Fermanagh’s league kickstarts with a trip to Leitrim


Fermanagh ladies will begin their 2025 Division Four League campaign with a trip to Leitrim on Sunday, January 19, to play the All-Ireland Intermediate Champions before travelling to Derry for their second-round match on Sunday, January 26.   They’ll host Antrim on Sunday, February 2, before a trip to Wicklow in round four.  Longford (away) and […]

Smyth kicks 14 points as Erne ladies book semi spot


Fermanagh 2-18 Derry 4-7 Fermanagh ladies booked their place in the All-Ireland semi-final but with London still to play on Sunday, Erne manager, CJ McGourty has one aim – to top the group, after what he described as “not our best performance” on Wednesday night, against the Oak Leafers. Eimear Smyth was a shining light on a […]

McGourty’s Erne squad primed for Sligo showdown


CJ McGourty’s Fermanagh will belatedly commence their Junior Championship on Sunday against a Sligo side considered ‘favourites’ at Louis Leonard Memorial Park. The Erne ladies’ intended opener against Derry was postponed after the tragic loss of four-year-old Fíanna Grace Harkin, who had close ties to Derry’s football community, on Saturday evening. “It’s one of those circumstances […]

Erne ladies fired up for championship opener


With the taste of Ulster Junior success still fresh, the Fermanagh ladies are energised and raring to launch their Junior All-Ireland series against Derry this Sunday, declared captain Shannan McQuade. As the Erne county’s biggest competitive fixture between the league’s end and the championship, the Ulster final was crucial in building momentum, particularly after the […]

Erne boss CJ CMcGourty ‘devastated’ for his players


FERMANAGH ladies manager CJ McGourty described Sunday’s defeat as “heartbreaking stuff”, as the Erne ladies missed out a Division Four Final place. “The girls have put in a lot of effort over the last couple of months, I’m devastated for them more than anything.” The Erne ladies led throughout only to be caught by a goal […]

‘D-Day’ for Erne Ladies


As Sunday’s pivotal Division 4 semi-final looms, for Fermanagh Ladies manager CJ McGourty the clash with Carlow in Dunleer is what it’s all been building towards. McGourty’s side has enjoyed a successful and unbeaten campaign to date with six wins and a draw from their seven fixtures, but that would be scant consolation if it amounted to […]

McGourty opts for ‘common sense approach’


There haven’t been too many games Fermanagh manager CJ McGourty has been involved in that have delivered 10 goals but on Sunday that’s exactly what materialised against Kilkenny and thankfully it was his team that was the one rattling the ‘onion bag’. It might not have produced much in terms of learning for the Erne ladies […]

New manager McGourty will leave ‘no stone unturned’


“I want to try and win everything that’s there and I’d want to make that clear to the players, if you give everything you can to me, then we’ll not be far away, because the management will leave no stone unturned.” That’s the message from the newly appointed Fermanagh ladies manager, CJ McGourty. The Antrim […]

CJ McGourty is the new Fermanagh ladies manager


Former Antrim inter-county footballer and hurler CJ McGourty is the new Fermanagh Ladies team manager. McGourty was ratified at a meeting of the County Board last night (Wednesday) and takes over from James Daly who vacated the post in July. McGourty, who hails from the the St Gall’s club in Belfast transferred to Ardboe in […]