Seamus Ryder and his Erne Gaels team will have had seven days to get ready for Kinawley, after last Sunday’s quarter-final victory against Roslea. In a repeat of the Division One league final where Belleek edged victory with a point to spare against Dom Corrigan’s Kinawley, Ryder is preparing for another testing game. “It’s going […]
McCaffrey goals brace helps Kinawley to ‘five in a row’
Kinawley 3-10 Derrygonnelly 2-11 SATURDAY night’s final went right down to the wire, and like true champions, Kinawley held off a late Derrygonnelly surge to make it five senior championship titles in a row. The Boru’s got off to a dream start, hitting the net in the first attack of the game. From the throw-in, […]
Can Corrigan end 84 years of hurt?
Only a few will remember the last time Kinawley won the Division One trophy because you have to rewind the clock 84 years, to 1938. The Boru’s didn’t feature in another league final until 1963 when they lined out against Devenish but because of torrential rain, the game was abandoned. The replay was played in ‘64 […]
Ladies club championship schedule confirmed
THE Fermanagh ladies fixtures committee has confirmed that the Ladies Senior Championship, which involves three teams, Kinawley, Derrygonnelly and Enniskillen Gaels will get underway on Saturday 20 August. The Intermediate Championship throws in on the weekend of 24/25 August and the Junior Championship preliminary round starts on 17/18 September. The first game in the senior […]
Early birthday present for Doonan with Grand Final win
An early birthday present for Joanne Doonan came in the form of a VFLW premiership win on Sunday. Doonan, who turned 28 on Monday, joined the Bombers in February and has played a big role as the club landed it’s first premiership title. The Kinawley woman scored a goal just before half time in Sunday’s Grand […]
Doonan signs AFLW contract with Essendon
On Friday morning, it emerged that Kinawley’s Joanne Doonan had signed a two year contract with Essendon’s inaugural Australian Football League Women’s (AFLW) side. Doonan is one of four players who have been signed from the club’s VFLW (Victorian Football League Women’s) second tier outfit and will make the step up next season. “It was […]
Corrigan is coming home
When Dom Corrigan laced up the boots as an 11 year old cub, making his Kinawley debut on the under 14 team that played Erne Gaels, he found himself in nets. On that sunny Saturday morning, back in 1973, the then under 14 manager, Fr Gaffney, gave Corrigan the number one shirt but his performance […]
Back in the game and ready for Ulster Final
19 years after playing her first senior game for Kinawley Brian Boru’s, Gemma McCaffrey is preparing for an Ulster final this weekend. The mother of three, was forced to retire from the game she loves in 2009, after a torn cruciate the previous year. Then life took over! Gemma, mother to three children, 5 year […]
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 […]