BORN and bred a Ballinascreen man, only six mile up the road from Desertmartin, this Sunday’s Ulster Club quarter final between St Patrick’s, Donagh and Desertmartin has an extra edge for the Donagh gaffer, Paul Hasson. The Derry native knows the Derry junior champions well, like very well. Many of the Desertmartin football team play […]
WATCH: Emotional win for Jones brothers
Leigh and Aaron Jones helped Derrygonnelly to their sixth Fermanagh title in seven years. The game was a hugely emotional occasion for the Jones brothers after they lost their father, Peter, tragically last July. Peter was remembered during captain Ryan Jones’ speech and there was an outpouring of emotion at the final whistle. Derrygonnelly beat […]
‘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, […]
Cassidy ready to build on previous successes
For all Declan Cassidy’s success, last year’s county final defeat dominated the winter. Being on the outside, looking in at winners, does that. In that moment, his seven winners’ medals were irrelevant. The Harps had the chance to emulate Sunday’s opponents, Enniskillen Gaels, and their six-in-row. In Cassidy’s first county final, 2004, they stopped the […]
More at stake than just the intermediate crown
The Fermanagh Club Championship always throws up some tasty ties and Saturday’s Intermediate Championship Final between Erne Gaels and Devenish is one that whets the appetite. With a total of 19 championship titles between them, 15 of which were for Devenish, 10 senior and five juniors, as opposed to Erne Gaels’ four honours, two seniors, one […]
Hasson ‘under no illusion’ of the Newtown challenge
ON the weekend St. Patrick’s Donagh celebrated their 50th anniversary their Senior team booked their place in the 2021 Junior Championship final. The Donagh men have enjoyed a successful season already, winning both the Division 2A Club Players’ Competition title and the Division Two league and they will hope to cap it off with a […]
McDermott stars as Irvinestown do the ‘double’
Under 17 A Championship Final Irvinestown 1-13 Newtownbutler 2-06 As the St Molaise supporters rushed on to Canon Maguire Park as the full-time whistle sounded, decked out in their green and white attire and flying their Irvinestown flags, it was clear just how much the championship final meant to the club. From start to finish, […]
Bradley brothers braced for battle
ON Saturday evening, Colm and Simon Bradley and their families are set to meet up for a Halloween party and celebration in Simon’s house in Enniskillen. Twenty-four hours later, the Bradley brothers will be facing off in Ederney for a place in the Senior Championship semi-final and there is much more at stake than that […]
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 […]
St Pat’s get ready to celebrate 50 years
HALLOWEEN Day 1971, brought fireworks of its own in the Donagh/ Knocks area when St Patrick’s GAA Club was formed. With a huge number of locals in attendance and many nominees for each committee position, from its beginnings, this little club was destined to succeed. Many of these men had previously played for the Knocks Grattans team […]