John Fogarty

Dublin

Gaelic Games Correspondent at Irish Examiner

Irish Examiner GAA correspondent. Liverpool FC supporter. Enjoy spoiling good walks. Not the CCR JF. Personal views aired here, not the newspaper's.

Articles

Reigning champions Armagh secure All-Ireland quarter-final berth with resounding win over Dublin

6 days ago | irishexaminer.com | John Fogarty

All-Ireland champions Armagh are the first team through to the quarter-finals after a resounding win over Dublin in Croke Park this evening. Five points was the final margin but it felt like so much more as the winners ensured they will finish ahead of everyone in Group 4 with a round to spare. Watched by 38,763, Armagh led by 0-13 to 0-9 at half-time and capitalised on three consecutive three-up/four-back transgressions by an insipid Dublin to extend their lead to seven by the 45th minute.
Farrell and McGeeney prepare to put friendship on hold

1 week ago | irishexaminer.com | John Fogarty

“Our manager, their manager, they’re great friends so looking forward to a serious contest,” is how Ciarán Kilkenny, fresh from an illuminating individual performance against Galway last Saturday week, previewed Sunday’s Dublin-Armagh clash. Dessie Farrell and Kieran McGeeney’s origins story is well-known.
GAA previews: Kerry selection shows respect to Cork but Kingdom double forewarned

1 week ago | irishexaminer.com | John Fogarty

It goes without saying that Mayo’s footballers will want to give recovering Kevin McStay something to cheer and Tyrone’s home record is almost as iffy as Mayo’s. Having said that, they will be buzzing after breaking Jim McGuinness’s home record in Ballybofey. Even if Mayo have had an extra week’s rest, Tyrone won’t be feeling much of the toils from last Saturday. Mayo’s kick-out issues will have to be ironed out to stand a chance here and they won’t want it to turn into a shoot-out. Verdict: Tyrone.
John Kiely doesn't want jeopardy of Munster championship lost

1 week ago | irishexaminer.com | John Fogarty

John Kiely insists the jeopardy of the current format of the All-Ireland senior hurling championship has to be retained. The Limerick manager sympathised with his Waterford counterpart Peter Queally whose county’s season ended last Sunday and have yet to qualify from the provincial round-robin structure.
Captain Brian Hurley named in Cork squad for Kerry clash

1 week ago | irishexaminer.com | John Fogarty

Captain Brian Hurley is named in the Cork squad for Saturday’s All-Ireland SFC Group 2, Round 2 clash with Kerry in SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh. The team announced is that which began last Saturday’s defeat to Meath, although there are doubts about Mattie Taylor after he picked up an injury in the second half in Navan. Seán Walsh is on the bench but was replaced at the last minute for the Páirc Tailteann game by Seán Dore.
Dean Rock: Win over Armagh will make Dublin 'massive All-Ireland contenders'

1 week ago | irishexaminer.com | John Fogarty

A victory for Dublin over All-Ireland champions Armagh in Croke Park on Sunday will make them ‚Äúmassive All-Ireland contenders‚ÄĚ, says Dean Rock. Both teams are coming off All-Ireland SFC Round 1 victories and Dublin‚Äôs all-time record scorer Rock believes Dublin will be in the top three should they back up their win over Galway in Pearse Stadium last Saturday week. ‚ÄúGalway would never have been a team that Dublin would have feared, particularly in recent years.
Tipp's senior starlets in safe hands with goalkeeping great Cummins

1 week ago | irishexaminer.com | John Fogarty

Into the safe hands of Brendan Cummins Tipperaryâs senior starlets have gone these past couple of weeks and the U20 manager is indebted to Liam Cahill. That may sound unusual seeing as the likes of Darragh McCarthy, OisĂn OâDonoghue and Sam OâFarrell are fully qualified for the underage grade and an All-Ireland medal is on offer on Saturday, but Cummins considers them on loan from his old team-mate Cahill. âNo egos,â he says of their working relationship. âThatâs a big help.
Diarmuid O'Connor to miss Cork clash as Paudie Clifford returns for Kerry

1 week ago | irishexaminer.com | John Fogarty

Diarmuid O’Connor is absent from the Kerry match-day panel facing Cork in SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Saturday but Paudie Clifford returns for the first time since the counties’s Munster semi-final. Suspension and injury had sidelined Clifford for the last two games but he comes in as one of two changes to the side that began the home win over Roscommon. Graham O’Sullivan is selected at wing-forward and Dylan Geaney makes way.
Galway ‘keeper Fahy a Leinster final doubt as he is hit with retrospective ban

1 week ago | irishexaminer.com | John Fogarty

Galway goalkeeper Darach Fahy is at risk of missing Sunday week’s Leinster SHC final against Kilkenny after receiving a retrospective one-match ban. Dublin’s Conor Donohoe has also been issued with a recommended suspension arising from the counties’s Leinster SHC final round game in Parnell Park last Sunday. The Erin’s Isle man could miss the All-Ireland preliminary quarter-final against Joe McDonagh Cup winners, Kildare or Laois.
New York hurlers are cuckoos come home to roost

1 week ago | irishexaminer.com | John Fogarty

Like a cuckoo in a reed warbler‚Äôs nest, New York‚Äôs hurlers are pushing out the native eggs in the Lory Meagher Cup. First to fall was Monaghan who they budged in last Saturday‚Äôs semi-final having received a bye to that stage of the competition, much to the chagrin of Monaghan manager Arthur Hughes. "It‚Äôs an absolute joke in my opinion,‚ÄĚ he said.