Predicting the 12 blockbuster provincial championship games this weekend
There are 12 big senior provincial games across the country this weekend. The Leinster hurling and Ulster football quarter finals take centre stage with some heavyweight clashes across both provinces. The Leinster hurling championship was blown wide open a fortnight ago when the five-in-a-row-seeking Ballyhale Shamrocks were beaten in the Kilkenny county final. O’Loughlin Gaels […]
2 years ago
Predicting the biggest club championship games around the country as Kildare final goes to Carlow
There are 15 senior county finals taking place this weekend, across Gaelic football and hurling, on one of the biggest club weekends of the year. The Dublin senior club football final between Kilmacud Crokes and Ballyboden St Enda’s takes top-billing on Sunday, but there are a number of other eye-catching ties throughout the country. The […]
2 years ago
All of this weekend’s GAA action, teams, news and talking points
The hurling is hotter this weekend. There are two huge hurling games on Saturday, as well as two provincial football finals on Sunday. Keep up with all of the action in our live-blog below. Saturday is a hurling feast with Tipperary taking on Cork in Munster, while Dublin host Wexford in Croke Park in Leinster. […]
3 years ago
‘Sligo are now a big dog so it doesn’t matter’ – Mulligan sings it from the rooftops as they do back-to-back
The smile on his face gave it away that, like everyone else around him, Connacht Council president John Murphy was a Sligo man. And a proud Sligo man at that. Holding a regional board position like that obviously requires objectiveness and impartiality on a daily basis but this was a moment, as he presented the […]
3 years ago
Allianz League finals: All the action and talking points
It’s League final final weekend. The All-Western division One final inevitably takes centre stage, when Mayo take on their neighbours and old rivals Galway. But from Division One right back to Division Four, there are four belters of games in store. Keep up to date with all the action in our live-blog below. The […]
3 years ago
GAA JOE Team of the weekend
This is the GAA JOE Team of the weekend. 1 Niall Curley (Strokestown) Was unlucky to concede the first goal to a Sean Kelly re-bound, and having looked sharp throughout, he made a tremendous save in extra-time. 2 Brandon O’Connell (Ballyea) O’Connell scored Ballyea’s match-winning point but the best compliment you could give him is […]
3 years ago