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…
New York to face Corofin in preparation for Leitrim tie
New York will play All-Ireland club champions Corofin in a challenge match as part of their preparations for the Connacht Championship quarter-final against Leitrim. The Exiles have confirmed the match against the Galway side for Thursday, April 26, at Gaelic Park in The Bronx. New York face Leitrim at the…
LISTEN BACK: New York’s Vinny Cadden on facing Sligo
Sligo native Vinny Cadden was the man of the match as New York went very close to shocking Roscommon in last year’s Connacht Championship. He is the vice-captain with the New York squad this Sunday, and is preparing to face his home county. He spoke to Darragh Cox from New…
Carew says Sligo ‘well aware’ of the threat that New York pose
Sligo boss Niall Carew says that preparations have been going well for this weekend’s championship opener against New York, despite the loss of a number of players. Attacker Niall Murphy has been ruled out with a hamstring injury, while Gerard O’Kelly-Lynch, Kevin McDonnell and Luke Nicholson will miss out because…
Race night fundraiser to celebrate Sligo GAA in O’Flanagan’s New York before championship opener
O’Flanagan’s Bar & Restaurant at 1215 1st Avenue between 65th and 66th Street in Manhattan will host a fundraising race night on Saturday May 6, for Sligo fans travelling Stateside to support Sligo as they take on New York in the Connacht Senior Football Championship Preliminary Round tie the following…
Sligo-born nun gets historic appointment at UN in New York
A Sligo-born nun has become the first woman to be appointed to a top position at an international, non-government organisation based at the United Nations in New York that fights poverty. Sister Jean Quinn, of the Daughters of Wisdom, will soon take up the role of executive director of Unanima…
Two Sligo natives are to be honoured as part of the County Sligo Social and Benevolent Association of New York
Two Sligo natives are to be honoured as part of the County Sligo Social and Benevolent Association of New York annual Dinner Dance tonight. Patrick Joseph Cunney from Tourlestrane is the event’s guest of honour while Helen Mahoney from Grange will be awarded the John Foody Humanitarian Award. Karen Burke…