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Win in Offaly has Down eyeing promotion

Down boosted their promotion hopes with a convincing eight-point win over Offaly in Tullamore.

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Offaly fend off tremendous Louth fightback

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Spirited Offaly fightback earns first point against Longford

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Davis delighted as Longford capture ‘important’ pre-season silverware

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Allen key to Offaly’s progression to O’Byrne Cup final

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Offaly claim early-season bragging rights over Mike Quirke’s new-look Laois

Laois edge win over Offaly in entertaining derby

Laois edged out neighbours Offaly in a highly entertaining Midlands derby to seal their place in Round 4 of the All-Ireland Qualifiers.

Sat, 29 Jun, 2019

Limerick recall influential quartet for final battle

Cian Lynch, Declan Hannon, Gearoid Hegarty, and Graeme Mulcahy have been restored to the Limerick team for tomorrow’s Munster hurling final.

Sat, 29 Jun, 2019

John Maughan: I wouldn’t mind drawing Mayo

Kevin Egan When the qualifier draw is made this morning, it will be Offaly — the only remaining county in today’s draw that will play their league football outside the top two divisions next spring — that will be seen as the plum draw for most of the other seven.

Mon, 24 Jun, 2019

Meath struggle to get past Offaly in Leinster Football opener

Bryan McMahon saved Meath's blushes with a late goal to turn a potential disaster into a battling Leinster SFC win for the hosts in Navan.

Sun, 12 May, 2019

Clare edge past Offaly in second-half scorefest

Clare needed every one of their 20 scores to edge out a valiant Offaly side that refused to give in.

Sun, 24 Jun, 2018

Offaly v Antrim - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Round 1

Offaly sense new optimism after defeat of Antrim

Offaly 2-20 Antrim 1-15

Mon, 11 Jun, 2018

Lightning start ends Derry’s search for league triumph

Derry manager Damian McErlain was a relieved man after his team finally got their Division 3 campaign up-and-running with a five-point victory over Offaly in Celtic Park yesterday.

Mon, 19 Feb, 2018

Westmeath make three changes for Dublin clash

Westmeath have made three changes for today’s Leinster SFC semi-final against Dublin in Croke Park (4pm).

Sun, 25 Jun, 2017

John Heslin grabs lifeline for Offaly

John Heslin held his nerve to kick an equalising point from a free in the fourth minute of injury time and send this local derby to a replay in Mullingar next Saturday.

Mon, 12 Jun, 2017

Magic from Quinlivan sparks spectacular Tipp turnaround

Tipperary rode their luck but came away from Tullamore with the win that puts them top of the pile in Division 3 on scoring difference. A moment of brilliance from Michael Quinlivan in the 53rd minute to give Tipp their second goal helped them erode a six-point deficit to eventually get over the line by four.

Mon, 20 Mar, 2017

Niall McNamee puts Rhode on final path

Rhode (Offaly) 0-12 Sean O’Mahony’s (Louth) 1-5: Niall McNamee fired Rhode into their fifth Leinster final in 11 seasons as the Sean O’Mahony’s fairytale was finally halted in Drogheda.

Mon, 28 Nov, 2016

Offaly v London - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship - Round 1B

Offaly advance despite lingering Mullingar hangover

Offaly 0-17 London 1-7: Offaly may have beaten London but it was evident that they still hadn’t left the one-point defeat by Westmeath in the Leinster Champions behind them, with manager Pat Flanagan admitting that the players were suffering from a hangover as a result of events in Mullingar a fortnight ago.

Mon, 27 Jun, 2016

Battling Westmeath live to fight another day

Westmeath 1-9 Offaly 0-9: Westmeath maintained their Division 3 status for another week at least with this hard-earned three-point victory over Offaly in Cusack Park, Mullingar.

Mon, 28 Mar, 2016

Offaly keep composure in dramatic finale

Offaly 0-15 Clare 1-11: Offaly added their name to the shortlist of Division 3 promotion candidates yesterday when they overcame the concession of a late Eoin Cleary goal to snatch the last score of an entertaining contest against Clare at O’Connor Park.

Mon, 14 Mar, 2016

Liam Kearns: Promotion now on for Tipperary

Tipperary 2-11 Offaly 0-12: Tipperary manager Liam Kearns believes promotion from Division 3 of the Allianz Football League is a realistic target following yesterday’s comfortable victory over Offaly at Sean Treacy Park.

Mon, 07 Mar, 2016

Cian O’Neill hails Kildare’s resilience

Kildare 1-12 Offaly 1-8: Kildare made it two wins from two as they bid to make a quick return to the second tier of League football.

Mon, 08 Feb, 2016

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

Offaly hold off Louth rally

O’Byrne Cup - Offaly 0-13 Louth 1-9: A late Louth rally came up short as Offaly rang in the new year with a win in Darver. 

Mon, 04 Jan, 2016

Flanagan bemoans agenda against minnows

Kildare 1-15 Offaly 1-13

Mon, 06 Jul, 2015

Offaly make one change for Clare tie

Brian Whelahan has shown remarkable faith in his Offaly team for tomorrow’s crunch All-Ireland hurling qualifier with Clare in Ennis.

Fri, 03 Jul, 2015

After the winter sun, the summer chill for Waterford

Waterford 1-7 Offaly 1-20: This we expected. Tom McGlinchey’s letter, read out at last Monday night’s County Board meeting, had us forewarned.

Mon, 22 Jun, 2015

GAA team news: Monaghan make one change for Fermanagh clash

Colin Walshe replaces Drew Wylie in the only change to the Monaghan side for Sunday’s Ulster SFC semi-final with Fermanagh in Kingspan Breffni Park (4pm). Walshe came on as a sub in the win over Cavan in the quarter-final, scoring a point.

Fri, 19 Jun, 2015

Jack Sheedy’s back as Offaly falter

Longford 0-16 Offaly 0-13: In a streaky game where both sides thrived on confidence, ultimately Offaly’s lack of self-belief cost them when they saw the finishing line.

Mon, 18 May, 2015

Longford return from seven-point deficit to oust Offaly

Longford’s survival instincts served them well as they came from seven points adrift to oust Offaly in a keenly contested Leinster SFC clash at O’Connor Park in Tullamore.

Sat, 16 May, 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

Offaly firepower proves too much for Longford

Offaly had way too much firepower for Longford and it was their more clinical finishing of better chances created that earned them the new Division 4 silverware.

Sat, 25 Apr, 2015

Pat Flanagan says Offaly took tough route to top

Offaly 1-13 Antrim 1-07: “We do things the hard way here by the looks of things.” That was the verdict of Offaly manager Pat Flanagan after the Faithful County secured their promotion out of Division 4 with a win over Antrim at O’Connor Park yesterday afternoon.

Mon, 06 Apr, 2015