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With Ulster Final frenzy reaching fever pitch in Fermanagh, local musicians John Farry, Fr Brian Darcy, Anthony McBrien and Sinead Quinn have come together to record the irritatingly catchy ‘Fantastic Fermanagh’ – a Erne-side take on Lynyrd Skynyrd’s seminal track Sweet Home Alabama. The track has already featured on UTV and is cranking up a [...]

Home sweet home for Louth Tyrone’s Ace midfielder Sean Cavanagh has endeared himself to Louth fans and guaranteed himself a tasty reception in Drogheda on Saturday night when he likened Drogheda’s Gaelic Park to a ‘Tyrone Division 3′ pitch and said it was like going to ‘Accrington Stanley.’ Louth were very keen in 2006 to [...]

STOP PRESS MONDAY: As we write, there’s still no word of the fate awaiting Kerry skipper, Paul Galvin. Following the intial hearing on Thursday the DRA advised a decision would be due at the beginning of the week. Surely this must be the longest weekend of Galvin’s life. . . On Thursday, we wrote: Galvin [...]

Couch Potato Heads Up Live on the telly on Saturday: Derry v Monaghan TV3; Offaly v Waterford and Cork v Galway both on RTE. On Sunday: Fermanagh v Armagh, TV3 and Dublin v Wexford RTE. Full Fixture List – Saturday July 19th – GAA Football All Ireland Senior Championship Qualifier Round 1 Gaelic Grounds 7.00pm [...]

Guinness Cubed – it’s hurling Ger, but not as we know it Guinness is bringing its Hurling Cubed Roadshow to Limerick this weekend in a bid to unearth new hurling talent for Limerick’s 2009 Championship Campaign. It’s not known whether Richie Bennis will be at the event but after last Saturday’s display against Offaly surely [...]

Kate Kelly – on target with 0-5 for Wexford WEXFORD won the battle of the champions at Buffers Alley yesterday to kick-start their 2008 Gala All-Ireland senior camogie championship charge. The reigning All-Ireland champions defeated National League kingpins Kilkenny 3-14 to 2-4 to record a first championship victory of the season in their third outing. [...]

DUBLIN dethroned Laois at Dr Cullen Park in Carlow on Sunday to capture the TG4 Ladies Leinster senior football championship crown for the first time since 2005. The Sky Blues ran out 1-15 to 0-15 winners to book a place in the All-Ireland quarter finals, with Laois sent to the qualifiers. Sinéad Aherne’s goal after [...]

TIPPERARY are on the brink of qualification for the semi-finals of the Gala All-Ireland senior camogie championship after recording an emphatic victory against Limerick in Kilmallock on Saturday afternoon. The Premier County ran 2-22 to 0-5 winners against Limerick, who slumped to a fourth successive defeat in this year’s competition as they continue to find [...]

Mags Darcy & Co – about to lose their crown? The tie of round four in the Gala All-Ireland Camogie Championship takes place in Wexford as the home side take on National League Champions Kilkenny. Last September Wexford claimed their first All-Ireland title in 32 years when they defeated Cork in Camogie’s showpiece in Croke [...]

Aussies rule ok – blowing up a storm There was a distinct Aussie Rules flavour around Cavan’s Kingspan Breffni Park the other evening. In much the same was as the westerners and their convicts landed over to Oz all those years ago an occupied land that wasn’t theirs, so Aussie Rules scout Gerard Sholly pitched [...]