Down GAA

Kildare boss Brian Dowling delights in weekend double as Lilywhites trim Antrim

NHL Division 1B round-up: Dowling also led St Kieran’s to Leinster colleges title; Mark Rodgers hits 1-9 as Clare crush Down; Lee Chin returns in Wexford win

NFL Division Three wrap: Westmeath secure impressive win over Clare

Down and Wexford notch back-to-back wins as their good starts continue

Clare get off to winning start against Dublin in NHL Division 1B

Late Tony Kelly goal shakes off Dubs in Ennis

NHL previews: All-Ireland winners Tipp have momentum as they start quest for league title

Title-holders Cork face depleted Waterford; Wexford welcome back Davy Fitzgerald with Antrim

National Hurling League team-by-team guide to Divisions 1A and 1B

Limerick could shine in 1A, while Clare and Dublin tipped to get promotion from 1B

NFL Division Three: Clare, Down and Westmeath expected to battle for promotion

At the other end of the table, Laois, Limerick and Wexford could find it tricky

Scotstown finally win their Ulster title on the back of a phenomenal Rory Beggan display

Monaghan goalkeeper scores 11 points as his team falls over the line after an extra-time battle against Kilcoo

Charlie Smyth’s foot-perfect NFL debut has put Tadhg Leader’s kicking programme on the map

GAA player from Co Down’s journey to kicking for the New Orleans Saints began with a session in Carlow hosted by Leader in 2023

Ciarán Murphy: Charlie Smyth has earned his shot at securing NFL’s most unforgiving role

For the former Down goalkeeper to get where he is right now is one of the stories of the Irish sporting year

Charlie Smyth on his NFL debut: ‘Whenever you’re in that situation, those juices flow’

New Orleans kicker scored 56-yard field goal against Miami Dolphins

Club football round-up: Scotstown and Newbridge semi-final abandoned due to pitch conditions

Kilcoo will play the winners of refixed game in Ulster decider; Dingle and St Finbarr’s to contest Munster final after comfortable wins

Holders Slaughtneil progress to face St John’s in Ulster SHC final

Derry side held off Portaferry in repeat of last year’s final

Kilcoo’s intensity too much for Loughmacrory in Ulster SFC

Down team were efficient and organised in difficult conditions, with some classy moments

St Martin’s come from behind to beat Rathnure to Wexford hurling title; Portaferry triumph again in Down

Rathoath earn a win over Kiltale after a replay in Meath

Kilcoo secure a 13th Down football title in 14 years

Holders Erne Gaels fight back to earn Fermanagah replay; historic first win for Leitrim Gaels; Old Leighlin’s win first Carlow title in 12 years

‘We knew intensity would get us there’: Niamh Mallon on how Galway won the O’Duffy Cup

Camogie forward credits Tribeswomen’s game plan for victory, saying they learned from last year’s defeat to Cork

Seán Moran: 25 years since tyranny of sudden death ended in championship football

Counties can resurrect apparently failed campaign bouncing back into contention

Football prelims had a whiff of predictability, but it’s anyone’s guess from here to the final

Heavyweights such as Donegal, Kerry and Dublin have all displayed flaws on road to quarter-finals

Donegal get big win over Louth, Galway also through to quarter-finals – As it happened

Kildare and Limerick will face off in the Tailteann Cup final

Relentless Down give Galway huge test but experience sees Pádraic Joyce’s contenders through

Odhran Murdock sublime for the home side as Shane Walsh and Mathhew Thompson star for last year’s All-Ireland finalists

Football previews: Dublin can override inconsistency - and Cork - to reach last eight

Other preliminaries likely to produce Kerry, Donegal and Galway for next week’s All-Ireland quarter-finals

Shane Walsh on coming back from injury: ‘It can knock you, you can go into your shell a bit. I definitely felt that’

Walsh looks to have regained full confidence ahead of Galway’s preliminary quarter-final against Down

Tactical analysis: Down will need to share scoring burden around more to knock out Galway

Down’s reliance on three key men is an issue, but they have improved steadily under Conor Laverty

Ciarán Murphy: Keeping cool in front of goal is key to landing All-Ireland

That said, Peter Canavan goal in the 2005 All-Ireland final basically cheated us out of one of the simple joys of life

Conor McManus: Here’s my ranking of the top 12 counties going into the knockouts

The last unbeaten record went up in smoke at the weekend and a few big names are in action sooner than expected

Dublin’s path forward becomes clear and what else we learned from the GAA weekend

No more second chances; Conor Laverty gets Down moving on up; Galway’s embarrassment of riches

Final-quarter surge sends Monaghan past Down into SFC last eight

Goals from Micheál Bannigan and substitute Jack McCarron helped Monaghan’s cause at the Athletic Grounds

Adam Crimmins saves Down from Louth comeback at the death in Newry

A huge second half from Louth saw them recover from a nine-point half-time deficit

Shamrock Rovers sign former Down footballer John McGovern

McGovern to join Stephen Bradley’s side from Dungannon Swifts

Limerick prove too strong for Cork, Kilkenny return to Leinster final – As it happened

In Thurles, Tipperary took a nine-point win over Waterford

Subdued Clare no match for sharp-shooting Down in Ennis

Down take the reins in Group Three with assertive away win

Watch live All-Ireland football championship draw: Dublin drawn in proverbial Group of Death

Tyrone placed in mini Ulster SFC group alongside Cavan and either Armagh or Donegal

Ulster final confirmed for Clones as Donegal dispatch Down

Suggestions were made of Croke Park final but Donegal will play Armagh in Co Monaghan venue on May 10th

Conor McManus: Donegal set and sprang the trap for impatient Monaghan

Was lack of goal opportunities in Clones the price of incentivising long-range kicks?

Down stage remarkable late comeback to fell Fermanagh at the death

Mournemen come back from seven points down with eight minutes remaining in Ennikillen

Football previews: Kerry and Donegal look to impress again as Galway face testing Roscommon visit

Semi-finals in Munster and Connacht, with quarter-finals in Ulster

GAA’s focus on putting bums in seats has left hurling out in the cold

Act of unity by Louth and Fermanagh shows level of disrespect felt in the hurling ranks

National Hurling League: Down overpower Kildare to take Division 2 title

Mayo win Division 3 crown as Louth beat Fermanagh to top Division 4

Adam Crimmins’s late point keeps Down in hunt to stay up and sends Westmeath down

Pulsating encounter in Newry decided by last-gasp fisted point

Red cards no surprise, curious pitch markings and everything we learned from the GAA weekend

Why Tipperary have a spring in their step; the curious case of the disappearing lines; how Down got their groove back

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