Liam Maloney

RTÉ Sport contributor

Leitrim , Ireland - 7 April 2024; Niall Murphy of Sligo during the Connacht GAA Football Senior Championship quarter-final match between Sligo and Leitrim at Avant Money Páirc Seán MacDiarmada in Carrick-on-Shannon, Leitrim. (Photo By Ben McShane/Sportsfi

Murphy on song as Sligo hold off 14-man Limerick

The attacking excellence of Niall Murphy and Alan McLoughlin, scorers of 0-06 and 0-04 respectively, helped get an improved Sligo back on track as they overcame dogged 14-man Limerick, 1-18 to 1-15, at a blustery Markievicz Park.

Football • 22 Feb

18 May 2025; Niall Murphy of Sligo during the Táilteann Cup match between Leitrim and Sligo at Avant Money Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada in Carrick-on-Shannon, Leitrim. Photo by Thomas Flinkow/Sportsfile

Sligo impress in defeating Fermanagh

Sligo recorded a superb seven-point win over Fermanagh, 1-19 to 0-15, to kickstart their Allianz Football League campaign under new joint-managers Dessie Sloyan and Eamonn O'Hara in Markievicz Park.

Football • 01 Feb

25 October 2025; Dessie Conneely of Maigh Cuilinn celebrates scoring a late free during the Galway County Senior Club Football Championship final match between Maigh Cuilinn and Salthill-Knocknacarra at Pearse Stadium in Galway. Photo by Tyler Miller/Spor

Maigh Cuilinn cruise past Shamrock Gaels in Connacht

Maigh Cuilinn propelled themselves into a Connacht semi-final following their 11-point dismissal of gritty Shamrock Gaels, 1-20 to 1-09, at Tubbercurry's Kilcoyne Park.

Football • 09 Nov 25

12 October 2025; Shane Deignan of Shamrock Gaels during the Sligo County Senior Club Football Championship final match between Coolera-Strandhill and Shamrock Gaels at Enniscrone/Kilglass GAA club in Sligo. Photo by Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

Deignan on fire as Shamrock Gaels end 33-year famine

Shamrock Gaels ended a senior championship famine going back to 1992 when they reclaimed the Owen B Hunt Cup thanks to a brilliant dismissal of holders Coolera-Strandhill in the Sligo SFC final replay at Quigabar.

Football • 26 Oct 25

12 October 2025; Niall Murphy of Coolera-Strandhill after the drawn Sligo County Senior Club Football Championship final match between Coolera-Strandhill and Shamrock Gaels at Enniscrone/Kilglass GAA club in Sligo. Photo by Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

Sligo SFC final goes to replay after Gaels deny Coolera

Shamrock Gaels ace David Quinn denied Coolera-Strandhill a third title on the bounce when a cracking Sligo county final ended level at Quigabar.

Football • 12 Oct 25

KEY: tp - two-point score; tpf - two-point free; tpm - two-point mark

Slick Sligo put already-relegated Leitrim to the sword

Slick Sligo registered one of their biggest-ever wins in the Allianz Football League when they overpowered Leitrim by 22 points, 0-32 to 0-10, in a non-event at Markievicz Park between these Connacht neighbours.

Football • 23 Mar 25

Paddy O'Connor scored 0-03 as Sligo grabbed an overdue victory in Division 3

Sligo cling on for vital win over Clare

Despite a nervy conclusion – when they saw a seven-point lead whittled down to two – Sligo held on for their first win in this year's Allianz Football League

Football • 09 Mar 25

Darragh Kirwan led the Kildare line ably

Kirwan stars as Kildare fast start continues in Sligo

Full-forward Darragh Kirwan was the star for Kildare as he contributed 1-05, including a first-half two-pointer and a polished second-half goal, as the Lilywhites boosted their promotion hopes with a 1-16 to 0-13 defeat of a dogged Sligo at Markievicz Park.

Football • 02 Feb 25

The Coolera-Strandhill team celebrate with the trophy

Coolera-Strandhill shock Pearses to rule Connacht

Coolera-Strandhill made history by winning the Connacht Club SFC for the first time thanks to a 1-15 to 1-14 well-deserved extra-time defeat of favourites Padraig Pearses.

Football • 01 Dec 24

Niall Murphy kicked five points for Coolera-Strandhill

Coolera-Strandhill and St Molaise must do it all again

St Molaise Gaels and Coolera-Strandhill will have to do it all again in the Sligo Senior Football Championship decider as matters ended all square at Markievicz Park.

Football • 27 Oct 24