He’s backing his mate! Ger Brennan remains favourite to take over from Dessie Farrell as manager of Dublin, and is a popular choice given his success with Louth over the last two years. A two-time All-Ireland winners with the Sky Blues as a player, Brennan guided the Wee County to two Leinster SFC finals, beating […]
6 months ago
This is huge! Following the resignation of Dessie Farrell as manager of Dublin after their All-Ireland quarter-final loss to Tyrone on Saturday, Louth boss Ger Brennan was installed as the heavy favourite to take over. The Dublin native won two All-Irelands and one All-Star during his time as a Sky Blues player, before going on […]
6 months ago
‘It’s clear that Dublin have underestimated this Louth team’ It’s becoming a common theme now but Dublin are once again champions of Leinster. Dublin lifted their 14th successive title after a close-fought scoreline of 1-19 to 2-12 at Croke Park this afternoon. Many had engraved Dublin’s name on the trophy before the first ball was […]
1 year ago
JP McManus and the McManus family made an unprecedented and completely unexpected donation to the GAA on Thursday afternoon of €32 million, to be divided equally among the nation’s 32 counties. In a letter he issued to the various county boards, Limerick’s honorary president and chief sponsor and supporter expressed his intention for the money […]
2 years ago
Pat Spillane believes that the GAA would be making the correct decision were they to drop Cavan, Fermanagh, Leitrim, Louth, and Longford from the National Hurling League. The GAA’s Central Competitions Control Committee made the recommendation last week that any county with less than five adult hurling teams should be banished from the National Hurling […]
2 years ago
County final season is now as good as done and dusted. There is a delayed London senior hurling final still to be played but that aside, it’s full steam ahead for the provincial championships. Corofin, East Kerry and Newcastle West won three of the latest county finals of the year, in Galway, Kerry and Limerick […]
2 years ago