Make or break time for Maughan as Offaly set sights on promotion
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WITH Dublin in a knockout Leinster Senior Football Championship, Offaly s prospects of a successful season rest on promotion from Division 3 of the National Football League.
The targets for manager John Maughan and his squad of players are fairly straightforward: win promotion and beat Louth in the first round of the Leinster championship.
They are not simple ambitions but they are very achievable and Offaly have reason to be optimistic. With Tyrone folk hero Mickey Harte now at the helm, Louth should be a more difficult task than they would normally be. And Offaly have often found it difficult to beat them – they lived dangerously before beating them in the league last year, and Louth were on their way to Division 4. Offaly lost to Louth in the league in 2019 and 2017 and this game is very much a banana skin for them.
Offaly club managed by Portlaoise man set to benefit from sponsorship from International retailer
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An Offaly GAA club has been handed a major boost as and international sports retailer has come on board as an Official Supporter.
There was big news for Rhode’s GAA in Offaly this week as Sports Direct announced that they will become an Official Supporter of the local club for the next three years until 2024.
Rhode are the most successful football club in the County and won back their senior football title last year with former Portlaoise player and manager, Malachy McNulty at the helm.
Lowry partnership hands huge boost to Offaly GAA
“I would die happy if I saw an Offaly man walking up the steps of Croke Park again” - Lowry
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Shane Lowry, pictured with Offaly hurling heroes, Joe Dooley and the Offaly GAA chairman Michael Duignan, has given the county a massive boost. );
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SHANE Lowry has given Offaly GAA a massive boost. The golf superstar has made an undisclosed but sizeable personal donation to the Offaly GAA County Board but his contribution will go much deeper than that as officers hope that young footballers and hurlers in the county will be inspired by his exploits.
Dislocated finger won t rule McNamee out of league
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A DISLOCATED finger won t rule star Offaly forward, Niall McNamee out of the National Football League.
The veteran Rhode attacker sustained the injury in a training session at the weekend and was treated for it in hospital. However, manager John Maughan confirmed on Tuesday morning that it did not require an operation and he should be fit for the National Football League Division 3 opener away to Wicklow on Sunday, May 15.
Offaly have a condensed league schedule as they play three weekends in a row with home games against Limerick on Saturday May 22 and 29.
Niall McNamee Injury update ahead of Offaly s league campaign
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A DISLOCATED finger won t rule star Offaly forward, Niall McNamee out of the National Football League.
The veteran Rhode attacker sustained the injury in a training session at the weekend and was treated for it in hospital. However, manager John Maughan confirmed on Tuesday morning that it did not require an operation and he should be fit for the National Football League Division 3 opener away to Wicklow on Sunday, May 15.
Offaly have a condensed league schedule as they play three weekends in a row with home games against Limerick on Saturday May 22 and 29.