Gerry Buckley

RTÉ Sport contributor

24 September 2023; Harry Plunkett of Tullamore during the Offaly County Senior Football Championship final match between Ferbane and Tullamore at Glenisk O'Connor Park in Tullamore, Offaly. Photo by Eóin Noonan/Sportsfile

Tullamore survive late rally from The Downs

Despite conceding four goals - all of them preventable - and surviving a late rally inspired by The Downs' Luke Loughlin, Tullamore were very worthy winners of an entertaining Leinster senior football quarter-final in Mullingar.

Football • 16 Nov

Shane Clavin scored a goal for Castletown Geoghegan in the 2015 Westmeath final replay

Castletown-Geoghegan retain Westmeath crown

Castletown-Geoghegan retained the Westmeath senior hurling title for the first time since completing a historic three-in-a-row in 1958 with a fully deserved 3-15 to 2-09 win against Lough Lene Gaels in a hard-hitting final replay in Mullingar.

Hurling • 27 Oct

19 November 2022; Luke Loughlin of The Downs celebrates after his team mate, Ciarán Nolan, had score the first goal during the AIB Leinster GAA Football Senior Club Championship Semi-Final match between The Downs and Ratoath at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo

The Downs back on top in Westmeath

The Downs deservedly won their 11th Westmeath senior football title in dreadful conditions in Mullingar, regaining the crown after a three-year gap with a six-point win against Coralstown/Kinnegad.

Football • 26 Oct

Westmeath demolish Laois to advance to quarter-finals

Westmeath have advanced to the quarter-finals of the Tailteann Cup after a surprisingly facile win against an off-colour Laois side in Mullingar.

Football • 07 Jun

David Williams scored a penalty for Westmeath but was sent off late on

Westmeath beat Down to get off the mark in Joe McDonagh

Westmeath beat Down 2-24 to 0-20 in their Joe McDonagh Cup clash in Mullingar.

Hurling • 10 May

Screeney's star-power guides Kilcormac into Leinster decider

Screeney seals Kilcormac win against brave Castletown

A goal in injury-time from their marquee player Adam Screeney edged Kilcormac-Killoughey into the Leinster club senior hurling final in front of a very big crowd in cold but pleasant conditions in Mullingar.

Hurling • 24 Nov 24

Tadhg McDonnell of St Mary's Ardee celebrates at the final whistle

St Mary's dig deep to book place in Leinster final

A well-taken point from Sean Callaghan in the fourth minute of added-time earned a place in next Saturday's Leinster final for St Mary's Ardee after a pulsating encounter against St Loman's on the losers' home pitch in Mullingar.

Football • 23 Nov 24

Jack Gallagher, left, and David O'Reilly celebrate a famous day Castletown Geoghegan

Castletown shock Thomastown in Leinster hurling

There was a sensational outcome in the Leinster club senior hurling quarter-final in Mullingar where Castletown Geoghegan defeated Thomastown by an unflattering 11-point margin.

Hurling • 17 Nov 24

O'Brien leads Castletown-Geoghegan to Westmeath title

Castletown-Geoghegan won their 15th Westmeath senior hurling title with a deserved win over Lough Lene Gaels in Mullingar.

Hurling • 02 Nov 24

Diarmuid Baker of Derry battles Westmeath's John Heslin for possession

Derry extend summer as they resist Westmeath comeback

Derry needed a 65th-minute goal from Emmett Bradley to edge past Westmeath in ideal conditions for football in Newry, the Division 1 football champions scraping into the All-Ireland preliminary quarter-final after suffering three successive defeats in earlier matches.

Football • 15 Jun 24