Five times Senior Champions Derrygonnelly Harps will face contenders Ederney St Joseph’s on Sunday evening in this season’s Championship final. Harps will be looking for their sixth New York Gold Cup in a row while Ederney will be looking to bridge their 52 year gap. Joint Harps manager Brandan Rasdale says, “We’ll have […]
Gaels look to end seven year wait
THIS Saturday evening, Enniskillen Gaels are going in search of ending their seven-year long wait for Championship glory when they face Maguiresbridge St Mary’s in the Kevin Courtney Garage & Car Sales Intermediate Championship Final. Gaels manager John Reihill is relishing the Championship final showdown with Maguiresbridge while new boy on the block David […]
Fans offered live GAA TV option
The restrictions around Covid-19 won’t stop avid GAA fans following their local sides this weekend.
‘Teams that spend the most time learning the new rules
FERMANAGH’S Niall Cullen has been on the GAA’s Championship Referees’ Panel since 2017 and he believes that his inter-county experience will give him an advantage when the club game returns later this month. While the tier-two championship was postponed, the new rules are not being delayed as football finally returns. The Erne Gaels […]
GAA stars bleach the locks for a good cause!
SINGER Rod Stewart’s album ‘Blondes have more Fun’ in his 1978 album has certainly been taken to heart by a group of Fermanagh GAA stars. A number of the Erne county’s boys are following that line to raise £5,000 for Olivia Mlhern. The Erne lads are hoping to raise much needed funds for the treatment […]
Is mental health still a taboo subject in changing room
KANE CONNOR (BELNALECK & FERMANAGH) Is the subject of mental health still a taboo subject in GAA dressing rooms? I think so. In a changing room full of lads, it goes back to that thing were too few are still prepared to talk about it. I suppose you’re part of a team, you’re focused and […]
Is the GAA’s return roadmap demanding too much of our c
Fermanagh’s finest club players to hear their views on some of the rules and regulations set out in the ‘Safe Return to Gaelic Games’ roadmap and also to hear their take on the fast-tracked plan that would see full contact training being able to resume. Paul Breen (Kinawley Brian Boru’s) Kinawley Brian Boru’s […]
Teresa was among the last of a great generation
DERRYLIN woman Teresa Maguire was among the last of a great generation of Irish country mothers. Born in the townland of Aghyoule, Teresa epitomised that role of wife and mother, raising a large family in far from easy circumstances, bereft of modern amenities. One of the most elderly and most respected members of Derrylin Parish […]
Back on the ball… but with precautions
As GAA clubs in the county got back to full contact training on Sunday players and officials were continuing to take full precautions. The senior league division two club Belcoo was one of the many clubs in the county which returned to training with a full turnout of senior players. On a wet […]
Sharpshooter Smyth hopeful for 2020 chances
A mind-blowing individual tally of 12-88 in all competitions last year identified Eimear Smyth as one of the top sharp-shooters of the ladies game and now the Erne star is eagerly looking forward to a return to the pitch. Last week the LGFA confirmed the formats for the 2020 All-Ireland series had been decided with […]