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In association with Following six weeks of intense action, lifelong bonds created and new rivalries forged, the Electric Ireland Higher Education Championships have come to a close for the 2020 season. In the Electric Ireland Sigerson Cup, DCU Dóchas Éireann reigned supreme with their fifth title, their first since 2015. Following that, UCC were crowned the Electric Ireland Fitzgibbon Cup …

After a captivating tournament, the final of the Electric Ireland Fitzgibbon Cup takes place on Wednesday with UCC and IT Carlow battling it out for the top honour.  Following their 2019 success, UCC enter the decider as favourites given the calibre of players in their squad. Tom Kingston’s side boasts a number of Cork senior stars, including Darragh Fitzgibbon, Mark …

Kilkenny selector and IT Carlow manager DJ Carey has shared his frustrations over the use of the advantage rule in hurling, describing it as “terrible.”  IT Carlow advanced to their second-ever final in the Electric Ireland Fitzgibbon Cup on Saturday following a 5-14 to 0-15 win over Mary Immaculate College. Cathal Dunbar (2), Stephen Bergin, Liam Blanchfield and Chris Nolan …

IT Carlow and UCC will contest the 2020 Electric Ireland Higher Education Fitzgibbon Cup final after they overcame Mary Immaculate College and DCU respectively. DJ Carey’s men put five goals past Mary I in the first of an exciting double-header in the DCU Sportsgrounds on Saturday. Following that UCC and the host side served up a dramatic game which finished …

We’ve reached the penultimate stage in the Electric Ireland Higher Education Fitzgibbon Cup with four teams battling it out for a place in the final.  On Saturday, 2017 winners Mary Immaculate College face DJ Carey’s IT Carlow (2 pm) in the first of a semi-final double-header in the DCU Sportsgrounds. While, later that day, reigning champions UCC take on DCU …

Electric Ireland have announced that they will broadcast the highly-anticipated Fitzgibbon Cup semi-final double-header on Saturday live from the DCU Sportsgrounds.  At 2pm, last year’s finalists Mary Immaculate College and IT Carlow will go head-to-head for a place in Wednesday’s decider before current holders UCC take on hosts DCU Dóchas Éireann at 4pm. Mary I required extra-time to see off …

Electric Ireland will be providing a double dose of Higher Education Championships live stream this week beginning with the Sigerson Final on Wednesday before the highly-anticipated Fitzgibbon Cup clash between DCU and WIT on Thursday. After topping Group A, Eoin Roche’s DCU DE side earned themselves a home quarter-final in the Electric Ireland Fitzgibbon Cup. In round one, they narrowly …

The quarter-final lineup for the Electric Ireland Fitzgibbon Cup is complete following an entertaining final round of group games on Thursday.   Both Mary Immaculate College and the University of Limerick came out on top in their respective games against Waterford IT and Maynooth University setting up an exciting derby clash next week. Also on Thursday, NUIG overcame CIT, booking their …

Wednesday night’s action saw both IT Carlow and DCU Dochas Eireann book their places in the final of the Electric Ireland Higher Education Sigerson Cup. DCU DE proved too much for their Dublin rivals UCD in the first semi-final, while IT Carlow’s brilliant run continued as they bettered Letterkenny IT in the other last-four clash. Read our round-up of all …

We’re down to the final four teams in the Electric Ireland Higher Education Sigerson Cup with UCD, DCU, Letterkenny IT and IT Carlow all battling it out for a place in this year’s final. Both Sigerson Cup semi-finals take place on Tuesday with DCU welcoming UCD to their Sportsground for a highly-anticipated Dublin derby while Letterkenny and Carlow go head-to-head …

IT Carlow manager and Kilkenny selector DJ Carey has shared his thoughts on the demand on college players during this extremely busy time in the GAA calendar.  The Electric Ireland Higher Education competitions are in full-flow with IT Carlow booking their spot in the Fitzgibbon Cup quarter-finals with a win over GMIT in Carlow on Friday evening. A number of …

Electric Ireland will livestream Friday night’s clash between the Institute of Technology Carlow and Galway, Mayo Institute of Technology in the Electric Ireland Fitzgibbon Cup. The game takes place at 7pm on Friday in IT Carlow and can be watched on Electric Ireland’s website as well as through GAA.ie. The home side will be looking to make it two wins …

Fitzgibbon quarter final draw complete