Derry GAA

Derry winning the All-Ireland was probably the only way the endgame could have played out differently for Harte

Derry entered four competitions, they won two – the McKenna Cup and league title (a first since 2008). Their five losses came against Dublin, Donegal, Galway, Armagh and Kerry. It wasn’t a tremendous season, but it certainly wasn’t an awful one results-wise.

Mickey Harte steps down as Derry manager after less than one year in charge

Tyrone native led Derry to a league title but endured a difficult championship campaign

Derry defend their All-Ireland minor football crown with win over Armagh

Goals in each half from captain James Sargent and Cody Rocks secure a third title in last five years

All-Ireland MFC final: Derry face off against familiar rivals Armagh as they look to defend title

The reigning champions can call upon as many as five starters from last year’s all-conquering side

Michael Murphy: Galway’s direct action leaves four semi-finalists trying to resolve vulnerabilities

Michael Murphy: The four counties still standing won’t have to cope with Dublin’s ruthless box-ticking but they all still have their own issues to address

Five things we learned from the GAA weekend: Kerry talk of purists when it suits them

The Kingdom is full of pragmatists; Donegal are both battle-hardened and fresh; Derry’s nihilistic streak; Tipperary’s minor miracle

Jack O’Connor makes no apologies for Kerry’s eyesore win over Derry

Kerry boss Jack O'Connor ‘If you think you can play a kind of gung-ho open football against that type of structure then that’s not living in the real world’

Surprising semi-final line-up suggests new Gaelic football order and end of Dublin era

Galway will face Donegal in All-Ireland semi-final while Kerry meet Armagh

Kerry eventually put Derry to bed in a pig of a game at Croke Park

A drab afternoon was saved by cameos from Cillian Burke, Killian Spillane and Dylan Geaney as the Munster champions progress to meet Armagh

Kerry beat Derry to make semi-final: All-Ireland quarter-final as it happened

Kingdom through to play Armagh, while Donegal will play Galway

Time for Kerry to move up a gear in their quest to reclaim Sam

I expect a big performance from Kerry and reckon they will beat Derry pretty convincingly

All-Ireland quarter-finals: throw-in times, TV details and team news

Kieran McGeeney’s Armagh can earn a reward for their consistency in the last two years by reaching the All-Ireland semi-finals along with Dublin, Kerry and Donegal

Everyone has a story to tell in the All-Ireland quarter-finals but Dublin and Kerry remain the teams to beat

The football championship finally gets serious with the two biggest beasts out there for everyone else to take a swing at in Croke Park this weekend

Johnny Crowley confident Kerry are well prepared for Derry test

Kerry have enjoyed serene progress so far but Jack O’Connor’s men will be wary of the potent threat posed by Mickey Harte’s Derry

Tactical breakdown: Derry pin back Mayo’s forwards to blunt their attacking threat

Mickey Harte’s side made it their business to get men who are key to an opposition’s game plan doing jobs they didn’t want to do

Seán Moran: Harte and O’Connor sound echoes of the days when there were second acts in All-Ireland lives

An old rivalry resumes at the weekend, but have the ground rules changed forever?

Michael Murphy: Derry back from the brink and will believe they can beat Kerry

Mayo needed to ask the big questions from the start and didn’t. You can be sure Kerry won’t make the same mistake.

Kerry get the test they were waiting for in the form of Mickey’s Harte’s Derry

Every team is fighting for momentum as the championship heads into the home straight

All-Ireland quarter-finals draw: GAAGo to broadcast Dublin v Galway on Saturday

Armagh v Roscommon will open weekend action with Donegal taking on Louth and Derry facing Kerry on Sunday

Football’s final eight learn their fate as Cork, Mayo, Tyrone and Monaghan depart

Clare skip into hurling semi-final clash with Kilkenny; Scotland sent homeward after painful defeat to Hungary; Harrington’s hat-trick at Dick’s

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