SUNDAY, January 22 is D-Day for the Dunloy hurlers. An All-Ireland final match up against Kilkenny giants Ballyhale Shamrocks in Croke Park awaits the Antrim men. It is the stuff of dreams for all hurlers to play in an All-Ireland Club final but something that only a very small number will ever get to experience. […]
ULSTER’S inter-county season began with two Conor McGurk Cup Round 1 games on Tuesday night. Fermanagh were 3-17 to 0-11 winners over Cavan in Kingspan Breffni Park. Jimmy Tormey’s goal saw Fermanagh hold a slender 1-8 to 0-10 interval lead. Daniel Teague hit the net after the break to put them on their way to […]
By Michael McMullan Proper hurling review FOOTBALL is more popular than hurling simply because there are more people playing it. More clubs mean more fans and sets of eyes watching games on any given weekend. I know people who don’t even entertain it as a GAA sport and some see it as a distraction. This […]
By Shaun Casey ST KILLIAN’S Garron Tower needed a late goal to get past Cross and Passion, Ballycastle in the Mageean Cup semi-final and manager Padraig McIlwane was delighted to get a tough game under their belts as they prepare for Friday’s decider against St Louis at the Dub Arena. “We had a comfortable enough victory over […]
By Shaun Casey ST LOUIS Grammar, Ballymena qualified for the Mageean Cup final with a well-rounded display over St Patrick’s, Maghera in the semi-final to set up a decider date with St Killian’s, Garron Tower. It’s their first final since their maiden triumph in 2015 and St Louis are hoping to lift the Mageean Cup […]
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, […]
