SOLITUDE or nowhere. That’s the feeling you get from Cliftonville’s Chris Curran, after he made his 400th appearance for The Reds last Tuesday night against Larne. The Swanlinbar man joined the north Belfast club ten years ago from Ballinamallard United and in his first year he helped them retain the Danske Bank Premiership. Four League Cups, […]
Early birthday present for Armstrong
EARLY birthday celebrations were the order of the day for Clogher Valley skipper Paul Armstrong who turned 29 yesterday (Tuesday). On Saturday afternoon, Valley beat Richmond 31-17 to ensure that the club will join the ranks of the All Ireland League for the first time next season. A feat that Armstrong says they’ve been striving for; […]
McFaul back training with Derry ahead of Erne clash
Ciaran McFaul returned from the USA just over a week ago and he’s back in the thick of Derry’s championship preparation. On Thursday morning, Derry manager Rory Gallagher told the ‘Herald’ that McFaul will be in Brewster Park for Fermanagh’s quarter -final clash with the Oak Leafers on Saturday, April 15. “He’ll be there, we’ll […]
Memorable weekend for Ederney Boxing Club
Last weekend, Ederney Boxing Club had double success when Luke Duncan and Caoilte Breen won their finals. Duncan, representing South West College at 75kg weight at the Irish Colleges Finals in Dublin took the national title after the Kesh man forced a standing count in the first round before a superb right hook in the second […]
Horan hopes to climb the Hogan steps once more
THE last time Brandon Horan played in Croke Park, it was the most memorable of days. The 2019 Hogan Cup winning captain became the first St Michael’s player to lift the trophy for the college, on that historic April afternoon. His memories of that special day in Croke Park are still fresh in his mind; “I […]
Donnelly urging his players to ‘express themselves’
As the final whistle sounded Kieran Donnelly and Ger Treacy embraced and you could see what this win meant to them. Division Three was always going to be a tough task but on Sunday afternoon, Fermanagh topped the table with 12 points, after six wins from seven games. Before a ball was thrown in at […]
‘Full focus’ on producing a performance against Cavan
‘Character’, ‘focus’ and ‘performance’ – they are just a few of the keywords Fermanagh manager Kieran Donnelly used as he reflected on the Westmeath game and looks ahead to Cavan this weekend. Fermanagh once again showed great character to stave off a second half Westmeath comeback and keep themselves in promotion contention. A win or […]
Donnelly prepares for their toughest challenge
A win on Saturday against Westmeath would be a huge step towards promotion for Fermanagh, with one more round left to play against Cavan on March 26. It’s all ifs and buts though as the league permutations continue to unfold. Offaly and Down can still mathematically challenge for promotion but there’s no point getting entangled […]
McCaffrey making his mark at senior level
When St Michael’s won their first-ever Hogan Cup in 2019, Ronan McCaffrey was 15, but he was in Dom Corrigan’s squad. Four years later and he’s cutting it at senior county level and looking and sounding like a player who has been pulling on the Fermanagh jersey for many a year. After making his senior intercounty debut […]
O’Rourke – doing it his own way
After 32 years teaching PE at St Joseph’s College, Malachy O’Rourke decided his term was up last June as he waved goodbye to the one and only school he has ever taught in and looked forward to his early retirement. O’Rourke turned 56 a few weeks ago and is relishing his time away from the […]