By Michael McMullan DUNGIVEN booked their place in the Ulster Minor Football Tournament final at St Paul’s with a 2-11 to 3-6 win over Burren. A goal form the impressive Darach McGonigle had the Derry champions 1-5 to 1-2 ahead at the break. Burren with back to within point after six second half minutes before […]
By Michael McMullan DUNGIVEN face a huge challenge this weekend if they are to make the final of this year’s Ulster Minor Football Tournament. That’s the take of joint manager Darrell O’Kane who had a look at the Down champions Burren last Saturday. Burren (2016) and Dungiven (1990) are past winners of the popular minor […]
By Michael McMullan TWO previous winners of the competition – Burren and Dungiven – go head to head on Sunday for a place in the final of this year’s Ulster Minor Football Tournament in Belfast. Dungiven were winners in 1990 and Emmett McKeever from that team is joint manager with Darrell O’Kane’s this season. With […]
By Michael McMullan SATURDAY sees the resumption of the prestigious Ulster minor football tournament in Belfast. Hosted by St Paul’s, the tournament didn’t take place for the last two seasons and all nine Ulster county champions will do battle to take the title Lavey won on New Year’s Day 2020. Fermanagh champions Irvinestown only recently […]
WITH the Ulster Club Senior Football Championship heating up, Shaun Casey casts his eye over past glories… Crossmaglen: 11 IN 1996, led by Cross and Armagh legend Joe Kernan, the Rangers picked up their first of 11 Ulster titles. They secured their last provincial crown in 2015 with an extra-time win over Scotstown and three […]
By Kieran Lynch DOWN GAA legend Kevin McKernan is the latest member of the Down Senior Ladies Football team, as he will join Peter Lynch’s backroom team for the upcoming season. McKernan, who retired from inter-county football earlier this season, will still continue to play football for Burren, but he will be afforded the opportunity […]
By Michael McMullan THE draw for the Ulster minor championship has paired Donegal champions Four Masters with the Fermanagh champions in the preliminary round. Four Masters were winners over the Glenswilly in the county final last week and await the winners of the unfinished competition in Fermanagh. Favourites Irvinestown play St Oliver Plunkett’s (a Coa/Ederney […]
The counties who have fared best in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship. Armagh clubs (15 titles) THE Orchard County is level with Derry in terms of Ulster Senior Club titles. One big reason for their success in the provincial arena is Crossmaglen, who have won a record-breaking 11 titles. But that’s not all – […]
By Kieran Lynch WARRENPOINT pulled off arguably the biggest shock in any of the Ulster Club Senior Football Championships to this point, when they knocked out Burren on penalties on Monday night. The ‘Point, who last contested the county final in 2019, were major underdogs going into the game, and manager Shane Mulholland spoke to […]
By Kieran Lynch DOWN Division 1A champions Burren will be hoping to add to their silverware and wrangle the Frank O’Hare Cup from Kilcoo’s grasp this year, and they got off to a winning start defeating Mayobridge in the opening round of the championship with RGU Downpatrick up next. However, with Burren labelled as strong […]
