Glen Rovers (Cork) 0-15 Patrickswell (Limerick) 0-14 Jackie Cahill reports from the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick CORK CHAMPIONS GLEN Rovers are through to a first AIB Munster senior club hurling final since 1976. Eight points from Patrick Horgan helped the Glen through to a November 20 decider against Clare kingpins Ballyea. Glen trailed from the start until the…
Month: April 2022
Ballyea edge thriller after incredible comeback to book place in Munster final
Ballyea 4-18 Thurles Sarsfields 2-22 SEVEN DAYS ON from a first ever Clare hurling title, Ballyea are only 60 minutes away from a provincial crown after a truly inspirational fightback in Cusack Park this afternoon. Seven points in arrears nearing the final ten minutes, the hosts would somehow reel in the three-in-a-row Tipperary champions thanks to…
Dublin footballer Con O’Callaghan bags four goals as Cuala progress in Leinster
Cuala (Dublin) 4-16 Borris/Kilcotton (Laois) 1-14 RISING DUBLIN FOOTBALL star Con O’Callaghan steered Cuala to the semi-finals of the AIB Leinster club SHC with a whopping 4-3 haul at Parnell Park. The speedy attacker featured in this year’s Championship for back to back title winners Dublin though is a quality hurler too as he displayed…
Kerry’s Kilmoyley make history and book their place in Munster final
Kilmoyley (Kerry) 4-12 Monaleen (Limerick) 0-13 Jackie Cahill at the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick HISTORY FOR KILMOYLEY at the Gaelic Grounds this afternoon as the Kerry senior hurling kingpins won a game in the AIB Munster club hurling championship for the very first time. Kilmoyley, managed by former Clare star Ger ‘Sparrow’ O’Loughlin’s brother Fergie, saw…
All the winners from last night’s Camogie All-Stars awards ceremony
ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONS Kilkenny and finalists Cork dominated the 2016 Camogie All-Stars team as this year’s top performers were recognised at the annual awards dinner last night. Kilkenny’s Denise Gaule was rewarded for her individual performances by collecting the Camogie Camogie Association/WGPA Players’ Player of the Year award. Gaule also picked up her first All-Star award and…
Richie McCaw meets the Dubs in Chicago – It’s the sporting tweets of the week
1. Wexford Youths #SweetChinMusic pic.twitter.com/tqY7mUP89P — Wexford FC (@WexfordFC) October 31, 2016 Source: Wexford Youths FC/Twitter 2. Graham Reilly Myself and trump this morning at fancy dress 🙂 @StColmcillesGAA pic.twitter.com/hLA3QonGPR — graham reilly (@ReillyGraham) November 4, 2016 Source: graham reilly/Twitter 3. Darren Hughes Some men carry the piano,others play it, @dickclerkin8 could do both!!thats me…
Dublin star Goldrick chasing history with Foxrock Cabinteely in Leinster final
FOR JUST THE second time in the club’s history, Foxrock Cabinteely ladies are gearing up for another Leinster final appearance. They took the honours last year at the expense of Sarsfields Mountmellick (Laois) and this year’s challengers come from the St. Laurence’s club in Kildare. But while they’re full value for their spot in today’s final, Cabinteely’s campaign…
Easing football addiction with marijuana, profound effects of glory and the week’s best sportswriting
Source: David J. Phillip 1. “What would you have done to see this happen? Chicago Cubs, World Series champions. Would you have sold your house? Taken a pay cut? Would you have sworn off chocolate or beer, red meat or golf? Would you endure a summer full of winter? Would you have traded a few Bulls’…
Tomas Quinn and Diarmuid Connolly combine to see St Vincent’s home
“IT WASN’T GOING to be very open and we knew it wasn’t going to be too high-scoring.” If Tomas Quinn’s assessment of yesterday’s Dublin senior football final is true, then it’s just as well St Vincent’s had himself and Diarmuid Connolly in their ranks to unlock the Castleknock rearguard. The Dublin stars, past and present,…
Poll: Who do you think will win the Munster senior club hurling title?
Tipperary’s Padraic Maher and Cork’s Patrick Horgan will be chasing club glory. Source: Ken Sutton/INPHO WE’RE DOWN TO the final four in the Munster senior club hurling championship today with places in the decider up for grabs. In Ennis, Clare’s Ballyea take on Tipperary’s Thurles Sarsfields while at the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick’s Patrickswell meet Cork’s…