Dublin hurlers next in Anthony Cunningham’s hectic schedule

WITH the national media calling him the busiest manager in Irish sport, Anthony Cunningham — in charge of four teams — has a new headache today: Joe Canning was injured helping Limerick I.T. to a 1-20 to 0-8 victory over GMIT in a Fitzgibbon Cup quarter-final in Limerick yesterday. The Portumna star Canning was forced [...]

From Dev on the rugby fields to Michael D. at Terryland Park

SPORTING links with the Presidency of Ireland were maintained with the elevation of Michael D. Higgins to high office. The new President of the country was already the honorary President of Galway Utd F.C. and a genuinely keen fan of the club; he made regular visits to Terryland Park, despite their poor results last year. [...]

By degrees … the Universities got First Class Honours in Gaelic football

THE Third Level colleges’ sports trophy with the greatest prestige, and a 101-year history, the Sigerson Cup, will be the glittering prize on offer for UCC (holders), DCU, NUI Maynooth and UUJ (Jordanstown) in Galway this weekend. Sadly, the hosts NUIG were eliminated in the quarter-finals last week (as reported inside) but that’s an occupational [...]

Nostalgia for a time when Irish domestic soccer had high prestige

AS GALWAY said goodbye to a favourite sporting son last week, Eamon (“Chick”) Deacy, who got the city’s biggest funeral in modern times, it was gratifying to note in all the tributes paid to such a special person the emphasis placed on his status as a local hero. For all that the prodigiously gifted Chick [...]

Bradley back in the West to clash with his old friend Elwood

AFTER their last-gasp home draw with Glasgow Warriors last Saturday evening, 13-13 thanks to out-half Niall O’Connor’s brilliant levelling penalty kick, Connacht welcome back their former head coach Michael Bradley for the first time since he took over Edinburgh at the start of the season. And Connacht supporters are reminded that since the game this [...]

Inter-pro’ football and hurling semi-finals

SEMI-FINALS last weekend. Hurling: Connacht (all Galway) 3-19 Ulster 1-15, at Duggan Park, Ballinasloe on Sunday. Ulster played the entire second-half without Neil McManus who was show a second yellow card in first-half injury-time, but it wasn’t until Eanna Ryan’s goal six minutes from time that Connacht could breathe easily. Galway did pull away in [...]

How hosts NUIG made their Sigerson Cup exit How hosts NUIG made their Sigerson Cup exit

By BILLY COSS UUJ -0-12 NUI Galway -1-6 NUI GALWAY were left with more than a few regrets in Dangan last Wednesday afternoon when a very winnable Sigerson Cup quarter-final against the University of Ulster, Jordanstown slipped from their grasp and ended hopes of winning third level Gaelic football’s most coveted prize on home soil. [...]

Galway are V.S. hurling champions

Galway V.S. .0-12 Kilkenny V.S. .0-8 BARRY Keane’s six-point haul helped Galway claim the All-Ireland Vocational Schools hurling title at windy Thomastown on Saturday. The flying half-forward’s tally, four of which were scored in the second half, saw the wind assisted Tribesmen overturn a one point interval deficit (0-6 to 0-5). Scores were hard to [...]

How other Connacht counties fared in the N.F.L.

MAYO vs Dublin at MacHale Park, Castlebar last Saturday evening. Match abandoned at half-time due to fog, with Dublin leading by 0-8 to 0-5; refixed for Saturday, March 31st at Castlebar. Scorers for Dublin: D Connolly 0-3, T Quinn 0-2 (frees); P Brogan, K McManamon, S Cluxton (free) 0-1 each. Mayo scorers: C Mortimer 0-2 [...]

Cats left only the sour cream for Galway

By NOEL CARNEY Kilkenny ..2-20 Galway .1-14 KILKENNY hurling manager Brian Cody sent out a message to the hurling world that his team is in fine shape despite several retirements as the new season starts in earnest and they strolled to a comfortable win over a disappointing Galway side in the final of the Bord [...]

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