By Shaun Casey BURREN finally shook the Kilcoo monkey off their backs last weekend to reach the Down Senior Championship final, and manager Collie Holmes was delighted with their effort. The two sides had clashed previously in the 2023 and 2024 county finals, but Burren really didn’t lay a glove on the Magpies on either […]
By Shaun Casey THERE are only eight teams left in the running for the Frank O’Hare Cup and that number will be halved this weekend after the quarter-final battles. The big four of reigning champions Kilcoo, the team that beat them, Carryduff, Burren and Clonduff are still alive and have been kept apart at this […]
By Shaun Casey IT’S championship time in the Mourne County and like every other season for well over a decade now, Kilcoo are once again the team to beat. Can anyone stop them? Time will tell, but there are a few contenders that wouldn’t mind taking their scalp and look to have the quality to […]
By Michael McMullan BURREN retained the Ulster League title and captain Ryan Treanor said it was important step into the new season. The league will kick into gear this month with the bigger picture to follow of hitting the championship phase ready to rock. Treanor kicked half a dozen points, including the winner, in a […]
By Michael McMullan BURREN were crowned Ulster League champions on Thursday night with a one-point victory over fellow Down side Mayobridge. Captain Ryan Treanor kicked the winning score in injury time to clinch a 0-10 to 0-9 win. Treanor kicked six points in all, Ronan Kelly also had a two-pointer in a 0-3 tally with […]
Danny Magill was in the form of his life with Down last season and focused on Burren’s title bid before injury stopped him in his tracks. He is now back on the road to recovery. Michael McMullan writes…. THERE is a steely look etched across Danny Magill’s face. His attention to detail and facts almost […]
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. […]
