Mullinalaghta won their maiden Leinster Senior Club Championship title last weekend with a two-point win over Kilmacud Crokes at Bord na Móna O’Connor Park in Offaly. Mullinalaghta became the first Longford club to win the championship and the celebrations were extensive with the team returning to the other half of their parish in Gowna, holding the cup […]

7 years ago

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. The defending All-Ireland champions won their 57th provincial championship and their 13th title from the last 14 finals but the victory came in front of just 41,728 people, making the 2018 final […]

8 years ago

I could see him coming. We were in the dressing-room ahead of the Leinster final in 2007 and a selector was trying to make a point about intensity. To emphasise it, he brought the players into a huddle – the second last of the endless huddles teams have on match day – and began to […]

10 years ago

Fair play to Meath, who restricted Dublin to a measly 0-21 points – their second lowest scoring total in the Leinster SFC under Jim Gavin. The title for smallest score conceded goes to Westmeath, who restricted Gavin’s Dubs to 2-13 in last year’s provincial final. They will get a chance to beat their own record on […]

10 years ago

They were taking no chances in a muggy Marble City on Saturday evening. One edgy steward in particular seemed to be at DEFCON 2 on the Maor emergency scale. He wasn’t happy with photos being taken near his post, and he was willing to get the thin blue line of the law involved. “This is a security […]

10 years ago

“They will take some beating!”

10 years ago