Sports
Dublin’s Cooper bows out at 33
The historic Dublin trail blazers are slowly departing the scene one by one. This week sterling defender Johnny Cooper announcing that he was depar...
January 05, 2023
by P.J. Cunningham
Healy is Munster's hero
There’s no better team than Leinster to take advantage and when Connacht arrived at the RDS with a less than full-strength team, you knew they were in danger of a spanking.
January 03, 2023
by P.J. Cunningham
Sports
Ulster win after nail-biting finish
Ulster 22 Connacht 20 After their recent record, any win and in any fashion was welcomed by Ulster on Friday night as they provided Head Coach Dan ...
December 29, 2022
by P.J. Cunningham
Sports
Dunloy deserve win in semi upset
Dunloy 1-14; St Thomas’ 0-13 This was no fluke, in fact if anything, the Dunloy men’s approach work deserved a wider margin of victory over Galway’...
December 23, 2022
by P.J. Cunningham
Sports
3 provinces win, Ulster lose again
Ulster’s misery goes on but at last there appears to be light at the end of the tunnel. However at one stage it looked like the Northern province w...
December 23, 2022
by P.J. Cunningham
Glory in the Glen as Kilcoo dethroned
Glen (Derry) 1-12; Kilcoo (Down) 1-6 The beauty of Ulster football is that there is no such thing as a racing certainty. Even though reigning provi...
December 12, 2022
by P.J. Cunningham
Ballygunner canter to win in Munster, set up semi vs. Ballyhale
With respect to their provincial opponents, the 2022 club championship for Ballygunner was not so much about retaining their Munster title as meeting Ballyhale Shamrocks in the All-Ireland semi-final on Sunday week to prove their late, late final win in February was no fluke.
December 05, 2022
by P.J. Cunningham
Kilcoo brush past Enniskillen to reach Ulster final
Kilcoo 3-14 Enniskillen Gaels 1-9 As if we didn’t know it already, Kilcoo gave us further evidence on Saturday that they would be formidable oppone...
November 28, 2022
by P.J. Cunningham
Champions Kilcoo bring Ballybay back down to earth
Kilcoo 2-14; Ballybay 1-7 There are heavyweight contenders… and then there are teams like Kilcoo. Monaghan side Ballybay must have had notions afte...
November 15, 2022
by P.J. Cunningham
Farrell's new Ireland hits heights vs. world champions South Africa
Ireland 19; South Africa 16 We’ve been here before – in 2018 to be precise against the All Blacks – only to flatter to deceive. This time around th...
November 07, 2022
by P.J. Cunningham
Clifford caps a big week with East Kerry's victory in county final
East Kerry 1-16 Mid Kerry 0-10 David Clifford spent last year learning to accept defeat at every turn; this time round titles and awards are tumbli...
October 31, 2022
by P.J. Cunningham
Carty's drop-goal wins it for Connacht in Swansea
Connacht 22; Ospreys 19 Bravo Connacht! And they can thank Jack Carty's second-half drop-goal for giving them the spoils in Swansea at the weekend....
October 31, 2022
by P.J. Cunningham