Person: D Maguire

Ladies Football Finals team news: Three changes for Cork, one for Galway

Cork manager Ephie Fitzgerald has made three changes to his starting team for Sunday’s Lidl National League Division 1 Final clash with Galway – as the Leesiders chase a 12th top-flight crown.

Fri, 03 May, 2019

Woe for Down as Louth still in promotion hunt

It must have felt like Brexit had come early for Down — and boy was it a hard one.

Mon, 25 Mar, 2019

Pete McGrath considers future after Louth shocked by Leitrim

Leitrim 0-25 Louth 1-12

Mon, 25 Jun, 2018

High-flying Banner quick out of the blocks

CLARE 3-12 LOUTH 1-11: Clare maintained their Allianz Football League Division 2 status, with a merited win over bottom side Louth at Cusack Park Ennis yesterday.

Mon, 26 Mar, 2018

Down ruin opening day for old boss Pete McGrath

Down 1-14 Louth 0-11: Down didn’t let the Pete McGrath factor affect their mission in Drogheda, as they negotiated a tricky Division 2 opener against Louth.

Mon, 29 Jan, 2018

UCD’s star quality shines out as Maynooth spurn chances

Sigerson Cup: UCD 2-15 - NUI Maynooth 1-6: UCD manager John Divilly praised his side’s composure as last year’s beaten finalists saw off an erratic NUI Maynooth to open their Sigerson Cup campaign with a win.

Wed, 24 Jan, 2018

Tipperary get the bit between their teeth

Tipperary 3-19 Louth 0-19: Conor Sweeney remembered it, that sick feeling in the pit of his stomach when Louth came to Semple Stadium and clinched promotion, on a day when Tipperary were meant to get the job done.

Mon, 10 Apr, 2017

Galway v Kildare - Allianz Football League Division 2 Round 7

Galway make the great leap with victory over Kildare

Galway 0-14 Kildare 0-13

Mon, 03 Apr, 2017

Students upset Dublin at Parnell Park

UCD 2-9 Dublin 1-10:A 63rd-minute goal from substitute Sean Meade helped UCD overcome Dublin by two points in the O’Byrne Cup at Parnell Park last night.

Thu, 12 Jan, 2017

Louth boss says GAA don’t understand player welfare

Derry 1-18 Louth 2-10: Louth manager Colin Kelly accused GAA chiefs of “disgraceful” fixture-scheduling after his team’s speedy exit from the All-Ireland SFC series.

Mon, 20 Jun, 2016

Louth focus on smaller targets

Louth captain Adrian Reid says that today’s game against Meath “is our Leinster final, make no mistake about it.” But he doesn’t say it for purposes of revenge. You know - Joe Sheridan, Martin Sludden and all that.

Sun, 12 Jun, 2016

Kieran Kingston says Tipperary a team that can beat anyone

Cork hurling manager Kieran Kingston has paid tribute to next weekend’s opponents Tipperary as “a team that can beat anyone”.

Sun, 15 May, 2016

Louth set up clash with Meath after slew of late scores against Carlow

A late surge of scoring for the second game running proved decisive for Louth as they cruised through to a mouth-watering Leinster SFC quarter-final clash with old rivals Meath.

Sat, 14 May, 2016

Conor Grimes rises to the occasion as Louth go up

Louth 3-12 Antrim 1-14: Louth manager Colin Kelly admitted he wasn’t surprised that the big man with the big reputation delivered for the Wee County in spectacular fashion.

Mon, 25 Apr, 2016

Louth rally to win Division 4 title

Powerful full-forward Conor Grimes struck a decisive 71st minute goal at Croke Park as Louth came from behind to secure a dramatic Allianz football league Division 4 title success.

Sat, 23 Apr, 2016

Ryan Price looks to be Cork’s No.1 after retaining place

Ryan Price would appear to have put himself in pole position to be Cork’s starting goalkeeper for the championship after he was named in the side for tomorrow’s Allianz FL Division 1 clash with Kerry in Tralee (2pm).

Sat, 02 Apr, 2016

Dundalk IT claim ‘massive’ first Trench success

Dundalk IT 1-14 Waterford IT 1-8: Oisin McConville described Dundalk IT’s first Trench Cup title success as “a massive thing” for the college.

Mon, 22 Feb, 2016

Late Ryan Burns brace scalds Waterford

Waterford 1-9 Louth 1-10: Substitute Ryan Burns kept his nerve into the howling wind to convert an injury-time free to squeeze out Waterford, much to the delight of 14-man Louth’s vocal fans.

Mon, 08 Feb, 2016

Louth v London - Allianz Football League Division 4 Round 1

Early Louth goals foil London

Louth 2-9 London 0-9: First-half goals from Declan Byrne and Jim McEneaney proved vital as Louth struggled to shake off London in Darver.

Mon, 01 Feb, 2016

Louth boss Colin Kelly broadly in favour of ‘B’ proposals

Meath 0-11 Louth 0-10

Mon, 18 Jan, 2016

Kildare v Louth - Bord na Mona O'Byrne Cup Group B

James Califf wreaks havoc as Louth upset Kildare

Louth 2-11 Kildare 0-8: James Califf was the star of the show as Louth recorded their first win of the O’Byrne Cup in convincing fashion in accounting for Kildare at Hawkfield.

Thu, 07 Jan, 2016

Emmet Óg march on with second-half points surge against Navan O’Mahony’s

Emmet Óg 0-11 Navan O’Mahony’s 1-06: Six second-half points in a row helped Longford champions Emmet Óg advance to the Leinster Club SFC semi-final.

Mon, 09 Nov, 2015

Navan O’Mahonys survive late scare to claim title

Navan O’Mahonys 0-13 Na Fianna 1-8: This Meath SFC decider was anything but a Halloween cracker — more a damp squib — but there were some fireworks in the closing minutes before champions O’Mahonys retained their crown.

Tue, 27 Oct, 2015

Louth make strides with Leitrim win

Louth 1-16 Leitrim 0-11: They may not be All-Ireland contenders any time soon but Louth continue to show an uncanny knack for churning out talented young forwards.

Mon, 29 Jun, 2015

Tyrone hit by Niall Morgan injury blow

Tyrone goalkeeper Niall Morgan has failed to overcome a groin injury and will sit out their Ulster football championship preliminary round clash away to Donegal on Sunday.

Fri, 15 May, 2015

Ian Ryan the Limerick hero in victory over Louth

Louth 2-11 Limerick 2-13: Ian Ryan marked his first start in over a year with eight priceless points, as Limerick completed their great escape in Drogheda.

Mon, 06 Apr, 2015

Super Sligo blitz Louth early on in Allianz NFL

Sligo 2-26, Louth 2-9 Sligo kick-started their faltering Division 3 campaign with a sparkling defeat of Louth at Markievicz Park, their first win in four league outings.

Mon, 09 Mar, 2015

Kildare’s firepower demolishes Offaly

Kildare 3-12 Offaly 0-9

Fri, 06 Mar, 2015

Louth have little answer to Longford’s superior firepower

Longford u21s 1-17 Louth u21s 1-04: Longford advanced to the semi-finals of the Leinster U21 Championship for the third year in-a-row with 13 points to spare over Louth.

Thu, 05 Mar, 2015

Louth back to winning ways over Clare

Allianz FL Division 3 Round 2: Louth 1-16 Clare 0-13: Yesterday’s surprise but thoroughly deserved Division Three win over Clare at Drogheda was Louth’s first in the league in two years.

Mon, 09 Feb, 2015

Fermanagh beat Louth

Fermanagh 0-16 Louth 0-7: Allianz Football League Division 3: Fermanagh began their Division Three campaign with a resounding home victory over Louth on Saturday night.

Mon, 02 Feb, 2015

O’Byrne grabs last gasp winner for UCD

UCD 2-08 Louth 0-12: A goal with the last touch of the game earned UCD the points in last night’s O’Byrne Cup tie at Haggardstown, and so keeps the students in with a chance of a place in the knockout stages.

Thu, 08 Jan, 2015

Louth no match for lively Lilies

O’Byrne Cup

Mon, 05 Jan, 2015

Down go on scoring rampage

Down 6-16 Fermanagh 1-10

Mon, 29 Sep, 2014

Fermanagh have day to forget as Down take title

Down 6-16 Fermanagh 1-10

Sun, 28 Sep, 2014

Late drive for line sees Sars win classic

Sarsfields 1-20 Na Piarsaigh 1-17

Thu, 21 Aug, 2014

Harte hoping for tougher tests

Tyrone 2-21 Louth 0-10

Mon, 30 Jun, 2014

Louth crushed by precise Kildare

Kildare belied much of the pre-match portents of doom to crush Louth in Croke Park and cruise to a Leinster semi-final date with either Meath or Carlow.

Sun, 08 Jun, 2014

McGuinness acts to reduce injuries

Jim McGuinness admits he had to reverse his training methods to cut out the number of injuries which plagued Donegal’s 2013 campaign.

Thu, 05 Jun, 2014

Teen super sub Burns makes the grade

Louth 1-14 Westmeath 1-9

Mon, 19 May, 2014

Doogan and Malone goals get Monaghan back on track

Monaghan 2-14 Louth 0-12

Mon, 10 Mar, 2014

Super sub Watson snatches it for Dubs

Dublin 2-6 Louth 0-8

Thu, 09 Jan, 2014

Kilmessan kingpins for 29th time

Kilmessan 2-16 Longwood 0-11

Mon, 07 Oct, 2013

Brosnan set to miss Kingdom opener

Kerry pair Eoin Brosnan and Jonathan Lyne are unlikely to be fully fit in time for Kerry’s Munster SFC quarter-final clash with Tipperary at Fitzgerald Stadium on Sunday (2pm).

Thu, 23 May, 2013