FERMANAGH ladies star Eimear Smyth enjoyed a Friday night to remember when she was named on the TG4 LGFA Intermediate Team of the Year, as well as picking up an Irish News all-star award. The Erne forward, who played a key role in Derrygonnelly ladies’ historic championship win, was honoured for her strong contribution to […]
Smyth hat-trick fires Harps to Fermanagh LGFA SFC final
LGFA SFC Semi-Final Derrygonnelly 4-14 Tempo 3-05 By Martin McBrien DERRYGONNELLY weathered a strong Tempo effort at St Joseph’s Park in Ederney on Saturday afternoon to book their place in the Fermanagh LGFA Senior Football Championship Final. Tempo’s Cadhla Bogue got the first score of the game with a third minute point, but Derrygonnelly responded […]
Smyth to the ‘four’ as Derrygonnelly Harps win title
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By Martin McBrien FOUR Eimear Smyth goals, two in each half, propelled Derrygonnelly to an unexpected but nevertheless fully deserved victory over title holders Kinawley in an absorbing Brewster Park contest on Saturday. The Harps scoring ace also notched up seven points and her majors tally could have been greater had it not been for excellent […]
Four Fermanagh players make ‘Team of the League’
The Teams of the 2025 Lidl National Football Leagues – selected by the Ladies Gaelic Football Association’s All-Star committee – have been revealed. In Division 4, champions Antrim are best represented with seven players, followed by four from runners-up, Fermanagh. Tempo sisters Cadhla-Cara Bogue and Blaíthín Bogue have been selected at left half-back and left […]
Smyth and Bogue nominated for Players’ POTY award
Fermanagh pair Bláithín Bogue and Eimear Smyth have been nominated for the 2024 TG4 Players’ Player of the Year award at Junior grade, alongside Louth star Kate Flood. All three players are former winners of this award; Flood claiming the honour in 2018, Bogue in 2022 and Smyth, a two-time recipient, in 2019 and […]
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 […]
Fermanagh’s Eimear Smyth wins top LGFA award
FERMANAGH sharp-shooter Eimear Smyth has claimed the ZuCar Golden Boot Award at Croke Park today (Thursday) following her standout performances for the Erne county this season. Smyth, 23, from Derrygonnelly, played a key role for Fermanagh winning the TG4 All-Ireland Championships, finishing as the top scorer at all grades in Ireland, scoring an impressive 8-48. […]
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 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 […]
‘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. […]