Donegal too strong for Cavan in championship opener
Donegal will face Derry in an Ulster quarter-final on Sunday week after successfully defeating Cavan in yesterday’s championship opener. Ryan McHugh and substitute Cian Mulligan netted in each half as Declan Bonner’s side defeated the Breffni men by 2-20 to 1-15 in Ballybofey. In Connacht, Sligo will be away to…
LISTEN BACK: Reaction to Leitrim’s dramatic win in New York
Leitrim dramatically came from three points down to beat New York after extra-time in their Connacht Senior Football Championship quarter-final at Gaelic Park in The Bronx last Sunday. Ocean FM captured all the action with our commentary team of Pauric Byrne, Colin Regan and PJ Leddy, and all the immediate…
Leitrim face Mayo in Connacht junior semi-final this evening
Holders Leitrim begin their defence of the Connacht Junior Championship title tonight. They face Mayo in Carrick-on-Shannon at 7pm. Mayo beat Roscommon in a dramatic quarter-final last week, and as Sligo have opted out of this year’s competition, tonight’s winners will face Galway in Sunday’s junior decider. That final will…
Spirited Leitrim claim dramatic win in New York
It took a dramatic extra-time winner from Noel Plunkett for never-say-die Leitrim to come from behind and beat New York in a thrilling Connacht Senior Championship quarter-final at Gaelic Park in The Bronx on Sunday evening. Benny Guckian’s side looked dead and buried as a high-flying Exiles team – led…
Sligo get the job done in London
Sligo are safely through to the Connacht Senior Football Championship semi-finals. Cathal Corey’s first senior intercounty game as manager saw his Yeats team beat London by 1-21 to 1-11 in front of a huge crowd in a sun-soaked McGovern Park in Ruislip on Sunday. Sligo will now face either Mayo…
LISTEN BACK: Sligo boss Cathal Corey
Sligo boss Cathal Corey spoke to Ocean FM’s Cathal Mullaney ahead of Sunday’s Connacht Championship opener against London in Ruislip. The game will be live on Ocean FM with thanks to EJMenswear.com with commentary from Tommy Clarke and Tommy Breheny.
Three debutants on Leitrim team to face New York
Allen Gaels Goalkeeper Diarmuid McKiernan, Mohill midfielder Domhnall Flynn and Gortlettragh forward Jack Heslin will all make their championship debuts in Leitrim’s Connacht quarter-final against New York on Sunday. Ten years after making his intercounty championship debut in the Bronx, Emlyn Mulligan has been named to start at centre-forward following…