ANDREA Gordon is one of the most experienced players in the Fermanagh ladies squad at 35 years of age, but surprisingly, she will be making her debut when she leads the Ernesiders out at Silverbridge on Saturday. For over two decades, Gordon has been one of the stalwart of the Derrygonnelly Harps ladies team and when new […]
Andrea Gordon appointed ladies captain
Fermanagh ladies manager, James Daly has appointed Derrygonnelly player Andrea Gordon as the team captain for the forthcoming season. The Derrygonnelly Harpette, who has never featured on the senior county team before this year, admits it is a great feeling to have been trusted for this prestigious role. “It is a massive honour to captain your county, […]
Harps blood running through the veins
Derrygonnelly’s wing half back, Oisin Smyth comes from a long line of Smyth footballers who’ve pulled on the purple and gold. In 1924, the founding year of the Harps club, Charlie Smyth, Oisin’s great grandfather played for the club. Then followed Oisin’s grandfather, Sean, who is current joint president along with Francie Rasdale. From 1988 […]
A top performance will win the game for us
The last one leaving Derrygonnelly, switch the light off. As the Harps supporters get ready to converge on Armagh City this Sunday, the final i’s are being dotted and t’s are being crossed by the management team. Joint manager Mick Glynn says they’re in a good place right now and hopes that continues. “It was […]
Killyhommon kids put pen to paper
The boys & girls of Killyhommon PS, Boho have been getting into the spirit of things and enjoying the build up to Derrygonnelly Harps Ulster Final against Kilcoo this coming weekend. The final is all the more special as P7 teacher Stephen McGullion will line out in midfield for the team. To show their support […]
Driving nails, driving runs and dogged defending
QUIETLY he goes about the job in hand, on and off the field but Eamon McHugh is a key man in the heart of this Derrygonnelly team. The 33 year old joiner, by his own admission, won’t be the one you hear shouting and roaring but he’s as determined as anyone on the team to get over the […]
Glynn says ‘it’s no more than we expected to achieve’
Derrygonnelly joint manager Mick Glynn says ‘it’s no more than we expected to achieve’ after his team defied the odds to beat Tyrone champions Dromore 1-16 to 0-13 in extra time. Conall Jones forced extra time with a sweetly struck free from distance with the last kick in normal time. The Harps showed great resilience […]
Mistakes will be punished, warns Glynn
The last time Derrygonnelly stepped out against Tyrone opponents in the Ulster Club competition was back in 2019 and what an occasion that was. The Harps edged Trillick 6-5, in a dramatic penalty shootout in Brewster Park, after Conall Jones’ extra time equaliser forced the game to spot kicks. The Harps went on to play […]
‘Peter was the backbone of what this club is built on’
Derrygonnelly joint manager, Sean Flanagan, who himself lifted the cup for the Harps back in 1995 paid a heartfelt tribute after the game to two Derrygonnelly men, Damien McGovern and Peter Jones “who were steeped in the club” and whose absence is sorely felt every day and particularly on days like today. Damien’s sons Rían, […]
VIDEO: Corrigan calls it!
By Mark McGoldrick Tomorrow evening in Brewster Park at 7.30pm, Derrygonnelly Harps and Kinawley Brian Borus will face off in the Senior Football Championship semi-final. Derrygonnelly will head into this game as favourites following their extra time victory over champions Ederney in their quarter-final replay last Saturday. Standing in Derrygonnelly’s place in their seventh […]