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Time Out - March 30: Sporting greats, Dates and a Quick Quiz Blitz to kick-start your day

The Irish News Archive and PA

BACK IN THE DAY The Irish News - March 30 2010: Down boss James McCartan is keeping the door ajar for stalwarts Dan Gordon and Liam Doyle to return to the fold – but remains in limbo over their participation.

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Gerard O'Kane celebrates the Field of Dreams and his youth in Glenullin

Brendan Crossan 28 Mar, 2020

GERARD O'Kane doesn't know when he'll see his fiancée again and is bracing himself for a postponement of his wedding – but it didn't stop the former Derry footballer revisiting his youth by breathing new life into the ‘field of dreams', otherwise known as his back garden.

Greg Blaney: Mac Rory Cup memories

Séamas McAleenan 28 Mar, 2020

ON ST PATRICK’S DAY the senior footballers of St Patrick’s Maghera and St Colman’s Newry should have been lining out in the Athletic Grounds in Armagh in the 11th Danske Bank MacRory Cup final between the schools.

MacNiallais: I don't have the desire to commit to Donegal

Cahair O'Kane 28 Mar, 2020

ODHRÁN MacNiallais says part of him would still like to give it another go with Donegal – but admits he lacks the desire to commit and that he will find it hard unless the demands are stripped back.

Jody Gormley selects his Allstars team: From Big Finbar to Robbie Tasker and Peter the great...

Andy Watters 28 Mar, 2020

THE brief was to pick his best side from the men he’d played alongside or managed and Jody Gormley has come up with a team that includes comrades from the Tyrone side that reached the 1995 All-Ireland final, as well as former pupils and team-mates and players he managed at club and county level.

Time Out - March 28: Sporting greats, Dates and a Quick Quiz Blitz to kick-start your day

The Irish News Archive and PA 28 Mar, 2020

BACK IN THE DAY The Saturday March 28 2010: Allianz National Football League Division One: Tyrone 1-11 Kerry 1-10 Crackling with tension and a frantic sense of desperation, the knock-out punch to win Saturday night’s bruiser was, well, incredible.

Morale among the players is a key concern for Tyrone captain Mattie Donnelly

Francis Mooney 28 Mar, 2020

Morale among the players is a key concern for Tyrone captain Mattie Donnelly as he tailors his leadership skills to meet a new challenge in extraordinary times.

London life lifting Odhrán MacNiallais out of a rut

One of the most naturally gifted footballers in Ireland in recent seasons, Donegal's Odhrán MacNiallais recently relocated from the west coast of his homeland to north London. He tells Cahair O'Kane about why he turned down Declan Bonner's offer to come back and hopped the Irish Sea instead... 28 Mar, 2020

LIVING in the shadow of Alexandra Palace fits as snugly with Odhrán MacNiallais’ persona as it does his complicated relationship with sport.

The Boot Room: Kind acts of local sports figures on our own Route 66

Brendan Crossan - The Boot Room 27 Mar, 2020

“The two men squatting in a ditch, the little fire, the side-meat stewing in a single pot, the silent, stone-eyed women; behind, the children listening with their souls to words their minds do not understand.

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