New York’s Larry McCarthy to be next GAA President

New York’s Larry McCarthy will be the next GAA President after being elected at Congress tonight. A native of Bishopstown in Cork was voted in on the fourth count at Croke Park as he beat off stiff competition from Jarlath Burns of Armagh, 142 to 132. A member of the Sligo football club in New…

Limerick duo back in training

Limerick have been boosted by the return of two key forwards to training ahead of the latter stages of the HL1A campaign. Both Adrian Breen and Peter Casey are back working on their fitness levels and should make an appearance before the end of the league. The duo’s return comes as a welcome boost to…

Cunningham relieved to avoid tier two threat

Roscommon manager Anthony Cunningham admits that the threat of playing in tier two was something that troubled them before last weekend’s win over Kildare. The Connacht champions could be dragged back into the relegation battle, but it would take a bizarre run of results for that to happen over the coming weeks. They are now…

Cruciate injury rules Mullen out for rest of season

Kilkenny will be without Young Hurler of the Year Adrian Mullen for the rest of the season after he suffered a cruciate knee ligament injury in the weekends draw with Clare. The Ballyhale Shamrocks ace was stretched off during the first-half against the Banner men at Nowlan Park and the results of an MRI scan…

Blast from the bast: Ray Cummins

Today we look at another great from the past. One of the GAA’s great dual players who won All-Ireland’s in both codes. It’s Cork’s Ray Cummins. Minor and Under-21 Cummins first played with Cork at minor level. In 1966 he was part of the counties football and hurling teams. He won Munster titles in both…

Kerry’s Uosis is set to join AFL side Brisbane Lions

Kerry’s 2017 All-Ireland MFC winning goalkeeper Deividas Uosis is set to join AFL side Brisbane Lions ahead of the 2021 season. The Lithuanian-born player – who moved to Dingle at the age of four – impressed scouts at the AFL European Combine in Dublin last December and has earned himself a two-year deal, signing as…

Rebels to wear black jerseys to honour MacCurtain and McSwiney

Cork’s football and hurling teams will wear special commemorative jerseys over the next two weekends. The black jerseys will honour the memories of former Lord Mayors of Cork Tomás MacCurtain and Terence McSwiney who died during the War of Independence 100 years ago. A spokesperson for sportwear manufacturers O’Neills told CorkBeo that the one-off jersey…

Smyth returns home

Former Westmeath forward Lorcan Smyth has rejoined Mullingar Shamrocks from Dublin side St Vincent’s. The 30-year-old transferred to the Marino men back in 2016 and won two Dublin SFC medals as well as a Leinster club SFC medal dueing his time in the capital. But he has now decided to return to his home club,…

Forgotten Stars: Eugene Cloonan

Today we take a look at another somewhat forgotten star. It’s Galway hurler Eugene Cloonan. Schools With Athenry Vocational School where he collected three consecutive All-Ireland Vocational Schools titles in 1992, 1993, and 1994.  He also won All-Ireland Vocational Schools titles with the county team from 1993-95. Underage Cloonan was captain of the Galway minor…

Hyland glad of the break

Leitrim manager Terry Hyland admits he is glad of this weekend’s break as it allows him and his side time to regroup. The Connacht side have one point from their opening three games in the NFL campaign and are currently sitting in one of the two relegation places in the third tier. While the points…