The Orchard County’s trailblazers of 1953


By Alan Rodgers STEADY progress over the previous five years provided the backdrop to a 1953 All-Ireland Final appearance which is remembered with pride by those who were in attendance at Croke Park that day. Many more in successive generations have been raised on stories of that famous occasion when Armagh ran Kerry so close […]


St Louis making the most of second bite


By Michael McMullan THE last time St Louis Ballymena were vying for an All-Ireland senior B title, Chloe Drain played on a team that were within touching distance of glory. Leading by two points, all they had to do was see it out. Grennan College had other ideas and their late, late goal left the […]


The Man in the Middle


Corduff whistler Pat McEnaney has seen it all and done it all. He talks to Shaun Casey about an eventful officiating career. PAT McEnaney was the man in the middle the last time Kerry and Galway clashed on All-Ireland final day and this Sunday Ulster will once again be represented as the two great counties […]