http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/ http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/mcguinness-living-the-dream-at-donegal-and-celtic-29282016.html http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/mcguinness-living-the-dream-at-donegal-and-celtic-29282016.html WHETHER he's at Lennoxtown or Letterkenny, Jim McGuinness is at his happiest when he's on a training pitch – passing on what he has gained from many years of preparing for what he feels is his destiny. Gaelic Football Tue, 21 May 2013 04:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/obama-wont-halt-fermanaghcavan-clash-29282007.html http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/obama-wont-halt-fermanaghcavan-clash-29282007.html ULSTER Council are going ahead with playing the Fermanagh/Cavan SFC game in Enniskillen next month, despite the fact that it will coincide with the huge security cordon that will surround President Barack Obama. Gaelic Football Tue, 21 May 2013 04:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/football-perfect-fit-for-cadogan-now-he-just-wants-sam-29282009.html http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/football-perfect-fit-for-cadogan-now-he-just-wants-sam-29282009.html IN the end, Eoin Cadogan's decision came down to the simple matter of form. Earlier this year, the dual star opted for football over hurling, following a new trend in Cork. Gaelic Football Tue, 21 May 2013 04:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/galway-and-armagh-fail-to-face-new-reality-29282014.html http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/galway-and-armagh-fail-to-face-new-reality-29282014.html When Westmeath claimed the Division 2 league title in 2008 and then put it up to both Dublin and Tyrone in the championship, it was held up as evidence of how a mid-level team of limited resources could punch above their weight if they built from the back and kept it tight. Gaelic Football Tue, 21 May 2013 04:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/cooper-set-for-switch-to-halfforward-line-29282012.html http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/cooper-set-for-switch-to-halfforward-line-29282012.html Colm Cooper could be set for a switch to the half-forward line as Kerry get their Munster championship campaign under way against Tipperary on Sunday, WRITES COLM KEYS. Gaelic Football Tue, 21 May 2013 04:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/i-base-my-game-on-seanie-dunne-29282010.html http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/i-base-my-game-on-seanie-dunne-29282010.html Cavan's scoring star in Sunday's Ulster championship victory over Armagh has acknowledged the influence of his former Cavan Gaels club-mate Seanie Johnston in his development. Gaelic Football Tue, 21 May 2013 04:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/wicklow-import-coen-no-johnston-case-29282013.html http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/wicklow-import-coen-no-johnston-case-29282013.html WICKLOW manager Harry Murphy is furious that the Garden County's recent recruitment of ex-Tipperary footballer Brian Coen has been likened to Kildare's signing of Seanie Johnston from Cavan last season. Gaelic Football Tue, 21 May 2013 04:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/mcnulty-looks-to-ambush-former-brother-in-arms-29282018.html http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/mcnulty-looks-to-ambush-former-brother-in-arms-29282018.html Justin McNulty sees it as nothing more than a "freak of nature". Gaelic Football Tue, 21 May 2013 04:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/donegaltyrone-clash-hits-fever-pitch-29282006.html http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/donegaltyrone-clash-hits-fever-pitch-29282006.html Interest in the first sell-out provincial quarter-final for many years has reached fever pitch as Donegal prepare to unveil their strongest 15 for the first time since last year's All-Ireland final triumph. Gaelic Football Tue, 21 May 2013 04:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/we-have-some-great-players-but-nobody-seems-to-know-it-29279534.html http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/we-have-some-great-players-but-nobody-seems-to-know-it-29279534.html OFFALY manager Emmet McDonnell is the man to lead the Faithful County out of the footballing doldrums. Gaelic Football Mon, 20 May 2013 04:00:02 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/ryan-mcmenamin-orchard-county-undone-by-playing-without-sweeper-29279547.html http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/ryan-mcmenamin-orchard-county-undone-by-playing-without-sweeper-29279547.html AT some stage of their championship preparations, every manager will have to decide whether they will play a sweeper or not. Gaelic Football Mon, 20 May 2013 04:00:02 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/massacre-leaves-galway-in-crisis-29279539.html http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/massacre-leaves-galway-in-crisis-29279539.html GALWAY may lose some of their players to the USA after an embarrassing 17-point defeat by Mayo in the first round of the Connacht championship. Gaelic Football Mon, 20 May 2013 04:00:02 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/grimley-gamble-fails-to-pay-off-29279550.html http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/grimley-gamble-fails-to-pay-off-29279550.html Paul Grimley accepts that some will look at the approach Armagh took to this preliminary-round game and conclude they were tactically naive. Gaelic Football Mon, 20 May 2013 04:00:02 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/flanagan-relieved-but-says-theres-more-in-tank-29279533.html http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/flanagan-relieved-but-says-theres-more-in-tank-29279533.html FOR a man whose side had hurdled this potential banana skin with the ease of Derval O'Rourke, Westmeath manager Pat Flanagan didn't look too excited afterwards, which was understandable. Gaelic Football Mon, 20 May 2013 04:00:02 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/moran-goal-caps-mayo-mauling-of-redfaced-tribesmen-29279544.html http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/moran-goal-caps-mayo-mauling-of-redfaced-tribesmen-29279544.html IT'S the ultimate indictment of Galway's wretched performance in Pearse Stadium that Mayo learned very little about how well programmed they are for the bigger tests which lie ahead in Championship 2013. Gaelic Football Mon, 20 May 2013 04:00:02 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/oconnell-cameo-lights-breffni-way-29279551.html http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/oconnell-cameo-lights-breffni-way-29279551.html Brian O'Connell came off the bench to turn a thrilling preliminary-round contest Cavan's way at Kingspan Breffni Park. Gaelic Football Mon, 20 May 2013 04:00:02 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/eoin-liston-hapless-galway-look-like-an-easy-touch-in-qualifiers-29279540.html http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/eoin-liston-hapless-galway-look-like-an-easy-touch-in-qualifiers-29279540.html I wrote on Saturday that I thought Galway-Mayo was no foregone conclusion. I was well off the mark. It was annihilation from start to finish, and credit should go to Mayo. Gaelic Football Mon, 20 May 2013 04:00:02 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/horan-praises-maturity-of-his-players-in-handling-great-expectations-29279542.html http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/horan-praises-maturity-of-his-players-in-handling-great-expectations-29279542.html Mayo manager James Horan said that it is a sign of a maturing team that they can deal with the tag of being hot favourites by delivering a performance living up to the billing. Gaelic Football Mon, 20 May 2013 04:00:02 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/mcnamee-still-taking-it-one-step-at-a-time-29279536.html http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/mcnamee-still-taking-it-one-step-at-a-time-29279536.html LIFE is changed, changed utterly for Offaly football captain Niall McNamee. Just over 18 months ago McNamee finally reached breaking point with the gambling addiction that was sucking the marrow out of his daily existence. Gaelic Football Mon, 20 May 2013 04:00:02 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/eugene-mcgee/focus-on-youth-starting-to-pay-off-for-resurgent-cavan-29279546.html http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/eugene-mcgee/focus-on-youth-starting-to-pay-off-for-resurgent-cavan-29279546.html There have not been many great days for Cavan senior football teams in recent times but yesterday was certainly one of them. Eugene McGee Mon, 20 May 2013 04:00:02 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/sport/dermot-earley-announces-his-retirement-from-intercounty-football-29279033.html http://www.independent.ie/sport/dermot-earley-announces-his-retirement-from-intercounty-football-29279033.html Dermot Earley has brought the curtain down on his illustrious inter-county career with Kildare due to continuing injury concerns. Sport Sun, 19 May 2013 21:00:28 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/mayos-difficulty-is-galways-opportunity-29278190.html http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/mayos-difficulty-is-galways-opportunity-29278190.html They're off. A bit like the Grand National, except that the fallers at the first fence have a chance to remount and join the field again. Some start early, others much later, so it is unbalanced, unfair and favours the stronger counties. Gaelic Football Sun, 19 May 2013 04:00:02 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/sectarian-row-dday-29278192.html http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/sectarian-row-dday-29278192.html The two players at the centre of the verbal abuse controversy in a Monaghan club game last weekend will learn their fate today. Gaelic Football Sun, 19 May 2013 04:00:02 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/action-is-needed-in-war-on-abusea-couple-of-years-back-this-column-sat-in-a-room-in-st-patricks-college-on-the-antrim-road-in-north-belfast-and-listened-to-school-principal-pj-ogrady-since-retired-tell-an-inspiring-story-ogrady-a-catholic-told-of-how-he-had-struck-up-a-friendship-with-a-colleague-who-ran-a-protestant-school-on-the-opposite-side-of-the-city-and-from-that-union-sprang-the-idea-for-the-belfast-cuchulainns-hurling-project-29278193.html http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/action-is-needed-in-war-on-abusea-couple-of-years-back-this-column-sat-in-a-room-in-st-patricks-college-on-the-antrim-road-in-north-belfast-and-listened-to-school-principal-pj-ogrady-since-retired-tell-an-inspiring-story-ogrady-a-catholic-told-of-how-he-had-struck-up-a-friendship-with-a-colleague-who-ran-a-protestant-school-on-the-opposite-side-of-the-city-and-from-that-union-sprang-the-idea-for-the-belfast-cuchulainns-hurling-project-29278193.html They first got under way in 2006: a mix of Catholic and Protestant kids from Belfast travelling south to play a game against a Dublin selection. Two years later came the first Cuchulainn Cup, established as a four-year project but still going strong five years later. Last month, the sixth renewal of the tournament took place in Cookstown, comprising seven cross-community teams from across the province and an estimated 250 kids. Gaelic Football Sun, 19 May 2013 04:00:02 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/gaa-missing-the-point-29278196.html http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/gaa-missing-the-point-29278196.html There is no doubt that Hawk-Eye will be a great spectacle for tv viewers tuning into football and hurling championship games at Croke Park this summer. Anyone familiar with the video ref in rugby knows just what to expect. Gaelic Football Sun, 19 May 2013 04:00:02 +0100