Gaelic Football
Cooper reflects on “surreal” All-Ireland victory
DCU student Johnny Cooper reflects on his first All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medal with Dublin. Read more…
Men’s GAA
Gaelic Football
DCU GAA Academy strikes sponsorship deal
A five-year sponsorship deal has been agreed between the DCU GAA Academy and Bank of Ireland. Read more…
Features
Battles for Sam and Liam on the horizon again
Ben Egan previews the 2013 GAA Championships. Read more…
Sport
Sport Review of the Year 2012/2013
Deputy Sports Editor Eoin Sheahan reviews the year in sport Read more…
Gaelic Football
Cork star Aidan Walsh will ‘be able to return to DCU next year’
Back in September when Cork’s midfield powerhouse Aidan Walsh was starting in his first year in DCU, surely he could not have envisaged the year that lay ahead for him. The P.E and Biology student Read more…
GAA
Ten varieties of GAA supporters you are likely to meet this summer.
Over the past fifteen or so years I have travelled the length and breadth of the country, visiting nearly every G.A.A ground and mixing with supporters from nearly every county in Ireland. One thing that Read more…
Gaelic Football
Depleted DCU reach Intermediate final against all the odds – DCU 1-08 UUJ 0-09
DCU faced University of Ulster Jordanstown in the first semi-final of the All-Ireland Intermediate football championship on Wednesday last. With a place in the final up for grabs, the Dublin outfit came out victorious on Read more…
Gaelic Football
Men’s Football Club allocated over €40,000 for coaching expenses
Three members of the DCU Sigerson Cup management team were allocated money in the club’s grant allocation in a breach of the Club Life Committee funding policy. The CLC funding policy states that they will Read more…
Gaelic Football
Munnelly praises troops in fantastic final showing
A superb performance from the DCU Fresher Football team saw the side run out one-point winners over city rivals UCD in the All-Ireland final on Thursday last. Manager Ross Munnelly expressed his delighted following the Read more…
Camogie
Serving diligently at the coalface of DCU camogie
Achieving the two-in-a-row of Purcell Cups has put DCU firmly on the camogie map and yet the powers-that-be continue to put obstacles in front of their Ashbourne dream. Eoghan Cormican sits down with three girls Read more…
Gaelic Football
Uncertainty over ineligible pair for visit of Queen’s
DCU will attempt to move one step closer to securing a third Sigerson title in four years when they welcome Queen’s University Belfast to St. Clare’s today, for what promises to be a keenly contested Read more…
Hurling
Hurlers braced for tough Fitzgibbon tie
Since survival in Division 1 of the Higher Education league was clinched before Christmas, there has been a profound sense of positivity surrounding the DCU senior hurling team. Their triumph over St. Pat’s in November, Read more…
Gaelic Football
Men’s Football Club take 13% of CLC budget
The GAA Men’s Football Club is the largest recipient of the Club Life Committee grant allocations for 2012-13, pocketing €45,908.60. Figures attained by The College View show that 13% of the CLC budget was allocated Read more…
GAA
All out in pursuit of glory
A third Sigerson title, a first ever Purcell Cup and the All-Ireland Freshers ‘B’ football championship. 2012 was certainly a fruitful year for DCU GAA, but will the next 12 months be as laden with silverware? The College Read more…
Gaelic Football
McGraynor steers Intermediates to league glory – DCU 1-15 UCD 3-7
DCU’s Intermediate football team were crowned league champions after a hard fought two-point victory in an enthralling final against rivals UCD last Thursday at St Clare’s. On a freezing cold day at the north Dublin Read more…
Articles
Peat: Ladies sport in need of financial investment
The Ladies Gaelic Football Association may need to merge with the GAA in order to survive, according to Lindsay Peat. Speaking to The College View, Peat, a standout player in both ladies football and basketball, Read more…
Gaelic Football
Early onslaught proves vital as UCD come out on top in league decider – UCD 2-14 DCU 2-12
A slow start killed DCU’s chances of retaining the Division One Fresher League title against UCD in Parnell Park last Wednesday. Ross Munnelly’s men allowed their opponents to build up a seven point advantage by Read more…
Gaelic Football
Munnelly rues poor start as DCU fall short
Disappointment, anguish and pain; emotions that were etched across the faces of each of the DCU players and management after the two point defeat to UCD in the Fresher ‘A’ All-Ireland league final. The Northsiders Read more…
Gaelic Football
Byrne leads demolition job of Carlow – DCU 2-17 Carlow IT 0-06
The Fresher’s football side opened their campaign with a demolition of Carlow IT at St. Clare’s on Tuesday afternoon last. In a match that bore little resemblance to a contest, DCU took on the alias Read more…
GAA
Eligibility ruling to hit Sigerson and Fitzgibbon teams
Fitzgibbon and Sigerson teams throughout the country, including DCU, look likely to be affected by a new ruling introduced by Comhairle Ardoideachais regarding student eligibility. The rule, outlining the requirements a student must satisfy in Read more…
Gaelic Football
President MacCraith leads tributes to Donegal Captain
Captain, Man of the Match and the contributor of a 2nd minute rocket that handed Donegal an advantage they never looked like relinquishing. This was to prove no ordinary Sunday for DCU student Michael Murphy Read more…