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 […]
Early birthday present for Doonan with Grand Final win
An early birthday present for Joanne Doonan came in the form of a VFLW premiership win on Sunday. Doonan, who turned 28 on Monday, joined the Bombers in February and has played a big role as the club landed it’s first premiership title. The Kinawley woman scored a goal just before half time in Sunday’s Grand […]
Cool and calm..Sports Personality winner Rory Gallagher
“You gotta roll with it, you gotta take your time, you gotta say what you say, don’t let anybody get in your way.” The famous and very apt Oasis lyrics sprung to mind when I asked Rory Gallagher about the hype and hysteria surrounding his Derry team, as they prepare for this Saturday’s All Ireland semi-final […]
Toner is on top of the world
Good things come to those who wait. And on Friday afternoon Denise Toner’s wait was finally over. The Knocks runner won a World Championship gold medal with one-twelfth of a second to spare, ahead of second-placed Olga Koppen from Germany. The 44-year-old ran her second-ever fastest time in the 800 metres and a season’s best, […]
Doonan ready for Sunday’s Grand Final
This weekend, Joanne Doonan will play in the VFL Women’s Grand Final when Essendon takes on Southern Saints in the decider. In the semi final, Doonan kicked three goals as they saw off Casey Demons in a 76-9 victory. It is the first-ever final for Essendon and Doonan is hoping she can end her VFL […]
Ryan Hanna-April Sports Personality winner
Tummery Athletic player/manager Ryan Hanna, was hoping the 2021/22 season would be a ‘Carlsberg season’, referring to the beer’s iconic tag line, and not just because Tummery put together back-to-back league titles, after never having won one before. But, the Liverpool supporter was left disappointed on Saturday night when Jurgen Klopp’s men failed to do the business […]
Kerr names his Fermanagh & Western select squad
THE Fermanagh and Western representative squad for Saturday’s game against Sligo/Leitrim District League has been named. Manager, Michael Kerr, has named a formidable 18 man squad that includes Player of the Year Ryan Campbell, Mulhern Cup winning captain Jason Keenan and Tummery Athletic league winning player-manager, Ryan Hanna. On Monday night, the Fermanagh and Western side played Monaghan […]
‘We can beat anyone in the competition’ says Cassidy
When Fermanagh played Longford in the league back at the end of February, Fermanagh full back Jonny Cassidy had to sit it out because of a hip injury. Watching on, the Enniskillen Gaels man knows the sending off of Longford’s captain, Michael Quinn, had a big bearing on the game that day; “It was nip […]