News from the 32: Antrim, Armagh, Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Cork, Derry, Donegal, Down, Dublin, Fermanagh, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Leitrim, Limerick, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary, Tyrone, Waterford, Westmeath, Wexford, Wicklow

News from the 32: Antrim, Armagh, Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Cork, Derry, Donegal, Down, Dublin, Fermanagh, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Leitrim, Limerick, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary, Tyrone, Waterford, Westmeath, Wexford, Wicklow

New York hosts Galway for the second year in a row in the annual FBD League final in Gaelic Park this Sunday. While Galway had a relatively easy time last year, this year’s contest takes on extra meaning, with Galway employing a new manager a month ago in the form of Joe Kernan.

There are only two teams left in the New York Senior football County Championship: Down and Cork. Eugene Kyne preview the game and wonders what team will popping the champagne this Sunday in the 125th anniversary year of the GAA in Ireland and the 95th year of football in the Big Apple.

News from the 32: Antrim, Armagh, Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Cork, Derry, Donegal, Down, Dublin, Fermanagh, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Leitrim, Limerick, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary, Tyrone, Waterford, Westmeath, Wexford, Wicklow

This weekend at the NY GAA, Offaly, Roscommon, Cork and Down came out on top.

News from the 32: Antrim, Armagh, Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Cork, Derry, Donegal, Down, Dublin, Fermanagh, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Leitrim, Limerick, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary, Tyrone, Waterford, Westmeath, Wexford, Wicklow

Eugene Kyne with the match reports from all the action at Gaelic Park in the Bronx

Saturday 7:30 p.m.: SF Leitrim vs.

Eugne Kyne with the breakdown on all the games played in the Bronx last weekend.

Meath overcame Mayo in the All Ireland Football quarter final and will face Kerry in the semi final, while Kilkenny defeated Waterford in the semi final to become the first team to book a place in the All Ireland Hurling Final in September.

Bits and bobs from newspapers across Ireland's 32 counties, North and South.

Eugene Kyne with the lowdown on last weekend's action in the Bronx, where the Four Provinces, Leitrim, Cavan and Tyrone all emerged victorious.

News bits from around the 32 counties in Ireland.

Eugene Kyne gives the skinny on the upcoming senior football and senior hurling matches from the Bronx, as well as an intermediate football match between St. Raymond's and Roscommon.

Results from Ireland's GAA (Gaelic football and hurling) games this weekend.

Eugene Kyne gives the lowdown on the upcoming football action from the Bronx between New Jersey/Kilkenny and Offaly, Cork and Tyrone, Roscommon and Brooklyn/Long Island, and the John Joe McGovern Final between Rangers and St. Barnabas, the first junior final of the season.

Cathal Dervan highlights the recent transfer news regarding departures and arrivals of some of Ireland's best footballers, the result of the British and Irish Lions' third test against South Africa and the past week's Gaelic action from Ireland.

Eugene Kyne gives his predictions for the upcoming weekend's football and hurling fixtures from the Bronx.

Irish Voice GAA analyst Eugene Kyne with his take on the upcoming football and hurling fixtures from the Bronx.

Eugene Kyne's recap of the week's senior football and hurling matches, the John Brady Cup final and the first GAA Minor Board title for Brooklyn.

Leitrim won the league title, while there were also wins for Cork, Kerry and the ladies of Kerry/Donegal.

Eugene Kyne breaks down the senior football league final between Leitrim and Down, as well as the first camogie and hurling matches of the season in the Bronx.

Eugene Kyne with the lowdown on this weekend's fixtures at Gaelic park in the Bronx.

After a brief sojourn in America, the 2009 Football Championship returns home this weekend, with the Ulster and Leinster competitions starting on Sunday afternoon.

Eugene Kyne with the breakdown on all this weekend's fixtures at Gaelic Park in the Bronx.

Mayo easily beat New York by fifteen points in the Connacht Senior Football Championship at Gaelic Park in the Bronx Sunday.

There were wins for the ladies of Kerry/Donegal and Cavan, while the intermediate men from Kerry were also victorious on a wet Sunday in the Bronx.

On a boiler-hot day in Gaelic Park, Leitrim beat Cavan, Cork and Down drew, and Tyrone produced a comeback for the ages when a goal-laden second half saw them edge out Kerry by a point.

The season kicked off in earnest on Sunday in Gaelic Park, New York, with the seniors in action. There were wins for Cavan and Down and a draw between Leitrim and Donegal.

Cork are the team to beat in the 2009 New York Senior Football Championship as the season kicks off this weekend in Gaelic Park.

A roundup of all the action in the last round of the Allianz National Football league

All the latest news and views from the New York GAA world.

A roundup of all the action in The Allianz National Football and Hurling Leagues.

The New York GAA football scene got a little clearer for the upcoming year with a dramatic piece of editing by the Association this past week. The alignments of the senior and junior divisions were changed dramatically, with an intermediate division born from necessity and intuition.

TULLA, Co. Clare - The sun was declining west of the Tulla town square where the gig rig was erected for the celebration of the 50th anniversary of Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann in that East Clare bastion of traditional music and dance. CCE Director General Senator Labhras O'Murchu led a group of CCE officials in reviewing the welcoming parade led by the Tulla Pipe Band.

ANOTHER family with an Armagh connection is the Quinn family of Long Island, whose patriarch, Louie Quinn, came from Newtownhamilton in Armagh.

Louie Senior was a very fine Irish fiddler who played a huge role in promoting and preserving traditional Irish music not only in New York but also around the country through his friendship with so many great musicians, and also his organization skills through the Irish Musicians Association, a forerunner in many places for Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann in North America.

He got his family involved in Irish music and dance in a big way out on Long Island, and the oldest boy, Sean, has continued to teach music both in the public school system and with Irish music pupils on the fiddle.

Ireland is a small country that's big on charm, wit and hospitality. And, thanks to a booming economy and the infusion of millions from multi-national companies, Ireland East and Dublin is one of the most rapidly expanding areas in Europe today. Ireland has breathtaking scenery, luxurious five-star resorts with world-class spas, gourmet cuisine and more than 400 top-notch golf courses, but the Emerald Isle is also known for its advanced networking, conferencing and exposition facilities and is a leading destination for today's mobile business traveler.

GAELIC Park in the Bronx was packed on Sunday with over 2,500 supporters from Leitrim cheering their side on in the Connacht championship against New York. Those present said it was like old times at the venerable venue, where such crowds and indeed much larger numbers were no exception in the good old days.

Incredible to think that an All-Ireland final was played in New York in 1947 when Cavan played Kerry at the old Polo Grounds before 35,000 spectators.

"I have a great plan this year," 10-year-old Brian Costello told the Irish Voice as he awaits the arrival of Santa Claus on Christmas morning.

"I'm going to borrow my dad's camera, if he lets me, and I'm going to stay up all night and watch for Santa," said Brian, whose father Donnchadh hails from Co. Kerry and his mother Angela from Co.

A TRAGIC accident took the life of Co. Cavan native Shane McEvoy, known to his friends as "Spongie," on Wednesday, May 28 while he was installing an air conditioning unit at 160 West 65th Street in Manhattan.According to a police report, McEvoy, who hails from Annaglough, fell approximately 35 feet from the top of an air conditioning unit at 1:30 p.

The New York GAA football scene got a little clearer for the upcoming year with a dramatic piece of editing by the Association this past week. The alignments of the senior and junior divisions were changed dramatically, with an intermediate division born from necessity and intuition. The senior division for the coming year will involve nine teams.

The New York football college squad is traveling to Birmingham, England next week to again compete in the British College Games. The panel, which was announced last Friday, is returning to that city after a very successful trip last February when they won their division with wins over Rennes, France, Nottingham, Lincoln and a draw against Carlisle before they bowed out at the hands of Manchester in the semifinal. The Manchester team went on to win the Plate in that section of the competition.

Leinster's preparations for Sunday's Heineken Cup decider against Edinburgh at the RDS have been thrown into chaos after lock Malcolm O'Kelly was cited. O'Kelly faces a disciplinary hearing in Dublin on Thursday after he was sin binned for stamping on the England prop in a bizarre 19-12 defeat to Wasps at Twickenham last Saturday. A ban will cause major problems for coach Michael Cheika ahead of a game when Leinster will book their place in the last eight against Edinburgh if they match the Wasps result away to Castres.

With 2009 now here, the last 12 months already seem like a lifetime ago. I don't know if that is age or experience talking, but looking forward is sometimes far more enjoyable than the actual doing in this crazy world of ours. Last year the New York GAA had far more hills than valleys in its 365 fun packed days, and we will look back at both as we recollect over the sporting highlights of the last twelve months.

With the festive season upon us, firstly I would like to wish all a happy Thanksgiving before we get down to the task at hand. Certainly a unique weekend to have for the New York GAA fraternity as it gives three full days of canvassing before the elections for chairman and officers on Sunday. The networks should be ringing off the line with the top job in New York again up for grabs, with two extremely capable candidates running.

CORK got out of jail with two late goals, one from James Masters and the second a last minute penalty from John Hayes, as they held All-Ireland champions Kerry in a mouth-watering semifinal at Croke Park last Sunday. The final score was Cork 3-7 Kerry 1-13. The sides will meet again at Croke Park next Sunday when Kerry will be without the influential Darragh O Se after his red card.

Na Fianna 7-7 Cavan 4-16

IN a thrilling Ladies final at Gaelic Park on Sunday, Na Fianna defied the odds with a dazzling comeback from 16 points down to secure a draw with the last kick of the game. It sets up a replay at the same venue on Sunday at 3:30 to try and decide who will be crowned this year's champions.

With both sides giving virtuoso performances in front of goal, Cavan in the first half, Na Fianna in the second, no one deserved to lose.

Offaly 3-8

Cavan 0-4

TWO goals within the first three minutes of the second half of this Junior B semifinal moved Offaly easily into the decider next Sunday, where they will meet Donegal. While the first half was low scoring, the second was all Offaly as they return to a county final just a week after their hurlers clinched their second title in two years.

It was all Offaly to begin with a brace of points from Danny Leady and Brendan Moran setting the tone.

Offaly 0-9

Donegal 0-8

THE Junior B title returns to Offaly and joins the Senior Hurling trophy on the Faithful mantle for the inter months. The Jim O'Neill Cup donated by the Armagh club joins the Michael Flannery one in what has been a wonderful season for Offaly.

They jumped out into a four point lead at the break and were able to withstand a stirring comeback by Donegal by chipping over points when required and using a strong defensive showing in the last few minutes to get the win.