FODH Golf Classic 2012 – Timesheet/Sponsors
Below please find details of the timesheet for the 7th Annual FODH Golf Classic in Castlewarden on Thursday, 24th May. There are a number of slots still available and teams can be booked in / tee boxes sponsored by contacting Michael at 087-2331983 or by e-mail to fodh@eircom.net Many thanks...
03
Aug
2011
No comments
Read More
WIN A 4-BALL AT THE FAMOUS K-CLUB
FODH are running a Golf Classic at the K-Club on Friday September 7th, the All-Ireland weekend. All those who sign up as a member of Friends of Dublin Hurling during the month of May will be in with a chance to win a 4-ball at the famous K-Club on Sept...
03
Aug
2011
No comments
Read More
Win a €500 sports voucher for your club
Our golf classic is taking place on Thursday May 24 at Castlewarden golf and country club. The timesheet is filling up nicely. As an incentive for clubs the best club team on the day will win a €500 sports voucher for their club. To book a slot call Michael at...
03
Aug
2011
No comments
Read More
Dublin’s relief as injured trio slot back in
Conal Keaney in action for Dublin. Pic: Ray McManus / SPORTSFILE THE black injury clouds that have cast a constant dark shadow over the Sky Blue hurling landscape for the past year and more keep lifting. Last night marked another significant development for Dublin manager Anthony Daly – his so-called...
03
Aug
2011
No comments
Read More
Sutcliffe to lift the Blues
Comeback: Danny Sutcliffe. Photo: Caroline Quinn DANNY SUTCLIFFE has declared himself fit and be available for Dublin’s opening Leinster SHC clash with Laois or Carlow on June 2. The in-form St Jude’s youngster who enjoyed an inspired league campaign in Dublin’s attack had set alarm bells ringing when he picked...
03
Aug
2011
No comments
Read More
Boland on the double for minor hurlers
DUBLIN 4-24 CARLOW 0-3 Dublin’s minor hurlers bounced back from their disappointing defeat to Wexford seven days earlier when totally outclassing Carlow in Saturday’s Leinster MHC quarter-final at Dr Cullen Park. The Dubs were in a different league from first whistle til last and progress to meet Kilkenny in the...
03
Aug
2011
No comments
Read More
Slick Crokes Kil’ off the Craobh
Kilmacud Crokes 3-11 Craobh Chiarain 0-9 KILMACUD CROKES recorded their second successive win in Group A of the Dublin SHC following a comfortable 11-point victory over Craobh Chiaráin at a gloomy O’Toole Park last night. The winning margin was embellished somewhat by two late goals but there was...
03
Aug
2011
No comments
Read More
Two changes for Dublin minor hurlers
Shane Barrett and Caolan Conway come into the Dublin minor hurling team to face Carlow. The holders, who were beaten by Wexford after extra time in the first round, meet the Scallion Aters in a crucial back-door encounter at Dr Cullen Park on Saturday afternoon. Barrett is selected at corner...
03
Aug
2011
No comments
Read More
Niall Corcoran
DOB: 09/07/1982 CLUB: Kilmacud Crokes OCCUPATION: Gaelic games promotion officer FAVOURITE POSITION: Centre Back DUBLIN DEBUT: Vs. Westmeath Championship 2008 Honours won:All Ireland minor hurling Toughest Opponent:Rory Jacob Sporting idol:Ronan O’Gara Who would you pick in a GAA transfer market?John Mullane Favourite film/tv:Rocky films/ The Hangover Favourite food:Gotham Pizza Other hobbies/interest:Swimming, reading Best advice you ever got:Left hand on top! ...
NIALL Corcoran is the one who got away. Perhaps, given the abundance of underage hurling talent in Galway in the first decade of the new millennium – the county has won four All-Ireland minor titles since 2000 – it’s inevitable that talent will slip through the net. After all, they can’t all cut it at senior. But how is it that Meelick/Eyrecourt man Corcoran – who won a minor All-Ireland with Galway and represented his county of birth twice at U-21 level – will line-out at corner-back for Dublin this Saturday evening, to do battle against his native county, and...
KEITH DUGGAN on how the Galway-born defender has taken to the cause with gusto since getting the call to be part of Anthony Daly’s revolution WHEN NIALL Corcoran first joined the Dublin panel, it didn’t take him long to understand that what he was signing up for was a cause. It happened almost by accident; Damien Byrne phoned him and casually asked if he would be interested in having a few sessions with the side. This was in 2008: the hurling sky in the east was black and amber and Tommy Naughton was in charge of a fitful Dublin renaissance....
