Oisin Duddy looks back at the last ten winners of the Ulster Senior Hurling Championship 2013 – Loughgiel Shamrocks (Antrim) THE only Ulster club to win the All-Ireland series was back in action winning their fourth Ulster title in a-row, beating Derry’s Sleacht Néill in their own backyard in Celtic Park with Liam Watson scoring […]
By Michael McMullan CARGIN are bidding for a seventh title in nine seasons when they face Dunloy on Sunday (Corrigan Park, 2.30pm). Manager Ronan Devlin, in his sixth year having served under previous boss Damian Cassidy, feels the mood is as good, if not better, than any of the finals he has experienced. Devlin puts […]
By Niall Gartland MANY, if not most, expected Dunloy to feature in a Senior Championship final this year, but few would have anticipated it would be on the footballing front. Their hurlers have filled plenty of column inches in recent years, and they gave Ballyhale Shamrocks their fill of it in the last All-Ireland SFC […]
By Michael McMullan LEAGUE champions Portglenone are chasing a first county senior final spot since 2009 when they lock horns with Dunloy on Friday night (Dunsilly, 7.30pm). The Casements took out Creggan in the quarter-finals thanks to Aidan McAleese’s goal, but Niall Delargy is fully aware of what they are meeting this weekend. Delargy, who […]
FOLLOWING the recent Ulster GAA meeting to draw the intermediate and junior competitions, the fixtures for the club hurling championships have been released. At senior level, it is the turn of the Derry champions to receive a bye into the final. Sleacht Néill are bidding for their 11th senior title in Derry when they face […]
By Michael McMullan ULSTER champions Dunloy face rematch of the 2021 county final decider when they take on Rossa on Saturday (5pm) in Hightown. There has never been a five-in-a-row in the history of the competition and it was Rossa who took home the Volunteer Cup in 2004 when the Cuchullains were gunning for their […]
By Kieran Lynch WITH the Antrim Senior Hurling Championship beginning this weekend, Loughgiel Shamrocks manager Hugh McCann says that he and his management team will have a selection headache, with a number of players hoping to get a start in their opener against St Enda’s. “There is a good buzz about the parish, as there […]
ANTRIM’S Michael Bradley and Conal Cunning have been named on the GAA’s Team of the Week after their NHL draw with Dublin on Saturday at Corrigan Park. Receive quality journalism wherever you are, on any device. Keep up to date from the comfort of your own home with a digital subscription. Any time | Any […]
Dominic McKinley has played and coached at the highest level. Hurling and camogie remain very much in his blood. He sat down with Michael McMullan to chat about his career. DOMINIC McKinley, one of seven sons, came in the middle of John and Jane’s family of 13. Across from their home in Ballyknock, the McFaddens […]
IT’S not every year an Ulster team reaches the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final, so great credit must go to the management team of Dunloy, spearheaded by Gregory O’Kane. O’Kane was at the helm of a fantastic year for the Dunloy hurlers, who produced a stirring performance in the Ulster final against rivals Sleacht Néill […]
