Aug 20
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Cork 2-14 Dublin 3-10 The TG4 All-Ireland ladies football champions Dublin lost their crown in dramatic circumstances at Birr on Saturday as Cork, who won the title five times in a row from 2005-09, produced an amazing comeback to win by a point. With 16 minutes left, Dublin led by 3-10 to 2-7, but seven unanswered [...]
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Aug 13
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Tyrone 2-12 Laois 1-17 (After extra-time, Tyrone 2-10 Laois 1-13 after 60 minutes). By Jackie Cahill at St Brendan’s Park, Birr MARY Kirwan inspired Laois to a sensational extra-time victory against 2010 TG4 All-Ireland Ladies senior football championship runners-up Tyrone at St Brendan’s Park, Birr, on Saturday evening. Kirwan scored eight points, including five frees, as [...]
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Aug 13
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Kerry 3-11 Mayo 0-10 By Jackie Cahill at St Brendan’s Park, Birr BEATEN Munster finalists Kerry produced a strong second half performance against Connacht champions Mayo at St Brendan’s Park in Birr on Saturday afternoon to book a place in the semi-finals of the TG4 All-Ireland Ladies senior football championship for the second successive year. [...]
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Jul 19
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Jedi Jim Fans of The Apprentice will know by now that Cookstown man Jim Eastwood lost his bid to talk Alan Sugar out of £250K. Even calling him Sugar to his face didn’t work for the silver tongued Tyrone man. He did land a bit of a coup for Squareball when he presented Dara O’Brien [...]
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Jul 18
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Has it really Come to THIS….and if so Why???? By Dr Eugene Young ======================================================================================= Article reproduced by permission of Eugene Young from Ulster Championship Final Programme. ======================================================================================= A new season well underway and I have seen it, been involved in it and perhaps have been the cause of it – I’m asking myself can [...]
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Feb 28
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Quote of the Week: Eamonn O’Shea, coach of Tipp All Ireland winning team, speaking @ Dunloy, Ulster GAA hurling roadshow: “You don’t need to go looking for Jackie Tyrell on the pitch. If he wants you, he’ll know where to find you.” Pointless Rule: Taping the bands of hurls in camogie. Like, folks, what’s the [...]
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Feb 23
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The All Ireland Club Camogie Finals return to Croke Park after a break of almost forty years and President Joan O’Flynn is urging camogie fans to get behind the event and mark the historic occasion. The double header fixture takes place on March 6th with Eoghan Rua of Derry meeting The Harps of Laois in [...]
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Feb 18
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Pointless Rule No 1: Placing of the ball for a sideline. Video Link: When Tony met Dudey the Craic was good, not least with the Derry GAA legend telling him to ”…land one of those rights on that hateful shite of a Khan.’ Top Quote: ”As the leaders in the sphere known by many as ‘lads’ mags’, [...]
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Feb 11
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Favourites Through WIT : 3-08 NUIG: 0-9 In the first quarter final of the day NUIG played host to 2010 Ashbourne Cup winners WIT, Lorraine Ryan got the Galway college of to a fine start with a point from a free which was soon cancelled out by free for WIT scored by Karen Kelly. The [...]
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Dec 06
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The GAA’s winter training ban is being flouted by several counties according to a report in today’s Sunday Independent.??And it seems some players are prepared to forego mileage allowance to take part in full-scale training sessions, despite warnings from the GAA that counties found in breach of the ban will have their National League gate [...]
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