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Irish Independent
18-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Independent
GAA: Cavan shock Mayo as Tipperary ease past Waterford
Live | It's another full day of GAA action across both codes today. The All-Ireland SFC group stage continues but it's the smaller ball taking top billing with a mouth-watering clash of Limerick and Cork following Tipperary's clash with Waterford. There's also matches in the Tailteann and Joe McDonagh Cups and you can follow everything as it happens with Niall McIntyre in our liveblog below. Munster SHC Tipperary 1-30 Waterford 1-21 (full-time) Limerick 2-12 Cork 0-6 (25 mins) Tailteann Cup Leitrim 1-18 Sligo 2-19 (full-time) London 1-10 Westmeath 0-26 (full-time) Carlow 0-14 Wexford 1-16 (60 mins) Longford 0-4 Fermanagh 0-9 (half-time) Joe McDonagh Cup Laois 0-9 Kildare 2-11 (40 mins) All-Ireland SFC Clare 1-16 Down 3-27 (full-time) Mayo 1-14 Cavan 1-17 (full-time) Leinster SHC Kilkenny 5-19 Dublin 3-20 (70 mins) 2 minutes ago Adam English scores Limerick's second goal after brilliant work from Cian Lynch. Cork look shell-shocked. Limerick lead by 2-13 to 0-7 after 28 minutes. 9 minutes ago Limerick are blowing Cork out of it in the early stages, albeit with the aid of the breeze. Limerick 1-10 Cork 0-5 (20 mins) 11 minutes ago Comeback is on in Nowlan Park, with Dublin cutting Kilkenny's lead back to three. 17 minutes ago Cavan hold onto defeat Mayo by 1-17 to 1-14, with a late Aidan O'Shea goal putting some gloss on the scoreline for Mayo. 24 minutes ago Watch Gillane's majestic goal here. The Sunday Game on Twitter / X Aaron Gillane produces this majestic goal for Limerick as they make a blistering start📺 #SundayGame The Sunday Game (@TheSundayGame) May 18, 2025 External contentWhen displaying external content, data is transferred to third parties. 26 minutes ago Aaron Gillane scores a magic goal to get Limerick off to a flying start, beating Niall O'Leary and Ciaran Joyce all-ends-up before lashing to the net off the left. 30 minutes ago Classic Limerick score to start off, with Cian Lynch teeing up Tom Morrissey to point. 31 minutes ago Game on in the Gaelic grounds, where the atmosphere is rocking. 41 minutes ago Michael Verney in Nowlan Park: Goals galore for Cats The Leinster SHC clash between Kilkenny and Dublin is all but over at the break with the Cats smashing four goals past the visitors in the opening half to forge 4-12 to 0-10 ahead. Dublin started brightly with Cian O'Sullivan (0-5 from play) on fire in attack, but they have been the authors of their own downfall at the other end with a leaky defence in turmoil under high ball. Adrian Mullen and Martin Keoghan both profited from long balls to the edge of the square before finishing to the net while Billy Ryan and TJ Reid also added goals that could have been prevented. Kilkenny 4-12 Dublin 0-10 (half-time) 42 minutes ago Cavan lead Mayo by one point with twenty minutes to go, with Gerard Smith scoring their goal. Cavan 1-9 Mayo 0-11 (50 mins) 44 minutes ago Full-time in Semple Stadium, with Tipperary winning by nine. Young sub Oisín O'Donoghue scored 1-1 for Tipperary, having won man-of-the-match in the Munster U20 final midweek. Tipperary 1-30 Waterford 1-21 (full-time) 54 minutes ago Looks like game over in Semple Stadium as Darragh McCarthy sets up Oisin O'Donoghue for a late goal for Tipperary. 56 minutes ago TJ Reid, Martin Keoghan, Billy Ryan and Adrian Mullen with goals for Kilkenny who lead Dublin by 4-10 to 0-10 coming up to half-time. Today 10:26 AM Five in a row from Tipp, with Jason Forde and Noel McGrath scoring from play. Today 10:25 AM Tipp have steadied the ship with three unanswered points. Today 10:19 AM Waterford have hit five points in a row, cutting Tipp's lead back to one. Live Blog Software
RTÉ News
08-05-2025
- Sport
- RTÉ News
McCusker: Winning the Tailteann Cup would be massive for Fermanagh
For the third successive season, Fermanagh enter the Tailteann Cup as first seeds, but this time around the Erne County are looking to firmly challenge for silverware. Few will be as motivated as long-serving Declan McCusker. The 34-year-old made his championship debut back in 2011 and continues to drive the team from the half-backline. He was part of a Fermanagh side that reached an All-Ireland quarter-final in 2015 and an Ulster decider three years later, but things have been sparse since. A promotion to Division 2 was a significant achievement, but championship days in the sun have been few and far between. A sobering defeat to Down in Ulster means their wait for a provincial win will stretch to eight years, and now the focus in the Tailteann Cup, starting with Sunday's home game against Carlow, with games against Longford (away) and Wexford (neutral) to follow. Despite being among the first seeds, McCusker knows from recent history it hasn't counted for much, with preliminary quarter-final (2023) and quarter-final (2024) defeats to their name. "We've always been a number one seed and sort of come in thinking we are good enough to win it and we've underperformed," he told RTÉ Sport. "Look at some of the other teams, Laois and Antrim have performed really well in the Tailteann Cup and we haven't so that's something we need to try and get right this year." Seven points up – one courtesy of McCusker himself – with eight minutes remaining against Down, the Erne men looked set to break their Ulster hoodoo but were simply unable to halt the shift in momentum at Brewster Park. That loss was a particular blow – "I've had a few bad days but aye, it was brutal" – but he dismisses the notion that there may be a lack of motivation for the secondary football competition. "I don't see the Tailteann as a slog," he says. "A Fermanagh win the Tailteann Cup would be a massive, massive achievement. "We're a very small county and don't have big numbers, so to win any competition in the would be huge. "For 90% of the counties that are in the competition, this is probably the level that they're at and the challenge for a Sam Maguire is a long way away for all the teams, maybe bar one or two. "There's definitely teams in this competition who are good enough to be in the Sam Maguire competition, but to actually challenge to win it, yeah, it's a process maybe for a couple of teams, Kildare and Offaly maybe down the line." "To go into a championship and have a competition that you can actually win, I think it's very important." Key to their prospects is the fitness of key forward Ultan Kelm. He missed the entire league campaign with a hip problem and is continuing his road to recovery. The form of Conor Love has been welcome. The all-action forward notched five points against Down in taking the player of the match award and McCusker says it is something that people within the county have been waiting to happen. "He won a Hogan Cup (2019) and from then he would have been earmarked as the next big forward in Fermanagh and took a year or two out himself," he says. "I think he was in for a year and then he took maybe a year or two out and then came back in last year and he was doing really well. "You're kind of just waiting for him to have that kind of game, waiting for him to explode on the inter-county scene and he was brilliant against Down."
The Irish Sun
08-05-2025
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
Declan McCusker says Fermanagh lifting Tailteann Cup would be ‘massive' as skipper targets Croke Park glory
FERMANAGH stalwart Declan McCusker admits championship silverware would be the stuff of dreams. 2 Declan McCusker of Fermanagh says winning the Tailteann Cup would be massive for the county 2 The Ernesiders face Carlow this weekend in their opening game of the Tailteann Cup Their skipper, 34, joined the squad in 2011 and helped them reach the 2018 Ulster decider, which they lost to Donegal. But the Tailteann Cup gives Kieran Donnelly's men hope. They bowed out in last year's quarter-finals against Sligo. But McCusker hopes 2025 can bring big things ahead of Sunday's group stage opener at home to Carlow. He said: 'It would be unreal. It would just lift any trophy for Fermanagh, especially to lift one in Croke Park, it would be unbelievable, it would be massive - a dream come true. READ MORE ON GAA 'I don't see the Tailteann as a slog, to me Fermanagh winning the Tailteann cup would be a massive, massive achievement. 'We're a very small county and numbers, we don't have big numbers and I think we have the fewest clubs in the country. So to win any competition would be huge. 'Although it's been the same the last few years, we've always been a number one seed and we sort of come in thinking we are good enough to win it and we've underperformed. 'Look at some of the other teams, Laois and Antrim have performed really well in the Tailteann Cup and we haven't so that's something we need to try and get right this year.' Most read in GAA Football But they have to do so without star man Ultan Kelm. The Erne Gaels clubman was all set for a move to the AFL last winter, but he remained on home soil. A hip injury has sidelined him all year as he missed their entire NFL Division 3 campaign and their gutting Ulster SFC quarter-final loss to Down. 'It's a failure on the camogie association' - RTE GAA pundits don't sit on fence over 'no-brainer' skorts saga And McCusker admits their hitman might not feature in their bid for Tailteann Cup glory either. He said: 'Ultan Kelm has missed the whole league and he's still injured at the minute. It's his hip. "A few years ago when he signed the contract with AFL he made a balls of his hip and then it kind of reoccurred. 'I actually don't know how far away he is, he's weeks away anyway. So whether he gets back to play for Fermanagh at all this year or not I don't know, it would be a massive boost if he could get him back.'
The Irish Sun
07-05-2025
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
‘It's in bad shape' – Niall Murphy fumes at ‘brutal' Markievicz Park as Sligo open Tailteann Cup away from usual home
SLIGO skipper Niall Murphy slammed the state of the Markievicz Park pitch before it was shut. The Yeats County have closed their home ground until 2026 after the presence of meadowgrass wreaked havoc on the surface last year. 2 Niall Murphy of Sligo pictured at the launch of the Tailteann Cup at Croke Park Credit: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile 2 A general view of Markievicz Park before the 2024 Tailteann Cup quarter-final match between Sligo and Limerick Credit: Stephen Marken/Sportsfile Tony McEntee's men will open their Tailteann Cup campaign against Tipperary in Tubbercurry. Works have already begun on relaying Markievicz, which should be ready for action towards the middle of next year. But Murphy admits being shut out of their main home for the rest of the year is far from ideal as they chase their first Tailteann Cup crown. He said: 'It's out for a year. I don't know if you've seen the pitch, it's in bad shape. It's been brutal now for the guts of six to nine months. Read More on GAA 'Even during the club campaign it was bad, so it was nearly borderline dangerous the way it was cutting up. 'We had tried to play our Tailteann Cup game there but I think there was just a bit of a push on for the county board, that if we were to delay it it could feed into next year's Connacht Championship . 'If you had a home game you might have to give up that as well. There was a kind of a give up the Tailteann game or give up a Connacht Championship game next year. 'I think they just went ahead and said, 'Let's get it done and try and get it ready for even the end of the league next year, for Championship next year'. Most read in GAA Football 'It's disappointing to be out of there, no doubt, but it is what it is. 'They put the wrong seed on it apparently or just probably haven't looked after it, maintained it, well enough.' RTÉ GAA pundits Paul Flynn and Lee Keegan slam All-Ireland draw The ground was shut in 2018 for drainage works but was open in time for the 2019 Connacht SFC in May. Murphy added: 'They did do it up before Covid there as well, yeah. 'It's disappointing from our perspective.' Coolera-Strandhill man Murphy fired 0-7 in a 2-20 to 2-17 defeat, which meant tier-two football . And he said: 'That's our goal now, to try and win this. "There are a lot of good teams in it but we've been in two semi-finals, two close calls. Next stop for us is getting to a final anyway at minimum.' l NIALL MURPHY was speaking at the launch of the 2025 Tailteann Cup at Croke Park .
BreakingNews.ie
05-05-2025
- Sport
- BreakingNews.ie
Kevin Quinn praises Wicklow manager Oisín McConville for his guidance
Wicklow forward Kevin Quinn has praised manager Oisín McConville for his guidance as he continues to learn from the former Armagh footballer. Since McConville took over as manager in 2022, Quinn has become one of Wicklow's most important players, playing a key role in the full-forward line. Advertisement In McConville — who was instrumental in Armagh's All-Ireland win in 2002 — he has one of the best possible mentors. Speaking to , Quinn praised McConville for the confidence he instils in the team. 'Oisín has a huge belief in the talent we have. I think we probably need to believe in our capabilities a bit more — believe we can go into games against anyone and come out with a result. 'It's something we've been working on and something we can keep developing, I suppose. I genuinely think that on our day, if we play the way we want to play, we can turn over anyone. Advertisement 'It's great having someone like McConville pulling you for chats and giving you a bit of insight as a forward. Oisín is obviously someone who's been there and done that, so any bit of advice you get from him is huge.' There have been positive signs from Wicklow so far this season. After narrowly missing out on promotion from Division Four, they gave Dublin a strong challenge in the Leinster quarter-final. In their Tailteann Cup group, they will face Offaly, Laois, and Waterford. Their season ended at the quarter-final stage last year, when they were beaten by eventual winners Down — but Quinn is confident Wicklow can go further this time. 'You can't really accept defeat, but we did show in patches against Dublin what we can do, even against opposition like that. 'We definitely need more consistency in our performances. There are positives to take, so hopefully we can carry those into the Tailteann. 'I think the Tailteann this year is probably the most competitive since it started, so we're looking to hit the ground running in our first match against Offaly.'
