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Hurling
A letter to the hurling fat cats
BY JOHN MARTIN
editor@gaeliclife.com
Croke Park's Games Development Committee meets tomorrow to discuss the 'way forward for hurling'. Chairperson Liam O'Neill has asked for 'fresh thinking from whatever source we can get it' to inform his...>>> more
A letter to the hurling fat cats
BY JOHN MARTIN
editor@gaeliclife.com
Croke Park's Games Development Committee meets tomorrow to discuss the 'way forward for hurling'. Chairperson Liam O'Neill has asked for 'fresh thinking from whatever source we can get it' to inform his...>>> more
Down to the wire
VHI Ulster Senior Ladies Club Championship Final
Donaghmoyne (Monaghan) v St Macartan's (Tyrone)
Sunday, Clones, 3.00pm
CLASHES between Tyrone and Monaghan sides in Ulster finals are nothing new, but this Sunday's pairing of St Macartan's and...>>> more
Sad end for Sambo and Woody
By John Martin
THE final game in the managerial reign of Terence McNaughton and Dominic McKinley was only finished a matter of minutes when Sambo was candid enough to admit "We failed".
McNaughton and McKinley officially announced the end of their...>>> more
Is this the end of tired Rebels?
BY DECLAN BOGUE
d.bogue@gaeliclife.com
A SNAPSHOT of modern GAA life last Saturday evening. Under the pressbox in Ballybofey, an old-school Donegal character spends the evening abusing Derry players, with a radio clamped tight to one lug. The...>>> more
Croke Park closing the doors again
By John Martin
THE CHRISTY Ring Cup final was due to be played on June 28 or 29. Due to Down's participation in the Ulster SHC decider on the same weekend, the Christy Ring Cup final has been put back to July 11.
However Croke Park still hasn't...>>> more
Down have a chance to catch them
By John Martin
ANOTHER Ulster final. Another Down v Antrim decider. Another Antrim win. Well, maybe not this year. Antrim are aiming to make it eight Ulster titles-in-a-row, which would match their longest ever winning streak in the competition....>>> more
Provinicial hurling is on its deathbed
BY JOHN MARTIN
comment@gaeliclife.com
DON'T tell the Munster Council, but the open draw is on its way. Thurles will reverberate to the 'greatest of the provincial championships' on Sunday as Cork face Tipperary, but its days are numbered – in...>>> more
Ring Cup has been Derry's saviour
By John Martin
DERRY wouldn't have won back-to-back Ulster u-21 championships in 2007 and 2008 had it not been for the Christy Ring Cup. So says Oak Leaf star Mark Craig, who picked up provincial gongs at the grade in both years, and who now has his...>>> more
Cassidy hoping for Passion
By John Martin
Joe Cassidy may never have competitively held a camán in his life, but he certainly has hurling in his blood. The former Derry football star's mother hails from Dunloy and he is a nephew of Phonsie Kearns who led the Cuchulainns...>>> more
2008 - How was it for you?
By John Martin
With the end of the year comes the obligatory look back at the talking points of the previous 12 months. The biggest talking point of the 2008 hurling year is probably still in the making, as events down by the Lee are still yet to be...>>> more
Conspiracy theories starting to add up
By John Martin
The weird and wonderful saga that is the 'Late 2008 Cork Hurlers' Strike' continues to take as many twists and turns as the River Lee with still no sign of settlement on the horizon.
The fielding of a development squad by Gerald...>>> more
Novelty pairing to produce opposition for Cushendall
By John Martin
ALL Cushendall eyes will be on Semple Stadium this weekend as the Ulster champions finally find out who they will be playing in the All Ireland semi-final in February 2009.
The clash of Limerick champions Adare and Waterford's De La...>>> more
Ulster Hurling championship a big secret
By John Martin
How many of you know who your county is playing in the Ulster senior football championship next year? I'd say most of you. The live TV draw and subsequent media coverage means that, for followers of gaelic games, it's pretty much...>>> more
Antrim drawing on help from Munster
By John Martin
If the mountain won't come to Mohammed, Mohammed must come to the mountain. Well, not always. The North Antrim Coaching and Development Committee are bringing the mountain to the Glens in the form of a unique twinning programme with...>>> more
At 12/1, I'm going for the draw!
By John Martin
What odds for Waterford to stop a Kilkenny three-in-a-row for the second time in two years? After the final whistle of last year's league final, Kilkenny manager Brian Cody managed a wry smile as he turned to Justin McCarthy and...>>> more
Farney in the fast lane
By John Martin
MONAGHAN manager Frank Brady has expressed his disappointment at Louth's refusal to play this weekend's Nickey Rackard Cup semi-final as a curtain-raiser to Sunday's Ulster senior football championship replay at Clones.
The Galway...>>> more
Cuchulainns jet off to the land of the free
By John Martin
A UNIQUE group of hurlers from Belfast flew to the US this morning to represent their city, county, province and country at the Continental Youth Championships in Philadelphia.
Cross-community schools side Belfast Cuchulainns will...>>> more
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A letter to the hurling fat cats
BY JOHN MARTIN
editor@gaeliclife.com
Croke Park's Games Development Committee meets tomorrow to discuss the 'way forward for hurling'. Chairperson Liam O'Neill has asked for 'fresh thinking from whatever source we can get it' to inform his...>>> more
A letter to the hurling fat cats
BY JOHN MARTIN
editor@gaeliclife.com
Croke Park's Games Development Committee meets tomorrow to discuss the 'way forward for hurling'. Chairperson Liam O'Neill has asked for 'fresh thinking from whatever source we can get it' to inform his...>>> more
Down to the wire
VHI Ulster Senior Ladies Club Championship Final
Donaghmoyne (Monaghan) v St Macartan's (Tyrone)
Sunday, Clones, 3.00pm
CLASHES between Tyrone and Monaghan sides in Ulster finals are nothing new, but this Sunday's pairing of St Macartan's and...>>> more
Sad end for Sambo and Woody
By John Martin
THE final game in the managerial reign of Terence McNaughton and Dominic McKinley was only finished a matter of minutes when Sambo was candid enough to admit "We failed".
McNaughton and McKinley officially announced the end of their...>>> more
Is this the end of tired Rebels?
BY DECLAN BOGUE
d.bogue@gaeliclife.com
A SNAPSHOT of modern GAA life last Saturday evening. Under the pressbox in Ballybofey, an old-school Donegal character spends the evening abusing Derry players, with a radio clamped tight to one lug. The...>>> more
Croke Park closing the doors again
By John Martin
THE CHRISTY Ring Cup final was due to be played on June 28 or 29. Due to Down's participation in the Ulster SHC decider on the same weekend, the Christy Ring Cup final has been put back to July 11.
However Croke Park still hasn't...>>> more
Down have a chance to catch them
By John Martin
ANOTHER Ulster final. Another Down v Antrim decider. Another Antrim win. Well, maybe not this year. Antrim are aiming to make it eight Ulster titles-in-a-row, which would match their longest ever winning streak in the competition....>>> more
Provinicial hurling is on its deathbed
BY JOHN MARTIN
comment@gaeliclife.com
DON'T tell the Munster Council, but the open draw is on its way. Thurles will reverberate to the 'greatest of the provincial championships' on Sunday as Cork face Tipperary, but its days are numbered – in...>>> more
Ring Cup has been Derry's saviour
By John Martin
DERRY wouldn't have won back-to-back Ulster u-21 championships in 2007 and 2008 had it not been for the Christy Ring Cup. So says Oak Leaf star Mark Craig, who picked up provincial gongs at the grade in both years, and who now has his...>>> more
Cassidy hoping for Passion
By John Martin
Joe Cassidy may never have competitively held a camán in his life, but he certainly has hurling in his blood. The former Derry football star's mother hails from Dunloy and he is a nephew of Phonsie Kearns who led the Cuchulainns...>>> more
2008 - How was it for you?
By John Martin
With the end of the year comes the obligatory look back at the talking points of the previous 12 months. The biggest talking point of the 2008 hurling year is probably still in the making, as events down by the Lee are still yet to be...>>> more
Conspiracy theories starting to add up
By John Martin
The weird and wonderful saga that is the 'Late 2008 Cork Hurlers' Strike' continues to take as many twists and turns as the River Lee with still no sign of settlement on the horizon.
The fielding of a development squad by Gerald...>>> more
Novelty pairing to produce opposition for Cushendall
By John Martin
ALL Cushendall eyes will be on Semple Stadium this weekend as the Ulster champions finally find out who they will be playing in the All Ireland semi-final in February 2009.
The clash of Limerick champions Adare and Waterford's De La...>>> more
Ulster Hurling championship a big secret
By John Martin
How many of you know who your county is playing in the Ulster senior football championship next year? I'd say most of you. The live TV draw and subsequent media coverage means that, for followers of gaelic games, it's pretty much...>>> more
Antrim drawing on help from Munster
By John Martin
If the mountain won't come to Mohammed, Mohammed must come to the mountain. Well, not always. The North Antrim Coaching and Development Committee are bringing the mountain to the Glens in the form of a unique twinning programme with...>>> more
At 12/1, I'm going for the draw!
By John Martin
What odds for Waterford to stop a Kilkenny three-in-a-row for the second time in two years? After the final whistle of last year's league final, Kilkenny manager Brian Cody managed a wry smile as he turned to Justin McCarthy and...>>> more
Farney in the fast lane
By John Martin
MONAGHAN manager Frank Brady has expressed his disappointment at Louth's refusal to play this weekend's Nickey Rackard Cup semi-final as a curtain-raiser to Sunday's Ulster senior football championship replay at Clones.
The Galway...>>> more
Cuchulainns jet off to the land of the free
By John Martin
A UNIQUE group of hurlers from Belfast flew to the US this morning to represent their city, county, province and country at the Continental Youth Championships in Philadelphia.
Cross-community schools side Belfast Cuchulainns will...>>> more
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