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Cavan's Aishling Sheridan is looking forward to facing Monaghan again

Excited Sheridan adjusting to life and sport in Ireland

Cavan's Aishling Sheridan is back on home soil and adjusting to a return to football of an Irish variety ahead of the National League opener this weekend.

GAA • 19 May 21

Sean Quigley hit nine points in the Fermanagh victory

Quigley is key as Fermanagh beat Ulster champions Cavan

Sean Quigley scored nine points as Fermanagh dethroned Ulster champions Cavan in a stunning but deserved 0-15 to 0-14 Allianz Football League Division 3 North win at Brewster Park.

GAA • 16 May 21

Cavan players celebrate their provincial triumph last November

Cavan to start Ulster defence against Tyrone

The draw for this year's Ulster SFC has taken place with 2020 winners Cavan facing Tyrone in the quarter-final.

GAA • 20 Apr 21

Graham: County managers open to championship change

Cavan boss Mickey Graham says that Gaelic football managers are "open to change" as the GAA prepares to vote on changes to the inter-county championship structure next month.

GAA • 31 Jan 21

Aisling Doonan: "There are memories banked to last a lifetime."

Cavan stalwart Aisling Doonan hangs up her boots

Long-serving Cavan star Aisling Doonan has announced her retirement from inter-county football.

GAA • 19 Jan 21

Brian (L) Fenton and Ciarán Kilkenny have also been nominated for the Footballer of the Year award

Champions Dublin lead the way in All-Star nominations

All-Ireland football champions Dublin lead the way with 13 after the PwC All-Stars nominations were announced this morning.

GAA • 15 Jan 21

Ciarán Kilkenny of Dublin in action against Stephen Coen of Mayo in the All-Ireland final

Kilkenny the top man in Sunday Game Team of the Year

The Sunday Game have chosen Ciarán Kilkenny as their Player of the Year while the football team, not surprisingly, is dominated by the All-Ireland champions Dublin.

GAA • 20 Dec 20

Mayo are looking for a first All-Ireland title since 1951

Galligan hopes Mayo can put it up to near-perfect Dubs

Ahead of Saturday's All-Ireland final, Cavan midfielder Thomas Galligan says it's hard to find any weaknesses in the Dublin football team for Mayo to exploit.

GAA • 14 Dec 20

Dublin have dominated in Leinster and in the All-Ireland for a decade now

"Help other counties before it's too late," says Kelly

Former GAA President Seán Kelly has called on the organisation to "help other counties before it's too late," as Dublin's domination of football shows no sign of stopping.

GAA • 06 Dec 20

Robbie McDaid celebrates his late goal for Dublin

O'Rourke: GAA must break Dubs into three or four teams

Colm O'Rourke believes serious consideration should be given to breaking Dublin into three or four teams as the capital's domination of the Gaelic football shows know sign of easing up.

GAA • 06 Dec 20

Recap: Dublin 1-24 Cavan 0-12

Read how it all unfolded as the Dubs marched on to another All-Ireland final.

GAA • 05 Dec 20

Brian Fenton produced another magnificent performance for Dublin as they eased past Cavan

Dublin v Cavan ratings: Fenton & McDaid immense

Despite a fairly competitive first half, Dublin eventually eased into the All-Ireland final with a 1-24 to 0-12 win over Cavan. Here's how we saw it.

Cavan • 05 Dec 20

Con O'Callaghan scythes through Meath defence

'They were like ragdolls' - What Dublin do to opponents

Eight All-Ireland medals, nine All-Stars and a long post-playing career in the media - there isn't much that Pat Spillane has not seen at this stage, but he was taken aback by the Blues' performance in the Leinster final.

GAA • 05 Dec 20

Armagh's Orlagh Murray is overcome with emotion

Ciara Donnelly brilliance helps Armagh end title wait

Ciara Donnelly shot the lights out to banish Armagh's nightmare of losing the decider four years ago and help them to finally become Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Premier Junior Camogie champions with a three-point defeat of Cavan.

GAA • 05 Dec 20

Dublin beat Cavan at a canter to reach another final

Dublin registered their fourth successive double-digit victory of the 2020 championship as they eased past Cavan to reach an eighth All-Ireland final in ten years.

GAA • 05 Dec 20

'The romance of how this championship has unfolded has whetted appetites for the possibility of even greater drama across semi-final weekend. For that to happen, Dublin or Mayo will be required to play significant roles in their own undoing'

Cavan and Tipp seek opportunity that should not appear

You can never rule out an underdog that is prepared to take any opportunity but, for Cavan and Tipperary, they are faced with experienced, quality foes who should not give them a glimmer, writes Aidan O'Rourke

GAA • 05 Dec 20

Eoin Murchan (c) and Michael Fitzsimons are two-thirds of a relatively small Dublin full-back line

Johnston: Dublin's lack of high-rise backs gives hope

Seánie Johnston believes Cavan can make use of their height advantage in certain areas of the pitch to give themselves hope of pulling off an upset against Dublin in Saturday's All-Ireland football semi-final.

GAA • 05 Dec 20

Galligan: 'There is no pressure on us but we do set standards for ourselves within the camp and we have goals for ourselves'

Silverware greed driving Cavan towards All-Ireland tilt

Having already tasted All-Ireland success with the Cavan intermediate footballers in 2013, Erinn Galligan is hoping to add to her medal collection today.

Camogie • 05 Dec 20

Conor Sweeney in action against Diarmuid O'Connor during the 2016 All-Ireland semi-final

All you need to know: All-Ireland football semi-finals

We set the scene ahead of semi-final pairings that not many would have predicted ahead of this delayed championship.

GAA • 04 Dec 20

"To hurt Dublin you are going to have to be direct; you have to run at them and face them up offensively and defensively"

Tomás O Sé's All-Ireland SFC semi-final predictions

An eye is cast over this year's football semi-finals, with the former Kerry All-Ireland winner expecting both Mayo and Tipperary to be in confident mood, while Cavan, he adds, can bring an approach that Dublin will not have encountered so far this year,

GAA • 04 Dec 20

Cavan will need something truly extraordinary to topple the Dubs

Preview: Relentless Cavan enter more unforgiving zone

There'll be no carnival atmosphere at Croke Park when Cavan face up to the Dubs this evening - just the cold, hard reality of the greatest challenge they've faced, writes Conor Neville.

GAA • 05 Dec 20