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Kellyann Doyle up for All-Star Award

October 2, 2019

Doyle is looking forward to DCU’s senior camogie season beginning again. She is confident the ladies will bounce back from a defeat to University of Limerick in the Ashbourne Cup semi-final last year.

Jonny Cooper claims DCU football was key to Dublin’s success

October 2, 2019

Cooper who has played 6 All-Ireland finals in five different positions was sent off by referee David Gough in the first match against Kerry, leaving Dublin with 14 men for 40 minutes of the game.

DCU GAA hoping to bounce back after a disappointing 2019 season

October 2, 2019

DCU last won the Sigerson championship back in 2015. However, Fresher’s football in DCU has been striving in the past number of years, making four finals in a row, winning three of them.

Irish stars in Oz inspire Burtenshaw to Irish Uni squad

April 3, 2019

Denise Burtenshaw, Hannah Tobin Jones and Shauna Hendrick have all been called up to the Irish University AFL panel.

DCU lose All-Ireland Junior Championship final to IT Sligo

April 3, 2019

The DCU Junior footballers lost the Junior championship final in bizarre fashion last Wednesday in NUIG grounds.

DCU Junior footballers eager to claim All-Ireland glory

March 20, 2019

DCU’s Junior Footballers beat DKIT by four points in the Leinster Junior Football final on a 3-13 to 2-12 scoreline.

DCU ease to O’Connor Shield victory over NUIG

March 20, 2019

DCU were comfortable winners over their western rivals, scoring 3 goals and 18 points to NUIG’s 6 points.

DCU fall short to NUIG in All-Ireland Freshers Final

March 16, 2019

DCU GAA Fresher Footballers fell agonisingly short against NUIG, losing by a point on a 2-13 1-15 scoreline in Tubberclair.

Westmeath not fazed by DCU’s ‘lacking facilities’ says Jones

March 7, 2019

Anna Jones was the top Westmeath scorer from their Division One LIDL Ireland League loss to the Dubs, but she doesn’t believe the lacking facilities in St Clare’s affected her team’s performance.

Emphatic comeback wins Kiernan title

March 6, 2019

Oran Kiernan won the A1 40×20 men’s USHA open final for DCU handball in the American Intervarsities after completing an impressive comeback in the first round.

Pat’s GAA resurgence despite DCU amalgamation

March 6, 2019

St Patrick’s Campus GAA Chairman Ronan McDonald believes that the GAA club’s intermediate victory shows signs of a recovery in GAA on the campus following the amalgamation with DCU.

Fightback sees DCU Fresher Footballers progress to All-Ireland semi-final

March 1, 2019

DCU GAA Freshers side fought back from six points down at half time to beat Queens in the All-Ireland Quarter-Final & progress to face UCD in the semi-final.

Tully makes it two in a row in Belfast

February 20, 2019

DCU Handballer Fiona Tully won the Irish Collegiate Handball Association’s Women’s Open Final in Belfast on the 2nd of February. Tully made it two wins in a row in the 40X20 competition beating Limerick IT rival Sinead Meagher in straight sets in the final.

Roche believes the GAA calendar needs to be changed

February 20, 2019

DCU hurling manager Eoin Roche believes the GAA calendar needs to be changed to account for the numerous commitments of inter-county student players.

DCU camogie fall to champions UL in Cork

February 20, 2019

UL beat DCU by 2-12 to 1-6 and went on to win the tournament, beating University College Cork in the final.

DCU super subs fire them into Fitzgibbon semis

February 8, 2019

Last year’s Fitzgibbon Cup finalists’ second half dismantling of DIT mirrored the sides meeting at the same stage last year, as DCU outscored DIT by 1-11 to 0-6 in the second half.

UCD book place in semi-final after stellar second half performance

February 7, 2019

Evan O’Carroll kicked 1-8 as UCD booked their place in the Sigerson Cup semi-final with a 2-16 to 1-9 victory over DCU at Belfield on Wednesday.

DCU fall short in O’Connor Cup despite Moloney inspired fightback

February 7, 2019

An Aishling Moloney inspired fightback wasn’t enough for DCU as the defending champions fell to a five point defeat to UCC in the O’Connor Cup first round.

DCU footballers hoping to make amends in Dublin derby

February 6, 2019

DCU’s Sigerson and Fitzgibbon sides progressed to the quarter-finals to face UCD and DIT.

Second-half display eases DCU into Fitzgibbon quarter-finals

January 25, 2019

DCU progressed to the quarter-finals of the Fitzgibbon Cup following a 0-23 0-12 win over Cork IT on Thursday.

DCU hold off Carlow fightback to book Sigerson quarter-final spot

January 19, 2019

A inspired second half performance from Diarmuid Whelan wasn’t enough for IT Carlow as DCU booked their place in the quarter-final of the Sigerson Cup.

DCU hurlers fall to the Scotsmen in hybrid game

November 14, 2018

DCU Hurler Killian Doyle spoke to The College View about the challenges faced in adapting to playing in the shinty-hurling international for Ireland against Scotland.

“More physicality” the solution to camogie’s plight says Twomey

November 14, 2018

As an ambassador for the 20×20 initiative, Twomey hopes to use her status with the Dublin team to be a visible role model for young girls with aspirations of participating in sport.

Sigerson team hoping to Reape rewards this season

October 31, 2018

“It’s been disappointing the last two years for the footballers,” said Reape.

O’Connor hooks away competition to make TOTY

October 31, 2018

Wexford hurler Rory O’Connor speaks to The College View after being named in the Bord Gáis Energy U21 Hurling Team of the Year.