SLIGO GAA Online News Review

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  • GAA Feature/John Maughan Interview (Part 2)
    Mayo News, Ireland - 5 hours ago
    MF: It emerged recently that the Mayo GAA Board will have a financial deficit for
    2003 ... only a couple of weeks ago and I know he showed great restraint in Sligo ...
  • GAA : Semi spot for IT Sligo ash artists
    Sligo Weekender, Ireland - 2 Dec 2003
    THE Senior hurlers of Institute of Technology, Sligo, have qualified for the semi-final
    of this season’s HEC (Higher Education Council) Senior Hurling League ...
  • GAA : Horan shoots like Wilkinson as IT students perform well
    Sligo Weekender, Ireland - 2 Dec 2003
    IT was never going to be anything other than a comfortable home win for IT Sligo
    last Tuesday, as they eventually triumphed over GMIT (Letterfrack) by 10 ...
  • GAA : No orange order for valiant Curry
    Sligo Weekender, Ireland - 2 Dec 2003
    A SEA of orange threatened to engulf Salthill’s Pearse Stadium last Sunday,
    but Sligo champions Curry, sporting an alternative orange strip, were three ...
  • Managers clash during intense Connacht final
    Sligo Weekender, Ireland - 2 Dec 2003
    ... It was an incident that is now likely to be investigated further by
    the Connacht GAA Council this week. John Prenty, secretary of ...
  • Caltra too hot for Curry
    GAA Football & Hurling, Ireland - 1 Dec 2003
    ... over the bar. Had a goal come at that stage, the Sligo champions might
    well have gone on to take the spoils. Curry opened brightly ...
  • Durcan looking for second medal
    GAA Football & Hurling, Ireland - 29 Nov 2003
    ... Amazingly, the Sligo SFC which Durcan won was his first ever championship medal
    at any grade and he is keen to see can he add a second championship within a ...
  • Davey and Durcan return for Curry
    GAA Football & Hurling, Ireland - 27 Nov 2003
    Sligo champions Curry have been boosted by the availability of county star Sean
    Davey and Michael Durcan for Sunday's Connacht club football final against ...
  • GAA : Fourth title for Ballymote
    Western People, Ireland - 26 Nov 2003
    ... into overdrive and fine scores by Dermot McTiernan and Marty Underwood gave them
    the cushion they needed to collect yet another title for the south Sligo side. ...
  • GAA : Varley is Colman ’ s hero
    Western People, Ireland - 26 Nov 2003
    ... Colman’s failed to score during the second quarter and the cost of their many
    missed opportunities was fully realised in the 29th minute, when the Sligo ...

 

  • GAA : Allergan go down on dark day for football
    Western People, Ireland - 26 Nov 2003
    ... At least two of the Allergan dismissals were more than warranted but a number
    of the Sligo amalgamation was very lucky to remain on the pitch. ...
  • GAA : Provincial final is marred by violence
    Sligo Weekender, Ireland - 25 Nov 2003
    SOUTH Sligo amalgamation Aclare Plastics & Local Industry retained their Connacht
    Inter-firms SFC title with a nine-points defeat of Westport firm, Allergan ...
  • GAA : Ballymote continue incredible sequence of county final wins
    Sligo Weekender, Ireland - 25 Nov 2003
    ... Last Saturday afternoon the east Sligo club added the Sligo U-21 ‘A’ Championship
    – to what is an already bulging booty – when they nullified Coolera ...
  • GAA : Melly ’ s scores assist efficient North Division win
    Sligo Weekender, Ireland - 25 Nov 2003
    TRICKY forward Gary Melly inspired the North Division to their second win of
    this year’s Sligo U-17 Inter-divisional Gaelic football competition. ...
  • GAA hands down record fines
    GAA Football & Hurling, Ireland - 25 Nov 2003
    ... boys were not part of the official party and it’s understood that the GAA ... in the
    dugout and seats for the All-Ireland qualifier against Monaghan, while Sligo ...
  • Erne County boss hit by triple blow
    GAA Football & Hurling, Ireland - 21 Nov 2003
    ... If you look at Sligo and Westmeath, they did not have a good year after their big ... to
    Perth and then on to Sydney where they hope to team up with a local GAA ...
  • Taylor "shattered" by snub
    GAA Football & Hurling, Ireland - 20 Nov 2003
    Sligo star Paul Taylor has admitted that he is devastated to be left out of
    the county's training panel for the forthcoming National League campaign. ...
  • Mayo and Galway set for Castlebar showdown
    GAA Football & Hurling, Ireland - 20 Nov 2003
    ... Another attractive fixture is the first round meeting of Roscommon and Sligo at
    Hyde Park on May 23, with the winners facing Leitrim in the semi-final in ...
  • Ladies GAA : Casey strike gives Gurteen first title
    Western People, Ireland - 19 Nov 2003
    ... After Casey’s strike the Sligo team grew in confidence and a lightning break
    by the goalscorer ended with a Louise Brett strike hitting the side-netting. ...
  • Northern Light
    Mayo News, Ireland - 19 Nov 2003
    ... The bread and butter of the local GAA Leagues demanded the attention of ... T. Mortimer
    (Mayo), S. O’Neill (Roscommon), D. Casey (Roscommon), G. McGowan (Sligo). ...

 

  • GAA : Cadden inspires Coolera to ‘ A ’ final
    Sligo Weekender, Ireland - 19 Nov 2003
    WHILE Coolera-Strandhill can justifiably claim that they fully merited their four-points
    Sligo U-21 ‘A’ Championship semi-final win over Tourlestrane, the ...
  • GAA : Glynn goals are vital in IT Sligo win
    Sligo Weekender, Ireland - 19 Nov 2003
    THE Senior hurlers of IT Sligo continued their impressive run in Division 2C of this
    season’s HEC (Higher Education Council) Senior Hurling League when they ...
  • Taylor was left in the dark
    Sligo Weekender, Ireland - 19 Nov 2003
    ... Taylor’s axing from the current panel, which is still only in the preliminary
    stages of preparation, has provoked widespread interest throughout Sligo GAA ...
  • Donegal GAA legend presents Sligo coaching certificates
    Sligo Weekender, Ireland - 19 Nov 2003
    DONEGAL Gaelic football legend Brian McEniff presented the latest crop of Sligo
    GAA coaches with their certificates at a ceremony in Sligo’s Southern Hotel ...
  • Structures must be changed or the county ’ s clubs will suffer
    Sligo Weekender, Ireland - 19 Nov 2003
    ... Since the ‘Qualifiers’ started in the 2001 campaign, the Sligo GAA County Board
    has taken no action with regards its club fixtures to take account of the ...
  • Eastern Harps star ’ s absence surprises leading GAA pundit
    Sligo Weekender, Ireland - 19 Nov 2003
    JAMES Kearins’ decision to omit Paul Taylor from the Sligo Senior training squad
    for the forthcoming season has elicited some surprise from former Monaghan ...
  • Bohemians Football Club
    Waterford Today, Ireland - 18 Nov 2003
    ... We visited Kerry, Sligo, Dublin, Cork, Kilkenny, Kildare, Wexford, Tipperary, Wicklow,
    Carlow ... We also visited rugby grounds, GAA grounds and of course some ...
  • Taylor's Sligo career could be over
    GAA Football & Hurling, Ireland - 18 Nov 2003
    Paul Taylor may have played his last game for Sligo following confirmation that
    he has not been included in manager James Kearns' training panel for the ...
  • Staunton misses out on All Star award
    GAA Football & Hurling, Ireland - 17 Nov 2003
    ... Provincial Young Players of the Year: Connacht - Stephanie O'Reilly (Sligo);
    Munster - Rena Buckley (Cork); Leinster - Aisling Holton (Kildare); Ulster ...
  • Connacht panel named
    GAA Football & Hurling, Ireland - 13 Nov 2003
    ... D Savage, M Clancy (all Galway), S Curran, G Cox, D Casey, F Dolan, K Mannion, F
    Grehan, SO'Neill (all Roscommon), P Doohan, P Gallagher, G McGowan (all Sligo ...

 

  • GAA : Missed chances prove costly for Easkey
    Western People, Ireland - 12 Nov 2003
    ... scoring opportunities. Against the run of play Easkey stunned their south
    Sligo rivals with two goals in the space of six minutes. The ...
  • First Year Colleges 13 - a - side Hurling Blitz
    Western People, Ireland - 12 Nov 2003
    ... Gerald’s, Castlebar, Belmullet Colleges, Holy Rosary Mountbellew, and Sligo Colleges
    all ... Special thanks to Ballyheane GAA Club for the use of their facilities ...
  • A star in the making
    Western People, Ireland - 12 Nov 2003
    ... It was a really special occasion to start a game for Sligo Rovers and even though
    I had a groin ... Kenneth has also been a regular in the Ballinrobe GAA club. ...
  • Major award for Sligo footballer
    Western People, Ireland - 12 Nov 2003
    ... What is particularly encouraging for Sligo ladies GAA is the fact that Donegal went
    on to win the all-Ireland final and whilst the Tir Conaill ladies now look ...
  • Louisburgh exile takes chair in Boston
    Western People, Ireland - 12 Nov 2003
    ... Tom Burke hurling club, Aidan McAnespie GAA club and Mayo football club. ribute to
    the education he had received in Sligo and the way in which it had prepared ...
  • GAA: Gaels win U-21 ‘B’ title thanks to their second-half ...
    Sligo Weekender, Ireland - 11 Nov 2003
    SHAMROCK Gaels’ late rally ensured victory over Calry-St Joseph’s in last
    Sunday afternoon’s Sligo U-21 ‘B’ Championship final at Ballintogher. ...
  • GAA : Leitrim finalists fail to make Senior League decider
    Sligo Weekender, Ireland - 11 Nov 2003
    By PJ Leddy. FOLLOWING St Mary’s one-point defeat by Mohill in last
    Sunday’s Leitrim Senior League ‘play-off’, with a place ...
  • GAA : Early second - half goals turn final in Ballymote ’ s ...
    Sligo Weekender, Ireland - 11 Nov 2003
    LAST Sunday’s Sligo League Division Three final produced just 10 scores but an
    absorbing contest was settled in the opening five minutes of the second period ...
  • GAA : Ballymote get more glory
    Sligo Weekender, Ireland - 11 Nov 2003
    BALLYMOTE added further gloss to an already exhilarating year when
    they won last Sunday’s Sligo League Division Three decider. ...
  • GAA : Has Taylor been axed from the county panel ?
    Sligo Weekender, Ireland - 11 Nov 2003
    SPECULATION is now rife that Eastern Harps full-forward Paul Taylor will play no
    part in new Sligo Senior manager James Kearins’ plans as preparations for ...

 

  • Ballina choke on hot Curry!
    Western People, Ireland - 5 Nov 2003
    ... off the kind of impressive scores they never got time to dwell over in the Sligo ... THE
    Mayo Ladies GAA board have been fined 22,000 euro by the Ladies GAA for ...

  • GAA : No complaints from Ballina
    Western People, Ireland - 5 Nov 2003
    ... The manager was adamant that the Sligo men’s challenge hadn’t been
    treated lightly. ‘We didn’t underestimate Curry at all. ...
  • GAA : Meehan ’ s gem steers Caltra to victory over Castlerea
    Western People, Ireland - 5 Nov 2003
    ... Heneghan. Sligo referee Martin Duffy directed that the free be re-taken
    and Ger Heneghan uncharacteristically struck it wide. Castlerea ...
  • GAA : Marren fires Curry into final
    Western People, Ireland - 5 Nov 2003
    ... The absence through injury of midfielder Sean Davey and centre half back Michael
    Durcan left the Sligo champions with huge gaps to fill before the throw-in but ...
  • GAA : First half effort pays off for Sligo
    Western People, Ireland - 5 Nov 2003
    ... due to the time of year that fixtures are played, and it proved no exception last
    Thursday, when GMIT Castlebar went down by five points to a sharper Sligo IT ...
  • GAA : A tale of two cousins
    Western People, Ireland - 5 Nov 2003
    Both families have strong traditions in the GAA with Shane’s uncle Jimmy Kilgallon
    a member of the Sligo minor team of 1968 who lost out in an all-Ireland ...
  • GAA : New era commences under Kearins
    Western People, Ireland - 5 Nov 2003
    By their very nature draws are a lottery but before Sligo’s name was pulled
    from the draw drum in Perth last Sunday evening Sligo manager James Kearins ...
  • GAA : Final heartbreak for Cloonacool
    Western People, Ireland - 5 Nov 2003
    ... t until the final ten minutes that Dunmore secured the victory as the Cloonacool
    girls put in a huge effort to try and bring the silverware to south Sligo. ...
  • GAA : No stopping Kilmovee girls
    Western People, Ireland - 5 Nov 2003
    ... accolades. At Kent Park, Sligo, on the October Bank Holiday Monday,
    the Kilmovee heroines shattered the dreams of the local side, St. ...
  • GAA : College action resumes tomorrow
    Western People, Ireland - 5 Nov 2003
    Following Summerhill’s, Sligo, victory over St. Pat’s, Tuam, in
    the second round at Sligo, last week, the team to advance from ...
   

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