Faithful boast with McNamee retirement U-turn

Influential Offaly attacker Niall McNamee has opted to come back out of intercounty retirement. Having debuted as a 17-year-old back in 2004, the former Faithful County captain announced his retirement from county football following Offaly’s SF Qualifier defeat to Cavan in 2017 but, according to The Offaly Express, the 33-year-old has been enticed back into the…

Sad passing of two-time Offaly All-Ireland SFC winning defender

Offaly GAA has led the tributes to All-Ireland football winner Mick O’Rourke who has sadly passed away. The Killeigh Raheen clubman wore the number four jersey against Galway in Offaly’s breakthrough All-Ireland SFC final victory of 1971 and added a second Celtic Cross souvenir to his medal collection 12 months later with a win over…

Davy Fitz takes on new coaching role closer to home

Davy Fitzgerald is to combine his duties as Wexford senior hurling manager with coaching his hometown Sixmilebridge senior hurlers in the coming year. It was announced at the club’s reconvened AGM last night that the Model County boss has agreed to act as a coach in new manager Tim Crowe’s backroom team. The ‘Bridge will be hoping…

Geraghty blow for Meath after first game as captain

Meath hurling senior captain Sean Geraghty is set for a spell on the sideline after being injured in a challenge game last weekend. Geraghty, who was only last weekend named as Meath captain for the year, took a blow to his midriff during the second half of the clash against Derry, which incidentally was his…

Callanan to captain Tipp for 2019

Seamus Callanan will captain Tipperary’s senior hurlers in 2019. Tipp county board confirmed the news this evening on its Twitter account, while also announcing that Noel McGrath would be the team’s vice-captain for the season ahead. Callanan made his senior debut for the Premier County in 2008, winning two All-Ireland titles since, and takes over…

CJ says he haven’t retired

CJ McGourty has refused to rule out the prospect of playing for Antrim again. Many assumed that the 30-year-old had retired after he was dropped from the Antrim football panel during last year’s Allianz League, but the talented forward says that isn’t the case and that he would be open to an invitation from either the…

Banner places up for grabs

Clare forward Keelan Sexton believes that there is good competition for places in the squad this year. Sexton feels that every player that has saw game time this year has put in a genuine shout for a starting place in next weekend’s NFL opener. Last weekend’s McGrath Cup final win over Cork was the perfect…

Gilleran calls time on Longford career

Longford defender Barry Gilleran has bowed out from inter-county football after 12 years. The Longford Slashers clubman made his debut for the Midlanders against Derry in a historic All-Ireland SFC qualifier win in 2006. He went on to play in other memorial wins with the county over the likes of Mayo and Monaghan, He was…

Waters returns to Wexford squad

  Wexford footballers have been boosted by the return of experienced midfielder Daithi Waters. The St Martin’s clubman took an extended break from the squad over the winter, but has returned to training ahead of the start of the NFL. Waters struggled through last year with persistent injuries, but was still one of the best…

Kelly calls it a day with the Kingdom

Pa Kelly has called time on this inter-county hurling career with Kerry this afternoon. The Clarecastle man has played a key role with the Kingdom in recent years, as they established themselves among the top second tier teams.  Kelly, a member of Clare’s 2013 All-Ireland SHC winning panel, first joined Kerry in 2015 where he…