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This year’s Bank of Ireland Celtic Challenge has proven to be a breeding ground for some of the top young hurlers from across the country to showcase their talents on the county stage. Over the first three matchdays, the competition has seen some titanic, fiercely fought clashes between counties whose hurling rivalries are as old as time. There are however …

Another hectic week of action in the Bank of Ireland Celtic Challenge saw strong wins for Louth and Wicklow Gold in Group F while Mayo overcame a plucky Sligo side in Group G.  Louth overcame a determined Cavan side following a fest of goal scoring action with Wicklow Gold also proving a force to be reckoned with in front of …

Wicklow Ladies Football star Jackie Kinch has spoken about the impact of her sister’s death in 2007. At just 16 years of age, Ellen Kinch lost a two-and-a-half-year battle with cancer. Since 2008, the Ellen Kinch Memorial Cup has been played on an annual basis, to honour her memory. Proceeds from the event go to the Barretstown charity, where Ellen spent …

Defending champions have been eliminated from this year’s Leinster Minor Football Championship at the round robin stage. Despite hammering Westmeath by a commanding scoreline of 5-19 to 0-09 on Tuesday night, Dublin finished third in their group as Wicklow followed up on their surprise win at Parnell Park last week by defeating already-qualified Meath 1-10 t0 1-08. In the group’s …

​Stephen Wallace has hit back at the Offaly board after his sacking as football manager this week.

​Stephen Wallace's spell in charge of the Offaly footballers has come to an end.

One week late, round 5 of the Allianz National Football League got underway, with six games down for decision on Saturday night. In Division 1, Donegal travelled to Omagh to take on Tyrone, with both sides eager to gain their second win of the campaign and allay relegation fears. It was the home team who came out on top, as …

Betting preview for this weekend's league and club games.

RTE have released a two-minute preview of what is sure to be an insightful profile of legendary football manager Mick O’Dwyer. In an intercounty career that spanned almost four decades, the 81-year-old won eight All-Ireland Senior Football Championships and eleven Munster Championships with Kerry between 1975 and 1989, before going on to win Leinster titles with Kildare and Laois. In …

Wicklow and Rathnew's Leighton Glynn scored an absolutely cracking point in the Leinster semi-final after selling two defenders a dummy.

It was very much a case of do-or-die for eight counties today in the first round of the All-Ireland Football Championship qualifiers. The ‘A’ side of the draw produced wins today for Derry, Longford, Laois and Sligo. Derry overcame a tricky test in Waterford to bounce back after a harrowing defeat to Tyrone. Like Cork three weeks ago, the Ulster side …

This weekend sees the opening round of the All-Ireland football qualifiers with four games taking place on Saturday. For a quartet of counties, they will have the dubious honour of being among the first teams knocked out of the championship. While the eight counties involved this weekend are more than likely not going to see the later stages of the …

Yesterday, the Leinster A Senior Football Schools semi-final took place in Enniscorthy, county Wexford.  The ferocious game was played between St.Peter’s College of Wexford and the combined Wicklow Schools team. Undoubtedly, it was a thrilling encounter and it was a match that certainly did not lack physicality, skill or beautiful point-scoring. The main talking points, however, were the crowd and the …

The confirmation of dates and venues for the Leinster Senior Football Championship will see Dublin begin the defence of their crown outside of the capital for the second year in a row. Jim Gavin’s back-to-back Sam Maguire winners against the winners of Carlow and Wexford, who are due to face each other on May 21st,  in one of two provincial …

The draw for the 2017 GAA inter-county Championships took place live on RTÉ last night, to much fanfare. The draw gave us some sizzling prospects to look forward to in the early rounds of the Championship in both codes. As the draw unfolded, GAA fans took to Twitter to express their feelings about each draw. ______ Football The Dubs will …

The draw for next year’s All-Ireland Senior Football Championship has been made tonight, as the 2016 season is well and truly put to the back of the minds of intercounty managers. A new year, a new start, and a new Championship game to prepare for. Dublin beat Mayo after 140 pulsating minutes of action in the All-Ireland final, but that …

With so much written about the Offaly hurlers in recent weeks, their Leinster SFC opener with Longford seemed to appear out of the blue. What also came out of nowhere was the result – and the performance. For Pat Flanagan’s side, it was an end to nine years without a win in the provincial championship. That is hard to comprehend …

The Sunday Game is back this weekend but if you’re expecting to see a live game in the hurling or football championship, you may take a rain check. That’s not because there aren’t GAA games going ahead across the country because there are, and plenty of them. In fact, there was a double header in Portlaoise on Saturday to launch …