Month: September 2021

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AFTER THE DEPARTURE of strength and conditioning coach Peter Donnelly to Ulster Rugby, Tyrone GAA have performed a remarkable switch and are set to name former Ulster Rugby strength and conditioning coach Jonny Davis as their new resident expert.

It’s understood that the finer details are now well on the way to being ironed out and Davis will be in charge by the time pre-season starts for Mickey Harte’s men in the 2020 season.

Davis worked for several years heading up the S&C department at Ulster Rugby and is known for his intense approach and immense popularity among the players.

Such news will offset the disappointment Tyrone players will have felt in recent weeks over Donnelly’s departure, given the regard he was held in.

Donnelly was understood to be keen to stay on with the Tyrone senior team on a part-time basis, but this was not facilitated. Instead, he will now hook up with Seamus McEnaney in 2020 as part of a new-look Monaghan management, something that will cause considerable anguish among the Tyrone squad who had formed close ties with Donnelly since he started working with them in 2015.

Tyrone have been rocked by a couple of managerial departures since their defeat to Kerry in the All-Ireland semi-final, with 2005 Footballer of the Year Stephen O’Neill joining Donnelly through the exit door, having worked as an attacking coach for the last season.

Davis has already met with Tyrone representatives, including a group of players a number of times and has visited their facilities.

He was a promising player with Ulster with serious pace, until injuries derailed him. He parted ways with the Ulster Rugby set up in June 2018.  

If he needs any guidance on the nuances of Gaelic football he will not have to look far as his sister Julie has been involved since 2002 when she came in to help out with the Armagh team that later went on to win the All-Ireland that year.

She also worked with the Cavan footballers for a spell, was with Kildare for a lengthy period from 2008, and is currently the High-Performance Manager with Armagh GAA.

Former Ireland performance analyst and current coaching wizard of OZ Eoin Toolan joins Murray Kinsella and Gavan Casey to predict Ireland’s World Cup, break down every pool, and call the overall winners.

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DUBLIN SELECTOR PAUL Casey says it’s crucial manager Mick Bohan remains on as the TG4 All-Ireland Senior winners push for a fourth successive crown.

Goals from Sinéad Goldrick and Hannah O’Neill helped grind out a narrow 2-3 to 0-4 victory over Galway on Sunday.

And despite the dreadful conditions for football, there was still a record 56,114 in attendance at Croke Park.

Bohan, who previously worked with Casey at Lucan Sarsfields, masterminded an historic three-in-a-row – and Casey knows his influence is massive.

“It’s mad when you get involved in a team like this it’s an eye-opener,” said Casey, who has completed two years with the Dubs as a defence coach.

“When you are a player everything is done for you and you take it for granted. But you see, even as part of the management team, how much work Mick does.

He has everything in place for the team and management team. He is so important to this group. He leaves no stone unturned in terms of his preparation.

Casey and his side called into Crumlin Children’s Hospital with the Brendan Martin Cup yesterday.

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“Mick signed up for another two years last year. He will enjoy the next few days because we have worked hard. It’s time to let the hair down, the pressure is off now. It is time to reflect on a job well done.

You would hope we will stick together. If Mick stays around I can’t see any of us going anywhere.

“Please God we all knuckle down and are ready for next year.”

Dublin visited the children’s hospitals in Crumlin and Temple Street yesterday. It was a huge weekend with the Dublin footballers becoming the first team in history to win five Sam Maguire cups in-a-row.

Casey won an All-Ireland with Dublin in 2011 before he stepped away from the panel the following year but wasn’t in Croke Park to witness the 1-18 to 0-15 victory over Kerry.

“The lads have been great,” said Casey.

Casey still plays club football for Lucan Sarsfields.

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“There is a lot of connections between the two groups. They raised the standards in terms of sport in Ireland, not just Gaelic football. They are an exceptional bunch.

We learn a lot from them and we try to set our own standards as well. But it is a great weekend to be a Dub. To get to a five and three-in-a-row at the same time.

“When we beat Cork we were always focused on the final. You have to put yourself and your team first. Dublin and Kerry was just another game on television.

“We had to remain focused. Now we can look back and say it has been a great weekend for Dublin football.

“In fairness to the girls, you are waiting around for four o’clock on Sunday evening. It was a long time since we met up on Friday night. It is a nice distraction to have. Then we can look back and say it is great for both teams.

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“We will enjoy the next few days anyway to celebrate.”

Former Ireland performance analyst and current coaching wizard of OZ Eoin Toolan joins Murray Kinsella and Gavan Casey to predict Ireland’s World Cup, break down every pool, and call the overall winners.

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THE GAA MUSEUM has announced the induction of six legendary former players, three hurlers and three footballers, into the Hall of Fame for 2019.

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Nicky English (Tipperary), Conor Hayes (Galway) and Terence ‘Sambo’ McNaughton (Antrim) were the inductees on the hurling side, while former footballers Denis ‘Ogie’ Moran (Kerry), Colm O’Rourke (Meath) and Larry Tompkins (Cork) were also honoured.

The six players were selected from the timeframe 1985-89, bringing the total number of inductees to 54 across both codes.

All six players attended today’s ceremony with their families in Croke Park. Personal objects from each of the inductees – including medals, jerseys, awards and other sporting memorabilia –  are on display in the GAA Museum’s Hall of Fame.

GAA President John Horan congratulated the players on joining the illustrious list.

“We cannot have great games without great players and today we get to pay due recognition to a group of footballers and hurlers who have a very special place in our history,” he said.

“The GAA Museum Hall of Fame initiative is an opportunity to honour three hurlers and three footballers – not just for their exploits for club and county and for the success they enjoyed, but to acknowledge the enormous impact they had on our games and the inspiration they were to a generation who were lucky enough to see them play.

“Thanks to our GAA Digital Archive, their exploits have been preserved for future generations to savour and I congratulate them all.”

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FIVE KERRY PLAYERS won a record eight All-Ireland medals between 1975 and 1986, but there are a host of Dublin players now closing in on that haul.

Pat Spillane, Páidí Ó Sé, Mikey Sheehy, Denis ‘Ógie’ Moran and Ger Power hold 40 Celtic Corsses between them, yet they may be surpassed by the time this current Dublin side are finished. 

Stephen Cluxton, Michael Fitzsimons, Cian O’Sullivan, Darren Daly, James McCarthy, Michael Darragh MacAuley, Bernard Brogan, Eoghan O’Gara, Philly McMahon and Kevin McManamon lifted the Sam Maguire for the seventh time at the weekend.

Moran played every minute of those eight deciders for the Kingdom, while Cluxton and McCarthy are the only two who’ve started all seven finals for Dublin.

Retirement is the only thing likely to prevent them from adding to their collection over the coming years. The average age of Jim Gavin’s starting team was 26 for the replay so they’re not going anywhere soon.

By the time all is said and done, Fitzsimons (31) and in particular McCarthy (29) could be out on their own on the top of the list.

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“I can’t do anything about that I think. I’ll just have to suck it up,” said Moran when he was asked about the prospect of his eight All-Ireland medals being surpassed.

“That’s sport, different eras. In our era we were probably the prominent team, and now they are the prominent team.

“Fair play to them, it’s not easy to do that. It’s a massive achievement not to have lost a game since 2014, and some of the players there have never lost.

“The goalie has been there for such a long time, the midfielder is fantastic. That fella (Brian Fenton) has a fantastic record, to have never lost a championship game. There are some great players up front as well.

Former Kerry footballer Denis ‘Ogie’ Moran at the GAA Museum where he was inducted into the Hall of Fame.

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“They are a very compete team, they are great athletes, very disciplined, great to react on the spot to the situation they are in.”

Moran, who was speaking at his induction into the GAA’s Hall of Fame today, said it’s futile trying to compare the current Dublin team to the great Kingdom side of the 1970s and ’80s. 

“It’s very hard to judge it. It’s good pub talk. It’s just impossible to compare a team, there’s 40 years of difference. The games have changed so much, there is a running game now, a possession game.

“We probably stayed in our own parts of the field and there was a lot more kicking. You fought for your own ball and you were marking one guy, you either beat him or he beat you. 

“Now its much more scientific, much more thought goes into it, much more preparation goes into it. In our time there was no such thing as video analysis. Kevin Heffernan, he was a one-man band Mick O’Dwyer was a one-man band, so it’s just a different game.

“So, it’s almost impossible to compare them. Its 40 years apart.”

Moran’s son David was part of the Kerry side that went down by six points in the replay on Saturday night. It was the third time he’s come up short in an All-Ireland final against Dublin, following the defeat 2015 and the draw a fortnight ago.

Ogie feels the experience gained by Kerry this season will stand to them in the coming years.

“Very disappointed after getting to a final, you have a fighting chance. It’s a marvellous Dublin team, they won five in a row, and you can have no complaints about it really. I think the best team won.

“A lot of them (the Kerry players), maybe 10 or 11 of them, it was their first All-Ireland final, they got to the National League final, the All-Ireland final.

“They played their hearts out and the people can’t fault them. They just came up short in the end. But I think there will hopefully be brighter days for a lot of them in the future.”

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THE CLUB PLAYERS Association [CPA] has criticised the GAA and their decision to bring forward a vote on the introduction of a new  Tier 2 football championship at next month’s Special Congress in Cork.

The GAA confirmed on Monday that Páirc Uí Chaoimh will host the Special Congress vote on 19 October, with the debate on the agenda as Central Council put forward a proposed format.

On Friday, the Gaelic Players Association (GPA) called on Central Council to delay Saturday’s planned vote on the proposals for a two-tier football championship, saying they wanted to ‘to allow the Fixtures Task Force the time it needs to develop recommendations.’

But the GAA will press ahead next month, leaving the CPA “concerned and disappointed.”

Chairman Micheál Briody said: “We are very concerned and disappointed that the GAA central management committee has decided to bring forward proposals for the Tier 2 competitions to Special Congress in October while the Fixtures Calendar Review Taskforce has not yet made its report, recommendations and options as directed when it was established in June.

“The Taskforce was asked to report by November and its work is ongoing.

Since our earliest engagement with Croke Park we have argued against this sort of incremental change which has hampered real progress in improving the lot of all players.

“Now that we have in place a Fixtures Taskforce, surely we must give the people involved the respect to let them bring forward their considered recommendations within the agreed time frame so our fixtures problem is addressed for all our players.”

Under Central Council’s proposal, provincial championships will be played as they currently are, while All-Ireland qualifiers will be open to National League Division 1 and 2 teams, and any from Division 3 or 4 who qualify for their respective provincial finals.

Subsequently, that would mean just two full rounds of All-Ireland qualifiers in future as opposed to four – an additional preliminary round is provided for however, in years where more than eight teams are eligible to participate in round 1.

A new straight knockout Tier 2 championship for all Division 3 and 4 teams that do not reach their provincial finals is then proposed.

“The CPA has engaged fully with the Fixtures Taskforce since its formation contributing feedback and analysis, and making available all materials and proposals that we have developed to date,” the statement added.

“This has all been done in good faith in the assumption that the Taskforce would be allowed to complete its work unhindered as directed. That appears now not to be the case.

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“While we are disappointed that Special Congress is going ahead, we will continue to work within the Fixtures Taskforce to try and find a workable solution for club players from 2021.”

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ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONS GALWAY lead the way on the shortlist for the 2019 Camogie All-Star award nominations with 14 players included. 

Galway’s Sarah Dervan, Shauna Healy and Niamh Kilkenny all earn nominations.

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Goalkeeper Sarah Healy, captain Sarah Dervan and All-Ireland final Player of the Match Niamh Kilkenny all get the nod on the 45-strong shortlist, along with defenders Heather Cooney, Shauna Healy, Emma Helebert, Tara Kenny and Lorraine Ryan.

Aoife Donohue joins Kilkenny in the midfield category, while goal-scoring heroes in the final and Oranmore/Maree clubmates Ailish O’Reilly and Niamh Hanniffy, dual star Caitriona Cormican, Noreen Coen and Carrie Dolan are the forwards nominated.

Runners-up Kilkenny, who Cathal Murray’s Tribe beat by six points in the Croke Park showpiece in front of a record-breaking crowd of 24,730, have 13 players on the shortlist.

2018 Player of the Year Anne Dalton, co-captain Meighan Farrell and goalkeeper Emma Kavanagh represent the Cats along with defenders Kellyann Doyle, Catherine Foley, Edwina Keane, Claire Phelan and Grace Walsh.

Anne Dalton is nominated once again.

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Davina Tobin is put forward in midfield alongside Farrell, as Denise Gaule, Katie Power, Michelle Quilty and Miriam Walsh all earn nominations in attack.

Semi-finalists Tipperary and Cork have nine and four nominations come their way respectively, the Rebels seeing their three-in-a-row bid ended by Galway at the last four hurdle. 

It’s two defenders and two forwards recognised from Paudie Murray’s side; Hannah Looney, Pamela Mackey, Linda Collins and Amy O’Connor all included, while Tipperary on the other hand, have over double that on the shortlist.

Goalkeeper Caoimhe Bourke, defenders Julianne Bourke, Karen Kennedy, Eimear Loughman and Clodagh Quirke, midfielder Mary Ryan and forwards Cáit Devane, Ereena Fryday and Eibhlís McDonald all make the cut.

Niamh Mulcahy and Eimear Loughman are both on the shortlist.

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Then it’s four for Waterford and one for Limerick.

The Déise, who exited at the quarter-final stage after defeat to Galway, have Lorraine Bray nominated in defence, Áine Lyng in midfield, while Beth Carton and Niamh Rockett are in the mix of forwards.

The Treaty’s top-scorer and long-time stalwart Niamh Mulcahy deservedly completes the nominated line-up.

The final 15 will be announced at the 16th annual Camogie All-Star awards banquet at the Citywest Hotel on Saturday, 19 October. This year’s winning team will join the 2018 side on the second-ever All-Star Tour to New York in November.

Westmeath All-Ireland winning manager Johnny Greville.

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Elsewhere, All-Ireland winning bosses Ian Brick (Kerry), Johnny Greville (Westmeath) and Cathal Murray (Galway) go head-to-head for the Manager of the Year award, which will also be announced on the night. 

Nominees for the 2019 Soaring Stars Awards for the intermediate and Premier Junior championships will be announced later this week, with those up for Player of the Year in each of the three categories revealed next week.

Camogie All-Stars Awards 2019 sponsored by Liberty Insurance, nominees list

Goalkeepers: Caoimhe Bourke (Tipperary), Emma Kavanagh (Kilkenny), Sarah Healy (Galway)

Full-back line: Julianne Bourke (Tipperary), Sarah Dervan (Galway), Catherine Foley (Kilkenny), Shauna Healy (Galway), Edwina Keane (Kilkenny), Tara Kenny (Galway), Eimear Loughman (Tipperary), Pamela Mackey (Cork), Grace Walsh (Kilkenny)

Half-back line: Lorraine Bray (Waterford), Heather Cooney (Galway), Kellyann Doyle (Kilkenny), Emma Helebert (Galway), Karen Kennedy (Tipperary), Hannah Looney (Cork), Claire Phelan (Kilkenny), Clodagh Quirke (Tipperary), Lorraine Ryan (Galway)

Amy O’Connor is one of four Cork players on the shortlist.

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Midfield: Aoife Donohue (Galway), Meighan Farrell (Kilkenny), Niamh Kilkenny (Galway), Áine Lyng (Waterford), Mary Ryan (Tipperary), Davina Tobin (Kilkenny)

Half-forward line: Anne Dalton (Kilkenny), Carrie Dolan (Galway), Ereena Fryday (Tipperary), Denise Gaule (Kilkenny), Eibhlís McDonald (Tipperary), Niamh Mulcahy (Limerick), Amy O’Connor (Cork), Katie Power (Kilkenny), Niamh Rockett (Waterford)

Full-forward Line: Beth Carton (Waterford), Noreen Coen (Galway), Linda Collins (Cork), Caitriona Cormican (Galway), Cáit Devane (Tipperary), Niamh Hanniffy (Galway), Ailish O’Reilly (Galway), Michelle Quilty (Kilkenny), Miriam Walsh (Kilkenny)

Manager of the Year 2019 sponsored by Liberty Insurance, nominees list

Ian Brick (Kerry), Johnny Greville (Westmeath), Cathal Murray (Galway)

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Jerome Cahill lifting the Liam MacCarthy Cup.

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TIPPERARY STAR JEROME Cahill has capped an outstanding individual season with the Bord Gáis Energy U20 Player of the Year award.

Cahill scored 1-1 in last month’s All-Ireland U20 final, in which the Premier county saw off Cork to lift the silverware. That win came just days after the Kilruane MacDonagh’s man was involved in Liam Sheedy’s senior set-up who lifted the Liam MacCarthy Cup.

20-year-old Cahill was influential for Liam Cahill’s U20 side this summer as they claimed Munster and All-Ireland honours, the latter for the second year in-a-row.

He follows in the footsteps of Tipperary team-mate Ger Browne, who scooped the individual accolade last year, and 2017 and 2016 winners, Limerick star Aaron Gillane and Waterford’s Stephen Bennett respectively.

Meanwhile, Kerry’s Michael Slattery was named the Bord Gáis Energy Player of the Year for the Richie McElligott Cup, following the Kingdom’s impressive run to glory.

Jerome Cahill and Michael Slattery with their awards.

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Slattery accounted for eight of his side’s points as Kerry were 3-22 to 0-12 winners against Down in last month’s decider. He becomes the second Kerryman in two years to take the accolade, after Lixnaw’s Shane Conway won it last year.

Both players were presented with their respective awards at Cahir Castle by Ger Cunningham, Chair of the 2019 Bord Gáis Energy U20 Player of the Year Awards committee.

Galway hurler Joe Canning and TG4’s Mícheál Ó Domhnaill were the other judges.

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CLUB AND COUNTY All-Ireland-winning manager Shane Ronayne has brushed off talk of the vacant Cork ladies football job but has not ruled himself out of the running. 

Ronayne steered Tipperary to All-Ireland intermediate glory yet again at Croke Park on Sunday, adding to the 2017 title he also oversaw as they beat Meath by five points.

In doing so, the Premier regained their senior status, something Ronayne — who’s also at the helm of All-Ireland club champions Mourneabbey — set out to do this year when he agreed a fresh two-year term last November. 

Speaking at captain’s day last week ahead of his side’s All-Ireland final showdown, the Mitchelstown native acknowledged the fact that his name was being thrown around in Cork following the departure of 2016 All-Ireland winning boss Ephie Fitzgerald last month.

“Look, it’s probably only natural,” Ronayne, who worked under the great Eamonn Ryan at Cork, before taking the Tipperary reins ahead of the 2017 season, told The42.

“John Cleary’s name, my own name, Noel O’Connor’s name, there’s others being bandied about as well. That’s the nature of it, and that’s probably the increase in media interest in ladies sport.

A couple of years ago if someone was gone, there’d be no talk about it. It’s only natural that it happens. Anybody who has said it to me, I have my total focus on Tipperary and Mourneabbey at the moment. I haven’t even thought about the Cork job.

“It’s something that I was interested in before, but I genuinely haven’t given it a second’s thought, to be honest. Our total focus has been on getting to this All-Ireland final with Tipperary and we’ve been so busy with Mourneabbey as well, we haven’t even thought about it.

Ronayne with Eamon Ryan in 2014.

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“Whatever happens, happens. In the future, we don’t know. But as I said, my focus has been on Tipperary, I’ve given the commitment to Tipperary and Mourneabbey, and that’s where the focus lies at the moment.”

Hugely successful Cork minor manager John Cleary took the same tone with The Southern Star recently, not ruling out the prospect of following in Fitzgerald’s footsteps.

Understandably, Ronayne’s main concentration was on his Premier side at the time, who achieved their goal from the start of the year of reaching an All-Ireland final in Croke Park again. 

It’s been a rollercoaster three years for Tipperary, who won 15 games out of 15 en route to three titles in 2017 and were then promoted to Division 2 and to the senior championship ranks.

Mixed fortunes followed; they won the league and earned Division 1 status but were then dramatically relegated back down to the intermediate ranks after a mixed summer.

Disappointed after 2018 but determined to right the wrongs, a league win over Cork at Páirc Uí Rinn gave the side “great belief” and from there, they retained their Division 1 status and safely navigated through the championship to lift the Mary Quinn Memorial Cup.

And after the game on Sunday in tough conditions, Ronayne stated that he believes his Tipperary side can be a force at senior level.

Clinical despite a few uncharacteristic wides as Aishling Moloney’s 0-8 and goals from Aisling McCarthy and Angela McGuigan steered them back to the top table, Ronayne told the media afterwards:

Ronayne and his Mourneabbey management team celebrating their All-Ireland final win last December.

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To come from where we did this time last year, the depths of depression. It has been a fantastic recovery from them all, recovery from the management. They are back up where they belong. They know they can compete at senior level.

Now, Ronayne’s attention switches to his Cork club outfit, Mourneabbey, and their county semi-final against St Val’s on Saturday.

“They’re all ready to go again,” he added. “There’s fierce enthusiasm within the camp. The Cork girls are looking to get over the disappointment after Dublin [All-Ireland semi-final loss], they felt they didn’t perform and they’re itching to get out on the field with Mourneabbey and try and go two-in-a-row.

But the first thing we’ve got to do is get to that county final. They’re very determined to get there, they want to win six Cork county championships which would be a huge achievement.

“Everybody’s raring to go. Hopefully Noelle [Healy] can come through as well and we’ll have her too, to go full strength against Val’s on the 21st. We’re very happy with where we are at the moment.”

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Cuala duo Byrne and Dunne and Skerries Harps’ Lyndsey Davey.

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JUST THREE DAYS after climbing the steps of the Hogan Stand, it was back to club duty for three of Dublin’s All-Ireland champions last night. 

Player of the Match in Sunday’s decider against Galway, Lyndsey Davey, was flying the flag for Skerries Harps, but they fell to Martha Byrne and Jennifer Dunne’s Cuala in their Dublin intermediate championship semi-final. 

Big win for our Intermediate footballers in the @dublinladiesg championship semi final v @SkerriesHarps tonight.
Well done ladies. pic.twitter.com/ah820y26Fa

— Cuala GAA (@CualaCLG) September 18, 2019

Southside outfit Cuala — All-Ireland junior club semi-finalists in 2017 — were 7-15 to 2-4 winners at Meadowvale on a sunny evening, meaning more joy for Byrne and Dunne, who both started as Mick Bohan’s Dublin secured an All-Ireland three-in-a-row after a 2-3 to 0-4 win over Galway in front of 56,114 three days ago.

From Croke Park last Sunday and through this week’s celebrations, they now march on to the county decider in Fingallians this Sunday, where they’ll go head-to-head with Clanna Gael Fontenoy for the silverware [throw-in 6pm, Lawless Park].

It’s understood that the Dublin LGFA board had no choice but to play off the championship as soon as possible, with Leinster clashes set in stone.

RESULT from tonight’s Intermediate Championship semi final FT @CualaCLG 7-15 @SkerriesHarps 2-04

Sunday Sept 22nd venue: @Fingallians GAA club

Junior B Final @Bodengaa B v @Peregrinesgaa 4pm

Inter Final @Clannagaelfont v @CualaCLG 6pm #ClubisFamily #20×20 pic.twitter.com/zOPTnDxfnH

— DublinLGFA (@dublinladiesg) September 18, 2019

30-year-old Davy was instrumental in Sunday’s win over the Tribe, chipping in with a point and setting up plenty more including Hannah O’Neill’s crucial second-half goal.

2018 All-Star defender Byrne, as always, was ever-present at corner back, while 19-year-old Dunne was effective around the middle before making way for 2017 Player of the Year Noelle Healy at half time.

In similar circumstances earlier this summer, several Cork stars were back in club action just over 24 hour after their All-Ireland semi-final defeat to the Sky Blues at HQ as Éire Óg and West Cork went head-to-head.

Talk about incredible commitment. On Monday night, just over 24 hours after @CorkLGFA lost to Dublin in an All-Ireland semi-final, Cork players were in county c'ship action. Photo shows Cork team-mates, @EimearScally15 of @EireOgCork03 up against Niamh Cotter of @westcorkladies.. pic.twitter.com/0zc21L3nz1

— Kieran McCarthy (@KieranMcC_SS) August 27, 2019

Niamh Cotter, Martina O’Brien, Áine Terry O’Sullivan, Libby Coppinger and Emma Spillane all featured for West Cork, while Eimear Scally led the way for Éire Óg that night.

Aisling Hutchings and Orla Finn were on club duty for Fermoy and Kinsale that night, too.

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ESSENDON HAVE ANNOUNCED the signing of Ross McQuillan on an international rookie deal, with the Armagh native agreeing on a contract until the end of 2021.

The 20-year-old will join Tyrone’s Conor McKenna in the red and black. He’ll relocate to Australia in October before full training starts with the squad on 25 November.

An impressive athlete, McQuillan represented Northern Ireland in basketball and was named as a forward on the 2018 EirGrid U20 Team of the Year.

He’ll become the third Irishman to play for the Bombers, following McKenna and Longford’s Michael Quinn who lined out for the club between 2009 and 2010.

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“After extensive sessions with Ross, we believe he has what it takes to become a successful AFL player given his lateral movement, skills on both sides of his body and kicking ability,” the club’s general manager of list and recruiting Adrian Dodoro said.

“Ross ran an outstanding time of 2.77 seconds for his 20-metre sprint, which would make him the quickest player on our list.

“Most importantly, Ross displays the Essendon values through his drive and determination to succeed. We look forward to officially welcoming Ross into the club when he arrives in November.”

Next month Wexford native Barry O’Connor will move to Sydney after he agreed a deal with the Swans in June. 

It means there will be 15 Irish male players on AFL lists next season. Sligo native Red Og Murphy recently returned home after a stint with North Melbourne.

Meanwhile, Donegal’s young star Oisin Gallen will travel to Australia next week to undergo a combine in front of AFL clubs.

Gallen, along with Meath U20 midfielder Cian McBride, will arrive in Melbourne on Tuesday and spend two weeks Down Under according to the Irish Independent. The combine runs from 1-4 October. 

Irishmen on AFL lists 2020

James Madden (Brisbane), Mark Keane (Collingwood), Anton Tohill (Collingwood), Conor McKenna (Essendon), Mark O’Connor (Geelong), Stefan Okunbor (Geelong), Zach Tuohy (Geelong), Pearce Hanley (Gold Coast), Callum Brown (Greater Western Sydney), Conor Glass (Hawthorn), Conor Nash (Hawthorn), Darragh Joyce (St Kilda), Colin O’Riordan (Sydney), Barry O’Connor (Sydney), Ross McQuillan (Essendon).

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