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Wexford Senior hurling champions St. Martins play reigning All-Ireland champions Cuala in the Leinster SHC semi-final today. Now, with thanks to TG4, we can view deferred coverage of the game from 3:30pm. Click on the image below to watch deferred coverage the game. _______ Wexford Weekly
As you may or not be aware, St. Mogues of Fethard captured Leinster silverware after defeating John Locke's of Kilkenny in the Leinster JHC final as of late. The game ended on a scoreline of 1-17 to 2-11, but what happened after the game really encapsulated the GAA and what being part of the GAA community …
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"Over 40 years ago Sean Foley and myself organised a game of hurling in a field in Gurtins. 28 people turned up and five had hurleys that looked like swords with so much steel bands around them." "The rest of us had beet-sprong handles, blackthorn sticks and William Kelly played in goal with a slash-hook. …
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Yesterday evening, former Wexford native, Kevin O’Connor was handed his first English Championship start with Preston North End. Hailing from Screen near Curracloe, O’Connor made his way up the ranks, playing with Wexford Youths, Waterford FC and Finn Harps. Since then, he was signed by this year’s eventual winners of the Airtricity League, Cork City, …
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After thirteen years of loyal service to Wexford GAA, Horsewood native PJ Banville has decided to hang up his boots. During Wexford's golden generation in 2008, Banville was widely regarded as one of Wexford's key forwards. That year, they made it to the All-Ireland semi-finals where they lost out by four points to a Tyrone …
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Wexford GAA released a statement in relation to the misleading Matty Forde article that was published in the Irish Independent lately. The article, which was written by local Wexford sports journalist Brendan Furlong received heavy criticism after the former All-Star took to Twitter to state that the article was entirely incorrect. https://twitter.com/MattyForde15/status/925309672852279296 The statement reads: "Wexford …
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It’s a Monday night in late October and Liam Hayes asks the Riverside Hotel to put out 400 chairs in the function room... What he doesn’t expect is hordes of Tony Doran fans trooping through the doors until the function room is heaving and there are more people standing than sitting, but still they came. …
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Contested between an experienced Oulart-The Ballagh side and a youthful St.Martins side, the Wexford Senior hurling championship final took place at Wexford Park on Sunday... And the new...Wexford Senior hurling champions are: ST MARTINS! A quick goal by Garrett Sinnott from a bat-down by Martin Óg Storey put the Oulart-The Ballagh side in front from …
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This weekend sees the hotly contested county final in recent memory. Oulart, the dominant, stylish force that has dominated Wexford hurling for an age, face the rising tide of St Martins. This has been a battle marked in most peoples calendar since the turn of the year and was made even more mouth-watering after the …
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