ALL-IRELAND-WINNING manager with Donegal Jim McGuinness has taken another step away from GAA and further into association football after taking the head coach role with Charlotte Independence. The North Carolina club play in the United Soccer League, the tier below Major League Soccer. The Irish Times, with whom McGuinness writes a column on GAA, were … Continue reading "All-Ireland winner Jim McGuinness takes head coach role with US second-tier side Charlotte"

THE INVOLVEMENT OF divisional and college teams in the Cork senior football and hurling championships could be set for a major overhaul at the county’s annual convention next weekend. Motions are set to be brought forward which if passed would remove divisional sides from the equation and prevent college teams from fielding non-Cork players in … Continue reading "Major changes could be in store in Cork GAA for divisional and college teams in county championships"

“I DON’T THINK there are words to describe or explain exactly what it could mean.” This is it. A fifth stab at that elusive All-Ireland senior club crown. Eimear Meaney. Mourneabbey have come agonisingly close over the past four years. Now five in-a-row Cork and Munster champions, they’ve fallen just short in the All-Ireland final … Continue reading "‘I don’t think I’ve ever wanted something as bad… I think I can say that collectively from the team’"

Mourneabbey (Cork) 1-13 Foxrock-Cabinteely (Dublin) 1-7 Emma Duffy reports from Parnell Park  AFTER FOUR YEARS of hurt and heartbreak, Mourneabbey are finally All-Ireland senior club champions. The five in-a-row Cork and Munster champions finally put three painful decider defeats (2014, 2015 and 2017) and a semi-final defeat (2016) to bed as they beat Dublin’s Foxrock-Cabinteely … Continue reading "Fifth time lucky as Mourneabbey finally crowned All-Ireland club champions"

Two Mile House 1-8 Shamrocks 0-10 Kevin Egan reports from Tullamore Two Mile House of Kildare held firm in the face of a late rally from Shamrocks of Offaly in a competitive Leinster Intermediate club final this afternoon, as the Kildare club added a second provincial title to the junior crown they won five years … Continue reading "Chris Healy stars as Two Mile House survive late Shamrocks resurgence to capture Leinster intermediate title"

Clontarf (Dublin) 8-14 Emmet Óg (Monaghan) 2-5 Daire Walsh reports from Parnell Park REPUBLIC OF IRELAND women’s international Siobhan Killeen grabbed an astonishing haul of 5-4 at Parnell Park to propel Clontarf towards an historic All-Ireland Ladies Intermediate Club Championship Football title win. They finished with all of 27 points to spare over Emmet Óg … Continue reading "Ireland international scores astonishing 5-4 as Clontarf secure All-Ireland Intermediate title"

1. Mourneabbey’s long wait for All-Ireland glory finally ended FINALLY. AT LAST. 2018 champions: Mourneabbey. Source: Laszlo Geczo/INPHO Those were the words thrown around over and over as the final whistle sounded in Parnell Park and Mourneabbey were crowned All-Ireland champions after four years of hurt and heartbreak. Cork and Munster champions the last five … Continue reading "Plenty of history made as Mourneabbey end long wait for All-Ireland glory"

“UNBELIEVABLE,” AN ELATED Doireann O’Sullivan grinned when asked how much it meant to her, and that feeling as the final whistle sounded. Bríd O’Sullivan with the cup. Source: Laszlo Geczo/INPHO “I don’t think you can put it into words. First feeling definitely was relief. Five years at it now, we finally got over the line … Continue reading "‘Winning this really does mean everything to everyone on this team and in this club’"

File photo of Laois defender Stephen Attride. Source: James Crombie/INPHO Kevin O’Brien reports from O’Moore Park THERE WAS A slight sense of anti-climax in Portlaoise last night as one of the most dramatic rule-change packages in the history of Gaelic football had a low-key start in the opening round O’Byrne Cup clash between Laois and … Continue reading "Takeaways from the opening night of Gaelic football’s experimental rule changes"

All-Ireland winning captain Anthony Daly and his Clare team-mates of the 1990s feature prominently in this week’s episode. EPISODE THREE OF Behind the Lines, our sportswriting podcast available exclusively to The42 Members, is available now. In case you’re unaware of the thrust of the show – each episode features a long interview with one of the … Continue reading "Episode 3 of the Behind The Lines podcast – featuring Michael Foley – is out now"