterford hurlers. Click Here: springbok rugby […]
Anthony ‘Pretty Boy’ Taylor pictured at the Bellator 169 Open Workouts in the Straight Blast Gym earlier. Source: Gary Carr/INPHO Home The Galway hurlers’ fight against the Leinster structure will go before GAA Congress. Ireland international Robbie Brady is being linked with a €12 million January move away from Norwich to Aston Villa. An ex-Kilkenny minor hurler, […]