FOR JUST THE second time in the club’s history, Foxrock Cabinteely ladies are gearing up for another Leinster final appearance. They took the honours last year at the expense of Sarsfields Mountmellick (Laois) and this year’s challengers come from the St. Laurence’s club in Kildare. But while they’re full value for their spot in today’s final, Cabinteely’s campaign […]
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“IT WASN’T GOING to be very open and we knew it wasn’t going to be too high-scoring.” If Tomas Quinn’s assessment of yesterday’s Dublin senior football final is true, then it’s just as well St Vincent’s had himself and Diarmuid Connolly in their ranks to unlock the Castleknock rearguard. The Dublin stars, past and present, […]
Tipperary’s Padraic Maher and Cork’s Patrick Horgan will be chasing club glory. Source: Ken Sutton/INPHO WE’RE DOWN TO the final four in the Munster senior club hurling championship today with places in the decider up for grabs. In Ennis, Clare’s Ballyea take on Tipperary’s Thurles Sarsfields while at the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick’s Patrickswell meet Cork’s […]
1. A 28th title for brilliant St Vincent’s ST VINCENT’S ARE back on top of the Dublin football tree. Their 28th senior football title leaves them 17 clear of their nearest challengers O’Tooles, who last lifted the trophy in 1946. Source: Tommy Dickson/INPHO Having gone from 1984 to 2006 without a championship title, Vincent’s are […]
Mourneabbey 2-16 Banner 1-6 IN A REPEAT of the 2014 Munster club final, Mourneabbey prevailed against the Banner of Clare to secure their third senior Munster title on the spin. The Cork champions won the tie in emphatic fashion with Doireann O’Sullivan scoring seven of her side’s points while the goals came from Ciara O’Sullivan […]
St Vincent’s 0-15 Castleknock 0-10 Kevin O’Brien reports from Parnell Park ST VINCENT’S ARE the kingpins in Dublin once again. Mossy Quinn rolled back the years and Diarmuid Connolly played an instrumental role from centre-forward as the Vinnies were crowned county champions for the 28th time. Their third SFC title in four years wasn’t quite the […]
WHEN THE MOURNEABBEY ladies football team reconvened for the 2016 season, they knew they had to park the hurt of the previous year before a new campaign could begin. A second All-Ireland final had come and gone without the silverware coming back to Cork and thoughts about another shot at All-Ireland glory were understandably in […]
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FOR THE FIRST time in the county’s history, the Clare men’s football team reached the All-Ireland quarter-finals this year. Indeed, they previously qualified for the All-Ireland semi-final as Munster champions in 1992 but this is the furthest the county has advanced since the introduction of the back-door system. The Banner’s Niamh O’Dea had two brothers […]