Kinawley ladies made it seven in a row Fermanagh championships on Saturday evening in Brewster Park with a 0-15 to 0-6 win over Derrygonnelly Harps. The Boru’s led 0-11 to 0-2 at the break as they dominated the contest from start to finish. Joint captain’s Courteney Murphy and Gemma McCaffrey collected the cup from Fermanagh […]
Plenty of learnings for Bonner’s men
“We only scored one point in the second half which, as I said to them, is not going to win too many championship matches,” was how Erne Gaels manager, Declan Bonner, summarised his side’s sucker-punch defeat at the hands of Derrygonnelly. The former Donegal manager said “there was plenty of learnings to take from it, […]
Sold out Spooktacular to add extra places
Organisers of the annual Spooktacular event have issued an update this afternoon saying they are “working frantically to secure a limited number of race entries” in addition to the 1500 entries they have already received for the big event on Friday, October 25. The Spooktacular 5K event and Mini Spook event for 7-10-year-olds sold out […]
Six Fermanagh players named on ‘Team of the Year’
Six Fermanagh players have been named on the 2024 TG4 Junior Team of the Year. The teams were selected by members of the Ladies Gaelic Football Association’s All-Star committee and it is just rewards following the Erne ladies’ All-Ireland Junior title earlier this year. Fermanagh lead the way with half a dozen, followed by defeated […]
No stopping ‘Player of the Match’ Doonan
After plying her trade in the full-back line for Fermanagh this year, Joanne Doonan has certainly given Erne boss C.J McGourty something to think about after her performance at full forward for her club Kinawley, on Sunday. The former AFLW player was in sensational form as she hit 3-3 to help Kinawley retain the Division […]
Excitement as Teemore are selected to go Stateside
The women of Teemore Shamrocks’ Ladies Gaelic for Mothers and Others (G4MO) team are getting ready for what they’ve described as a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” after they were selected to represent Fermanagh at next month’s Festival of Football in New York. The festival takes place on Saturday, 12 October, with 700 players from 35 Irish clubs […]
Can Kinawley make it a Super Sunday?
It could be a double celebration for Kinawley this weekend with two teams competing in league finals in Sunday’s doubleheader in Belcoo. The Division Three Final sees Kinawley’s B team taking on Knockninny in the curtain raiser to the Division One Final at 2pm when the Boru’s and Derrygonnelly go head-to-head in a repeat of last year’s league […]
McGinley hopes his side can produce a good performance
Once again, Kinawley and Derrygonnelly will do battle for silverware with the Division One cup up for grabs this Sunday afternoon in Belcoo. The Harps, under new managers Garvan McGinley and Dermott Carroll will set about upsetting the odds and recapturing the cup the club last won in 2022. Holders Kinawley provide a formidable challenge […]
Erne boss “blindsided” by McKenna Cup axing
Fermanagh manager Kieran Donnelly has said they were “blindsided” by the decision to suspend the Dr. McKenna Cup next year. The decision comes following a campaign over a number of years by the GPA (Gaelic Players’ Association) to abolish the pre-season inter-county competitions and at the weekend, the GAA Central Council voted to ‘pause’ the tournaments […]
Donnelly and Baldwin continue as Fermanagh managers
ON Tuesday afternoon, Fermanagh County Board confirmed that senior football manager Kieran Donnelly will remain in charge for a fourth season. Joe Baldwin once again takes charge of the senior hurlers following their Lory Meagher Cup success this year. At underage level, Maurice McLaughlin remains in charge of the under 20 footballers while Cyril Dunne […]