THE Ladies teams of Tír Conaill Harps and Dunedin Connollys celebrated two great wins in the Scottish Junior Shield and the North of Britain Championship respectively.

DUNEDIN Connollys Intermediate Men were crowned Championship winners after a hard-fought victory over Tír Conaill Harps in Clydebank, bringing the trophy back to Edinburgh following a tense and cagey final.

THE showpiece final of the Scotland GAA season saw the country’s big two of Dunedin Connollys and Glasgow Gaels face off in the Scottish Senior Men’s Championship in Clydebank.

FOR more than two decades, the Celtic Cup has been a unique tradition rooted in true friendship across two Celtic countries.

THE Irish Champions Festival was held across two courses—Leopardstown and The Curragh—over the weekend of September 12 and 13, and Saturday’s big race at Leopardstown, the Group One Champion Stakes, was won by the 50/1 outsider of the eight runner field.

THERE’S 05:38 on the stop-clock: Mayo are three points down in the 2026 All-Ireland Final, nevertheless very much in the game. Unlike in the 1996 replay against Meath, they still have 15 men on the field. Back then star player Liam McHale was red-carded after just six minutes following a mass brawl. 14-man Mayo lost by just one point. At 07.24, Mayo get off the mark with a fisted score.

THE GAA, Camogie Association, Camanachd Association and Women’s Camanachd Association recently confirmed that this year’s Hurling-Shinty International will take place at Cork’s SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

SAD are the homes of Ballingarry Southwards towards the hill The shadow of Knockfeirna A mission to fulfil He crossed the sea to help the poor And found Hibernian Undying fame surrounds your name Ed Hannan from The Glen

AS PUBLICISED in our last edition, the end of Hibernian’s 150th year was celebrated in August by a couple of significant events. First, there was the unveiling of a plaque on the main pillar of the gates to St Patrick’s Church in the Cowgate, preceded by a Mass offered by the church for all Hibernians, past and present. There was as many as 200 people in the church to listen to Fr Ninian Doohan’s fantastic sermon. He spoke of the church needing support, not least because of t

IT HAS been a busy and successful period for Tír Conaill Harps, with the club’s senior teams in Championship action while four youth sides made the early journey south to compete at the Yorkshire Games in Leeds.

IT'S BEEN a tough start to the season for Dundee United, where their first three fixtures saw them line up against the top three sides from last year.

FOLLOWING on from last season’s highs and the dramatic against-all-odds league winning run Martin O’Neill led Celtic on, a summer of canny transfer business was required, which would augment the threadbare Celtic side and re-invigorate them for an assault on Europe.

HIBERNIAN'S season thus far has already been of a very ‘Hibs’ nature—inconsistent.

FROM the mills of the 19th century to the playing fields of today’s Gaelic games, Dundee’s Irish story is one of resilience, cultural exchange, and enduring community spirit. Far from being a relic of the past, Irish influence in the city is not only remembered—it is being actively revived.

A GREAT day’s play of handball was had recently at Broughton High School in Edinburgh, with some brilliant skills on display too. The fifth code of the GAA is fast-paced, fun and strategic and the event buzzed with excitement. There was immense enjoyment on the day for those playing for the first time as youngsters or as more experienced novices with the skill challenges. In the Men’s Open, Willie Quaile of Coolboy Handball Club defeated Thomas McCurtains’ Fionn Ó Súilleabhái

HIBERNIAN Football Club’s sesquicentennial year drew to a close with a pre-season tour of Ireland and the unveiling of two plaques in co-founder Canon Edward Joseph Hannan’s birthplace village of Ballingarry, County Limerick (see features section).

A NEW football club with Irish roots is beginning its journey in Glasgow, bringing together community, culture and sport under one identity.

THE day after an uninspiring loss to Shamrock Rovers, my brother and I made our way by car to the cradle of the Hibernian Football Club—Ballingarry in County Limerick—to attend a service to commemorate the founder Canon Edward Joseph Hannan.

IT'S BEEN 12 years since Glasgow hosted the 2014 Commonwealth Games and the 23rd iteration of the event—the 2026 Glasgow games—has now kicked off again in the city, far sooner than anyone would have predicted back in 2014.

THERE are league victories, and then there are championship-winning performances. Tír Conaill Harps produced the latter recemtly as they successfully defended their league crown, overcoming Dunedin Connollys with a superb display of attacking football to secure back-to-back league titles.