Send us a Text Message. Young Clonmore footballer, Oisin Doyle, may be the holder of junior and intermediate football championship medals but he has had injuries which have kept him out of important club and intercounty games. Back to full fitness now he and Clonmore are looking forward to competing at senior level for the first time in over 20 yea…

Send us a Text Message. On Sunday Carlow had their hopes of All-Ireland football glory ended by Louth in Parnell Park. It was a bitter pill to swallow. Here, Sara Doyle talks about the disappointment but says it has been a good year for the county where they gained promotion from Division 4 and in the process won the league final. She says the Carl…

Send us a Text Message. In Parnell Park, despite having a narrow advantage on 45 minutes Carlow were eventually beaten by Louth who go on to play Fermanagh in the All-Ireland JFC final in Croke Park. Back home the senior hurling championship is one game away from the semi-final stage. Pat Ahern was at the fourth round games and was in Dublin on Sun…

Send us a Text Message. Éire Og player, Megan Townsend, has broken into the Carlow senior football panel this year and has featured in all their league and championship games. On Sunday they travel to Parnell Park to play Louth in the All-Ireland JFC semi-final. Carlow are hungry for success. They have lost four semi-finals in a row and are determi…

Send us a Text Message. In recent years, Carlow have suffered heartbreak at the penultimate stage and dreams of playing in Croke Park on All-Ireland ladies football Sunday have been dashed. They face Louth in the All-Ireland Junior Football semi-final in two weeks time. Both sides have beaten each other already this season so there is nothing betwe…

Send us a Text Message. Tinryland's Mark Mullen has experienced the disappointment of losing a senior football county final. So near and yet so far against Palatine two years ago. He captained the SETU Carlow Freshers Football team this year that contested an All-Ireland final this while he went on to play for Carlow in the Leinster under 20 footba…

Send us a Text Message. Marc Carpenter was only 17 years of age when he was invited to join the Carlow senior football panel. He enjoyed a long career with the county and was a key figure of the great O'Hanrahans team of the early 2000s. He is still playing and is determined to help put structures in place which will help his club get back into sen…

Send us a Text Message. On Saturday in Netwatch Cullen Park, Carlow came from six points down in the second half to beat Dublin and get their All-Ireland camogie intermediate championship aspirations back on track. Sisters Rachel and Anna Breen played in the number 3 and 6 positions respecitvely as they anchored a defence who only conceded one poin…

Send us a Text Message. Down the pecking order at the start of the season, Aaron Power was called into the Carlow senior football panel before the Tailteann Cup game against Wicklow. He was a little nervous but was made feel at home by the players and the management team. He didn't get any game time but he loved the experience. The O'Hanrahan net m…

Send us a Text Message. Brothers, Adam and Ben McCarron, are ideally placed to talk about penalty shoot-outs. While Adam has missed a penalty in a shoot-out he has never been on a losing team when the game has gone to penalties. His brother, Ben, is the goal-keeper and very much the fall guy when it comes to penalty shoot-outs. It is down to second…

Send us a Text Message. Carlow Town are in the semi-final of the Kilkenny junior league. Recently, Kildavin-Clonegal were too good for them in the Bolger Shield final. Small steps, admittedly, but the club is determined to get back hurling at senior level. Former Carlow senior hurler, Shaun McMahon, is training the intermediate team and with many o…

Send us a Text Message. Pat Ahern was a top inter-county senior hurling referee officiating at games in all four provinces. Leo McGough was, for him, a late starter to travelling to Northern Ireland. While it was years apart, both had experiences about what it must have been like to play hurling in the North where carrying a hurl defined what your …

Send us a Text Message. Sean Buggy is a dual-status underage sports man who plays for Palatine GFC and Carlow Town Hurling Club. He has had disappointment of losing an under 20 football final with Palatine against Éire Og but there was joy earlier in 2023 when he featured on the Carlow Town hurling team which clinched the under 20 B championship. D…

Send us a Text Message. Askea GFC teenager, John Phiri, has been on the Carlow senior football panel since the start of the year where he made O'Byrne Cup and NFL 4 debuts this season. He loves his sport and plays with a smile on his face. When Carlow came from eight points down to draw with Laois in the first round of the Tailteann Cup, John came …

Send us a Text Message. For the first time in a senior hurling championship game, Carlow avoided defeat to the mighty Kilkenny when Marty Kavanagh fired over a 75th minute equaliser. Listen to what Pat Ahern of Pat Ahern Photography has to say. From his vantage point on the pitch, he sees and hears a lot more than the person in the stand. Also, a n…

Send us a Text Message. Grange footballer, Tom Dillon with Alex Delaney, was joint captain of the Carlow under 20 football team this year. They played some great football in the Leinster championship but results didn't go their way. Only eighteen years of age, he already has a vision for underage football in the county. He says the under 20 footbal…

Send us a Text Message. A GAA man? A soccer man? Bernard Mullen is Chairperson of Tinryland GFC and vice-Chairperson of the Carlow Soccer League. He gives his all to both. From Westmeath he won two All-Ireland senior football college titles with Carmelite College in Athlone. He went on to play underage football with Westmeath and with the support a…

Send us a Text Message. Two try hero, Grace Kelly, against Queens University talks about the historic season which will see Tullow play in the All-Ireland League next year. The Paul Flood Cup final defeat the previous week threatened to undermine their bid but they came back in tremendous style to make their own bit of history. Grace Kelly, who act…

Send us a Text Message. It has been a disappointing last couple of months for all Carlow inter-county hurling and football teams both at underage and senior level. No-one can say that the work is not being put in by both the coaching staff but also by the players. On the Across the Four Lakes Podcast Pat Ahern looks back on what has happened so far…

Send us a Text Message. Manager, Maurice Logue, looks back on Tullow's third Provincial Towns Cup success where they also joined a small group of elite clubs who have retained their title. The club experienced the tragic loss of player, Conor Duffy, during the season while life-time member, John Browne, also passed away. Maurice says the influence …

Send us a Text Message. Irish international rugby players, Dannah O'Brien and Katie Corrigan talk about the win over Wales at the weekend where they scored 16 points between them. It was a second try in consecutive games for the teenager while the out-half, who is in her second Six Nations campaign, kicked 11 points. Both players played their under…

Send us a Text Message. Carlow footballer, Niamh Forde, looks back on an historic weekend where the second smallest county won a national football league division 4 title by beating Limerick in the final in Birr. Promotion had been achieved so this was the icing on the cake. More challenges lie ahead now and they are hoping to do well in the Leinst…

Send us a Text Message. Carlow golf club member, Eamonn Delaney, has been a member of the Dolmen Golf Society for many years now. The society is one of the oldest in the region. Now in his eighties, Eamonn looks back on the early days of the society and what it meant to him and its members. A former single handicap golfer, he was in Carnoustie when…

Send us a Text Message. Leo McGough's analysis of the weekend where Carlow won a first under 20 hurling championship game since 2019 which was followed by a poor performance and a defeat the next day in the National Hurling League 2A final against Laois. Photograph: Pat Ahern PhotographyBy Presenter Kieran Murphy-a freelance sports reporter

Send us a Text Message. On Saturday, Carlow play Limerick in the NFL Division 4 final. Captain, Ruth Bermingham looks forward to a trip to Birr and reflects on the drama surrounding their semi-final win over Fermanagh. "Such a proud moment," she said but in her own words it was the longest ten minutes of her life when she was sin-binned in the seco…

Send us a Text Message. Paul Coady was on the Carlow teams which contested the NHL 2A finals in 2017 and 2018. The county won Christy Ring and Joe McDonagh Cups in the same years and the Mount Leinster Rangers man played in all four games. He says he tries to park hurling while he is abroad but admits he doesn't do it very successfully. Passionate …

Send us a Text Message. Carlow footballer, Edel Hayden, looks back on her side's dramatic win over Fermanagh as they clinched promotion to Division 3 of the National Football League for next season. Outsiders at the start of the campaign, Carlow now meet, Limerick, another unfancied side, in the Division 4 league final in Birr on April 6th.…

Send us a Text Message. He once played with County Carlow FC and Maurice Logue reveals he could very well have gone to manage his former club before the Wexford man was persuaded to go to Tullow. Now, having led The Slaneysiders to two Towns Cup successes and promotion to Leinster League Division 1A he has to plot the downfall of the club he won tw…

Send us a Text Message. On Sunday, Carlow travelled to Cill Dara RFC knowing that a win would clinch promotion to Division 1A. They were shocked early on when the home side scored a try. Unfazed, they regrouped and in the end won 36-22 to achieve their goal. Captain, Dan Crotty, looks back on the weekend, the league season and reflects on the famil…

Send us a Text Message. A hand on the heart interview with Padraig Amond who played underage soccer with Shamrock Rovers at the age of ten. He looks back on heady days where he scored against Tottenham Hotspur in an FA Cup game while the following year with Newport County, he netted the winning penalty against Leicester City in a third round cup ti…

Send us a Text Message. An in-depth analysis from Pat Ahern and Leo McGough of a huge weekend for Carlow GAA where the hurlers produced a superb performance to beat Laois while a late goal against Leitrim opened up the NFL 4 League table.By Presenter Kieran Murphy-a freelance sports reporter

Send us a Text Message. Whether it is with club or county, Mount Leinster Rangers and Carlow hurler is an automatic starter while he admits he can only remember getting the "curly finger" once. 2023 was a spectacular year for Kevin where Carlow won the Joe McDonagh Cup and Rangers regained the Carlow senior hurling championship at the expense of ol…

Send us a Text Message. 2023 dual status player, Eleanor Treacy, looks back on a hectic season which brought joy and disappointment for the Carlow camogie and football teams. She has committed to camogie this season and she talks about the difficulties of trying to commit to two sports.By Presenter Kieran Murphy-a freelance sports reporter

Send us a Text Message. Tommy Dwyer won two senior football championship titles with Tinryland. He went on to play for the Carlow senior footballers, Leinster in the Railway Cup and represented Ireland in the International Rules series against Australia in Ireland where he played alongside some of the greatest footballers in the sport. He still goe…

Send us a Text Message. On Saturday in Netwatch Cullen Park, Carlow enjoyed a comprehensive win over Waterford to make it two wins out of two in division 4 of the national football league. Less than 24 hours later, the hurlers beat Kerry in Austin Stack Park as they opened their NHL 2A campaign. Pat Ahern was at both games while Leo McGough was in …

Send us a Text Message. Carlow senior footballer, Roisin Bailey, looks at the changing fortunes of the squad who are unbeaten in the league after three games. Down 2-10 against Fermanagh and conceding a first minute goal against Longford at home, the Barrowsiders roared back into the game and came away with two draws. They are playing some great fo…

Send us a Text Message. Carlow senior footballer, Conor Crowley, scored a vital goal against Tipperary in their opening game in the National Football League Division 4. Here he looks back on a thrilling victory and hopes this is the platform to have a good league campaign. Photo: Conor Crowley in action last season against Wicklow Pat Ahern Photogr…

Send us a Text Message. Carlow footballer, Josh Moore, looks forward to a new season as his county bid for promotion from division 4 of the National Football League. It is all to play for on Saturday against Tipperary where a win for either side would be a huge momentum builder.By Presenter Kieran Murphy-a freelance sports reporter

Send us a Text Message. It is that time of the year. 2023 is coming to an end. Before the new GAA season starts Nuala Mohan the Tinryland-Bennekerry footballer and former Carlow captain reflects on her sporting highlights of the year.By Presenter Kieran Murphy-a freelance sports reporter

Send us a Text Message. "I would have idolised those players." Padraig Brennan reflects on his career which saw him come out of underage rugby to take his place among his heroes whom he idolised. He went on to win two Provincial Towns Cup medals and played with Carlow as they went through the divisions to earn a place in the top tier of the All-Ire…

Send us a Text Message. On Friday in their clubhouse in Oak Park, Carlow Rugby Club launched the book, County Carlow Football Club 1873-2023. It was a fabulous occasion and brought back many happy memories of Carlow's five Provincial Towns Cup wins in the 1990s while they went on to play in Division 1 of the All-Ireland League. Kim Thurbon was seni…

Send us a Text Message. Former Éire Óg and Carlow great, Anthony (Muckle) Keating looks back to the glory years for the club where, in the nineties, they won five Leinster titles and featured in three (one a replay) All-Ireland club finals.By Presenter Kieran Murphy-a freelance sports reporter

Send us a Text Message. Two years ago, Clonmore played Éire Óg in a third round IFC game. All four teams in the group had a chance to make the knock-out stages with the fourth placed team relegated to the JFC A. In an unlikely set of results, Clonmore were the odd ones out and made the drop. Last year, the won a JFC A and C double. Just over two we…

Send us a Text Message. Winning manager Brendan Hayden assesses Myshall 24th senior camogie title in a row as they took on and beat Naomh Bríd with a superb performance. "It is something we have been working on all year," he says. Even with low numbers at early training sessions because of players committed to county teams Myshall never lost their …

Send us a Text Message. After some disappointing defeats in semi-finals and finals, Burren Rangers finally cast of the bridesmaid tag. This weekend, they did it on the double with the minor team winning an A hurling title while the ladies won a first every adult camogie cup for the club when winning the junior championship. Club chairman, Ciaran Bo…

Send us a Text Message. Éire Óg, Clonmore, St Mullins and Asca won their respective Senior, Intermediate, Junior A and Junior B finals in Carlow over the weekend. Fenagh lost their senior status with Palatine edging them in a close game. Kilbride also slipped down to the junior A. GAA Photographer, Pat Ahern, looks back on the events of the last fo…

Send us a Text Message. Naomh Bríd camogie player, Emma Brennan, looks forward to the senior camogie final against the holders, Myshall, on Sunday where they will be trying to halt the holder's quest for 24 titles in a row.By Presenter Kieran Murphy-a freelance sports reporter

Send us a Text Message. Myshall and camogie player, Breege Nolan, says that just because you have been in 23 county titles in a row, it doesn't mean you are going to win one this year. Her club, Myshall, are going for their 24th consecutive senior camogie title. Here she reviews her own career, the highlights and the players she played with and aga…

Send us a Text Message. Éire Og coach, Simon Rea, looks back on the amazing penalty shoot-out against Rathvilly which saw his side emerge to meet Tinryland in the county final. He has been involved in 11 finals either as a player or a member of the management team. He has huge respect for both Rathvilly and Tinryland and says the final will be clos…

Send us a Text Message. It has been an absorbing and fascinating weekend of semi-final action across the the SFC, IFC, JFC "A" and JFC "B" competitions. Carlow GAA Photographer, Pat Ahern, drops in for a discussion on what he saw and reveals who he thinks will have emerged victorious by Sunday evening. Photo: Pat Ahern Photography…