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Dublin defeat Roscommon in predictable Super 8 clash

Well, did we ever suspect otherwise?

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Meath storm past Down to win Christy Ring Cup

Meath produced an impressive display against Down at Croke Park to secure their second Christy Ring Cup crown in the space of four seasons.

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Galway crowned Connacht champs for second time in three years

With Shane Walsh in top form, Galway survived a rocky opening half to storm past Roscommon and claim a second Conancht title of Kevin Walsh’s tenure.

Leitrim v Roscommon - Connacht GAA Football Senior Championship semi-final

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Roscommon boss Kevin McStay digs heels in over Hyde Park for final

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Roscommon’s performance was shocking, laments Kevin McStay

Mayo v Roscommon - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Quarter-Final

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Mayo and Roscommon to do it all again after thrilling quarter-final ends in draw

Roscommon set up Connacht final clash with Galway

Leitrim couldn’t live with the tempo of the Rossies.

Sun, 18 Jun, 2017

Tyrone chairperson insists board backing Mickey Harte

Tyrone chairperson Roisin Jordan has insisted the county executive is fully behind Mickey Harte and his team, and fully supportive of their efforts to win a first All-Ireland title since 2008.

Sat, 25 Feb, 2017

McHugh pounces to snatch victory for Donegal

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Mon, 13 Feb, 2017

Pat O’Connor named Clare skipper for 2017 season

Tubber’s Pat O’Connor has been named as Clare senior hurling captain, though Tony Kelly will deputise for him in tomorrow night’s Allianz HL Division 1A clash with Cork in Páirc Uí Rinn (7pm).

Fri, 10 Feb, 2017

Mickey Harte content as Tyrone get to grips with Roscommon

Tyrone 0-18 Roscommon 1-9: The Red Hands made a winning return to Division One with a battling display at Healy Park, recovering from an early Roscommon goal to impose themselves in an entertaining contest played in front of a crowd of 6,110.

Mon, 06 Feb, 2017

Kevin Walsh takes Connacht League title in his stride

Galway 2-14 Roscommon 0-15: Goals in either half from Cillian McDaid and Danny Cummins enabled Galway retain their FBD Connacht League title against Roscommon at Kiltoom.

Mon, 30 Jan, 2017

Mayo pull off unlikely victory

FBD Connacht League - Mayo 4-11 Roscommon 2-16: Andy Moran reminded Mayo of his worth with two late goals to seal an unlikely victory at Kiltoom.

Mon, 23 Jan, 2017

Dublin boss Ger Cunningham optimistic on ‘transition year’

Dublin 1-19 Dubs Stars 1-14: Ger Cunningham insists his Dublin hurlers can still graduate with honours in 2017 despite facing into a transition year with a new-look panel.

Mon, 02 Jan, 2017

Connacht v Ulster - GAA Interprovincial Football Championship Final

Pete McGrath’s salvation salvo: Move interpros to All-Ireland weekends

Ulster 2-16 Connacht 3-10: After just 500 supporters showed up to see Ulster win a 32nd interprovincial championship, manager Pete McGrath called for the competition to be moved to the most high profile GAA week of the year.

Mon, 19 Dec, 2016

Munster v Ulster - GAA Interprovincial Hurling Championship Semi-Final

Interprovincial championship losing battle for relevance

Munster 3-21 Ulster 0-15: Anthony Daly conceded that the inter-provincial series is not capturing the public’s imagination as an estimated crowd of 100 people turned up at Semple Stadium for Munster’s facile victory over Ulster yesterday.

Mon, 12 Dec, 2016

Clare v Roscommon - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship - Round 4A

Roscommon disappoint as Clare's footballers make history

Clare made a little bit of history in Salthill this afternoon.

Sat, 23 Jul, 2016

Roscommon take time to get it right

Roscommon 4-16 Sligo 2-13: The shocked look on the faces of the Roscommon supporters, who made up most of the 8,338 attendance at Hyde Park, at half-time told its own story. They were watching a nightmare from this time last year unfolding in front of them, history repeating itself in front of their eyes.

Mon, 13 Jun, 2016

Rampant Roscommon helped by Leitrim’s ‘self-destruction’

Roscommon 1-21 Leitrim 0-11: IT is hard to believe that Leitrim have never beaten Roscommon at Páirc Sean Mac Diarmada in the championship. But given the gulf between them yesterday, maybe it’s not so hard.

Mon, 23 May, 2016

Roscommon squeeze through by a single point at the last against impressive New York

The wait for a fairytale goes on. But oh how close New York came to making history in the Bronx last night.

Mon, 02 May, 2016

Jim Gavin disappointed for fans caught out by fixture farce

Dublin 1-13 Roscommon 1-12: Jim Gavin expressed disappointment for the Dublin fans who had to alter their travel arrangements for their side’s narrow win over Roscommon at Carrick-on-Shannon.

Mon, 04 Apr, 2016

Roscommon v Dublin - Allianz Football League Division 1 Round 7

Dublin seal one-point win over Roscommon

Ciaran Murtagh missed a late free as the reigning All-Ireland champions Dublin made it seven from seven in the Allianz League Division 1 by the minimum against Roscommon in Carrick-on-Shannon

Sun, 03 Apr, 2016

Gaffney finds range as Armagh moving on up

Armagh 0-20 Down 1-15: Ryan Gaffney’s accurate free-taking helped Armagh win promotion to Division 2A of the Allianz Hurling League with a narrow win over 14-man Down in Saturday’s Division 2B final in Dundalk.

Mon, 28 Mar, 2016

Galway heading for sun after Armagh encounter

Galway may be heading for Armagh on Sunday, but on Monday, they will be going to the sun and a five-day warm weather training camp.

Fri, 11 Mar, 2016

Roscommon impress with comfortable win over Down

Roscommon continued their impressive National League campaign as they were nine-point winners over bottom side Down in Pearse Park, Longford.

Sun, 06 Mar, 2016

Allianz Football League team news: Brian Kelly gets Kerry opportunity

Goalkeeper Brian Kelly, Aidan O’Mahony, and Jonathan Lyne are the three inclusions as Kerry opt against wholesale changes for tomorrow’s visit of Roscommon to Fitzgerald Stadium in Division 1 of the Allianz Football League (2pm).

Sun, 07 Feb, 2016

John Heslin inspires UCD victory

Sigerson Cup - UCD 0-11 NUIG 1-6: UCD may have a string of Dublin All-Ireland winners in their ranks but it was the accuracy of Westmeath’s John Heslin that saw them over the line in a good contest in Dangan yesterday.

Thu, 04 Feb, 2016

Harsh lesson for Roscommon as Monaghan snatch points

Roscommon 1-9 Monaghan 2-10: Three years ago, these sides clashed in Division 3. Monaghan got to the top flight a year ahead of Roscommon so the words of Malachy O’Rourke should be heeded by the disappointed Rossies after they let a winning hand slip from their grasp.

Mon, 01 Feb, 2016

Stephen Rochford introduced as manager of the Mayo senior football team

New boss Stephen Rochford names powerful Mayo side for visit to Cork

Despite being ravaged with injuries, new Mayo manager Stephen Rochford has been able to name nine survivors from last year’s All-Ireland semi-final defeat to Dublin for tomorrow’s Allianz FL opener with Cork in Páirc Uí Rinn (2pm).

Sat, 30 Jan, 2016

NUI Galway ease past Trinity

NUI Galway 3-14 Trinity College Dublin 1-04: NUI Galway romped to a comfortable 16-point victory over Trinity College in last night’s Sigerson Cup preliminary round clash to set up a tasty clash with clash with UCD in the next round.

Wed, 27 Jan, 2016

Experimental Mayo give Stephen Rochford early boost

FBD League - Mayo 1-12 NUI Galway 1-10: Late frees from goalkeeper Rob Hennelly and Kevin McLoughlin helped new Mayo manager Stephen Rochford get off to a winning start against the students of NUI Galway in Castlebar.

Mon, 04 Jan, 2016

Early try sets up UL/Bohs for narrow victory

UL/Bohemian 13 Cashel 8: The scorching pace and delightful lines of running that saw Cian Aherne touch down for a brilliant try within two minutes of the start of Saturday’s Munster Senior Cup clash at Annacotty proved vital in a hard-fought victory for UL/Bohemian.

Mon, 23 Nov, 2015

Goals prove crucial as Cuala end 21-year wait for glory

Cuala 3-14 St Jude’s 0-13: Cuala claimed their first Dublin Senior Hurling Championship title since 1994 after overcoming St Jude’s 3-14 to 0-13 in Parnell Park on Saturday.

Mon, 02 Nov, 2015

Antrim capture Ulster hurling title by slimmest of margins

A 69th minute Conor McKinley point was crucial as Antrim dug deep to claim their 55th Ulster Senior Hurling title in Owenbeg this afternoon.

Sun, 12 Jul, 2015

Geraghty draws blank on comeback

The Henry de Bromhead-trained Sizing Platinum made a successful chasing debut and denied Barry Geraghty a win on his first day back after injury and as retained rider for J McManus when landing the Book Online At Limerickraces.ie Beginners Chase in Limerick yesterday.

Mon, 06 Jul, 2015

Down overpower Derry with second-half blitz

Down 3-16 Derry 1-17:

Mon, 29 Jun, 2015

Derry secure Christy Ring Cup final place

Derry 0-23 Down 2-12: Derry produced their most polished performance of the season when defeating Down in Saturday’s Christy Ring Cup semi-final at Owenbeg.

Mon, 01 Jun, 2015

Reidy points way as LIT get going in second half to overpower DIT

Limerick IT 1-19 DIT 1-13: Limerick IT registered their second successive win as they overcame DIT in their Fitzgibbon Cup, Group D clash at the Parnells ground in Coolock.

Fri, 06 Feb, 2015

Tally delights as steely St Mary’s edge NUI Galway in Sigerson Cup

St Mary’s College 1-10 NUI Galway 1-7

Thu, 05 Feb, 2015

Dublin claims 17 point win over DIT at Parnell Park

Dublin 4-20 DIT 1-12

Tue, 20 Jan, 2015

John Evans praises NUIG resolve

NUI Galway 0-10 Roscommon 0-09: Roscommon manager John Evans felt NUI Galway showed more resolve as the Galway students edged a tempestuous affair at Ballyforan.

Mon, 12 Jan, 2015

Students make it tough for Mayo

FBD Connacht League: Mayo 1-13 NUI Galway 1-11

Mon, 05 Jan, 2015

Dublin U21s storm to second All-Ireland title in three years

Dublin won a second All-Ireland U21 Football Championship title in three years with a devastating attacking performance at O’Connor Park in Tullamore.

Sat, 03 May, 2014

Roscommon U21s seal place in Football final with dramatic winner

Diarmuid Murtagh sealed a wonderful individual performance by calmly slotting a dramatic winner of a hugely entertaining Cadbury All-Ireland U21FC semi-final from a difficult free in the second minute of injury time.

Sat, 19 Apr, 2014

Cork hurling selectors drop five players from squad

The Cork senior hurling management have made a number of alterations to their squad for the forthcoming championship.

Fri, 04 Apr, 2014

Daly delivers final spot for Rossies

Sligo 1-10 Roscommon1-12

Mon, 24 Mar, 2014

McHugh inspires as DCU run riot

Dublin City University 4-15 NUI Galway 0-11

Thu, 06 Feb, 2014

NUIG recover from poor start to set up DCU clash

IT Tralee 0-10 NUI Galway 0-15 (aet)

Thu, 30 Jan, 2014

Cody: All about getting ready

Kilkenny 5-23 DIT 1-08

Mon, 20 Jan, 2014

Loughgiel on title march

Loughgiel 1-16 Ballygalget 1-09

Mon, 14 Oct, 2013

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