IT HAS been a long wait for Courteney Murphy and the Fermanagh ladies team but this weekend the Kinawley club player will lead out the Erne ladies for their opening league game against Roscommon. Like every other player, first and foremost she’s delighted to be back playing competitive football but knows a few […]
Columnist:Marty McGrath on Fermanagh’s chances
ON Saturday evening, after my nephew’s Confirmation, we gathered around a computer screen in my brother’s kitchen to watch Fermanagh play in an empty Brewster Park. The gift of correct judgement must have deserted me last week, as I had tipped the Ulster Champions to win this encounter, but happily the Fermanagh boys proved me […]
No Breffni Blues for Fermanagh in league opener
Fermanagh 0-15 Cavan 0-14 IN a game which could have a massive bearing on who stays up in Division 3 and who might be contesting for a promotion place to the second division, a Sean Quigley-inspired Fermanagh got their first two points on the board with a victory against the reigning Ulster Champions Cavan […]
The wait is over for Fermanagh hurlers
It has been a long time coming for Joe Baldwin and his Fermanagh hurlers but this Sunday they will travel to Breffni Park for their first round league match against Cavan. Fermanagh have high hopes for the season ahead, with aspirations to get back to the Lory Meagher final and this year to go […]
McMenamin relishing chance to play the Ulster Champions
A result “is massive but it’s not the end of the world,” says Fermanagh manager Ryan McMenamin, ahead of their first round meeting with Cavan on Saturday evening. McMenamin is a man who put things in perspective, maybe Covid has given us all a bit of perspective? But if Fermanagh can overcome the reigning […]
From the forward line to ‘Line of Duty’ for Tomás
AS ‘Line of Duty’ reached its climax on Sunday night last, Fermanagh man Adrian Dunbar and his AC-12 colleagues cracked the case and exposed DSI Ian Buckells, played by Roslea descendant Nigel Boyle, as the fourth man in the corrupt police organisation ‘H’. As the show drew to a conclusion, long-term crime suspect Darren Hunter […]
No decision has been made about competition structure
LAST week’s correspondence from Fermanagh Competitions Control Committee chairperson Phil Flanagan stated; “By way of an update, clubs can begin to prepare for an 18 game Senior Football League campaign that will commence on Friday 21st May 2021 and a 9 game Erne Cup that will commence on Sunday 23rd May 2021. […]
Club managers have their say about fixtures calendar
Last week the Fermanagh CCC issued their plans for the upcoming season, with 18 games for senior teams and nine league games planned for the Erne Cup sides. The CCC has indicated a start date of May 21 for the Senior league and May 23 for the Erne Cup. Mickey Cassidy, Ederney St Joseph’s […]
Kevin ‘Foster’ing a successful club
For the past forty years, Kevin Foster has been a mainstay in the St Pat’s Donagh club. During that time, he has turned his hand to a number of different roles including the position of club secretary and treasurer. Kevin’s earliest memory of St Pat’s was watching his father Paddy, who was the […]
‘Away to Monaghan is never going to be easy’ McMenamin
FERMANAGH have been drawn to play Monaghan in this year’s Ulster Championship. The draw was made live on the RTE Six One news on Tuesday evening. Fermanagh avoided the preliminary round of the draw but were dealt an away fixture for the quarter final meeting with neighbours Monaghan. Fermanagh’s last Ulster Championship […]