GAA Archives – Page 11 of 11

Footballers secure vital league win – DCU 3-10 NUI Maynooth 1-7

November 15, 2012

DCU’s footballers secured their first league win of the season when overcoming NUI Maynooth at St. Vincent’s on Wednesday evening. The Dublin side were keen to capitalise on a strengthened team, with the return from

Sigerson manager joins Down set-up

November 14, 2012

Sigerson football manager Niall Moyna has been drafted into the backroom team of the Down senior football set-up for the forthcoming year. Moyna, who trained DCU to a third Sigerson title earlier in the year

Sheedy reveals secrets of managerial success

November 14, 2012

All-Ireland winning manager Liam Sheedy revealed the secrets of a very successful career on the sideline to members of the DCU GAA club on Tuesday evening last. Sheedy entertained the notion that his 2010 All-Ireland

Tide slowly turning for DCU hurlers

November 14, 2012

Prior to the match against local rivals St. Pat’s, Paul O’Brien was without trepidation. The manager of DCU’s senior hurling team had, in fact, been pleased by his side’s performance at Belfield last month, despite

Freshers get the rub of the green to advance after late fightback – DCU 0-18 Sligo IT 1-13

November 14, 2012

DCU Fresher A Footballers’ passage to the league semi-finals was secured last week thanks in no small part to a controversial refereeing decision that saw what appeared to be a legitimate goal for Sligo IT

Fresher hurlers suffer third league defeat – DIT 1-14 DCU 0-11

November 14, 2012

DCU’s hurlers missed the opportunity to register their first league win of the campaign, with clinical finishing continuing to elude them. DIT took advantage of slack shooting in the opening quarter, to forge a 1-6

Camogie team advance to league semi-final DCU 2-12 QUB 1-5

November 3, 2012

DCU’s camogie team are through to the division 1 league semi-final after a convincing 10-point win against an understrength Queen’s side at St. Clare’s on Wednesday last. The opening exchanges of the game were fairly

DCU students among All-Star winners

October 31, 2012

Four DCU students have been included in the GAA/GPA Football All-Star team for 2012. Unsurprisingly, All-Ireland champions Donegal dominate the selection with eight players picking up awards. Among them is PE and Biology student, Michael

Impressive DIT make short work of struggling footballers – DIT 3-12 DCU 1-05

October 31, 2012

The Sigerson champions once again found themselves in rough waters when they went head to head with DIT in the second round of the Division 1 Senior Football League. Despite impressive performances from the likes

Industrious freshers claim third league win – DCU 4-12 DIT 0-11

October 31, 2012

An excellent performance in front of goal saw the Freshers football team run out hugely comfortable 13-point-winners against local rivals DIT on Thursday last. The home side wasted little team in carving out an early

Camogie team to meet NUIG in play-off

October 31, 2012

The DCU camogie team will play NUI Galway to determine which side competes in the Ashbourne Cup for the 2012-13 season, The College View has learned. The play-off encounter has been provisionally fixed for the

Neary and Kennedy enjoy handball success

October 31, 2012

Ciarán Neary and past lecturer Eugene Kennedy flew the DCU flag with distinction at the recent World Handball Championships, as both handballers climbed the podium following outright success in their respective categories. Kilkenny native Neary

DCU students central to Ballymun Kickhams success

October 31, 2012

DCU students Philly McMahon, James McCarthy, Dean Rock, John Small and Andy O’Brien were part of the Ballymun Kickhams panel that annexed the clubs third County senior football title. It was Dean Rock who grabbed

DCU hurling in need of a healing

October 31, 2012

Hurling Club chairperson Seamus Kelly tells Eoghan Cormican that Fitzgibbon hurling is the only way forward forthe college’s beleaguered stickmen. In the chronicles of DCU hurling, the past 12 months must surely rank among the

Byrne leads demolition job of Carlow – DCU 2-17 Carlow IT 0-06

October 19, 2012

The Fresher’s football side opened their campaign with a demolition of Carlow IT at St. Clare’s on Tuesday afternoon last. In a match that bore little resemblance to a contest, DCU took on the alias

Uncertainty surrounding DCU’s Ashbourne participation

October 17, 2012

When Laura Twomey prized her hands onto the Purcell Cup last February, the dream had finally become a reality. Ashbourne Camogie had been secured. DCU’s stickwomen spent two years teetering on the brink of top

Breheny unfazed by step-up in class

October 17, 2012

DCU’s Padraig Breheny may not have seen action in last month’s All-Ireland final, but as he tells Will Slattery, his first year with the Galway senior hurling panel was a special one nonetheless. Padraig Breheny

Intermediate footballers fall to city rivals in league opener (UCD 2-15 DCU 4-08)

October 17, 2012

A superb performance from Conor McGraynor failed to prevent DCU from succumbing to a one-point loss to UCD in the Intermediate Football League on Wednesday last. The Wicklow footballer was at the centre of everything

DCU students among All Star nominees

October 17, 2012

Four DCU students have been nominated for the 2012 Football All Star Awards. PE and Biology student Michael Murphy is a certainty to take one of the three full forward positions after leading Donegal to

Gavin looks to bring system of success to Dublin

October 17, 2012

Everything may be bigger in the capital but bigger doesn’t always equal better. With more adulation comes more criticism, with more exposure comes more scrutiny and with more success comes higher standards. If new Dublin

GAA sides commence league campaigns

October 17, 2012

With the Sigerson Cup safely stored away until the turn of the year, the primary focus of the DCU footballers, for the time being at least, is the Irish Daily Mail Division 1 League which

Handballers in World Championship action

October 12, 2012

With a record entry list for the 2012 World Handball Championships, DCU have the privilege of sending eleven of its students to this premier sporting event. Eight boys and three girls from the University will

Eligibility ruling to hit Sigerson and Fitzgibbon teams

October 3, 2012

Fitzgibbon and Sigerson teams throughout the country, including DCU, look likely to be affected by a new ruling introduced by Comhairle Ardoideachais regarding student eligibility. The rule, outlining the requirements a student must satisfy in

President MacCraith leads tributes to Donegal Captain

October 3, 2012

Captain, Man of the Match and the contributor of a 2nd minute rocket that handed Donegal an advantage they never looked like relinquishing. This was to prove no ordinary Sunday for DCU student Michael Murphy