THE ladies club season will get underway this Sunday with a nine-aside league. County players will be exempt from taking part as they are in pre-season training with the county and are due to play their first league match on May 23 away to Roscommon. The latest amendment to fixtures by Croke Park, which […]
Garrity unhappy with ‘Team of the Year’ selection
FERMANAGH may be All-Ireland Junior champions but you might not know it to look at the ‘Team of the Year’. While Fermanagh had five players named on the team, runners-up Wicklow had seven. Fermanagh manager Jonny Garrity was left feeling ‘bemused’ by the decision. “I’m delighted for the five to receive the recognition […]
Marita joins Mayo management
THE lure of inter-county football was always there for Marita McDonald, so it came as no surprise when the Teemore woman was recently named as a selector with Michael Moyles’ new Mayo management team. She is one of a fourteen strong backroom team that will try and re-establish Mayo as a key player on the […]
GAA: Fermanagh managers react to further delay
AS the news emerged that the GAA season has been put on hold a little longer, players, fans and management teams all had their own opinion on the decision. Fermanagh senior football manager, Ryan McMenamin had been calling for some clarification on the issue and last Wednesday brought that, “The GAA is in a […]
Erne ladies so grateful for generosity of supporters
FERMANAGH ladies are on the hunt for silverware once again as they face Wicklow for the 2020 TG4 All Ireland Junior Championship this weekend. While Covid restrictions will see the Erne ladies play to an empty Parnell Park on Saturday evening, captain Courteney Murphy admits that this will not deter players from keeping complete ‘focus’ […]
Congratulations to Fermanagh Ladies
Congratulations to Fermanagh ladies who have beaten Limerick in the All Ireland Junior Championship semi final in Kinnegad on a scoreline of Fermanagh 4 goals 10 points, Limerick 4 goals 3 points. Great performance by Fermanagh and deserved their win. Will now play Wicklow in the All Ireland Junior Final.
GAA girls’ marathon ‘exceeds all expectations’
FERMANAGH’S GAA women have exceeded their wildest expectations to date by raising a grand total of £5895 in aid of three local charities, Fermanagh’s Women’s Aid, Enniskillen Food Bank and the Aisling Centre. With an initial target of £4,000 the Erne squad have been completely “blown away” by the public reaction to their ‘Marathon per […]
Keeper Gleeson looking forward to better times
It’s been six years since Donagh and Fermanagh goalkeeper Roisin Gleeson felt her career was over, from training four nights a week at the height of her career to hardly being able to lift a pen or indeed drive a car. Ulcerative colitis was diagnosed after lots of tests and Roisin spent over three months […]
Fermanagh take on familiar foes
Here we go again, Fermanagh lock horns with Antrim this Sunday at Glenavy in a third championship encounter this year, and a fifth time since January. As it stands it’s three wins from four for the Erne girls, but Jonny Garrity and his players are still stinging from their Ulster final loss. Having beaten the […]
Clones, here we come!
Sunday sees Fermanagh and Antrim locking horns for the fourth time in 2019. The Ernesiders have come out on top in the three previous encounters. One of those clashes was in the Division 4 league final in Clones. It’s back to St Tiernach’s on Sunday, with silverware on the line once again. Despite that 100 […]