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Irish Times
a day ago
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- Irish Times
Tailteann Cup: Kildare to face Offaly as quarter-final pairings revealed
Brian Flanagan's Kildare will play Offaly in the quarter-finals of the Tailteann Cup after the draw was held on Monday morning. Kildare, as group table-toppers, will have home advantage for the clash. The midlands derby is one of two all-Leinster quarter-finals as Oisín McConville's Wicklow will host Westmeath in the last eight of Gaelic football's second tier competition. Fermanagh will have a home tie against Sligo , while Wexford must travel to Limerick for their quarter-final clash. READ MORE All four fixtures will take place this weekend, with match details to be finalised later on Monday. Tailteann Cup quarter-finals Kildare v Offaly Wicklow v Westmeath Fermanagh v Sligo Limerick v Wexford
RTÉ News
a day ago
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- RTÉ News
League final repeats as Tailteann Cup quarter-final draw made
Kildare and Offaly will meet in a repeat of the Division 3 final, following Monday morning's Tailteann Cup quarter-final draw. On that occasion, Mickey Harte's side were victorious at Croke Park, but the Lilywhites will have home advantage this time around having topped their group, with the Faithful County comfortably defeating New York in Saturday's preliminary quarter-final. One of Limerick or Wexford will qualify for the semi-finals of the competition for the first time ever after they were paired together in what is a repeat of the Division 4 final won by the Treaty County. Limerick topped their group and will have home advantage, to be confirmed later today, with Wexford getting past Antrim to book their last-eight place. There is another Leinster derby when Oisín McConville's Wicklow host one of the favourites for the competition in Westmeath. Dermot McCabe's side had to go through the preliminary quarter-final route after a shock loss to Limerick, but the 3-26 they scored against Laois at the weekend suggests they have been able to quickly get back on track. The final quarter-final will see Sligo making the short trip to Enniskillen to take on Fermanagh. Tony McEntee's side were given a firm examination by Carlow at the weekend, but came through. Fermanagh v Sligo Wicklow v Westmeath Kildare v Offaly Limerick v Wexford
Irish Independent
03-06-2025
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- Irish Independent
Wicklow manager Oisín McConville expects Kevin Quinn back for quarter-final
McConville was concerned about team's mentality when 10 points down in the opening half Wicklow People If it costs a penny for someone's thoughts, Oisín McConville could have left Wexford Park after half an hour's action with a decent sum. The less-informed might have put the Waterford game down as a certain two points, but even the better-informed identified this as the most winnable game of this Tailteann Cup group. Deep into the first half, however, it was the Déise, not Wicklow, who were 10 points up. The breeze was very strong in Wexford, and Waterford were the benefactors, but was it a 10-point breeze? Could Wicklow be eliminated from the Tailteann Cup even after their excellent win over Laois a fortnight ago?
Irish Independent
19-05-2025
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- Irish Independent
Wicklow boss Oisín McConville happy with win but urges team to now push on
McConville said his team have no God-given right to win group stage finalé against Waterford Wicklow People Today at 12:30 Oisín McConville didn't cut the happiest figure after his team's disappointing performance against Offaly last week. Six days on, it was an entirely different story, and he was justifiably happy as his team clinically – and deservedly – defeated Laois in Aughrim. It wasn't a perfect performance, and Wicklow spurned opportunities – including goal chances – to win by even more than five points. But they did what was required and still came away with a decent haul of 21 points, and that could be nothing but pleasing to everyone who supports the Garden County.
Irish Daily Mirror
08-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Daily Mirror
'Let's face it - Donegal and Armagh don't like each other'
Oisín McConville says there's no love lost between the Armagh and Donegal camps ahead of Saturday's Ulster final. As well as the historical context to the rivalry, in little over a year, the counties have met four times in League and Championship though Donegal have had the better of those encounters overall, winning two of the games outright and drawing the other two, albeit they went on to win last year's Ulster final on penalties. In their most recent meeting in the League in February, Michael Murphy made his comeback appearance for Donegal off the bench, his previous outing for the county having been a qualifier drubbing at the hands of Armagh in 2022. But this time he clearly got under their skin in Ballybofey, with Aidan Forker immediately sent off for headbutting him. Murphy went on to kick three points as Donegal won by eight. 'Let's face it,' said former Armagh star McConville. 'Donegal and Armagh don't like each other and that has been built up and the last year will have just added to that.' Despite being All-Ireland champions, Armagh are without an Ulster title since 2008, when McConville won the last of his seven provincial medals in his final year as an inter-county player, albeit he was peripheral at that stage. But he feels that the current Armagh side have benefited from the status of being All-Ireland champions and has backed them to bridge the 17-year gap. 'People are saying Armagh have been better so far. I think Donegal have improved massively but I don't know, there's something about Armagh. 'I think the All-Ireland crown has fitted well with them. I think it's given them a huge amount of belief. It's obviously taken the monkey off their back massively. 'It feels really fresh. The whole set up feels really fresh and I know a lot of that is because Geezer's [Kieran McGeeney] hand has been forced with the amount of injuries and absentees he's had but they just look like a team that knows what they're about and they seem to be getting a body or two back every single game. 'I thought Armagh's bench looked really strong against Tyrone and we didn't use the likes of Niall Grimley so I think there's still plenty more to come from Armagh just for me, none of those guys have Ulster medals and it seems to be really important for them to get one.' McConville acknowledged Donegal boss Jim McGuinness's 'ridiculous' record as a manager in the Ulster Championship - he's won four titles and lost just one game out of 20 in the competition - but says 'I just get the feeling Armagh are going to just edge it'. The Wicklow manager was speaking on the BBC's GAA Social podcast, where three-time Kerry All-Ireland winner Dara Ó Cinnéide was the guest. Ó Cinnéide, who lifted the Sam Maguire Cup as Kerry captain in 2004, also backed Armagh to prevail. He said: 'They don't have an Ulster medal. There's been a lot of conversations had since the start of the year, start of the League, start of the Championship, and it's almost like people have forgotten that Armagh are actually the reigning All-Ireland champions. 'You have to do something to earn that. I'm sure they'll look at it and say, 'Hang on a second here, did we not just win the All-Ireland last year?' That'll be ammunition for an Ulster final anyway.'
