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 […]
Questions remain despite convictions
WHILE two soldiers were eventually convicted and jailed for the murders of Michael Naan and Andrew Murray, for the families left behind many questions remain as to how and why their loved ones met such a horrific death. For James Naan, 50 years on, he still struggles to come to terms with what happened to […]
Gerry’s tales features in GAA Grassroots book!
A LOCAL journalist has shared his favourites memories of GAA activities in Fermanagh and Donegal in a recently published book. ‘Grassroots: The Second Half’ is a collection of memories over 150 years by renowned author PJ Cunningham. Belleek journalist, poet and author, Gerry McLaughlin, includes extracts of one of his poems, ‘When a bit of […]
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 […]
Derrygonnelly hold out for historic win
BELCOO’S scenic Lough MacNean shoreline venue saw Fermanagh Ladies footballing history made on Sunday evening. Derrygonnelly carved out a first ever division one title despite tremendous late Kinawley pressure. The Harps victory was rendered all the sweeter knowing their opponents Kinawley were bidding for ‘five in a row’. Splendid champions as they had been, Kinawley […]
Enniskillen RNLI’s Paul takes to the pitch at Croker
Paul said he was delighted to represent Enniskillen RNLI and to promote the message in front of 52,000 in Croke Park.
Fermanagh GAA club bringing ‘power to the people’
Paul McGoldrick said the club’s aim was to get to the root cause of mental health problems.