Month: September 2021

BEFORE EMBARKING ON a career in professional football, Kenny Cunningham played Gaelic football with the Dublin minors alongside Dessie Farrell and current senior boss Jim Gavin. Speaking on Off The Ball last night, the former Irish international told Ger Gilroy and Kevin Kilbane that he had a “fleeting acquaintance” with our indigenous sport but that he […]

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IT’S A LONG way from the glamour of international rugby. After winning 87 caps and bagging 60 tries for Wales, Shane Williams made his Gaelic football debut last night but had to brave a blizzard in Donegal while doing so. 39-year-old Williams was in action for Glenswilly, the reigning Donegal senior football champions, against nearby […]

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GATHERED AT BALLYBODEN St.Enda’s GAA club on Monday to support the launch of the Club Players Association, an impressive cast of former inter-county figures put on an adaptation of Monty Python’s Four Yorkshiremen sketch. “My club had to play three championship matches in a week!” said one. “That’s nothing,” scoffed another, “I know a club […]

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Home Ireland’s Jonathan Walters. Source: Donall Farmer/INPHO Ulster’s Dave Shanahan will make his first start for the province this weekend against Exeter Chiefs in the Champions Cup. Jonathan Walters could be a doubt for Ireland’s upcoming World Cup qualifier against Wales, as he is set to undergo surgery. Joe Sheridan is set to make his inter-county comeback this […]

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