DUBLIN CAPTAIN SINÉAD Aherne insists that the leadership role is a collective effort in their side, but it is the St Sylvesters’ star who is on the cusp of earning a prestigious individual accolade on Sunday. Dublin captain Sinéad Aherne. Mick Bohan’s side are chasing their first-ever four-in-a-row when they take on old rivals Cork … Continue reading "‘It’s very much a role that is shared’ – Dubs captain on cusp of being first ladies four-in-a-row captain"

SINCE 2005, IT’S all been red and blue. Either Cork or Dublin have climbed the steps of the Hogan Stand after each of the last 15 All-Ireland senior ladies football finals. Cork ladies football captain Doireann O’Sullivan. Source: Brendan Moran/SPORTSFILE The Rebels won 11 of 12 finals from ’05 to 2016, with Dublin breaking the … Continue reading "‘Dublin have taken football to a new level, men and women. They’re at the top of the hill, we’re climbing it’"

A CHRISTMAS ALL-Ireland football final is afoot, but the romantic finish to the year many neutrals crave is not on the menu, according to Marc Ó Sé. Click Here: geelong cats guernsey 2019 Ó Sé joined Shane Dowling for the latest edition of The42 GAA Weekly to look ahead to Saturday’s Senior Football Championship decider at … Continue reading "‘Dare we say it, is this an opportunity for Mayo to put one over the Dubs?’"

MUNSTER GAA HAVE confirmed the fixture details for the upcoming U20 and minor hurling provincial finals. Limerick won a toss to determine home advantage for the minor decider against Tipperary, so it will take place at the LIT Gaelic Grounds on Sunday, 20 December at 1pm. The game will be streamed live by Munster GAA. … Continue reading "Munster GAA announce venues for U20 and minor hurling finals"

Updated Dec 16th 2020, 5:12 PM CIAN O’SULLIVAN HAS faced an almost annual battle to prove his fitness around All-Ireland final time and this year is no different.  Hamstring twinges have struck the 32-year-old defender at the business end of recent seasons, though he still remains one of a handful of Dublin players who’ve featured … Continue reading "‘It’s something that I’ve had to battle with probably my whole career, and more so in recent years’"

ALL-IRELAND FINALS being played the weekend before Christmas sums up this crazy year. It’s something different, to say the least. And the Meath ladies footballers will hope that a very different occasion leads to a different result. Meath captain Máire O’Shaughnessy. Source: Seb Daly/SPORTSFILE Sunday’s intermediate decider against Westmeath will be their third in-a-row, and … Continue reading "‘It has been difficult but we saw a lot of people coming out of homelessness, which was great’"

LIBBY COPPINGER WOULD rather do her talking on the pitch. Cork dual star Libby Coppinger. Source: Laszlo Geczo/INPHO Her love for both Gaelic football and camogie shines through with every word she utters, as does her gratitude for how much playing both has given her as she maps her rise. One way she gives back … Continue reading "‘I’m lucky to be able to play both and represent Cork’ – the highs and lows of one of the country’s top dual stars"

17 CONSECUTIVE SEASONS of highs and lows, ups and downs, good days and bad ones — but Westmeath captain Fiona Claffey is still on the road. On Sunday, she’ll lead her side out to the hallowed turf of Croke Park for the TG4 All-Ireland intermediate final, nine years on from tasting success in the same … Continue reading "All-Ireland return caps 17th season – ‘I’ve kept going because I’m enjoying it, that’s simply the reason why’"

Updated Dec 17th 2020, 9:53 PM KILKENNY SENIOR EOIN Cody is one of three Ballyhale Shamrocks All-Ireland club winners in the county’s U20 side that will take on Galway tomorrow night. Eoin Cody in action for the Kilkenny senior side against Dublin. Source: Laszlo Geczo/INPHO The sides meet in the Bord Gáis Energy Leinster U20 … Continue reading "3 All-Ireland club winners in Kilkenny team, one change for Galway and Tipperary make two switches"

WHEN DAMIEN EGAN reflects on that spring of 2017 as they brought All-Ireland glory back to their pocket of south Mayo, it is the route to success rather than solely the culmination he thinks about. The freezing February night at the home of Connacht GAA when they took the provincial title. The semi-final in March … Continue reading "‘The nicest fellas you can meet, their potential is huge’ – Mayo’s rising stars from schools to senior level"