GAA Talk

Sunday’s Football Round-up

The winter blues in the GAA football scene were finally banished yesterday when provincial subsidiary competitions kicked off activities for 2009. Played under new experimental discipline rules, DCU and UL were the only third-level colleges to cause upsets when defeating Laois and Limerick respectively.

Sunday, January 4.
Conor Counihan’s inexperienced Cork side ran out 1-15 [...]

Monday, December 22.
Mickey Harte, the Tyrone football boss, has named his 30-man squad for the upcoming Dr McKenna Cup.
Harte has included 19 members of the 2008 All-Ireland winning panel, but there is also a sprinkling of newcomers to inter-county football.
However, Harte will have to do without Brian McGuigan and Brian Dooher who are ruled out [...]

Saturday, December 20
In ominous news for every hurling county except Kilkenny, Brian Cody says the thought of retiring from the management business has not yet crossed his mind.
Cody has just led The Cats to their third consecutive senior All-Ireland hurling Championship and overseen the development of one of the most talented [...]

County Championship round-up
A busy weekend of club action saw familiar faces capture county honours in Cork, Galway and Donegal, while there was a new name on the Fermanagh SFC trophy.
Nemo Rangers were successful in winning a fourth successive Cork Senior Football Championship title. Last year’s beaten All-Ireland finalists were too good for Douglas, romping home [...]

Coca Cola Ireland International Rules team manager Sean Boylan has named Tyrone All Ireland winner Seán Cavanagh as captain of the Ireland team which will play Australia in a two test series Down Under this October. Cork’s Graham Canty has been confirmed as vice captain of the squad.
Both men are vastly experienced in the [...]

Richie Connor is the new Offaly senior football manager after his appointment was ratified on Thursday night.
Connor, the 1982 All-Ireland winning captain takes over from Pat Roe and will be assisted by former International Rules player Mark Plunkett and Ollie Daly, the previous GAA County Board Chairperson.
The Walsh Island man played senior for the Faithful [...]

Can any event in the sporting calendar better the All-Ireland finals, football or hurling? I think not.
Last Sunday I had the pleasure of being in the company of about fifteen of us who always travel to football final together. That fifteen were in the company of 82,200 others and the day was a joy to [...]