Sport
Croker-bound Shamrocks seek title hat-trick
BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR ALL PIX DANNY LAHART Shamrocks Ballyhale set for Ballygunner shoot-out AIB All-Ireland Club Senior Hurling Championship Final Ballygunner (Waterford) vs Shamrocks Ballyhale Saturday, February 12th, 3pm, Croke Park Tomorrow at headquarters sees the top two hurling clubs on the Island of Ireland take to the turf of Croke Park. In …
Saffrons make Cats sweat
BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR ALL PIX DANNY LAHART Cody’s men win by 3 in blustery battle Allianz National Hurling league – Division 1B Kilkenny 2-15 Antrim 3-9 UPMC Nowlan Park For the second year running, Darren Gleeson’s Antrim hurlers battled right to the end against Kilkenny in their own back yard, as Mossy Keoghan’s …
Off to a flyer
Littlewoods Ireland Division 1 National League Kilkenny 1-18 (21) Limerick 1-10 (13) By Martin Quilty Brian Dowling’s chargers got off to the perfect start when they defeated visitors Limerick in the first round of the national league on Saturday last in Antarctic conditions at John Locke Park in Callan. Kilkenny started the league with a …
The last dance? Not a chance!
Masters Sides will keep on dunking After nearly two years in the planning, Basketball Ireland have finally been able to roll out a new sports initiative – The Masters National Cup competition in Basketball. With 43 teams from all around Ireland at Over 40’s (men & women) and Over 50’s (men) willing to participate, it …
Mooncoin on the edge of glory
BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR ALL PIX DANNY LAHART Munster champs will test Coogan’s crew AIB All-Ireland JHC Final Mooncoin vs Ballygiblin (Cork) UPMC Nowlan Park, Croke Park, Saturday February 5th 2022 All eyes will be on the Mooncoin machine when it rolls into Croke Park tomorrow as they look to be crowned …
Coogan’s Crew Croker Bound!
BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR ALL PIX DANNY LAHART Cork’s Ballygiblin lie in wait AIB All-Ireland club JHC Semi-Final Mooncoin 2-26 Salthill-Knocknacarra 0-11 LIT Gaelic Grounds, Limerick, Sunday January 23rd 2022 The famous ballad would no doubt have been reverberating around the River Suir following Mooncoin’s comprehensive 21-point semi-final victory over Salthill-Knocknacarra last weekend. Willie …
Honours even as Wexford advance
BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR ALL PIX DANNY LAHART No quarter given as neighbours give it all ahead of National League Walsh Cup Review Wexford 2-25 Kilkenny 2-25 Chadwick’s Wexford Park, Saturday January 22nd 2022 The large crowd in attendance at Chadwick’s Wexford Park last Saturday, were treated to an exhilarating contest between two sides …
The Late Late Show!
BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR ALL PIX DANNY LAHART TJ strikes at the death to send Shamrocks to Croker AIB All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Semi-Final Shamrocks Ballyhale 2-15 St Thomas’ (Galway) 0-20 Semple Stadium, Thurles, Sunday 23rd January 2022 We’ll come back to the start later. Extra time loomed. The sides were deadlocked. We were …
Trip to Tipp as Shamrocks quest continues
BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR ALL PIX DANNY LAHART Connacht champs next up for Ballyhale AIB ALL-IRELAND CLUB SHC SEMI-FINAL Shamrocks Ballyhale v St Thomas’ (Galway) Sunday, January 23rd, Semple Stadium, 3.30pm (Live on TG4) St Patrick’s Day 2019. This same pairing took to the Croke Park turf in the decider, to see which …
