Tyrone finally record back-to-back championship wins again

Saturday afternoon saw Tyrone record consecutive championship wins for the first time since 2021. All it took was for us to face Munster opposition twice, against Clare and Cork respectively. Now we know how Kerry get their confidence up and feel their way into the summer every year. Cork provided a stern test in the

What is wrong with Tyrone?

That’s two back-to-back defeats to Donegal. The feeling after the Ulster Championship semi-final was disappointment but with some optimism for the rest of the summer. This is very much in contrast to the feeling last night in Ballybofey where Tyrone endured a frustrating second half, second best in every department. What is wrong with Tyrone?

Early Season Ramblings

As Tyrone travel to Killarney to face Kerry in Round 5 of the National Football League, we remember Cormac McAnallen who passed away twenty years ago this weekend. He left an indelible impression on Gaels far and wide, particularly in his home county of Tyrone. At the time of his death, Cormac was our captain

NFL Division 1 semi-final: Kerry 6-16 Tyrone 1-13

Well that was a “proper horrorshow” performance by Tyrone. Away games to Kerry rarely bring a positive result but this must surely rank as the worst trip to the Kingdom in recent memory. It started badly with Ronan McNamee conceding an early, soft penalty and got progressively worse when Darragh Canavan was carried off with

Full steam ahead Killarney

A road trip to Killarney following the county in June sounds like a great idea but the pandemic means we, the fans, are not really invited, bar the lucky few who will receive tickets from their clubs. Drives around the Ring of Kerry, trips to Dingle and pints in Tattler Jacks and Páidí Ó Sé’s

Farney and fans to return to Healy Park

Monaghan have been in Division 1 since 2015 and it is unlikely they will surrender their top flight status without much of a fight. Their boisterous manager Banty McEnaney remains suspended from the side-line for lockdown training breaches but their tallyman Conor McManus will make his first start of the season.

Armagh rivalry resumes

Nowhere in Tyrone is the rivalry with Armagh felt more than in the east of the county. Schools sharing catchment areas, plenty of inter-marriage and two teams being at their peak at the same time made a toxic rivalry almost unbearable in the mid-2000s. Those epic Championship encounters defined an era of football as both

NFL Division 1 North round 1: Tyrone 0-16 Donegal 0-18

The Logan-Dooher era began in Omagh last night in very much the same manner that the Harte era ended, with a narrow defeat to a controlled Donegal side behind closed doors. It was a fourth league or championship defeat in a row to our neighbours who very much have the hex over us in recent

Hampsey appointed Captain

Coalisland Na Fianna’s Pádraig Hampsey has been appointed the new Captain of the Tyrone senior football team. Pomeroy’s Kieran McGeary will become Vice Captain. Hampsey, who won an All Star in 2018, takes over from Trillick’s Mattie Donnelly. I’m not sure of the logic in the change but it may free Donnelly up to concentrate

2020 – The season that never got going

Last year was as odd a season as I can recall. The coronavirus pandemic ripped a hole right through the middle of the calendar and left the season being completed in winter behind closed doors after club championships had been run across the country in early autumn. Five significant things happened for Tyrone in what