Drumkeerin draw, Glera lose in Leitrim intermediate championship
There were mixed fortunes for Ballinaglera and Drumkeerin in Saturday evening’s round three matches in the Leitrim Smith Monumentals intermediate football championship. Drumkeerin drew an eventful game in Kiltubrid (1-10 to 2-7) while Ballinaglera went down to Bornacoola by four points. A 12-minute delay near the end of the game…
Donegal are All-Ireland Masters Shield champions
Donegal masters gaelic footballers captured in All-Ireland Shield football title on Saturday with a 1-5 to 0-7 victory over Galway in Collooney. A late goal in added time from Patrick McNulty gave them a one-point victory. Patrick McNulty scores the last score in today’s Shield final to break @galwaymasters hearts…
Wins for Calry & Shamrock Gaels in Sligo SFC
Saturday’s club championship results in Sligo Homeland SFC – Group 1 Shamrock Gaels 2-17 Curry 1-11 Calry/St Joseph’s 1-9 Tubbercurry 0-9 Connacht Gold IFC – Group 1 Eastern Harps 0-11 Geevagh 0-11 St Molaise Gaels 1-8 St Pat’s 0-9.
More All-Ireland handball glory for Ballymote’s Cormac Finn
Ballymote’s teenage handball star Cormac Finn is celebrating another All-Ireland title after claiming the boys minor softball title in Roscommon on Saturday. He beat Kilkenny’s Kyle Jordan 21-19, 9-21, 11-4 at St Coman’s Handball Club – bridging a 58-year gap to the last time a Sligo player won the title …
Military Tattoo Parade back in Sligo
Sligo town was alive this afternoon to the sound of marching and pipe bands. The Military Tattoo Parade is being organised by the 28th Infantry Battalion Association in cooperation with Sligo County Council and Sligo BID Large crowds gathered on the streets of Sligo town as Defence forces…
Orange weather warning issued for the Northwest
Met Eireann issue orange weather warning for the northwest this weekend. The yellow alert for ‘all of Ireland’ is valid from 1am tomorrow – while the orange warning will sweep vertically down the country from 4am. The intense rainfall will affect 13 counties including Sligo Leitrim and Donegal and will…
GAA President opens new ‘Conor Brady’ stand in Sligo
The President of the GAA Larry McCarthy officially opened a new stand dedicated to the memory of former St Pat’s GAA Club and Sligo footballer Conor Brady, at Seamie Donegan Memorial Park in Dromard on Saturday. Hundreds of club supporters, members and friends of the Brady gathered at the local…