Injuries and immigration are already causing Jack O’Connor headaches for 2024
Not exactly the news the Kerry manager wanted to hear. Injuries and immigration are already causing Jack O’Connor headaches as he prepares his Kerry side to bounce back in 2024. The Kingdom lost the All-Ireland final to Dublin last summer and there’s no doubt that O’Connor will have already turned his attention to next season, […]
2 years ago
“The ultimate teammate” – Lee Keegan heaps praise on heroic Mayo star
High praise for the Mayo man. Lee Keegan has branded Diarmuid O’Connor as “the ultimate teammate” after his heroic performance today in Mayo’s victory over Galway. Mayo were struggling in the first half and only managed to hit three points, but came out like men possessed in the second half, dragged themselves back into it, […]
2 years ago
Roy Keane watches on as Cork run out of steam against superior Kerry side
Cork 0-11 0-21 Kerry Before this game many were predicting Kerry to trample through a rather limp Cork team who have been struggling in the league. However the league is not the championship, and although the scoreline suggests that Kerry were very comfortable, it does not tell the whole story. The Rebels put in a monster […]
4 years ago
Leaving cert students, debutants, and trial by error – How James Horan is maximising Mayo’s league campaign
Horan makes four more changes to his starting line-up this weekend. Dessie Farrell claimed after Dublin’s defeat to Mayo, that the league is for ‘experimentation’, and he is right, but you only have to look at their opposition on that night to see the tinkering and trying master, James Horan. When it was revealed that […]
4 years ago
Gaelic football’s top five photos of 2021
Some of these are truly amazing. Sport can create some very complex feelings, and Gaelic football in particular has the power to have you crying your eyes out with frustration, to crying your eyes out with sheer delirious joy. So much is going on in such a short space of time that you can sometimes […]
4 years ago
Sub goalie saves last-minute Diarmuid O’Connor penalty as Knockmore march on
BALLINTUBBER 0-12 KNOCKMORE 2-9 What massive drama. Diarmuid O’Connor struck his spot-kick well, but Ryan McDonnell guessed right and was rewarded. Mayo GAA and nail-biting, hand-wringing drama come hand-in-hand. The Mayo senior football club championship delivered a huge dollop of drama, this evening, as Knockmore beat Ballintubber in the quarter finals. Knockmore led 1-6 to […]
4 years ago