By Niall Gartland PATRICIAN HIGH not only claimed their fourth ever MacLarnon Cup title but also earned some local bragging rights when they overcame Our Lady’s Castleblayney last Friday night. The Carrickmacross school were full value for their 2-13 and 1-10 victory and add to previous titles won in 1997, 1998 and more recently, 2016. […]
By Michael McMullan FORMER Derry star Eamonn Burns is hosting a charity fundraiser on Saturday night in his native Ballinascreen, involving players from Derry and Down’s All-Ireland winning teams of the 1990s. On the weekend counties clash in the opening game of his season’s NFL, players renew friendship and rivalries of old in a novel […]
LONG-STANDING Tyrone senior footballer Tiernan McCann has opted out of the Tyrone squad for 2022. The news will come as a blow ahead of the forthcoming league campaign, though there is some good news for Tyrone fans as Ronan McNamee has committed to another year. Feargal Logan has confirmed that two-time All-Star nominee McCann has […]
By Michael McMullan TWENTY seconds. That’s all it took for Eugene Branagan to drink in the magic of a second Ulster medal before casting his eye on the next venture. “Then the buzz goes away and you are thinking about the next game,” he said in the aftermath of their convincing win over Derrygonnelly. Looking […]
By Niall Gartland IT’S fair to say that Sean McCullagh had to wait a long time for this. The 38-year-old began his Banagher career in some style, winning a Derry Senior Hurling Championship title in his first full season back in 2005. But then followed years and years of bitter disappointment. Six Derry final defeats […]
By Michael McMullan THE enthusiasm in Eoghan Bradley’s voice tells it all. Everyone in Steelstown is buzzing with their senior team’s journey to Sunday’s Ulster final showdown with Moortown. Bradley, now in his sixth season with the senior team, has bagged 3-8 in their campaign so far and explains how the excitement has been building […]
By Michael McMullan EIGHTEEN months after helping camogie in St John’s off its feet, club legend Andy McCallin is happy to see them climb the ladder. Along with dual star Domhnall Nugent, Jude McGurdy and Sonia McKenna, they steered the Whiterock Road club to victory over Magherafelt in Sunday’s Bridie McMenamin Shield Final. “I never […]
By Niall Gartland IT’S hard to believe now, but Armagh teams traditionally didn’t fare well in the Ulster Senior Club Championship. That all changed when Crossmaglen emerged as the dominant force at provincial level in 1996, but it would be massively unfair to write off Mullaghbawn’s brilliant, and entirely unexpected, Ulster title win in 1995 […]
HEALTHY Club Officers and Health & Wellbeing Committees continue to perform an invaluable role in GAA clubs across the globe. How fantastic it is that people from all walks of life across the world are benefitting from the formal health and wellbeing activity that has been organised by their GAA club! Of course, we benefit from […]
By Michael McMullan THE biggest challenge for three-in-a-row Antrim champions Dunloy has been their nine-week break since their county final win, insists James McKeague. Two years after hanging up his hurl, McKeague, a four-time championship winner, is in his first year as club chairman and is well-placed to delved into the inner workings of a […]
