Our writers pick out eight talking points from the opening weekend of Allianz League action.
Sun, 26 Jan, 2020
John Fogarty previews the weekend's GAA fixtures.
Fri, 17 Jan, 2020
Kilcoo continue to make a mockery of favourites’ tags and bookies’ odds, a superb dismantling of the Dublin and Leinster champions Ballyboden on Saturday earning the first-time Ulster winners a place in the All-Ireland final on January 19.
Sun, 05 Jan, 2020
Kilcoo’s enchanting story has one more intriguing chapter to be written, and it will be penned in Croke Park when they meet defending champions Corofin in the All-Ireland Club SFC final.
Sat, 04 Jan, 2020
Finally at last, with the Ulster Club Championship won and all that he had been striving for over the past decade secured
Tue, 03 Dec, 2019
The GAA is not only about identity of course, but the first Ulster Club title for the hardest of hardcore GAA clubs in Kilcoo Eoghan Rúa will forever sustain this miniscule community of shepherds in a hollow of the Mourne mountains.
Sun, 01 Dec, 2019
On the wall of a diner on Derrylin’s main street, hangs a picture of two men, tracksuited and beaming.
Sat, 30 Nov, 2019
Derrygonnelly will have a long winter to wonder how they were so wasteful as Kilcoo, who did more with less possession, took a big step towards an elusive first AIB Ulster club title.
Sun, 17 Nov, 2019
St Michael's Enniskillen landed their first-ever Hogan Cup after surviving a fraught finish to their final against Naas CBS.
Sat, 06 Apr, 2019
The whoops and hollers were still going strong inside the St Michael’s dressing room after they had beaten Omagh CBS in the MacRory Cup final on March 18, when captain Brandon Horan was asked to speak to some reporters outside.
Sat, 30 Mar, 2019
Thu, 26 Jan, 2017
Slaughtneil (Derry) 0-12 Kilcoo (Down) 0-9: They’ve had many great days in the last few years, but Slaughtneil had their sweetest moment yet in the Athletic Grounds yesterday, shrugging off the pressure to complete an unprecedented Ulster treble.
Mon, 28 Nov, 2016
Fri, 03 Jun, 2016
Down 0-7 Donegal 3-15: Rory Gallagher wants Donegal’s established players to feel the heat from the next generation, and there were loads of positives for him to take from Saturday night’s emphatic league win in Newry.
Mon, 01 Feb, 2016
Sat, 30 Jan, 2016
John Fogarty runs the rule over the Division 1 contenders.
Fri, 29 Jan, 2016
Wed, 27 Jan, 2016
Mon, 02 Nov, 2015
Wexford 2-16 Down 2-11: As the Wexford fans celebrated on the pitch, manager David Power took to the sanctuary of a spare dressing room to explain the emergence of his new look young charges while just down the corridor his Down counterpart Jim McCorry struggled with the bitter disappointment of defeat.
Mon, 29 Jun, 2015
Derry 0-12 Down 0-11: When a team hasn’t won in a while, it can forget how to, and in the second half at Celtic Park yesterday, Derry were certainly struggling with the concept of victory.
Mon, 08 Jun, 2015
Down 3-12 Laois 1-15: Down’s ability to find the net helped them clinch promotion back to Division One while Laois maintained their league status despite defeat in Pairc Esler yesterday.
Mon, 06 Apr, 2015
Westmeath 0-10, Down 2-17:
Mon, 16 Mar, 2015
There were a trio of away wins in Division 2 of the Allianz Football League this afternoon, while Meath and Laois shared the spoils on Saturday night.
Sun, 15 Mar, 2015
When it comes to interviewing Gaelic footballers, the face-to-face conversation always delivers the best results.
Thu, 12 Mar, 2015
Down 1-17, Galway 1-16: Kevin Walsh was left regretting Galway’s wastefulness as Down came with a late charge to snatch a valuable win which moved them to the top of Div 2 in the Allianz Football League.
Mon, 09 Mar, 2015
Kildare 1-15 Down 3-13: Allianz Football League Division 2: A crestfallen Jason Ryan was left to rue another late collapse by his Kildare players as they conceded two goals and a point in the space of a minute at the end of the game to throw away victory.
Mon, 02 Feb, 2015
Down 3-13 Kildare 1-15
Sun, 01 Feb, 2015
Down 1-13 University of Ulster 1-07: Down made light of terrible conditions in Páirc Esler to see off the students in last night’s Dr McKenna Cup tie.
Thu, 15 Jan, 2015
Armagh made virtually certain of a place in the semi-finals of the Bank of Ireland Dr McKenna Cup with a 2-11 to 0-14 win over St Mary’s at the Athletic Grounds.
Wed, 14 Jan, 2015
McKenna Cup
Mon, 05 Jan, 2015
Tyrone began the defence of their Dr McKenna Cup title with a 1-12 to 1-10 win over 12-man Armagh in a feisty encounter today which saw 19 cards flashed at the Athletic Grounds – four of them red.
Sun, 04 Jan, 2015
Down 4-18 Leitrim 0-9
Mon, 30 Jun, 2014
Down scored their biggest ever win in the All-Ireland qualifiers when they dished out a drubbing to an understrength Leitrim side at Pairc Esler in Newry.
Sun, 29 Jun, 2014
Down 0-12 Tyrone 3-11
Sat, 24 May, 2014
Tyrone 2-11 Down 3-8
Mon, 19 May, 2014
Sun, 18 May, 2014
A false dawn is how Football Review Committee (FRC) chairman Eugene McGee viewed this weekend’s debut for the black card.
Mon, 06 Jan, 2014
CROSSMAGLEN 1-8 KILCOO 3-10 (AET)
Mon, 11 Nov, 2013
Kilcoo 0-9 Burren 0-7
Mon, 21 Oct, 2013
County champions Kilcoo are through to the knockout stages of the Down SFC and sent out a strong message to their rivals yesterday with a 4-17 to 1-7 win over Loughinisland.
Mon, 19 Aug, 2013
Down 0-09 Donegal 0-12
Mon, 24 Jun, 2013
2012 All-Star Mark McHugh will line out for Donegal in Sunday's Ulster SFC semi-final showdown with Down at Kingspan Breffni Park (throw-in 2pm).
Fri, 21 Jun, 2013
Without injured pair Karl Lacey and Neil Gallagher, Jim McGuinness is slightly snookered going into Sunday’s game against Down, but he claims his county board have made things more difficult for him.
Thu, 20 Jun, 2013
Derry 1-15 Down 2-17
Mon, 03 Jun, 2013
Sun, 02 Jun, 2013
Ambrose Rogers, Conor Laverty and Championship debutant Niall Madine has been named in the Down team for Sunday's Ulster SFC quarter-final against Derry at Celtic Park (throw-in 2pm).
Fri, 31 May, 2013
Kerry 0-11 Down 1-5
Sat, 16 Mar, 2013
Wexford 2-21 Antrim 1-12
Down 1-17 Cork 3-12
Mon, 04 Mar, 2013
Sun, 03 Mar, 2013
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