By Shaun Casey IT’S five years since Carryduff competed in their very first Down Senior Championship decider, but they are back on the big stage once again and Finnian Moriarty’s side lock horns with kingpins Kilcoo. Back in 2020, Kilcoo overcame Carryduff in the decider with seven points to spare. Exactly one week earlier, Moriarty […]
By Shaun Casey NO team in the history of Down club football has ever won seven Senior Championship titles on the trot. Kilcoo have the opportunity to do just that on Sunday and experienced head Ceilum Doherty insists they aren’t looking that far down the track just yet. The Magpies have won 12 of the […]
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. […]
By Shaun Casey TWO heavyweight showdowns will take place in Páirc Esler, Newry this weekend as Down kingpins Kilcoo lock horns with Glenn while Carryduff and Burren cross swords, with all four eyeing up a place in the Senior Championship final. Kilcoo are the team to beat in the Mourne County and have been for […]
By Shaun Casey BOUNCING right back to Division Two football was the main objective for Glenn at the start of the season and Stevie Clarke’s side have done so in impressive fashion. After 18 games, his side were unbeaten and have the league title safely stored away. They drew with Annaclone last Friday evening but were […]
By Niall Gartland NEEDS must and Down footballer Daniel Guinness says he is proud of the way the team regrouped after their Ulster Championship defeat to Armagh, plotting a path to Tailteann Cup honours and a place in next year’s All-Ireland SFC series. The Mourne men lost out by only a single point to Armagh […]
By Niall Gartland BY no means have the Down ladies exceeded expectations by making the knock-out rounds of the All-Ireland Intermediate Championship, insists their ambitious skipper Meghan Doherty. The Carryduff girl is in the midst of her preparations for this weekend’s last-eight clash against Monaghan, a repeat of their recent Ulster final success at the […]
LOUTH club football is pretty much awash with coaches hailing from the Mourne County at the minute, with plenty of big names from Down football involved with several different teams throughout the Wee County. Dig a little deeper, and there’s more than just a few Down coaches scattered around the province of Ulster, lending their […]
Carryduff was named Club of the Year at Friday night’s Gaelic Life Ulster Club All-Stars in association with McKeever Sports. Selected for their historic 2023 season which saw them win their first ever senior men’s title. At u-16, the boys were champions in Down before competing in the Paul McGirr Cup. There was Ladies Football […]
By Niall Gartland 2023 PROVED an immensely successful year on and off the pitch for Carryduff, one of three clubs nominated for our Club of the Year award to be announced at Gaelic Life’s upcoming All-Stars event on Friday, March 1. The nomination is deserved recognition for a club that refuses to stand still under the […]
