Month: March 2022

MTU Kerry 4-15 Maynooth University 0-7 Murt Murphy reports from Tralee INSPIRED BY THEIR captain Tony Brosnan, MTU Kerry Campus reached their first Sigerson Cup semi-final since 1999 when they completed that historic three in a row, after outclassing Maynooth University in this quarter-final clash at the North Campus Pitch on Tuesday afternoon. The football was fast, controlled and committed with a defensive setup that completely shut out the Maynooth attack. Then with Mark O’Shea…

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THE GALWAY SENIOR ladies football team are without a manager less than two weeks out from the National League. Last Thursday, news of Gerry Fahy’s departure broke locally. Galway Bay FM reported that the boss had stepped down with immediate effect, after just one season in charge. They ran a statement from Galway LGFA, which read: “It is with regret that Galway Ladies Football County Board announce that Gerry Fahy has stepped away from his…

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CORK GAA HAVE confirmed their Munster championship games in football and hurling against Clare and Kerry respectively, have been moved from Páirc Uí Chaoimh due to the Ed Sheeran concert taking place at the stadium. The Munster hurling round-robin game against Clare will take place in Semple Stadium on the weekend of 30 April-1 May. The following weekend’s Munster football semi-final between Cork and Kerry will be held at Páirc Uí Rinn on Saturday 7…

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LONG-SERVING WEXFORD hurler Harry Kehoe has retired from the inter-county game after 13 seasons at senior level. Kehoe made his debut in 2009 for Wexford in the Leinster senior semi-final loss to Dublin. The highlight of his Wexford career came in 2019 when he won a Leinster senior medal as part of the squad that defeated Kilkenny, coming on as a late substitute in that game. In 2014 he scored a goal in Wexford’s memorable…

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THE GAA WILL decide on a new model for games development funding at a Central Council meeting at the end of the month, which will see the Dublin’s disproportionate level of funding allocated more evenly across the country.  Dublin have received over €21m in games development funding since 2007, while in 2021 that figure stood at €745,278. Antrim’s €199,439 put them as the second-highest county for the funding, some way behind Dublin.  Dublin’s ability to generate significant funds…

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WITH THE STRETCH in the evening getting even more grand, we’ve still got plenty of sport to look forward to this weekend. It’s All-Ireland final time in the hurling and football club championships, while the Premier League action continues. There’s more United Rugby Championship fixtures on the way as well as the Super Bowl in the NFL as Cincinnati Bengals take on the LA Rams. The Six Nations continues as Ireland travel to France while…

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Source: The42 WHERE IS BEST to start? Back to October 2004, when the 16-year-old goalkeeper helped his club take the reigning Kilkenny and Leinster champions O’Loughlin Gaels to a county quarter-final replay? Or maybe more recently, that remarkable feat of escapology as the 34-year-old forward smashing in the last-gasp goal that delivered a sensational ending to an All-Ireland semi-final? Two afternoons that have bookended a glittering hurling career for TJ Reid in Ballyhale Shamrocks colours.…

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NUI Galway 0-18 MTU Kerry 0-15 (after extra-time) John Keogh reports from Rathkeale NUI GALWAY ARE into the Sigerson Cup following a thrilling 0-18 to 0-15 semi-final extra time win over MTU Kerry at Mick Neville Park in Rathkeale.  Matthew Tierney starred for NUIG with 0-8 from a game that saw four MTU Kerry players sent off. Evan Looney was sent off in regular time, while Dara Moynihan, Jack Savage and Tony Brosnan were all given…

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NUI Galway 1-22 Waterford IT 2-13 NUI GALWAY SET up a local Fitzgibbon Cup semi-final clash next week against GMIT thanks to a six-point win over Waterford IT at Dangan tonight, with Evan Niland continuing his immaculate run of form for both Galway and the university by scoring 0-14 over the course of the hour. There was a style and polish to the home side this evening, and who twice looked like they had comfortably…

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ON SATURDAY, MICKEY Moran attempts to win a senior All-Ireland final as manager on the fifth time of asking.  The 2020 club final defeat with Kilcoo to Corofin, arrived after Slaughtneil fell at the final hurdle to the Galway side in 2015 and Dr Crokes in 2017. In 2006, his Mayo team were taken apart in the All-Ireland SFC decider by a ruthless Kerry outfit.  There were plenty of successes too. He experienced an All-Ireland…

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