Quinn ‘peace’ talks take a turn for the worse


AFTER what appeared to be an upturn in the fortunes of Sean Quinn and his family, with the recent ‘return’ of part of his empire in Derrylin/Teemore/Ballyconnell to local ownership, and his role as consultant, things took a dramatic turn for the worse last week.


Championship draw had its old spark back


No argument about it but over the last few seasons the spark of anticipation had been sucked out of the atmosphere at the County Board meeting which dealt with the new season’s championship draws.

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Donnelly returns to Teemore


Last year’s beaten senior championship finalists, Teemore have gone back to a tried and tested model with the appointment of Trillick native Sean Donnelly as their manager for the forthcoming season.

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On the threshold of another league season


The Dr McKenna Cup is the starting stall for the inter county season and while it is an important competition in its own right it is still essentially an opportunity for team managers to have a look at the fresh intake they have assembled.

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Quigley pivotal as Roslea do the double


SEASON of mists and mellow fruitfulness was how Keats described autumn. Well it was certainly a fruitful October for Sean Quigley and Roslea as they gathered their first championship and league double since 2011.

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Tackling Matters: Winners and losers in 2014


The 2014 league season wrapped up and as is par for the course for most clubs it has been a question of underachievement. For at the end of the day there’s only going to be one winner.

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Teemore men were right to bring about ‘Apocalypse Now’


The coach from the Ulster Council was ashen faced. Bodies were splayed across the gym floor of St Michael’s as a request to create a simple straight forward drill had turned into something rather apocalyptic. I blamed the men from Teemore.

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