FIVE YEARS AGO the Burke family were at the heart of a historic All-Ireland breakthrough for Galway club St Thomas. John Burke was on the sideline directing operations with five of his sons – Cathal, Darragh, Sean, Kenneth and David – all starting while the youngest Eanna came on as a second-half sub. Last Sunday … Continue reading "One family will have roles in two All-Ireland bids by Galway hurling clubs next spring"

FAMILIAR FACES ON the victory podiums in Munster and Connacht. The two provinces both concluded senior club football matters yesterday afternoon. There was a sense of business as usual in the Gaelic Grounds and at MacHale Park. In Limerick the 2017 All-Ireland champions Dr Crokes motored away to the Munster accolade with a controlled performance … Continue reading "Super clubs and star players – 29 major football titles for Kerry and Galway kingpins over the last decade"

THE CURTAIN COMES down on the ladies football year the weekend after next with three All-Ireland club titles up for grabs — and the LGFA have confirmed all of the fixture details. Click Here: cheap gold coast titans jerseys A general view of Parnell Park. Source: Laszlo Geczo/INPHO On Saturday 8 December, there’s an intriguing … Continue reading "Fixture details confirmed as Cork, Dublin, Monaghan and Sligo clubs eye All-Ireland glory"

KERRY COUNTY BOARD chairman Tim Murphy has accepted that players who were omitted from Peter Keane’s 2019 Kingdom squad should have been informed of the decision by management.  Kerins O’Rahillys delegate Dan Walsh raised the issue at a county board meeting on Monday night, with Murphy admitting “a few things fell through the cracks” in … Continue reading "Omitted Kerry players who were not informed by management ‘fell through the cracks’"

ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONS Dublin will begin their league defence with a home tie against Donegal in 2019. Dublin secured their first-ever Lidl Ladies National League Division 1 crown earlier this year, and will be looking to retain that title when they start their campaign by hosting the Ulster side in February. Donegal, who reached the All-Ireland … Continue reading "We go again! All-Ireland champions Dublin begin league defence with home tie against 2017 finalists"

CONAL KEANEY WILL leave any decision on his Dublin future until after Sunday’s Leinster club hurling final against Ballyhale Shamrocks. Ballyboden St Endas’ Conal Keaney is pictured ahead of the AIB GAA Leinster Senior Hurling Championship Final where they face Ballyhale Shamrocks on Sunday, December 2nd at Netwatch Cullen Park. Source: David Fitzgerald/SPORTSFILE Ballyboden St Enda’s, … Continue reading "‘I’ll see how the body is after this campaign’: Keaney undecided on Dublin future"

THE GAA HAVE confirmed that there will be an opportunity to review proposals regarding the experimental Gaelic football rule changes before the start of the 2019 national leagues. Five new rule changes were debated at an Ard Chomhairle meeting in Croke Park at the weekend, and are set to be experimented during the pre-season competitions and the … Continue reading "New football rule changes to be reviewed before 2019 leagues following GAA-GPA talks"

ONLY WHEN THE semi-final business was completed, did Declan Browne start to consider the jam-packed county final Sunday that was in store. In mid October the Graigue-Ballycallan team he coaches surmounted their last four Kilkenny intermediate hurling assignment on a Saturday afternoon. The following day he was back cheering on his homeplace in Tipperary as … Continue reading "Tipperary football great aiming to guide Kilkenny club to Leinster hurling glory"

EDDIE BRENNAN ADMITS he’s facing a “huge challenge” as he begins his senior inter-county management career in charge of Joe McDonagh outfit Laois. Brennan spent much of 2018 working as a pundit with The Sunday Game, and operating as a coach with Killnaule who won the South Tipperary championship in July. And on the field, … Continue reading "Kilkenny legend expects ‘huge challenge’ in first senior inter-county job with Laois"

New man: Willie Maher. ALL-IRELAND SENIOR CLUB hurling champions Cuala have announced Tipperary’s Willie Maher as their new manager.  The successful Premier county underage boss succeeds Mattie Kenny in the role, after he took over the Dublin hurlers earlier this month.  Kenny guided Cuala to back-to-back All-Ireland senior club titles in 2017 and 2018, but … Continue reading "All-Ireland club champions appoint successful Tipperary underage boss"