THE sooner that the integration of the LGFA and Camogie Associations with the GAA takes place the better. As a female player and coach over the past 10 years, I have heard of numerous occasions where camogs and ladies footballers have had to choose between a camogie championship game and football championship game just because they […]
By Michael McMullan CUSHENDALL and Antrim hurler Neil McManus heads to Kenya on Friday to join up with a host of Gaelic games stars from all corners of Ireland to travel to East Africa for a week-long tour. The ‘Plant the Planet games’, in conjunction with Fibrus, are the creation of Warriors for Humanity founder […]
IT’S fair to say that 2022 won’t go down in the annals of Cavan hurling. They failed to win a single game in either league and championship, a disappointing and perhaps surprising outcome given they reached last year’s Lory Meagher final. Time will tell whether it’s the start of a trend, but Seamus Hughes, a […]
By Shaun Casey TWO-TIME Nickey Rackard Cup winner Simon Doherty announced his retirement from intercounty hurling last weekend after 13-years with Armagh. Doherty, who earned two Champion 15 All-Stars in 2019 and 2021, said the time felt right to finally step away. “It’s something I’ve been thinking about for a number of months,” said the […]
Niall Gartland looks across the hurling landscape and ranks the counties on their 2022 exploits… 1. Limerick NO surprises here then. Limerick, who at times give off the vibe of being practically unbeatable, completed the three in-a-row this year. Mercifully, their semi-final and final wins over Galway and Kilkenny were by no means hammering jobs, […]
SEVEN of Antrim’s Joe McDonagh winning side have been named in the Team of the Year. The Saffrons are represented in every sector of the field with goalkeeper Ryan Elliott joined by defenders Joe Maskey, Gerard Walsh and Eoghan Campbell, with Keelan Molloy named in midfield, and Conal Cunning and Ciarán Clarke headlining the attack. It […]
THE late, great Damian Casey has been named on an official GAA hurling selection alongside with two of his colleagues who featured in Tyrone’s Nickey Rackard Cup triumph this season. Casey, who died tragically in June, has been selected alongside Dermot Begley and Chris Kearns on a 15-man line-up which honours players across the Christy […]
ANTRIM legend Karl McKeegan will be the next Armagh hurling manager after being ratified at last night’s county board meeting. McKeegan won ten Ulster title’s in a row with the Saffron’s and captained his county to the Christy Ring Cup title in 2006. A five-time Antrim championship winner with Cushendall, McKeegan hung up the boots […]
By Kevin Hinphey MY club, Kevin Lynch’s in Dungiven, is preparing for an exodus of a number of our top young players over the winter months. Four players have flights booked to travel to Australia for at least a year, with a few more planning to do the same in the coming weeks. We could […]
By Michael McMullan KEVIN Lynch’s have more improving to do as the stakes rise in the Derry Senior Championship insists joint-manager Ronan McCloskey. Speaking after Sunday’s comfortable win over Ballinascreen the former club an county star was happy to have secured top spot and take on Swatragh in Saturday’s semi-final (Emmet Park 4.45pm). The reigning […]
