Articles in the GAA Category

Killanny, who won the junior football league last year, are through to their second league final in successive seasons when they booked their place, with the minimum to spare, in the final of the intermediate football league where they will meet next door neighbours Inniskeen on Sunday. Tyholland had home advantage in last Sunday’s semi-final but in the end it wasn’t enough as Killanny closed out a tight, low scoring encounter after getting over a faltering start. Tyholland started well and registered 2 points, both from frees by Shane Treanor, ...

By COLM SHALVEY The busy schedule continues, with attention turning to the SFL and IFL after Toome’s JFL Final win and a clean sweep for Monaghan teams in Ulster earned last weekend’s headlines. Toome joined Blackhill in jumping to intermediate football after a long gap when they won Sunday’s Eurotech JFL Final against Seán McDermotts at Gavan Duffy Park. The Seáns looked to be on their way to redeeming themselves after their championship final loss to Blackhill when they raced into a six-point lead within the first ten minutes, but they were ...

Blackhill 0-19 Clonmore 0-08 Monaghan Junior champions Blackhill Emeralds staged a scintillating second-half performance to literally blow away the challenge of Armagh Junior champions Clonmore in this entertaining and well contested, if somewhat one-sided in the latter stages, quarter-final that was played in excellent if a little greasy conditions in Clones on Sunday last. Clonmore were on the offensive immediately on the throw-in and they opened the scoring with a point from a free by Brendan Donaghy, who was the architect of most of their attacking strategy in the first half ...

By COLM SHALVEY The JFL Final and Ulster Club championships will be competing for attention on an action-packed Sunday afternoon. Promotion will be on the line when Seán McDermotts and Toome contest the Eurotech Junior Football League Final at the recently-redeveloped Gavan Duffy Park, Monaghan on Sunday. Both teams won dramatic semi-finals last Sunday, with Seán McDermotts repeating their championship defeat of Clones thanks to a goal deep into added time, while Toome reversed their loss to neighbours Blackhill. The Seáns ran out ten-point winners at Toome in the JFL back in ...

Lambh Dhearg 1-12 Inniskeen 2-06 Inniskeen’s ambitions of winning the Paddy O’Rourke Cup Ulster Club Junior Hurling Championship for the second time ended in bitter disappointment when they were out fought by a stronger Lamh Dhearg team from Antrim in this tough, hard-hitting and at times attritional contest that was played in O’Neill Park, Dungannon, on Sunday afternoon last. The Belfast side got off to the better start and were 4 points up inside the opening minute which left Inniskeen chasing the game from the early stages but to their credit they ...

By COLM SHALVEY Donaghmoyne often finished empty-handed after playing well in finals, according to their manager Paddy Martin, but there was pure relief for the Fontenoys as they got over the line in last Sunday’s McElvaney Waste & Recycling Intermediate Football Championship decider against Rockcorry. Donaghmoyne were on the wrong side of a similar one-point scoreline against neighbours Inniskeen in this fixture two years ago, but this time, they edged the result at the expense of first-time IFC finalists Rockcorry, who were aiming for a third championship trophy in the space of ...

Inniskeen 7-19 Cootehill Celtic 0-05 A rampant Inniskeen put Cavan champions Cootehill Celtic ruthlessly to the sword in this veritable rout that had the game over as a contest even before the halfway stage. Inniskeen will know though that sterner tests await as they take on the Antrim Junior champions this Sunday in Dungannon but at this stage they are on course to take another Ulster title. The Grattans had it all too easy against their under strength opponents Cootehill Celtic in a thoroughly lop-sided Ulster JHC first round encounter at the latter’s ...

By COLM SHALVEY Sunday’s McElvaney Waste & Recycling Intermediate Football Championship Final sees Donaghmoyne bid for a first title in 20 years against first-time finalists – and last year’s junior champions – Rockcorry. A first IFC success since 1996 would see Donaghmoyne join Carrickmacross, Inniskeen and Monaghan Harps at the top of the IFC roll of honour on four wins each, while this is new territory for Rockcorry, although their recent championship pedigree includes the 2015 Monaghan and Ulster JFC titles. The teams qualified with wins in last Saturday’s semi-final double-header ...

Blackhill 1-16 Sean McDermotts 0-11 The sense of elation was only matched by that of relief as Blackhill finally got over the line after losing the last three Junior championship finals, two of which went to replays, when they proved too potent a force for Sean McDermotts, especially in the second-half of this gripping finale that was played in front of a crowd of some 1,500 in McKeown Park, Drumhowan, on Sunday afternoon last, and in the process they bridged a 64 years gap from the club last won the Junior football ...

By COLM SHALVEY The Universal Graphics Junior Football Championship Final takes place in Drumhowan on Sunday, with perennial challengers Blackhill back for another go, this time against Seán McDermotts. Blackhill are in the JFC Final for the fourth consecutive year after losing to Emyvale (after a replay) in 2013, Drumhowan 12 months later and Rockcorry (in another replay) last year, as well as the 2014 JFL decider against Aughnamullen. Seán McDermotts are Blackhill’s fifth different opponent in those finals. The Seáns are level with Blackhill on the JFC roll of honour with ...