The long awaited 2020 Junior Championship final has finally arrived and after a 11 month wait due to Covid postponements, the game has been refixed for Brewster Park this Saturday evening at 7pm. Aiden Gilroy and the Derrylin O’Connell’s have a chance to put the record straight and end their seven year wait for […]
McMenamin follows his ‘gut feeling’ as he steps down
RYAN McMenamin says “the time was right to go” after he informed the County Board Chairman, Greg Kelly of his decision last Thursday night. “I’m my own man, I do my own stuff and I’m a firm believer in doing what your gut tells you and I’ve learned that over the two years of management. […]
McMenamin steps down as Fermanagh manager
RYAN McMenamin informed the Fermanagh County Board of his decision to step down as County manager last night (Thursday). The Dromore man took over from Rory Gallagher as manager in August 2019 for a three year term, with a yearly review to take place. Last month McMenamin told the Fermanagh Herald “you would like to […]
CCC calls Covid meeting
AS the Covid cases in the county continue to surge, GAA matches have had to be cancelled as more players have either contracted the virus or been a ‘close contact’ of someone who has. On Monday night, the Fermanagh Competitions Control Committee (CCC) met in Brewster Park to discuss the situation and Committee Chairman […]
Farry ready to take on Tyrone
Caoilte Farry was the star of the show for the Fermanagh Minors in their Ulster Championship quarter-final victory over Cavan. Farry was deadly from placed ball and finished the game with a superb seven points,six of those coming from frees. Farry is not reading too much into his own impressive run of form. […]
‘Pure joy’ for hat-trick hero Tom
“Whenever you think about Croke Park, you think about scoring a point or scoring a goal or even just getting on” says Tom Keenan. Well, on Saturday evening the Kinawley man did more than all of that, he bagged a hat-trick and chipped in with two points, as he helped Fermanagh land the Lory Meagher […]
Ladies ‘in a good place’ says captain Courteney
“YESTERDAY’S win by Leitrim over Clare gives us a lot of confidence, we were very unlucky to lose to Leitrim by a point, they won by four, so we’re looking forward to the challenge, we feel we’re in a good place”. Fermanagh Ladies captain, Couretney Murphy, struck a highly positive note in voicing her […]
Pearse Park trip next up for hurlers
WHILE very pleased with his side’s performance against Monaghan on Saturday in the Lory Meagher Cup, Fermanagh Senior hurling manager Joe Baldwin admitted that news about the tragic death of Brendan Og Duffy had left a dark cloud hanging over the contest and the GAA as a whole. “My heart just goes out to his […]
McCaffrey confident Fermanagh will learn from defeat
Ronan McCaffrey was one of the top performers for Fermanagh under-20s on Friday night. The county Minor started at number 13 and chipped in with two superb points, one in either half. Reflecting on the game, McCaffrey admits that his own personal contribution was of little consolation at the full-time whistle. “Of course you are […]
McHugh’s focused on the task in hand
Fermanagh Assistant manager, Mark McHugh was absolutely delighted to hear the final whistle in Brewster Park on Friday night. “We did enough. We realise that what we did against Antrim will not be anywhere near good enough to beat Down.” The 2012 All-Ireland winner watched his Fermanagh side dominate Antrim and book their […]