KCLR Sport

Éire Óg Carlow are celebrating their 70th anniversary this year. We've been hearing from some of the people who have made a lasting impact both on and off the pitch throughout the club's proud history. Their impressive haul at senior level includes five AIB Leinster Football titles and 31 Carlow Senior Football Championship crowns , but as we've been discovering, success isn't measured by silverwa...

It was a memorable weekend for O'Hanrahans, Ballon and Rathvilly, with all three clubs capturing county titles.  Every game was broadcast live on KCLR, and you can catch all the post-match reaction from the players and management teams right here. We've also got reaction and analysis from Willie Quinlan.

After a weekend big games in Carlow we hear from some of those involved as well as getting the reaction of Wilie Quinlan. The Junior, Intermemdiate and Senior Football Finals in Carlow will all be broadcast on KCLR.

Evergreen have reached the FAI Junior Cup Final for the third time after a 3–1 victory over Castlebar Celtic. They’ll play Coachford in the final after the Cork club beat Trim Celtic on penalties in the other semi final today. Ethan Phelan put Evergreen 1–0 up in the first half, before Xoli Stafford doubled the lead in the 72nd minute. Mark Cunningham pulled one back for the Mayo men with five min...

Evergreen face Castlebar Celtic this Sunday at 1 in the FAI Junior Cup Semi‑Final, live on KCLR Plus thanks to Laharts Garage, Waterford Road. On this week’s Full Time , we looked ahead to the game with Evergreen manager Gary Maher.  

Carlow karate athlete Brian Keating made history when he won the Irish Martial Arts Committee Outstanding Senior Athlete of the Year award at the national ceremony in Dublin. His performances across 2025 and 2026 have set a new benchmark for Irish karate. Brian has enjoyed an exceptional run of results, including world titles both with Ireland and as an individual representing Carlow Karate Club....

Former Liverpool and Ireland star Ray Houghton speaks to Harry Shorthose at the Carlow Soccer Awards.

Following the announcement of her dream retirement fight, Croke Park this September against Flora Pili, Katie Taylor dropped into KCLR studios on Saturday 6 June to talk about her journey to the fight, fight camp, and how she plans on getting her hand raised as a three-time undisputed champion.

All the reaction from Carlow’s TG4 Leinster Final win over Longford in Newbridge , following our live commentary on KCLR Plus , thanks to Dan Morrissey and Co.

Last weekend, Peter Lynch reclaimed the Irish marathon record with a fantastic run at the London Marathon. Before returning to his training camp, he dropped into the KCLR studio for a chat about his latest achievement and what he’s planning next.

This Sunday, Tullow RFC face Athy RFC in the Bank of Ireland Provincial Towns Cup Final in Edenderry. We’ll have full live commentary on KCLR Plus. Ahead of the big game, we visited the Blackgates to soak up the excitement and chat with some of those involved. We also caught up with the women’s team, who recently secured their All-Ireland League status with a play-off win over Shannon. This previe...

Celebrations continue as the connections of I Am Maximus who won a second Aintree Grand National. The Willie Mullins trained Paul Townend runner power home to take the victory. Let's hear now from Mullins and Townend but first let's remind ourselves how they won with the help of ITV Racing. A big thanks to Dave Keena for the interviews.

Rory McIlroy's become only the fourth golfer to retain the Masters title after winning by one shot. The defending champion carded a final round 71 to finish on 12 under-par - just ahead of world number one Scottie Scheffler at Augusta. He follows in the footsteps of Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo and Tiger Woods in securing green jackets in back-to-back years. Last year's runner-up Justin Rose was part...

Tullow are through to the Bank of Ireland Towns Cup Final following their semi final victory over Naas over the weekend. The game was live on KCLR Plus thanks to New Moon Indian Restaurant Tullow, afterwards Brendan Hennessy spoke to players, coaching staff and some stalwarts of the club.  At the time of publishing the final is due to take place in Edenderry on Sunday April 19th.

Ahead of Championship 2026 we hear from Carlow captain Mikey Bambrick along with Mayo's Aidan O'Shea, Armagh's Oisin Conaty and Kerry's Sean O'Shea.

Carlow win in Croke Park in football for the first time since 1971 and capture the division 4 title, hear all the reaction. Join us to get the reacction of Bernard and Willie along with Joe Murphy, Colm Hulton and Conor Doyle.

Carlow have secured promotion to division 3 following their 4-22 to 2-5 win over Leitrim in Netwatch Cullen Park. We went to Carlow to chat to Joe about completing part 1 of the 2026 mission and about what is coming next. Murphy is also part of the under 20 management team and they open their Leinster campaign on Wednesday night against Meath in Netwatch Cullen Park.

Carlow have been promoted to division 3 after a 4-22 to 2-5 win over Leitrim at Netwatch Cullen Park. They'll play Longford in the final at Croke Park next weekend. Hear all the reaction now on the KCLR Sport podcast.

Promotion is still in Carlow's hands despite today's 1-19 to 1-14 defeat to Longford at Glennon Brothers Pearse Park. Up next for Joe Murphy's side are home games against London on Saturday March 15th at 6 pm and then Leitrim at 1 pm on Sunday March 22nd. A win in either game is enough to earn a place in division 3 as well as a Croke Park showpiece.   The Carlow ladies winning streak continued bea...

All Star and former Mayo footballer Keith Higgins is now in charge of the counties under 20 side. At this weeks launch we caught up with him to chat about the new rules, coaching players with the new rules in mind and the emergence of Kobe McDonald. The under 20 championship begins for Carlow on Wednesday March 25th when they host Meath in Carlow, after that they play Longford in Longford before f...

Kilkenny's Seanie Maguire scored twice as Cork City beat Wexford 4-1  in the first division. In the Premier division Thomastown's Colm Whelan started as Bohemians beat  Derry 1-0 at the Ryan McBride Brandywell. Elsewhere Jimmy Keohane captained Galway to a 1-all draw away to Shels, Shamrock Rovers beat St Pats 2-0 and Dundalk drew 1 all with Drogheda. Padraig Amond skippered Waterford as drew nil-...

Carlow made it 4 wins from 4 in the Allianz Football League over the weekend beating Waterford 1-26 to 15 points at Netwatch Cullen Park. It was also a great weekend for the Carlow Ladies who won a historic 5th match in a row beating Derry 2-12 to 1-7. Following Saturday's win Brendan Henessy got the reaction of Christopher Blake, Conor Crowley and Manager Joe Murphy.

It was a good Valentines weekend for the men's and ladies' footballers of Carlow with both teams maintaining their 100 percent records in the league. The men beat Tipperary 1-=17 to 1-14 in Semple Stadium while the ladies over4came Offaly 2-8 to 12 points in Kilcormac. The camogie team were unluck top miss out against Derry, losing by a point, that game will be covered by Camán Caint. .

By the rime you listen to this the Electric Ireland Sigerson Cup for 2026 will be over but before the game Dublin legend James McCarthy and former AFL and Laois star Colm Begley joined us for an evergreen and forever relevant conversation on the benefits of college football, handling retirement and facing Carlow.  

Chris Blake kicked 8 points as Carlow beat Wicklow 1-15 to 2-9 in last night's Allianz League Division 4 encounter at Netwatch Cullen Park. It's a second win in a row for Carlow. After the game we got the reaction from the Carlow camp and from Wicklow boss Oisin McConville who spoke about the standard of officiating in division 4 !