“It’s definitely the tie of the round.” The draw was made, on Monday morning, for the second round of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship qualifiers and there were some tasty fixtures thrown up. Football fans in Armagh were up bright and early for it. Former Armagh star Oisín McConville joined GAA president John Horan and Darren […]

7 years ago

GAA President John Horan has said that the association will consider a two-tier championship this summer following a host of one-sided games in the provincial championships. Dublin slaughtered Louth in the Leinster quarter-final, Meath defeated Carlow by 15 points while Tyrone cleared Antrim by 14 points in Ulster. The one-sided nature of the early rounds […]

7 years ago

With Dublin’s continued dominance seemingly getting stronger, it is hard not to flirt with the idea that a senior and intermediate championship may well be beneficial for Gaelic football. Speaking at the launch of the ESRI report, ‘Playing Senior Inter-County Gaelic Games Experiences, Realities, and Consequences’.  GAA president John Horan said that he believes splitting the football championship […]

8 years ago

The opening weekend of the Super 8 series saw an attendance decrease of 43% from the opening weekend of last year’s All-Ireland quarter-finals. 53,501 people attended Saturday’s double header at Croke Park to see Tyrone take on Roscommon and Dublin play Donegal, while just 30,740 people went to see Monaghan defeat Kildare and Galway play […]

8 years ago

GAA President John Horan has said that he will examine the possibility of a Tier 2 championship following one-sided thrashings in both of the Leinster and Munster Senior Football championship finals. Dublin cruised to a record eighth consecutive Leinster final win on Sunday with a 1-25 to 0-10 win over Laois at Croke Park while […]

8 years ago