When Rory Porteous leads Lisbellaw St Patrick’s out onto Brewster Park on Sunday, he will be hoping that this is only the start of the Ulster Championship run for the well-supported ‘Law. Porteous is set to captain the Lisbellaw men for the first time on Sunday, an honour which is amongst his top sporting achievements […]
Mohan guides Ireland u19s to Elite qualification stage
Tom Mohan is certainly making a name for himself in the world of international football. In 2019, the Aghadrumsee man guided the Ireland Under-19s to the semi-finals of the European Championships. Last week, a 1-1 draw with Bulgaria secured Ireland a place in the Elite stage in European qualifying – a feat which Mohan is […]
Marian clocks up the miles for Breast Cancer awareness
DURING the month of October, Marian Gallagher pulled on the walking shoes and clocked up the miles to raise money and awareness for Breast Cancer Now. Over four weeks, the Derrygonnelly native walked 100 miles for the charity and raised a staggering £2,870 in the process. Marian, having witnessed at first hand the work that […]
Tributes pour in for Kathleen Richey
THE Fermanagh community has been rocked by the sad news of the untimely passing of Blacklion native, Kathleen Richey. The late Kathleen, of 15 Rock View, Blacklion, was a selfless servant to her local community, and made a life-long sacrifice to help others by founding and establishing the Fermanagh Trust organisation. Kathleen, along with her […]
Garrison set for official launch of new whiskey
The new liquor comes from the story of a local man, Angus Scott, who nurtured his distilling magic on the waters around Lough Melvin 200 years ago.
Welsh hopes home advantage will give them the edge
Enniskillen manager, Stephen Welsh, is striking a very confident tone ahead of this Saturday’s All Ireland Junior Cup quarter final tie with Ballyclare. “It will come down to fine margins on Saturday but we are confident that if we go out and play as we can play, the result should look after itself.” The Skins […]
New kids on the block – the Horan brothers
The Brewster’s, the Bradley’s, the Gunn’s, the Cassidy’s, those are just a few of the names synonymous with Enniskillen Gaels and all with one thing in common- brothers who have donned the Gaels jersey and reaped massive success. Now, a new crop of brothers, Brandon and Josh Horan, are bidding to win the New York cup […]
More at stake than just the intermediate crown
The Fermanagh Club Championship always throws up some tasty ties and Saturday’s Intermediate Championship Final between Erne Gaels and Devenish is one that whets the appetite. With a total of 19 championship titles between them, 15 of which were for Devenish, 10 senior and five juniors, as opposed to Erne Gaels’ four honours, two seniors, one […]
Katie Rasdale a future star of the ring
The Erne Boxing Club continued their impressive start to the season with latest prodigy, Katie Rasdale, picking up her first Ulster Championship title. Katie won the Girl 1 Under 12s 68kg class division in Omagh and she will now go on to represent the Erne Boxing Club at the National Championship Finals in Dublin, at […]
Hasson ‘under no illusion’ of the Newtown challenge
ON the weekend St. Patrick’s Donagh celebrated their 50th anniversary their Senior team booked their place in the 2021 Junior Championship final. The Donagh men have enjoyed a successful season already, winning both the Division 2A Club Players’ Competition title and the Division Two league and they will hope to cap it off with a […]