Paul McGirr Cup – Ulster U-16 Quarter-final Ardboe v Burren Sunday, 2.30pm, Dromore THE second quarter-final takes place this Sunday with Tyrone champions Ardboe facing Burren of Down. Tyrone champions Ardboe will be aiming to improve on their last appearance in the tournament back in 1999, when they exited at the quarter-final stage. A string […]
BURREN have appointed three-time All-Ireland winners Colin Holmes as their new senior football manager. He was part of the management team under outgoing managed duo Eoin McCartan and Stephen O’Hare. Lorcan Martin (coach) and Frank Dawson (development coach) are part of the management team under Holmes. Holmes is a previous Tyrone minor manager and was […]
By Shaun Casey AS a teenager at St Colman’s College, Newry, Danny Magill would compete in cross country events. Anyone that has witnessed the Burren clubman in full flight, with a Gaelic football under his arm, won’t be overly surprised by that fact. An All-Ireland Senior Cross Country winner for the school in 2019, that blistering […]
REIGNING Down champions Kilcoo will begin their title defence against Bryansford following the draw for the Senior Football Championship which took place on Friday evening. Kilcoo, with Joe McMahon and Martin Corey now at the helm, head into the season eyeing up their seventh championship title in a row and their 13th in 14 years. […]
Shaun Casey looks at the players who have had the pleasure of lifting the Andy Merrigan Cup Connor Carville (Glen, 2023/24) CARVILLE led the Watty Graham’s club throughout the most successful period in their history, culminating in the 2024 All-Ireland Senior Championship title. Glen won three Derry Championships in a row (2021, ‘22 and ‘23) and […]
Shaun Casey charts the Ulster clubs that have landed All-Ireland Senior Football Championship honours Crossmaglen (6) ULSTER’S most successful club at the top level, Crossmaglen, won six All-Ireland titles during a glorious 15-year period. Their first All-Ireland crown came in 1997, and they backed that up with a brace of titles in 1999 and 2000. […]
Three-time Tyrone All-Ireland winner Collie Holmes has joined the Burren management team for the 2025 season.
Burren 2-11 Newtownbutler 0-7 The 2024 Paul McGirr got underway on Saturday in a glorious Gardrum Park with Down champions Burren defeating Newtownbutler in the preliminary round to secure a quarter final place. The Fermanagh champions who featured quite a lot of players who are still eligible next year defied the odds to put up […]
The 2024 Paul McGirr Ulster U-16 Championship, in association with MFC Sports, gets underway slightly earlier than planned at 12 noon this Saturday in
By Shaun Casey KILCOO have dominated the club scene in Down for a number of years now, and on Sunday they beat their old adversaries Burren to claim a sixth consecutive title and their 12th crown in 13 years. Indeed, Burren’s 2018 win is the only blot on Kilcoo’s record during that time, and midfielder […]
