Month: March 2022

LIKE BALLYGUNNER’S HARRY Ruddle earlier in the day, Jerome Johnston struck with an injury-time Croke Park goal for Kilcoo that sealed his club’s maiden All-Ireland senior crown.  It’s a moment he’ll never forget, a career-defining score. Kilmacud Crokes were leading by two at the end of extra-time and seconds from victory, when Johnston struck. He’d been struggling with cramp at that stage but managed to summon enough energy to get himself into the area to…

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Kilcoo 2-8 Kilmacud Crokes 0-13 (after extra-time) FOR THE SECOND time today, an All-Ireland senior club final was decided by a late, late goal as Kilcoo snatched victory from the jaws of defeat. Kilcoo’s Conor Laverty and lifts the cup. Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO Trailing Kilmacud Crokes by two points in the 81st minute, Jerome Johnston struck the most famous goal in his club’s history to deliver the Andy Merrigan Cup for the Down kingpins in…

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NUI GALWAY ARE to appeal the red card dished out to Hurler of the Year Cian Lynch in the closing stages of the Fitzgibbon Cup final at the weekend. Lynch appeared to be harshly sent off three minutes from time by Tipperary referee Fergal Horgan, following advice from Kilkenny linesman Sean Cleere, after an exchange with UL centre-back Bryan O’Mara, with the Galway college leading by 2-15 to 0-17 at that stage. UL went on…

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LAST YEAR’S ALL-IRELAND finalists Meath and Dublin both sealed their progression in the Lidl Ladies National Football League over the weekend, though will renew their rivalries first in a mouth-watering group game in two weeks’ time. Páirc Tailteann hosts the Division 1B clash on Saturday 5 March [throw-in 3pm], with the TG4 cameras pitching up in Navan for the highly-anticipated fixture. The neighbouring counties emerge from a group also containing Cork and Waterford, after both…

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THREE GAMES IN to the third coming of Jack O’Connor and it’s smooth sailing so far in the return to the Kerry hotseat. Top of Division 1 of the league. Still unbeaten. The potentially awkward assignment in Newbridge, given his personal history with Kildare, negotiated with a draw claimed. Dublin defeated at home on a wild night in Tralee. Donegal dealt with comfortably yesterday on an afternoon of weather turbulence in Killarney. In O’Connor’s previous…

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Updated Sun 9:31 PM A GALWAY SCHOOLBOY who suffered a serious head injury in a hurling match on Saturday is on his way to making a full recovery. The teenager from Presentation College, Athenry, was treated on the pitch before being removed by ambulance to hospital and their All-Ireland post-primary schools quarter-final clash against Ardscoil Rís from Limerick was abandoned with ten minutes remaining. The traumatic injury happened following an accidental clash between the player…

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CORK GOT THE Matthew Twomey era off to a winning start but Clare, who themselves were competing under a new eight-person management team, made sure it wasn’t a comfortable day at the office as the Rebels had to work very hard in a wet, wild and windy Cusack Park before eking out a 2-6 to 0-4 triumph in Division 1 of the Littlewoods Ireland Camogie League. Twomey, who is stepping up to the hotseat having…

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THE AIB ALL-Ireland Senior Club Camogie final will be a repeat of the 2020 decider before Christmas, when Oulart-The Ballagh dethroned Sarsfields, after the two teams qualified once more in starkly contrasting fashion. The titleholders cruised to a 3-11 to 0-2 victory over Scariff-Ogonnelloe, while Sarsfields came out on top in the latest episode of a captivating rivalry with Slaughtneil, edging a 2-4 to 0-9 triumph over the perennial Ulster champions and former three-in-a-row All-Ireland…

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Tyrone 2-7 Kildare 0-12 Ger McNally reports from Healy Park SECOND-HALF GOALS by Conn Kilpatrick and Darren McCurry helped Tyrone overcome the loss of their suspended players to land a cruical win over a gallant Kildare side. Playing conditions were deplorable for both teams but they served up a really entertaining game that was hanging by a thread into the dying seconds. The visitors raced out of the traps and with Daniel Flynn and Paul…

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Click:unique pet gift Ladies Football Division 1A Result Donegall 2-11 Westmeath 2-6 Ladies Football Division 1B Result Meath 1-10 Waterford 1-2 Reporting by Tomás McCarthy and Aisling Clery TG4 ALL-STAR Emma Duggan scored 0-6 from play as Meath made it two wins from two with victory over Waterford in Division 1B of the Lidl National Football League at a windswept Dungarvan. Waterford made life difficult for the defending TG4 All-Ireland champions but Eamonn Murray’s side…

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