SO here we have it, Loughgiel and Cushendall will duke it out for the Volunteer Cup as the Antrim Senior Hurling Championship reaches its conclusion. First things first, for Loughgiel to overcome Dunloy in the semi-final was the big upset of the year, but for me, it’s almost written in the stars that Cushendall win […]
Niall Garland bagged two goals for Monaghan in the Lory Meagher final. He talks to Shaun Casey about the story of their season. HOW many players have bagged a brace of goals in Croke Park on All-Ireland final day? Monaghan’s Niall Garland is a member of a very exclusive club. The Castleblayney corner-forward was on song for the […]
By Michael McMullan LIAM Hinphey packed plenty into a life with GAA around every corner. He passed away on Sunday at this home in Dungiven. Within hours, the town’s footballers stood side by side in tribute before their win over Lavey. For a man renowned for his love of hurling, he also played football with […]
ANTRIM have ratified Paudie Shivers as their u-20 hurling manager for next season. The Dunloy man returned with Seán McManus as his assistant manager. The backroom team will be made up of Mickey Glover and Simon Doherty, who will look after the hurling coaching, Athletic Development Coach Aaron Smiley and Marty McLaughlin (Performance Analyst). Advertisement […]
WHILE Antrim have had some great moments in recent years, the reality is they’re still about tenth in the county on an All-Ireland scale. If you were doing a ranking, we’d have been sixth or seventh in the country at our very peak in the late eighties, but generally we’ve been somewhere been nine and […]
Goal-scoring legend Séamus Callanan announced his Tipperary retirement this week, sparking Niall McCoy to access the top three-point earners in the race for the Liam MacCarthy Nickey Rackard Wexford – 59 SO good they named a trophy after him. While some of his family had hoped he’d be a cricketer, Wexford fans will forever be […]
By John Carney FERMANAGH is turning into a mecca for Ireland’s hurley makers as they search for the dwindling wood they need to keep a healthy production line going. The ancient Irish sport of hurling is called the “clash of the ash” because the hurls or hurley sticks are made from the bottom 1.3m of the native […]
We canvass hurlers across the province for their take on this Sunday’s All-Ireland final showdown between Limerick and Kilkenny. Keelan Molloy (Antrim) YOU certainly couldn’t argue that isn’t the two best teams in the country going head-to-head again this year. Limerick and Kilkenny were All-Ireland finalists last year, they’re back again and they’ve both won […]
The race for the Liam McCarthy Cup has been a club of too few counties. Michael McMullan got the thoughts of some of those involved in hurling outside the elite on how to start closing the gap. WITH just four teams left in the race to put their ribbons on the Liam McCarthy Cup, Ulster’s […]
WHILE I don’t want to come across as a grouch, I have to say I’m not particularly enamoured by the so-called ‘split season’. I’m not really sure what the GAA is actually doing with all those. At county level they want a rushed closed window, and I’m not at all convinced by it. The club […]
