IT’S the students versus their former teacher on Sunday afternoon when Erne Gaels travel to Brewster Park to take on Enniskillen in this year’s Senior Championship Final. Enniskillen Gaels manager, Simon Bradley, was a teacher in St Mary’s Brollagh for 26 years, up until two years ago, and during that time he reckons he has […]
Kelly aiming to bring championship title back to Tempo
OVER two decades ago, Damian Kelly pulled on the maroon and white, making his senior debut at the age of 16, for Tempo Maguires. On Saturday evening, Kelly, who says the ‘road is soon coming to a close’ on his career, admits he would ‘love’ to win this Saturday’s intermediate final. While Kelly’s talent as […]
O’Brien out to make his mark with Devenish
FIONAN O’Brien wasn’t born the last time that Devenish got their hands on a championship title. On Saturday, the 19-year-old will have a leading role to play as the St Mary’s men bid to end their 26-year wait for glory. Devenish beat Lisnaskea by two points in the 1996 senior final. “I’ve never seen Devenish […]
Beacom knows it’s time to produce the goods
AS Eoin Beacom knows better than anyone, fulfilling your potential is not easy. On January 2, 2018, Beacom was the inspirational skipper that lead Enniskillen Gaels to the Ulster minor club title after they beat Ballinascreen 1-06 to 0-6 at the St Paul’s complex in west Belfast. He was the player of the match on […]
Kelm relishing chance to play in championship final
IT’S six years since Erne Gaels last featured in the Fermanagh senior final and on that first Sunday in October 2016, a young Ultán Kelm stood behind the goals, well for the first half anyway, before a steward moved him and his friends on. “The three of us (Ben McCann and Gareth Deery) were standing […]
Go on you boy in green!
HISTORY may have been made last week when a Fermanagh GAA jersey was seen being worn at a Rangers match. During the Champions League game between Liverpool and the Gers, on Tuesday evening at Anfield, TV cameras captured the Fermanagh top as they scanned the crowd. Seán Dillon from Enniskillen was the boy in green […]
Club Éirne ‘Win a house’ competition offers new options
The Club Éirne ‘Win a house in Fermanagh’ competition is currently live and ticket sales from clubs have been very encouraging in the first few weeks. To date, club sellers have sold approximately 500 tickets with funds generated going towards the upgrade of facilities at Lissan. This investment will benefit all clubs and young people in the county. […]
Erne Boxers medal in Denmark
THE Erne Boxing Club team travelled to the Haslev Box Cup in Denmark last weekend and returned with two gold and three silver medals and could’ve added at least another two to their haul. Ciaran Cassidy got the visitors off to a winning start with a solid display outboxing his Danish opponent in all three […]
Experience playing Stateside urges McGurn
2018 Young Player of the Year and 2019 Club All-Star winner Darragh McGurn from Belnaleck Art McMurroughs spent the summer playing football in America. The Club All-Star team took some time to chat to him about his experience. Q. You spent this summer playing Gaelic Football in America. What was the experience like? A. I […]
Ronan O’Neill joins Fermanagh backroom team
Tyrone All Ireland winner Ronan O’Neill has joined the Fermanagh senior squad’s backroom team. O’Neill’s appointment was ratified last Monday night and he will be joining as a coach with particular emphasis on forward play, confirmed Fermanagh selector Ger Treacy. The Omagh St Enda’s club man is one of the up-and-coming coaches in the country […]