THE flags will be flying and a large crowd is expected to turn out to Brewster Park on Sunday for the Fermanagh Senior Football League Division One and Division Two Finals. At 2pm, the action will begin when Sid Mulrone’s Devenish St Mary’s take on Roslea Shamrocks, managed by Monaghan man Ciaran Murphy, in the […]
Strong second half secures win for unbeaten Harps
Derrygonnelly 1-12 Belnaleck 2-07 DERRYGONNELLY outscored Belnaleck by eight points to three in the second half last night (Wednesday) as they maintained their unbeaten run in the Westville Hotel Senior Football League Division One. Following last night’s round six game, played at a rain sodden Canon Maguire Park, the Harps sit top of the table on 14 points. […]
Guitarist Lee is ready for the ‘Hooley on the Pitch’
Lee Jones is a guitarist with the Tumbling Paddies who are set to perform at the opening night of the ‘Hooley on the Pitch’ festival at the Derrygonnelly Harps GFC grounds on Friday. He also plays Gaelic football for the Harps. What is your greatest strength? Never giving up. What is your greatest weakness? Time […]
‘Best days of our lives’ recalls Smyth
As a wee girl that kicked about at Sunday morning football in Canon Maguire Park with a pair of mouldies and idolised Derrygonnelly and Fermanagh player Adele Gallagher, Eimear Smyth vividly recalls her earliest football memory; “I remember being so jealous of everyone who had metal studs because they made noise on the tarmac,” she laughs. […]
Mullinahone has ‘earned the right’ to represent Munster
Derrygonnelly manager Garry Smyth is expecting a ‘formidable challenge’ as his team prepare to face Munster champions Mullinahone in the All-Ireland Intermediate Championship semi-final on Sunday. Last Saturday, Smyth’s side demolished London champions Round Towers, running out convincing winners with 14-points to spare. The Harps ladies now face a 190 mile trip to Callan, Kilkenny, to […]
Harps’ Jones ‘enjoying’ push-ups challenge
DERRYGONNELLY Harps GAA player Michael Jones is taking part in a highly challenging 100 push-ups per day challenge during November to raise money for a lifesaving charity. The former Fermanagh defender has undertaken the challenge to raise money for the non-profit organisation and charity Cancer Research UK. Just two weeks into the fundraiser, Jones says […]
Burns hopes victory will inspire future generations
IT’S hard to know what got the biggest cheer in Healy Park on Sunday – when Andrea Gordon lifted the Ulster title or when Emma Burns proudly received her ‘Player of the Match’ award. When she walked across the pitch to receive her accolade, Burns, accompanied by her two young children, Meghan and Jarlath says […]
It’s a ‘proud day’ to be from Derrygonnelly – Smyth
BEFORE Sunday’s decider, everybody knew that if Eimear Smyth was on song, Derrygonnelly would have a good chance of winning the Ulster Intermediate Championship title – that indeed proved to be the case in Healy Park. Derrygonnelly’s taliswoman was in sensational form in Omagh, accounting for an incredible 2-09 of their 2-11 tally. The selfless Smyth […]
Smyth focused on task at hand
AS Derrygonnelly manager Garry Smyth knows, the opportunity to compete in an Ulster Club final ‘doesn’t come around too often’, and he is urging his players to make the most of Sunday’s chance. The Harps ladies are now just 60 minutes away from winning the provincial intermediate championship and Smyth is hoping that his team […]
Ulster title would be ‘pinnacle of success’ for Gordon
ANDREA Gordon will lead Derrygonnelly out on to Healy Park on Sunday and she is determined to ‘relish the opportunity’ as the Harps bid to win their first Ulster Club Championship title. With team captain Erin Flanagan currently sidelined with a cruciate ligament injury, Gordon has taken over the skipper’s armband and she admits it […]