By Michael McMullan FERMANAGH have named their team for Saturday’s visit of Down to Brewster Park. Ace forward Ultan Kelm is missing from the squad with the injury that has kept him out since their NFL Round Two game with Antrim. Kieran Donnelly has gone with the same team from their final league game with […]
CONOR Laverty has named his side for Saturday’s Ulster Championship date with Fermanagh in Brewster Park. It’s same starting 15 that edged out Monaghan on the final weekend of the league season. Finn McElroy has been named on a bench that also includes Shay Millar and Caolan Mooney who have championship experience. The winners will […]
Down will hurl in Division One next season. Marc Fisher looks forward to it, having battled his way in their promotion charge. He spoke with Michael McMullan HURLING has been everywhere for Marc Fisher. He remembers a March Sunday in 2007 when Cork came to a snowy Ballygalget. The Rebels needed a Cathal Naughton point […]
By Shaun Casey THE celebrations and claps on the back for gaining promotion and getting their hands on the Division Two league title will long be forgotten about when Down line out at Netwatch Cullen Park on Saturday afternoon. Ronan Sheehan and his men will have put an unbelievable league campaign behind them as they […]
By Niall Gartland FERMANAGH goalkeeper Sean McNally believes his team are in a good place heading into their latest championship campaign. They host Conor Laverty’s Down on Saturday, April 13, and while they’ll carry the underdogs tag as per usual, it’s water off a ducks back at this stage. The Erne men came close to […]
Niall Gartland runs the rule over the prospects of the province’s camogie teams Antrim Managers: Carl McCormick and Martin Coulter Captain: Amy Boyle Advertisement ANTRIM’s confidence will be sky-high heading into their forthcoming championship campaigns after winning the Division 1B title last weekend. The Saffrons clinched the title – and promotion to the top-tier Division […]
By Shaun Casey VERY few managers come away from a league campaign that saw their team relegated with more positives than negatives, but that’s the position Conor Laverty found himself in. Having just beaten league leaders Monaghan by the minimum of margins, Down still suffered the drop back to Division Three due to their head-to-head […]
Rory Mason reflects on Loughinisland’s rather unconventional Ulster Intermediate final win in 2015 By Shaun Casey SCORING a single point in 60 minutes of action wouldn’t win too many championship titles but for Loughinisland, it only needed to happen once. That fateful day came in 2015 when they created history for the club. It’s worth mentioning […]
By Shaun Casey A HOUDINI act in Clones on the final day of the National League has a familiar ring to it but this year is slightly different as it’s Conor Laverty’s Down who are trying to pull off the round seven heroics. On plenty of occasions in the last decade, Monaghan have secured their […]
By Daragh Ó Conchúir THURSDAY is her first day back at work after taking a week and a half off to get married but Niamh Mallon is agreeable to a quick chat from a Galway coffee shop beforehand to discuss a range of endeavours, personal and professional. There aren’t too many vacancies in the Mallon […]
