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Ulster SFC Final: Donegal triumph following penalty shootout
Ulster Senior Football Championship Final
Donegal 0-20 Armagh 0-20 AET
Donegal win 6-5 on penalties
By Steve Malone at St Tiernach's Park
Shaun Patton ‘s save in sudden death from Shane McPartlan crowned Donegal as Ulster Champions and inflicted another penalty heart-break on Armagh.
Played in front of 28,896 in
17 HR AGO
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Leinster SFC Final: Dublin overcome spirited Louth
Leinster Senior Football Championship Final
Dublin 1-19 Louth 2-12
By Paul Keane at Croke Park
A 14th consecutive Leinster SFC title belongs to Dublin, their 63rd in all, but boy did Dessie Farrell and his players release sighs of relief at full-time.
Level for the 10th time with 52 minutes
22 HR AGO
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Tailteann Cup: Laois and Carlow divide spoils
Tailteann Cup Group Three
Laois 2-17 Carlow 2-17
By Alan Hartnett at Laois Hire O'Moore Park
Carlow scored two late goals to snatch a draw with Laois and take a point from their opening Tailteann Cup encounter.
Laois were six points clear as the game entered injury time, but managed
19 HR AGO
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Round-up: Weekend's Ring, Rackard, and Meagher Cup action
The Christy Ring, Nickey Rackard and Lory Meagher Cups continued to take shape in the penultimate round of the groups.
Christy Ring Cup
Kildare took another step towards a Christy Ring Cup Final place with a convincing win over Tyrone in Dungannon.
David Qualter hit nine first-half points as Kildare
4 HR AGO
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Wexford captain Coleman doing his family proud
By John Harrington
It really is true that you never know what someone else is going through.
Wexford football team captain Liam Coleman attended the launch of the Tailteann Cup this week in Croke Park and he couldn’t have been more accommodating.
He was thoughtful and forthcoming in his interviews
09 May 2024
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Record-breaking Foley as hungry as ever
By John Harrington
If you didn’t know Darragh Foley, you might have expected him to ride off into the sunset after Carlow’s season ended in 2023, content with a record-breaking inter-county career spanning 14 seasons.
After all, last year he became the county’s highest ever scorer, with a monstrous tally
08 May 2024
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Clare footballer Ikem Ugwueru hopes to inspire others
By John Harrington
It’s quite common nowadays for sportspeople to have something of meaning written on a wrist strapping or even the back of their hand before they go out to compete.
It could be a key performance indicator they’re chasing, a message that refocuses them in a moment of
30 April 2024
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Neil McManus hopes Unionists will come to embrace Gaelic games
By John Harrington
In a way, Neil McManus is a child of The Troubles.
He grew up in Cushendall on the North Coast of Antrim, but his family is originally from a mainly Protestant area of Belfast
Such were the intimidatory times, they were among thousands of Catholics who felt
26 April 2024