Leitrim, Sligo and Donegal hurlers to be honoured at All-Star awards
Three Leitrim hurlers and two Sligo players have been named in the Lory Meagher Champion 15 announced today by the GAA and the GPA. Liam Moreton, Conor Byrne and Clement Cunniffe will all be presented with their awards at this evening’s ceremony, after helping Leitrim reach last year’s Lory Meagher…
Winning start for Sligo-Leitrim Oscar Traynor side
The Sligo Leitrim DSL Representative Squad under the astute management of John Loftus with his assistants Lee Marshall and Glen Shannon were at home to thee highly fancied Galway League in the first round of this year’s Oscar Traynor Competition. The stakes were much higher this season with the winners…
Meeting hears there’s still some resistance to CCTV in rural areas
There is still some resistance to the installation of CCTV in rural areas. That was one concern raised at a meeting held by the Joint Policing Committee in Sligo last night where community groups heard how they could access funding for CCTV schemes in their local area. A number of…
St John’s to find out semi-final opponents on day before the game
St John’s won’t find out their weekend opponents for Sunday’s Connacht Intermediate semi-final, until Saturday afternoon at the earliest. The delayed Galway intermediate final between Claregalway and Williamstown is due to take place on Saturday at 1pm, with the winners set to face St John’s in Markievicz Park in the…
Ballymote to host Sligo’s Masters final
Ballymote has been confirmed as the venue for this year’s Gaelic Masters final. Sligo will host neighbours and reigning champions Mayo on Saturday week at Corran Park, with throw-in at 2.45pm. The Yeats men, who beat Cavan in last weekend’s semi-final, won a coin toss between the two counties for…
Sligo Masters to have home advantage for All-Ireland final
Sligo will have home advantage for the Gaelic Masters Final against neighbours Mayo on the weekend after next. The two teams agreed to a coin toss to decide home advantage after coming through their semi-finals against Cavan and Donegal respectively last weekend. Mayo are the reigning champions, but Sligo have…
Change of venue for St Mary’s Connacht final
There is a change of venue for St Mary’s Connacht Intermediate final on Sunday. The game against Galway champions Moycullen will now take place at St Croan’s GAA Club in Ballintubber, County Roscommon, having originally been fixed for Claremorris. St Mary’s beat Roscommon’s Western Gaels in the semi-finals. Throw-in on…