1. More TJ Reid heroics COMETH THE HOUR, cometh the man.  Ballyhale Shamrocks were two points down with 30 seconds left on the clock when TJ Reid stood over a free from a tight angle outside the 21. Realising there might not be enough time to get another score, Reid went for broke. His strike was pure, soaring through a forest of bodies to give the Kilkenny kingpins victory at the death. Only minutes earlier he struck home a penalty to bring Ballyhale back into the game when it was slipping from them. It was an incredible intervention from a man who has performed more than his fair share of…

Ballyhale Shamrocks (Kilkenny) 2-15 St Thomas (Galway) 0-20 TJ REID RESCUED Ballyhale Shamrocks with a sensational late goal as the champions broke the hearts of Galway’s St Thomas in the All-Ireland senior club semi-final today. Reid smashed a 20-yard free to the net, from just to the right of the goal in the 64th minute, to secure a spot in the All-Ireland final for the Kilkenny kingpins. He had earlier found the net from a 55th minute penalty, priceless strikes on a day where St Thomas looked to be on course for victory with Conor Cooney and Eanna Burke in inspirational form. But Reid again displayed his hurling greatness with…

St Sylvester’s (Dublin) 4-11 Kinawley Brian Borus (Fermanagh) 2-5 By Daire Walsh DUBLIN STAR SINÉAD Aherne struck 2-5 at Gaffney Park this afternoon as St Sylvester’s convincingly overcame Kinawley Brian Borus to book their spot in the currentaccount.ie All-Ireland Intermediate club final. Despite the absence of her inter-county team-mate Niamh McEvoy, listed amongst the substitutes but held in reserve throughout, the firepower of Aherne offered Sylvester’s a decisive edge over their Ulster rivals. Kinawley skipper Joanne Doonan emerged with an impressive tally of 1-3 but it is the Leinster champions who progress to face Castlebar Mitchels in the forthcoming showpiece. The hosts enjoyed a dream start to this contest as…

Limerick 0-27 Clare 0-18 Páraic McMahon reports from Cusack Park, Ennis A NINE-POINT was recorded by the reigning All-Ireland, Munster and National League champions Limerick against home side Clare in front of an attendance of 7,992 in Ennis for today’s Co-Op Superstores Munster Hurling Cup final. Survivors from Limerick’s All-Ireland winning fifteen included Barry Nash, Gearoid Hegarty, William O’Donoghue. Clare opted for experience but also took the chance to blood new talent with Patrick Crotty and Robin Mounsey making their first senior appearances from the bench. Hopes for a tense, tight affair were heightened when tensions ratcheted up at the throw-in with referee Conor Doyle brandishing yellow cards to Will…

All-Ireland intermediate club hurling semi-final results Kilmoyley (Kerry) 2-15 Banagher (Derry) 1-12 Naas (Kildare) 0-18 Tooreen (Mayo) 0-13 ******** THERE WILL BE a novel All-Ireland hurling final meeting involving the Kerry and Kildare club champions after today’s semi-final successes for Kilmoyley and Naas. The two clubs, competing at the All-Ireland semi-final stage for the first time this afternoon after their respective historic Munster and Leinster triumphs, will meet in the intermediate final at Croke Park on the weekend of 5-6 February. It will mark the first time that a club from Kerry and Kildare have contested an All-Ireland hurling final. They'll see us coming to the @ConnachtGAA Centre if Excellence…

All-Ireland junior club hurling semi-final results Ballygiblin (Cork) 4-20 Fullen Gaels (Lancashire) 0-12 Mooncoin (Kilkenny) 2-26 Salthill-Knocknacarra (Galway) 0-11 ******* THERE WILL BE a Cork and Kilkenny clash in this year’s All-Ireland junior club hurling final after Ballygiblin and Mooncoin won their respective semi-final clashes today. Advertisement It will be the seventh time the champions from the two counties have met in the All-Ireland decider at this grade. We march on! pic.twitter.com/IGS2iYRuN3 — Ballygiblin GAA (@Ballygiblingaa) January 23, 2022 AIB All-Ireland Jnr Hurling Semi-Final #theToughest #honDCoin @kilkennyclg @skgaaFull TimeMooncoin: 2-26(32)Salthill-Knocknacarra (Gal): 0-11(11) well done lads !! Brilliant performance!!! ✊✊🥳🎉. All Ireland here we come!!!!! — Mooncoin GAA (@MooncoinGAA) January 23,…

THE GALWAY SENIOR ladies football team remain without an official manager, just a few days out from opening their Division 1 National League campaign. Although still out of the loop due to her club commitments with recent All-Ireland champions Kilkerrin-Clonberne, star Tribe defender Nicola Ward told The42 that the situation is “very disappointing”. Gerry Fahy stepped down from the role two weeks ago after just one season in charge. A Galway LGFA statement, released through Galway Bay FM, revealed that Fahy “cited questions that were raised that he and his management team were unfortunately unable to resolve and in the interest of Galway ladies football, the management team stepped aside.” The process…

THE LAST TIME an All-Ireland club football title was on offer, Kieran Fitzgerald was immersed in the heat of the action. That was back in January 2020, his last act as a Corofin player was a winning one, he signed off on a joyous note as the north Galway club football dynasty completed three-in-a-row. It was their fourth national crown in six seasons but Fitzgerald had experienced the flipside when county and provincial titles could not translate into the greatest club prize of all. In that 2020 decider they prevailed after extra-time in a gruelling battle with Kilcoo. The Down club have returned to that final stage next Saturday, when…

UL 2-22 MTU Cork 1-19 John Keogh reports from Limerick UL ARE INTO the semi-finals of the Electric Ireland Fitzgibbon Cup following a six-point victory against MTU Cork at Maguires Fields tonight. The six-time champions scored early goals through Mikey Kiely and Mark Rodgers and never looked back. Kilkenny’s Niall Brennan chipped in with 0-5 from play in the six point victory for Brian Ryan’s fancied UL side. MTU responded with 0-9 from Liam O’Shea and 1-1 from substitute Declan Hanlon but it wasn’t enough to catch UL late on. The score was at one point each when Kiely pounced for the first goal on four minutes and Rodgers fired…

IT Carlow 1-17 UCC 0-14 DJ CAREY SAW his IT Carlow team clam a fully-merited quarter-final success on home soil tonight in the Fitzgibbon Cup, knocking UCC out of the competition in the process. Cian Kenny in action against Ger Millerick and Daire O’Leary. Source: Evan Treacy/INPHO UCC, who won the last two runnings of this competition, trailed for long stages of the game and were always struggling once Rory Higgins fired in a first-half goal for the winners. Despite losing Marty Kavanagh to injury in the opening period and with Eoin Cody unavailable due to the All-Ireland club commitments with Ballyhale Shamrocks, IT Carlow triumphed with Carlow’s Chris Nolan,…