DCU GAA Archives – The College View

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Aussie game will bring challenges, admits Rowe

October 17, 2018

Former DCU and current Mayo star Sarah Rowe is switching football for the AFL.

Strong start to league campaign for DCU Camogie

October 16, 2018

DCU Camogie got their league campaign off to a strong start with a 3-13 to 1-14 win over UCD in St. Clare’s.

Evan Comerford voices praise for DCU football

October 3, 2018

“All of us from Ballymun who play for Dublin went to DCU. They’ve been great to us, and we owe a huge amount to them.”

DCU Fitzgibbon Cup duo impress for Kilkenny in league final

April 18, 2018

A look into the performance of John Donnelly and Conor Delaney in Kilkenny’s league final win over Tipperary.

Player and organisational attitude towards third-level Gaelic Football ‘worrying’, says Niall Moyna

April 11, 2018

Niall Moyna has expressed his concerns at the GAA’s fixture congestion and the pressure it puts on young players, especially third level players.

Three-in-a-row for DCU Freshers football as UL defeated in All-Ireland Final

April 4, 2018

DCU Freshers had to work every minute for their victory in Wednesday night’s Freshers football final in Portarlington as they captured their third All-Ireland title in a row after a hard-fought 0-10 to 0-08 win

DCU retain Freshers hurling title

April 4, 2018

DCU retained their All-Ireland Fresher 1 hurling title last weekend, spelling a bright future for the college’s hurling ambitions.

Mayo’s Diarmuid O’Connor reflects on the end of the road with DCU

February 21, 2018

Sitting in an empty DCU canteen on a cold evening, Diarmuid O’Connor griped his coffee cup as he stared at the empty table. He had just played his final game for DCU.

Disappointing start costs DCU in Sigerson quarter-final exit

February 21, 2018

DCU 1-09 UCD 0-16 DCU crashed out of the Sigerson Cup at the hands of bitter rivals UCD on February 7th, after a poor start saw Niall Moyna’s men seven points behind after just twenty

DCU finish Fitzgibbon quarter-final in style after late Mary I resurgence

February 14, 2018

DCU Dóchas Éireann 0-20 Mary Immaculate College 2-12 Fitzgibbon Cup quarter-final DCU fired off two late points in stoppage time to see off the challenge of last years’ Fitzgibbon Cup champions Mary Immaculate College in

Roche heralds LIT win as a “huge victory”

February 7, 2018

DCU hurling boss Eoin Roche described his side’s 3-15 to 2-17 victory over LIT as a “huge victory”, as his side beat Davy Fitzgerald’s side in the group C opener of the Fitzgibbon Cup.

DCU freshers league hopes jeopardised after frustrating draw with DIT

November 1, 2017

The DCU Freshers football league ambitions have been put in doubt after their epic draw with DIT freshers in St Clair’s last Wednesday.