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It's Saturday, November 25, and two under-21 football teams have lined out to play in the u-21 Premier football championship. In Bellefield's ground in Enniscorthy this evening, the Starlights u-21's hosted a travelling St Martins side. Under lights between two top attacking teams, the game had the making of a serious contest between the two …
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St.Mogues of Fethard travelled to Ruislip in London to compete in the All-Ireland Junior Hurling quarter-final on Saturday. On November 15, St. Mogues of Fethard captured their very first piece of Leinster silverware after defeating John Locke’s of Kilkenny in the Leinster JHC final. And now, after travelling to London, they have emerged victorious against Brother …
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Saturday marked a historic occasion for North Wexford club, Kilanerin/Ballyfad, after they received the Leinster Intermediate Football title. The game was played in Wexford Park against Ballyboughal of Dublin, and thankfully for the Wexford side, they emerged victorious on a scoreline of 0-13 to 0-11. The match was closely contested throughout, being level at half-time with …
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On Wednesday, the Leinster Senior Rugby Women’s squad was confirmed for the 2017 Inter-Provincial series... A total of 34 players have been selected in the squad from 11 clubs from across the province. And now, Gorey RFC and Wexford have a representative on the team. Caoimhe Molloy, also known as the "Twin Oaks Tank" is based …
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21-year-old Wexford native Ryan Delaney is quickly moving up in the ranks... The former New Ross FC player was pivotal to Cork City's historic League and Cup double success this year. Delaney, who was on-loan from Burton Albion was a rock in defence throughout his successful spell at the club. "We set a standard for …
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Not often does an Enniscorthy man become a viral sensation, however, yesterday marked a special occasion... On Monday, November 20, GAA Wrap uploaded a video of a fan that was clearly engrossed in the game shouldering one of the opposition's players. In their Twitter post, they claimed they had "no details" on the eight-second clip …
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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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