IF at first you don’t succeed, try again. That is what both Glen and Dunloy would have felt in the last 10 days. All I can say to both is fair play. Both don the green and gold and are within 15 mile from my home-place Glenullin, albeit Dunloy is just across the border in […]
INCLUDING a draw with Birr on the club’s first ever visit to Croke Park in 1995, Dunloy will contest their sixth All-Ireland final in the New Year. Now the undisputed top dogs in Antrim, they shook free from the clutches of Sleacht Néill and the penance of Keelan Molloy’s wonder goal sent the Antrim champions […]
By Niall Gartland WHY stop now? Dunloy joint-captain Ryan Elliott admitted that Sleacht Néill had “lived in the heads” of the Antrim champions’ heads for five years following their provincial triumph against the Emmet’s, and now they’ve banished that particular ghost, the question is whether they can achieve something very special indeed at national level. […]
When Dunloy made their 1990 breakthrough in Antrim, Nigel Elliott was a key cog in their team and will have two sons in action in Croke Park on Sunday. He tells Michael McMullan about the club’s journey. WHEN Dunloy run out on Croke Park on Sunday afternoon, it’s the second golden generation of hurlers to […]
By Michael McMullan WITH their 13-year wait for an Ulster title over, the Dunloy attention will quickly switch to the All-Ireland series insists goalkeeper Ryan Elliott. Sunday’s win over the club’s 11th Ulster title since making the breakthrough to take a first Antrim title in 1990 and despite playing in five All-Ireland finals they have […]
By Michael McMullan THE door may have closed on them, but Dunloy kept beating until it opened for the first time since 2009 on Sunday and the Four Seasons Cup found a new home for Christmas. For manager Gregory O’Kane, a multiple championship winner as a player, he was content the latest crop of players […]
ULSTER CLUB SHC FINAL Dunloy 2-12 Sleacht Néill 0-16 By Michael McMullan DUNLOY’S ended their wait for a first Ulster title since 2009 on Sunday with victory over champions Sleacht Néill in a blockbuster in Armagh. Advertisement It was a victory built on two first half goals, with Nigel Elliott’s strike shooting the Saffron champions […]
By Michael McMullan CONSISTENCY is a currency Chrissy McKaigue loves to deal in and as Sleacht Néill eye a fifth Ulster Hurling Championship on Sunday, the former skipper eyes the bigger picture. He knows nothing else. Despite the highs and lows of a decade of knocking on championship doors of all titles, the deep-thinking McKaigue […]
By Michael McMullan DUNLOY scoring ace Conal Cunning says Sunday’s opponents Sleacht Néill are a “top class” team and feels his own side need to find a greater level of consistency to push on to the next level. This season delivered a 16th Antrim title for Dunloy since their first in 1990 and the current crop […]
Ulster Club SHC final Sleacht Néill v Dunloy Sunday, Athletic Grounds, 1.30pm By Michael McMullan SLEACHT Néill put their Ulster title on the line on Sunday against a Dunloy team bidding for an eleventh provincial win and a first since 2009. It’s the fifth meeting of the clubs in championship hurling with the Antrim side’s […]
