Cup Mcdonagh

7 results

Antrim’s Donal Nugent and manager Darren Gleeson celebrate winning the Joe McDonagh Cup final at Croke Park. Photograph: Morgan Treacy/Inpho
Antrim withstand late Kingdom rally to return to the big time

Antrim 0-22 Kerry 1-17 Darren Gleeson was brought crashing to the ground by the weight of a Donal Nugent embrace a few moments after Antrim were con(...)

If Michael Fennelly is to bring Offaly back into contention as a senior hurling county, it will be by emphasising core traits of togetherness. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho
Disciples of Brian Cody spreading the word

Michael Fennelly once said that one of the hardest championship hours he ever spent was against Offaly. It was in 2008 and it left its mark on him. Ki(...)

Anthony Thompson’s Naomh Conaill side take on Clontibret in the Ulster Club SFC semi-final on Saturday night. Photograph: Evan Logan/Inpho
Weekend Gaelic Games previews

SATURDAY LEINSTER CLUB SHC SEMI-FINAL Ballyhale Shamrocks (Kilkenny) v St Martin’s (Wexford), Nowlan Park, 1.30pm The assumed clash of the last year (...)

Delegates attending GAA special congress at Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Ballintemple, Co Cork. Photograph: Laszlo Geczo/Inpho
Special congress gives green light to Tier 2 football championship in 2020

For much of Saturday’s special congress debate which decided to approve the introduction of a Tier 2 football championship, delegates in Cork’s Páirc (...)

Dublin and Galway in action in the Allianz Football League Division One Final. The teams meet again in the All-Ireland semi-final on Saturday at Croke Park. Photograph: Bryan Keane/Inpho
Super 8s shows elite teams are in a league of their own

Before the conclusion of its first year’s trial, there had been great focus on the All-Ireland football quarter-final format from the perspective of (...)

Carlow celebrate their Joe McDonagh Cup Final victory over Westmeath at Croke Park. Photograph: Tommy Dickson/Inpho
Carlow claim McDonagh Cup and a place in Leinster SHC

Carlow 2-26 Westmeath 1-24 Carlow sealed promotion to next season’s Leinster SHC with a five-point McDonagh Cup final victory over Westmeath at Crok(...)

Kilkenny beat Offaly by nine points in Nowlan Park. Photograph: Lorraine O’Sullivan/Inpho
GAA weekend that was: fans flocking in for reformed championship

Reform it and they will come A couple of weekends into the radical departure of the round robins in the Munster and Leinster hurling championships, t(...)