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Talking Points: Sarsfields hold out to escape Ulster web, Na Fianna use hurt secure final spot
Jack Nevin celebrates after scoring the decisive goal10/11/2024
Sensational Pádraig Pearses upset Corofin to reach Connacht semis
Roscommon champions Pearses were scintillating in the first half, at one stage outscoring their opponents 1-8 to 0-1 with some superb football that was tenacious and relentless in defence, and utterly ruthless in attack.

Sun, 10 Nov, 2024

1884-2024: The Mystery of Hayes’ Hotel and the Great GAA DNA Journey of John McKay
1884-2024: The Mystery of Hayes’ Hotel and the Great GAA DNA Journey of John McKay
Friday marked the 140th birthday of the GAA, and for the descendants of the Cork Examiner reporter present at that gathering in Hayes' Hotel in Thurles, the long and often tenuous thread of family history brings them to Páirc Uí Chaoimh this weekend. Historian Donal McAnallen has chased a remarkable story and brought it to life.

Sun, 03 Nov, 2024

Your sport on TV this week: Munster face All Blacks XV, Autumn Internationals kick off and Premier League
Your sport on TV this week: Munster face All Blacks XV, Autumn Internationals kick off and Premier League
It is another action packed weekend of sports on TV with the Autumn Internationals kicking off, Premier League action and Munster taking on the All Blacks XV - here is all you need to know.

Fri, 01 Nov, 2024

Leitrim v Galway - Connacht FBD League Semi-Final
Connacht cutbacks: Removal of pre-season GAA tournaments will hit each county where it hurts
At a provincial Council meeting this week, the management committee’s recommendation to half the rent payable to each county in the province for use of venues for Championship games was endorsed. 

Fri, 18 Oct, 2024

Your sport on TV this week: URC, Club Championships and FAI Women's Cup final
Your sport on TV this week: URC, Club Championships and FAI Women's Cup final
It's another action packed weekend of sport with Connacht facing Leinster in their third interpro of the new URC championship, Athlone Town take on Shelbourne in a repeat of last year's FAI Women's Cup final and club championships action - all you need to know is here. 

Fri, 18 Oct, 2024

GAA Football Review Committee Media Update
Sufficiently stress-testing new Gaelic football rules is an impossible task
Months of comprehensive preparation are coming to an end; the trial is only getting started.

Fri, 11 Oct, 2024

Kerry v Clare - Munster GAA Football Senior Championship Final
How the 2025 provincial football championship draws will work
The draws will be made this Saturday. 

Wed, 09 Oct, 2024

Paul McGrath is tackled by Conor Daly 22/9/2024
S The business end: Every GAA county championship detailed, from the winners to the finals to the best storylines
The next few weeks will see county football and hurling champions across the grades crowned all over the country - some are already in the books in fact. 

Tue, 08 Oct, 2024

Meath v Armagh - Allianz Football League Division 2 Round 3
Should you play with or against the wind in the first half?
Should you play with the wind if you win the coin toss. Is it that simple or is there more to it.

Sat, 05 Oct, 2024

Jim Gavin 5/4/2024
Munster to face Leinster in FRC interprovincial semi-final 
Connacht will take on Ulster in the second semi-final which will be held on the weekend of October 18 and 19.

Thu, 03 Oct, 2024

John Cleary 20/4/2024
John Cleary to lead Munster side for FRC interprovincial tournament
Pádraic Joyce will oversee Connacht with Kieran Donnelly looking after Ulster and Dessie Dolan leading Leinster. 

Tue, 01 Oct, 2024

Armagh v Galway - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Final
FRC staged interprovincial tournament to take place on October 18 and 19
It is envisaged that Croke Park will host the Saturday cup and shield finals and possibly the previous Friday evening’s semi-finals.

Thu, 29 Aug, 2024

Katie Whelan celebrates winning player of the match 10/8/2024
Defending champions Leinster begin Interpro campaign with win over Connacht
Player-of-the-match Katie Whelan touched down in each half as Leinster secured a big win.

Sat, 10 Aug, 2024

Launch of 'O'Mahony - Keeping the Faith'
Ray Silke: John O'Mahony's premature passing casts huge shadow across west
'Johno was a believer. And he believed in the players at his disposal, regardless of what county they were from'

Mon, 08 Jul, 2024

Father of murdered Garda Colm Horkan says new memorial is 'so uplifting' for his family 
Father of murdered Garda Colm Horkan says new memorial is 'so uplifting' for his family 
Marty Horkan was speaking at the new facility at Charlestown Sarsfields GAA Club dedicated to his son, who was murdered in Castlerea, Co Roscommon, in 2020 

Sun, 02 Jun, 2024

Cillian O’Connor 1/6/2024
Mayo make hard work of it in two-point Roscommon victory
Mayo continue their winning streak against Roscommon at Dr Hyde Park.

Sat, 01 Jun, 2024

Kieran Molloy throws water on manager Pádraic Joyce as they celebrate after the game 5/5/2024
S James Horan: Mayo need more risk for reward, but everything is now full of opportunity for Galway
Galway will harness the groundswell of support after the Connacht final win, knowing their panel depth is real. After a big win, everything is good.

Tue, 07 May, 2024

Connor Gleeson celebrates kicking the winning point 5/5/2024
Connor Gleeson never thought he'd kick a Connacht final winner
Following the match, Galway manager Padraic Joyce said Gleeson gets "so much unfair criticism".

Sun, 05 May, 2024

Connor Gleeson kicks a point 5/5/2024
Late Connor Gleeson point wins Connacht final for Galway
Galway claimed their third consecutive Connacht title with victory over Mayo. 

Sun, 05 May, 2024

Mayo v London - Connacht FBD League Quarter-Final
Playing for London: ‘To have the love for it is an absolute non-negotiable’
Here, we're saying, ‘how can we improve’? How can we give the best account of ourselves every day? That is as deeply satisfying for us as it would be for Jack O'Connor and Dessie Farrell planning for an All -Ireland' 

Sat, 06 Apr, 2024

Cian Connolly and Niall Daly compete in the air with Dylan McHugh and Cathal Sweeney 4/2/2024
Nothing to separate Galway and 14-man Roscommon in tetchy draw
Neither side could find their opening victory of the Allianz League.

Sun, 04 Feb, 2024

Joe Canney and Thomas Healy celebrate after the game 23/11/2014
Canney's Mayo move the latest branch of Corofin’s remarkable coaching tree
What's in the water in Corofin. Football is all-consuming and when they finish playing, coaching takes over - but not everyone can be the Corofin senior manager. So, you serve your trade elsewhere.

Fri, 20 Oct, 2023

Sligo v Mayo - Connacht GAA Senior Football Championship Quarter-Final
'United in grief': Local community and sporting world pay tribute to Sligo footballer Red Óg Murphy
Community is 'speechless' with grief at death of 21-year-old Red Óg Murphy who also played Australian Football with North Melbourne

Sat, 02 Apr, 2022

Dylan McHugh and Matthew Tierney with Keith Doyle challenge for the ball 14/1/2022
Early silverware for new skipper Sean Kelly as Galway claim FBD League title
New captain Sean Kelly had to wait just five days to lift silverware and Joyce said it’s good preparation for the start of the league.

Fri, 14 Jan, 2022

Mayo stand for the national anthem 7/1/2022
Is Connacht's air dome a glimpse of the GAA's future? 
The air dome in Connacht, used recently for FBD league games, has been one of the GAA success stories in recent months.

Fri, 14 Jan, 2022

Knockmore v Pádraig Pearses - AIB Connacht GAA Football Senior Club Championship Final
Pat Flanagan insists best is yet to come from Pádraig Pearses
The newly crowned Connacht champions will face Kilmacud Crokes in the All-Ireland club semi-final

Mon, 10 Jan, 2022

Padraig Pearses celebrate 9/1/2022
Paul Carey leads Pádraig Pearses to first Connacht title
Pádraig Pearses had to batten down the hatches in the second quarter after goalkeeper Paul Whelan was black-carded for a trip, with goalscorer Hubert Darcy stepping into goal for 10 minutes

Sun, 09 Jan, 2022

A view of inside the Connacht GAA Air Dome 7/1/2022
Roscommon set up Connacht FBD league final with Galway
Inspired by Conor Cox, who scored 0-11, Roscommon eased past Sligo thanks to some devastating finishing in the second-half, including late goals from substitutes Enda Smith and Ben O'Carroll.

Sun, 09 Jan, 2022

No divided loyalties for Pádraig Pearses' Daly clan
No divided loyalties for Pádraig Pearses' Daly clan
In the run-up to the 2019 Connacht club final, Niall Daly spoke of growing up just inside Galway, next to the Roscommon border.

Fri, 07 Jan, 2022

Changing of the guard: Analysing the 10 new managers in Gaelic football
Changing of the guard: Analysing the 10 new managers in Gaelic football
This season sees a changing of the guard in 10 of the 32 inter-county football management teams. Indeed, half of the teams in Munster will be led by different, if not so new faces. For some, patience will be in short supply while for others there will be major implications for teams finishing up in Division 3 and 4

Fri, 07 Jan, 2022

Leitrim v Sligo - Connacht FBD League Preliminary Round
Emlyn Mulligan: 'I'd love my daughter to see me in a Leitrim jersey'
The Letirim star's start against Sligo in the FBD Connacht League on Monday night was his first in three years since lining out against Derry at Croke Park in the 2019 Division 4 league final.

Wed, 05 Jan, 2022

A general view of Elvery's MacHale Park1/3/2020
Mayo-Galway Championship clash may be played at a neutral venue 
The mouthwatering provincial quarter-final has been pencilled in for Sunday, April 24, but it remains to be seen if the project on the MacHale Park pitch will have concluded by then

Tue, 04 Jan, 2022

Leitrim v Sligo - Connacht FBD League Preliminary Round
Connacht Air Dome hosts first-ever indoor inter-county GAA game
With a roof height of 26 metres (twice the height of the goalposts), there’s no danger of either a sliotar or a football kissing the ceiling – even if Connacht GAA offered a prize for this impossible test

Mon, 03 Jan, 2022

Mountbellew-Moylough's players argue with with referee Jerome Henry 11/12/2021
Seven Mountbellew players face disciplinary action over referee abuse incidents
Two of the players face allegations of assaulting the referee and a further five have been named for abusing the match official

Mon, 03 Jan, 2022

Pádraig Pearses v Mountbellew/Moylough - AIB Connacht GAA Football Senior Club Championship Semi-Final
Jerome Henry: The players shouted: 'You f**king cheat,' 'You’re a f**king p***k'
Referee Jerome Henry has revealed the horrific abuse he suffered following last month's controversial AIB Connacht Club Championship semi-final

Mon, 03 Jan, 2022

Sportsfile Images of the Year
The updated Séan Kelly plan: Change for the betterment of Gaelic football is within our grasp
Ahead of the GAA’s Annual Congress in February, I feel it is now appropriate to return to the blueprint I first published almost a decade ago, the ‘Kelly Plan’

Tue, 21 Dec, 2021

2020 GAA Annual Report and Financial Accounts media briefing
GAA to overhaul funding model for coaching and games development
Believing the GAA’s coaching and games development funding of Dublin to be disproportionate, John Connellan has proposed the idea of counties receiving funding based on registered members

Tue, 14 Dec, 2021

Special Congress Media Briefing
GAA name new task force for All-Ireland SFC reform
The new GAA task force is charged with bringing forward proposals to change the All-Ireland senior football championship from 2023

Wed, 01 Dec, 2021

Counties in fight with GAA for own commercial rights
Counties in fight with GAA for own commercial rights
Limerick have questioned their earnings from collective commercial deals done by the GAA and are now believed to be considering following Dublin’s example of operating outside the collective agreement

Wed, 01 Dec, 2021

Cathal Cregg celebrates after the game with fans 16/6/2019
Retiring Roscommon forward Cathal Cregg hailed by Anthony Cunningham after 15 years of service
Cregg won Connacht medals with the Rossies in 2010 and 2019 and scored 4-48 across 51 championship appearances

Tue, 30 Nov, 2021

Pat Lam with AJ MacGinty and Kieran Marmion 23/1/2016
Pat Lam backs former Connacht charge AJ MacGinty to ‘fit in nicely’ at Bristol
Restrictions around the number of players who were not eligible for Ireland appearing in Irish provincial rugby meant that MacGinty could not remain at Connacht

Tue, 23 Nov, 2021

Roscommon v Dublin - Allianz Football League Division 1 Round 7
Mountbellew/Moylough survive Leitrim scare
Ballinamore enjoyed the better of the first-half exchanges and went in leading by 2-5 to 0-5 at half-time thanks to Niall McGovern and Tom Prior goals

Sun, 21 Nov, 2021

A general view of Markievicz Park 19/5/2019
Tourlestrane grind out victory against London champions St Kiernan's
Sligo champions Tourlestrane are through to next month's Connacht Club SFC semi-final against Mayo's Knockmore

Sun, 21 Nov, 2021

Ballyea v Ballygunner - AIB Munster GAA Hurling Senior Club Championship semi-final
13 GAA club finals previewed as Loughmore-Castleiney and Kilmacud Crokes eye doubles
John Fogarty previews the weekend's club GAA action across hurling and football

Fri, 12 Nov, 2021

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