Month: March 2022

Ballygunner (Waterford) 2-17 Ballyhale Shamrocks (Kilkenny) 1-19 BALLYGUNNER HAVE LONG dreamed of being crowned All-Ireland champions but perhaps they could never have imagined as sensational a way to realise that ambition. Shane O’Sullivan celebrates Ballygunner’s win. Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO Two points down, deep in injury-time against the Kilkenny aristocrats of this competition, it appeared as if Ballyhale were set to reign again. But then Ballygunner fashioned a passing move involving Ian Kenny, Paddy Leavey and…

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Results Connacht senior A football final St Jarlath’s (Tuam) 3-6 St Colman’s (Claremorris) 0-9 Munster Corn Uí Mhuirí senior A football final St Brendan’s (Killarney) 0-17 Tralee CBS 0-12 Leinster Corn Uí Dhúill senior A hurling final Good Counsel (New Ross) 1-22 Dublin South Schools 0-14 Advertisement ***** GALWAY’S ST JARLATH’S, Kerry’s St Brendan’s and Wexford’s Good Counsel all celebrated provincial schools senior title wins this afternoon. The Munster final in Fitzgerald Stadium went the way of…

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Hurling – Ballyhale Shamrocks v Ballygunner, Croke Park, 3pm Football – Kilmacud Crokes v Kilcoo, Croke Park, 5pm  Both live on TG4 ***** 1. Will we get a hurling classic? If a general sense of anticipation builds up before an All-Ireland club hurling final, the game that unfolds has tended to disappoint in recent times. Of course there are gripping stories from the winners’ enclosure and stunning individual displays, but the contests needed to grip…

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UL’s David Clifford celebrates with team-mates after their semi-final win. Source: Laszlo Geczo/INPHO THIS YEAR’S SIGERSON Cup final will be broadcast live by TG4.  Advertisement NUI Galway needed extra-time to book their place in the final with a 0-18 to 0-15 win over MTU Kerry last night.  In the other semi-final, Kerry star David Clifford scored two late points to ensure UL reached the competition’s decider for the first time in 25 years — seeing…

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NUI Galway 0-12 UL 1-6 A FIRST SIGERSON Cup title for NUI Galway since 2003 after their powerful start to the second half proved crucial in defeating UL at a rain-lashed IT Carlow grounds tonight. NUIG’s Cathal Sweeney and Eoghan McLaughlin of the University of Limerick. Source: Laszlo Geczo/INPHO Despite losing Mayo’s Tommy Conroy and Galway’s Sean Mulkerrin to injury in this campaign, the Maurice Sheridan-managed side were deserved winners against UL. Matthew Tierney captains…

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Updated Tue 8:03 PM JAMES HORAN HAS called the demands on young inter-county players “unsustainable” in the wake of Tommy Conroy’s ACL injury. Conroy had been double jobbing with Mayo in the Allianz Football League on weekends while on Sigerson Cup duty with NUIG in midweek. His season came to a crashing halt when a devastating knee injury in the third-level quarter-final, which took place two days after he played the second-half of Mayo’s league…

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THE DUST MAY have settled, but the memories of that special day will last a lifetime. In late January, Kilkerrin-Clonberne of Galway were crowned All-Ireland senior club  champions for the very first time, ending Mourneabbey’s bid for three-in-a-row as they lifted the Dolores Tyrrell Memorial Cup. “It was definitely the best win I have ever had in ladies football,” as Nicola Ward beamed at the 2022 Lidl Ladies National League launch last week. “Playing with…

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Click:新闻发稿公司 THE FOUR TYRONE players sent-off in their recent football league game against Armagh, have had their bans upheld. Four Tyrone players were shown a red card against Armagh. Source: Philip Magowan/INPHO The Gaelic Life is this morning reporting that the quartet of Peter Harte, Michael McKernan, Padraig Hampsey and Kieran McGeary had their bans upheld after a hearing took place in Croke Park last night. Advertisement Bad news for Tyrone fans re. the Athletics Ground…

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CONOR LAVERTY WAS one of the last men to emerge from Kilcoo’s dressing room on Saturday night. Kilcoo’s Conor Laverty celebrates at the end of the game. Source: Ken Sutton/INPHO He walked out with his gearbag in one hand and a glint in his eye. Almost 20 years after he made his senior debut for the club as a 17-year-old, he stood here as joint-captain of the All-Ireland champions.  Two years earlier, Laverty was consoled…

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FOR THE SECOND successive week, Michael Fennelly had to pick his Offaly team up off the floor after they suffered a heavy defeat to All-Ireland contenders. Offaly’s ambitions are a far cry away from challenging for the Liam MacCarthy – they won’t even be competing in the top tier come the championship. The Faithful are newly promoted to the Joe McDonagh, having lifted the third tier Christy Ring title last season. They also won promotion…

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