The u-15 boys from Dunloy will compete at both the All-Ireland Féile football and hurling weekends later this month. Michael McMullan took a look into their success story. GREGORY O’Kane knows a thing or two about winning titles with Dunloy. Of their 16 senior hurling titles, he has been involved in them all either as […]
The hurling debate: Everyone needs to meet Willie Maher along the road to growing the game
June 10, 2025
By Michael McMullan WILLIE Maher has one hell of a job on his hands. The GAA’s new Head of Hurling could divide himself in 100 different pieces and still be meeting himself coming backwards. It’s the national game, yet very few counties are playing it at the top end. There are plenty of clubs hurling […]
JOHNNY McINTOSH: An important plan for Ulster hurling
June 9, 2025
THIS week I have been thinking about the Ulster hurling teams’ poor performance this season and on the back of the GAA rolling out a new Head of Hurling. It makes me wonder what the overall plan for Ulster might need to look like. It was massively disappointing for Derry to lose out in the Christy […]
Three hurling showdowns and Tailteann Cup on the box this weekend
June 2, 2025
THREE hurling titles are on the line this weekend and all three will screened live. Cork and Limerick pair off in the Munster hurling final. In Leinster, Kilkenny and Galway face off again. Also at Croke Park, the Joe McDonagh Cup final will be between Kildare and Laois. Advertisement Saturday 4pm Offaly v New York […]
Derry boss hoping his side can embrace Croke Park in Christy Ring showdown
May 29, 2025
By Michael McMullan DERRY manager Johnny McGarvey said their focus is on a performance in Saturday’s Christy Ring Cup final but they must also embrace playing in Croke Park. The Oakleafers are bidding to end their search for their first title in their fourth final in five seasons and the third during McGarvey’s tenure as […]
O’Doherty and Derry back challenging for an elusive first
May 28, 2025
Derry captain Cormac O’Doherty has played in three Christy Ring Cup final defeats but persistence takes him back to Croke Park on Saturday. Michael McMullan went to meet him… BETWEEN club, school and county, Cormac O’Doherty has stood in the firing line enough times to know the difference between winning and losing a crunch game […]
NostalGAA: Derry appearing in a fifth Christy Ring final
May 28, 2025
DERRY are hoping to win the Christy Ring Cup at the fifth attempt when they take on London on Saturday in Croke Park. It’s their fourth final appearance in five seasons but here is a look back to their first final in 2015 when they lost to a Kerry side winning their second. Na Magha’s […]
Johnny McIntosh: Mid-tier hurling counties are being neglected
May 8, 2025
THE Munster Hurling Championship is brilliant. Week-after-week there’s high-quality games between the very best teams in the country in front of thousands upon thousands of entranced spectators. It’s everywhere else where the problems are, unfortunately. The Corks and Limericks of this world are far too strong for even some of the stronger Leinster counties and that’s […]
Down out to retain U-20 All-Ireland title
May 2, 2025
By Shaun Casey DEFENDING All-Ireland U-20 B Hurling champions Down put their title on the line this weekend when they face off against provincial rivals Tyrone, at Kingspan Breffni Park, and there’s been an Ulster theme to the campaign for Connor O’Prey’s side. The Mourne men saw off Donegal with seven-points to spare in the […]
Hurling roadshows come to Ulster as new Head of Hurling rolls out his plans
April 30, 2025
By Michael McMullan THERE will be two hurling hurling development roadshows based in Ulster as the National Hurling Development committee begin to roll out their plans for growing the game. These events will outline the work done by the committee, under newly appointed National Head of Hurling, William Maher The first of seven roadshows will […]