Person: Dan McCartan

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Obituary: All-Ireland winning Down captain and coaching guru, Joe Lennon

Footballer, teacher, trailblazer - we remember All-Ireland winning captain Joe Lennon

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Remembering 1991: Pete McGrath downed the great Meath team ‘that couldn’t be beaten’

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Cunningham keeps Antrim in the clear

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Battling Kilcoo leave it late

You’d be mad to take your eyes off Cork, the tertius gaudens

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Last-gasp goal snatches win for Cork

Experimental look to Down-Tyrone clash

There will be players tasting Allianz League action for the first time on both sides when Down host Ulster rivals Tyrone in Newry tomorrow night (throw-in 7pm).

Fri, 01 Feb, 2013

Technological wonder provides startling blast from the past

The imp on my shoulder made an attractive suggestion here.

Thu, 20 Dec, 2012

Staring Down the barrel...

James McCartan joked that he had a taxi ordered and the engine was running.

Mon, 25 Jun, 2012

Down far too long, Ulster medal would do nicely for Carr

Aidan Carr has vivid enough memories of 1994 and the role his father played in Down’s last All-Ireland success.

Sat, 23 Jun, 2012

Easy for Down after Keenan’s early bath

The outcome of a poor game was effectively decided in the ninth minute when Daryl Keenan was given a straight red card, which ended Fermanagh’s hopes of pulling off an Ulster championship shock yesterday.

Mon, 04 Jun, 2012

Down boost as injury victim Coulter plans for speedy return

Benny Coulter is refusing to rule himself out of Down’s championship campaign despite breaking his ankle in a club game on Monday.

Thu, 03 May, 2012

Three-goal Kelly fires up Cork

The margin separating the teams when they clashed in the 2010 All-Ireland final was wafer-thin but since then the chasm between the footballers of Cork and Down has increased substantially.

Mon, 13 Feb, 2012

O’Rourke: Pre-match criticism fuelled us

IT was Aaron Kernan, one of the Armagh stars in this surprise result, who put it best afterwards.

Mon, 30 May, 2011

Down call on McArdle and Clarke

The Down team to face Armagh in tonight's Ulster SFC quarter-final shows just one change to the side that lost last year's All-Ireland final to Cork.

Sat, 28 May, 2011

Grounds for concern

A number of stadia will host one Championship clash this summer — if they’re lucky. Brendan O’Brien looks at grounds that are under-employed and dragging county boards into the red

Fri, 20 May, 2011

O’Shea and McMahon exit Rebel camp

CORK panellists Paddy O’Shea and Kevin McMahon have both opted of Conor Counihan’s senior football squad.

Wed, 09 Mar, 2011

Never say die Rebels find final flourish

SO much for history and its lessons. Yesterday’s final brought together a team that couldn’t win an All-Ireland final and a county that had never known what it was like to lose one. And look what happened.

Mon, 20 Sep, 2010

No hiding place now

ONE of the first intimations I got of this being a landmark year for Down football was a brief chat I had in Dingle in February with Maurice Hayes, former Down GAA secretary and man of vision when Down made their breakthrough in the 60’s.

Sat, 18 Sep, 2010

Down win Ulster derby

NFL DIVISION 2:

Sat, 20 Mar, 2010

Monaghan buck trend with new sponsorship deal

Monaghan GAA county teams have been given a timely pre-season boost, following the announcement of multi-national financial company Investec as their new sponsors.

Tue, 13 Jan, 2009

Sligo can stake Sigerson claim by halting Garda

WITH three titles in the last six years, Sligo IT start favourites to win the Ulster Bank Sigerson Cup.

Wed, 21 Feb, 2007

Scullion and Murtagh in for Down

Down have made two changes to their side for Sunday's Ulster SFC quarter-final against Donegal in Ballybofey (throw-in 4pm).

Fri, 02 Jun, 2006

Laois to face Carlow without injured Sheehan

BILLY SHEEHAN is out of the Laois team for Sunday’s Bank of Ireland Leinster SFC quarter final clash with Carlow in Portlaoise.

Fri, 02 Jun, 2006

Down boss O’Rourke sweats on key duo

DOWN won’t announce their team for Sunday’s Ulster SFC quarter-final clash with Donegal in Ballybofey until after the team’s training session tonight.

Thu, 01 Jun, 2006

Down without captain Coulter

Down will entertain Wexford on Sunday (Newcastle, throw-in 3.00pm) with their talismanic captain Benny Coulter.

Fri, 03 Mar, 2006

DCU win Sigerson Cup for first time

DCU 0-11 QUB 1-04

Sun, 26 Feb, 2006

DCU look to put on Sigerson masterclass

DUBLIN City University, hosts to this year's Datapac Sigerson Cup for the first time, must beat UCC to reach Saturday's final.

Fri, 24 Feb, 2006

Coulter appointed Down captain

Down footballer manager Paddy O'Rourke has appointed star forward Benny Coulter as his captain for the 2006 season.

Mon, 02 Jan, 2006

Substitute O’Reilly has final say for Queens

QUB 1-9, UUJ 1-8

Sat, 26 Feb, 2005

GAA ‘should open Croker’ during Lansdowne makeover

THE GAA should seriously consider making Croke Park available for soccer and rugby for the two years while Lansdowne Road is being developed.

Sat, 17 Apr, 2004

Donaghy's inspired substitution seals it for Queens

ANOTHER fruitless Sigerson weekend for UCD footballers. In each of the past four years, the Belfield campus has been favoured to shake things up. Each time, they have come unstuck.

Sat, 28 Feb, 2004

Champions WIT can get Fitzgibbon Cup campaign off to a winning start

CHAMPIONS Waterford IT include five of last year’s team for their opening game in the Datapac Fitzgibbon Cup against Dublin IT at Ballygunner tomorrow (2 pm).

Tue, 17 Feb, 2004

Grandmaster Linden readyto give ahelping hand

MICKEY LINDEN will celebrate his 40th birthday next Friday.

Sat, 19 Jul, 2003

McCague sets up group to review rules

GAA president Sean McCague has set up a sub-committee to review the association's rule-book following the huge number of club and county controversies this year.

Thu, 31 Oct, 2002