The wet and windy conditions didn’t deter the Irvinestown Wanderers 2012s on Sunday as they travelled to Belfast for a tournament hosted by the Albert Foundry Academy. Tournament favourites Belfast Celtic and Shankill Junior were both in Irvinestown’s group along with North Belfast side St Malachy’s. Up first was Shankill but the Fermanagh boys disposed […]
Can Corrigan end 84 years of hurt?
Only a few will remember the last time Kinawley won the Division One trophy because you have to rewind the clock 84 years, to 1938. The Boru’s didn’t feature in another league final until 1963 when they lined out against Devenish but because of torrential rain, the game was abandoned. The replay was played in ‘64 […]
Manager Ryder ready to end Division One drought
The team of the season so far, without a shadow of doubt has been Erne Gaels. The Belleek men extended their winning run to nine consecutive league games against Enniskillen Gaels on Friday night. In a pulsating Brewster Park clash, the Belleek men showed they have the mental strength to grind out a win and knock over […]
Early season shock as Robinson departs Kesh
As news filtered through on Thursday afternoon that Scott Robinson had stepped down as Kesh manager, it raised some eyebrows in Fermanagh & Western circles and beyond. With the season just over a week old, news that Robinson had stepped aside was confirmed by NFC Kesh on their Facebook page on Thursday evening. The club […]
‘Just go for it’ urges O’Donnell
IT’S a big ask but one last year’s Intermediate Championship and Division Two double-winning side, Enniskillen, are looking forward to. Three teams have opted to play in a newly formed Fermanagh Senior Championship with Derrygonnelly and Kinawley fulfilling the other two spots. Kinawley are hot favourites to take the honours but Derrygonnelly will not be […]
Inspirational Tilly takes part in Transplant Games
“The measure of life is not its duration but its donation.” -Peter Marshall There is no greater act of love than to donate an organ to someone in need. Young Tilly Coyle is living proof of the power of organ donation. When little Tilly made her entry into this world in 2014, soon after she experienced […]
McCarville ready to ‘put it to them’
Quietly she goes about her business, on and off the field. 22 year-old Sarah McCarville has been involved in the Fermanagh set-up since 2016, and was part of the 2017 and 2020 teams that won the Junior All Ireland. Interestingly, the Aghadrumsee player was the sub goalkeeper on the 2017 side that beat Derry in […]
McGloin following in her late grandfather’s footsteps
All Ireland titles don’t come around too often for Fermanagh in any code. When the county’s senior men won the All Ireland Junior title in 1959, Molly McGloin’s grandfather, the late Joe Pat Prunty, was playing full back against Kerry that day, in New Eltham Stadium in London. Joe Pat won four senior championships with […]
Ladies club championship schedule confirmed
THE Fermanagh ladies fixtures committee has confirmed that the Ladies Senior Championship, which involves three teams, Kinawley, Derrygonnelly and Enniskillen Gaels will get underway on Saturday 20 August. The Intermediate Championship throws in on the weekend of 24/25 August and the Junior Championship preliminary round starts on 17/18 September. The first game in the senior […]
Disappointment for Co Fermanagh premiers against Antrim
Co Fermanagh Premiers suffered a 1-0 defeat to Co Antrim on Monday afternoon in their opening round of the SuperCupNI. Reflecting on the defeat, defender Harvey Latimer said; “They (Antrim) had one shot on target to our 16, so, that tells us if we were clinical we could easily have won the game today.” The […]