Coyle ready for Barnsley fight
It’s only an eight-rounder, albeit against a once-beaten opponent named Kyle Lomotey. But in the scheme of things, Connor “The Kid” Coyle’s fight a...
August 01, 2024
by Jay Mwamba
Cheering on Armagh from a faraway Brooklyn bar
I was anxious before Sunday’s All Ireland Gaelic Football final, as were all the Armagh supporters. How many times had our hopes been dashed? How m...
July 31, 2024
by Geoffrey Cobb
Irish swimming gold in Paris
Ireland’s Daniel Wiffen snatched victory in the final stretch of the men's 800 freestyle final to take gold in Paris late Tuesday in an Olympic rec...
July 30, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff
County Crests are talking points
Television viewers may have noticed a new crest on the Team Ireland unform during the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics last Friday. Laura Web...
July 30, 2024
by Sean Creedon
Armagh win war of attrition
Armagh 1-11; Galway 0-13 It wasn’t pretty but it sure was pretty intense as Kieran McGeeney’s Armagh out-toughed Galway to the delight of a huge or...
July 29, 2024
by P.J. Cunningham
Exciting Sam final promised
We know the legal saying that possession is nine/tenths of the law, but in Gaelic football it seems that it’s ten, especially in men’s football. Ba...
July 26, 2024
by Sean Creedon
Galway to shade Orchard battle
Galway and Armagh are a welcome change to the tweedle-dee, tweedle-dum of Dublin, Kerry and one or two others who have dominated our All Ireland fo...
July 25, 2024
by P.J. Cunningham
Lansdowne promote coach Kane
On the heels of a successful season with Lansdowne Yonkers, Belfast-born coach Matt Kane has been elevated to the position of technical director by...
July 23, 2024
by Jay Mwamba
WNT seeded for playoff semis
The Republic of Ireland women’s national team have been drawn to face Georgia in the Women’s Euro 2025 play-off semi-finals. Eileen Gleeson’s playe...
July 23, 2024
by Sean Creedon
Clare edge Rebels in classic
Clare 3-29; Cork 1-34 (After Extra Time) This was an All Ireland hurling final for the ages at a packed Croke Park on Sunday with the only disappoi...
July 22, 2024
by P.J. Cunningham
Cork's hurlers to bring momentum into final
There are only six inter-county games, three hurling and three football, to be played between July 1 and Dec. 31. The club players seem to like the...
July 19, 2024
by Sean Creedon
Cork to win close contest
Ever since Cork and Clare advanced in two pulsating All-Ireland senior hurling semi-finals, both managers Brian Lohan (Clare) and Pat Ryan (Cork) h...
July 18, 2024
by P.J. Cunningham