Niall Gartland

Writer at We Are Tyrone

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Quinn hungry for more success with Tyrone Under-20s

1 week ago | wearetyrone.com | Niall Gartland

TYRONE Under-20 footballer Matthew Quinn has tasted success on the big stage for the first time with their provincial final win over Donegal, and he’s confident that there could be more to come. The Dungannon lad is in his first year as part of the U20 set-up, and he’s shown no signs of trepidation, playing a major role from the half-forward line in their run to back-to-back Ulster titles.
Bellew: Cavan hurlers treading carefully

1 week ago | gaeliclife.com | Niall Gartland

By Shaun CaseyWHILE Cavan are the in-form team in the Lory Meagher Cup to date, they won’t be easing off the case says Ollie Bellew. A win this Saturday away to Longford will send the Breffni Blues into the final. They have picked up three victories on the trot so far in the group stages, beating Warwickshire, Monaghan and Lancashire to sit at the top of the table with just two games remaining.
GList: The road to Clones

1 week ago | gaeliclife.com | Niall Gartland

Niall Gartland looks back on this year’s Ulster SFC ahead of Saturday’s finalPreliminary RoundDonegal 1-25 Derry 1-15DERRY had failed to register a single victory in this year’s Division One campaign, so they were big underdogs for this one. The first 20 minutes or so didn’t go quite according to script, but Donegal were settled by a goal from Dáire Ó Baoill and led by 1-12 to 1-5 at the break.
Rodgers primed for familiar provincial final pairing

1 week ago | gaeliclife.com | Niall Gartland

By Niall GartlandIT’S a familiar pairing in the Ulster Senior Championship final, but as much as anything else that speaks to the strength of both Armagh and Donegal over a sustained period of time. This is the fifth season running that the two teams will battle it out for provincial supremacy – and this particular match up rarely fails to disappoint.
IN THE ARCHIVES: Dark day for Antrim hurlers while Down u-21s edged in 10-goal thriller

1 week ago | gaeliclife.com | Niall Gartland

10 YEARS AGOA DARK day for Antrim in the Leinster SHC as they were destroyed by Westmeath, Michael Ryan’s side strolling to a 1-21 to 0-7 win. The Saffrons travelled with confidence having dispatched Laois in their opener, but they were torn asunder in Mullingar with Kevin Ryan’s side losing by 17 in the end. The opening minutes weren’t helped by Arron Graffin suffering a serious knee injury.
Johnny McIntosh: Mid-tier hurling counties are being neglected

1 week ago | gaeliclife.com | Niall Gartland

THE Munster Hurling Championship is brilliant. Week-after-week there’s high-quality games between the very best teams in the country in front of thousands upon thousands of entranced spectators. It’s everywhere else where the problems are, unfortunately. The Corks and Limericks of this world are far too strong for even some of the stronger Leinster counties and that’s without even mentioning the lesser counties.
Dáire Ó Baoill - a study in resilience

1 week ago | gaeliclife.com | Niall Gartland

By Niall GartlandAND another one! Dáire Ó Baoill first came to the attention of the wider GAA community when he smashed home a first-half hat-trick against Crossmaglen in the semi-finals of the Ulster Senior Club Championship in November 2018. One win later – against Scotstown – and Gaoth Dobhair were provincial kingpins for the first time in their history.
KEVIN CASSIDY: It's too close to call

1 week ago | gaeliclife.com | Niall Gartland

WE have had some fantastic games already this year, but there is no doubt that the game of the season to date takes place this weekend. Donegal and Armagh will clash this Saturday evening in Clones as they yet again contest this year’s Ulster final. When looking at who could possibly win this weekend’s game there is so much to look at. To be 100 per cent honest, this game is as about 50-50 as you are likely to get.
O’Hanlon expecting a tight clash with Down

1 week ago | gaeliclife.com | Niall Gartland

By Michael McMullanCAVAN manager Ed O’Hanlon is expecting a tough encounter when Down come to Kingspan Breffni for Saturday afternoon’s Ulster minor quarter-final. Victory over Derry shot Cavan into the winners’ half of the draw where they failed to take their chances against Tyrone last weekend. Now, they’ve no more chances. It’s all or nothing. “We performed pretty well,” O’Hanlon said of their 0-19 to 0-13 defeat in O’Neill’s Healy Park.
Kingdom repeat the objective for Tyrone U20 coach O'Donnell

1 week ago | wearetyrone.com | Niall Gartland

RECOVERY is the name of the game for the Tyrone Under-20 footballers ahead of Sunday’s All-Ireland semi-final clash against Kerry, according to coach Connor O’Donnell. The Omagh St Enda’s man as part of the coaching set-up that helped Tyrone to last year’s All-Ireland final triumph, where they overcame the Kingdom on a scoreline of 1-20 to 1-14, in a performance that oozed class.