One of Fermanagh’s most respected Gaels was inducted into the Hall of Fame at last Friday evening’s annual Gaelic Life Club All-Star awards at the Hillgrove Hotel in Monaghan. Peter McGinnity was a hugely popular inductee on the night and unsurprisingly so given his status as a leading figure within Ulster GAA stretching back more […]
League titles are up for grabs on Sunday
THE flags will be flying and a large crowd is expected to turn out to Brewster Park on Sunday for the Fermanagh Senior Football League Division One and Division Two Finals. At 2pm, the action will begin when Sid Mulrone’s Devenish St Mary’s take on Roslea Shamrocks, managed by Monaghan man Ciaran Murphy, in the […]
Murphy wants to bring silverware to Roslea
IN his first year in charge, Killaney native Ciaran Murphy has guided Roslea to the Division Two League Final and promotion back to the top division. The Monaghan man, who took over from Ballygawley’s Eamon Kavanagh in April, says that securing one of the top two spots in the league was always his main goal and […]
Quigley in two minds about Fermanagh future
Seán Quigley says his intercounty future is ‘all up in the air at the minute’ after the season drew to a close a week and a half ago. “It’s probably there in the back of my head that retirement is on its way but I’m still only 30 and there’s plenty of football in me […]
Quigley hoping to spoil the party
HE may not be a secret weapon but he’s undoubtedly on Fermanagh’s frontline when it comes to scoring. The Roslea Shamrocks man is Ulster’s top marksman this season, amassing a seriously impressive 5-37 across the National League and McKenna Cup campaigns. Outscoring the Paddy McBrearty, Darren McCurry and Rian O’Neill’s of this world, to name but […]
McGinnity calls it a day with Roslea
After the guts of half an hour chatting Peter McGinnity on Friday afternoon, I realised I had been holding him back from hanging out his washing, which in turn got us to chatting about the ‘Dry;Soon’ electric clothes airer, it was an insightful chat on many levels! Most of all, it gave me an insight […]
Quigley ready to play his 100th game for Fermanagh
ONE hundred games in the green and white jersey, how does that feel, Sean? “Jaysus, that’s news to me. I didn’t think I had that many under my belt. I had an idea I was close to it but there was a right few I didn’t want to remember, so I was trying to […]
GAA to receive over £750,000 from Sport NI fund
Fermanagh GAA is set to receive a very handsome sum of £751,279 from the Sport NI Sports Sustainability Fund. The scheme which was set up in December to support sports clubs through the ongoing pandemic announced £10.5 million additional funding for the sporting sector bringing the total investment through this specefic fund to £22.4 million. […]
Roslea mourns death of another county ‘great’
THE community of Roslea was saddened by the death of yet another Fermanagh great. The late Joe Goodwin, of Lakefield, Roslea, died peacefully last week in the loving care of his family at Omagh Hospital. Mr Goodwin was widely known for his contribution to the GAA, having won three senior championship titles with Roslea and […]
True visionary Joe Pat passes away peacefully
Joe Pat Prunty (88), of Lettergreen, Newtownbutler, died peacefully at Gortacharn nursing home last Friday after a short illness.