By Michael McMullan FORMER manager Elaine Dowds has been appointed as the new Antrim senior camogie manager. She takes over from Carl McCormick and Martin Coulter who stepped down after last season. Like new Antrim senior football manager Mark Doran, Dowds is currently with Sleacht Néill where she manages the senior camogs. Advertisement Dowds was […]
By Alan Rodgers WHAT a difference a year has made for star Tyrone attacker Niamh O’Neill whose player of the match display in the All-Ireland Intermediate final on Sunday was in such stark contrast to her experience of the 2024 equivalent for the county. A year ago, the Greencastle Sperrin Óg player was watching the action […]
By Daragh Ó Conchúir IT is a fact now that many young women and men with serious ambitions of having inter-county careers in Gaelic Games choose professions conducive to pursuing that goal. You see lots of teachers. Not many self-employed. Few working in jobs with shift work at their core. Nursing is one of the […]
ANTRIM’S Maria O’Neill has been pipped by Dublin’s Hannah Tyrrell for the ZuCar Golden Boot award for 2025 – the prize on offer for the leading scorer in the TG4 All-Ireland Championships. Tyrrell’s final tally of 6-28 (46 points) saw her finish three points clear of Antrim’s Maria O’Neill (8-19 – 43 points). Tyrrell (34), […]
By Daire Walsh Antrim joint manager Chris Scullion lamented not taking chances in the second half of Sunday’s All-Ireland final. Louth and Antrim were bidding to win the title for a fourth time but a first defeat of the season left the Saffrons pondering what might have been after a brilliant start to the final […]
TYRONE received a fitting homecoming as All-Ireland champions on Sunday night in Canavan’s as they brought the cup back to the O’Neill County. The Red Hands were winners over Laois earlier in the day Croke Park, making up for last year’s final disappointment. The Tyrone ladies received a rapturous reception when they brought the cup […]
Tyrone 2-16 Laois 1-13 By Rónán Mac Lochlainn GOALS in either half from Aoife Horisk and Katie Rose Muldoon proved pivotal as Tyrone edged out Laois by six points to capture the TG4 All-Ireland intermediate football final at Croke Park. Having succumbed narrowly to Leitrim in last year’s decider, it was Tyrone’s turn to celebrate […]
DONAGHMOYNE were crowned O’Neills All-Ireland Senior Club 7s champions on Saturday. The Monaghan club claimed the prestigious title for just the second time – ending a 13-year wait. Donaghmoyne defeated Mayo’s Knockmore in the final by 3-13 to 1-5 at Naomh Mearnóg in Dublin to win this competition for the first time since 2012. Monaghan […]
By Jackie Cahill THE 2025 TG4 All-Ireland Junior, Intermediate and Senior champions will be crowned on Sunday. The three finals are down for decision at Croke Park – and all are available to watch live via TG4, on linear TV and online. The action gets underway at 11.45am when Antrim take on 2024 runners-up, Louth, […]
By Michael McMullan THERESA Mellon is hoping it’s third time lucky on Sunday at Croke Park as Antrim face last year’s beaten finalists Louth in the All-Ireland Junior final. While minor captain, Mellon was part of the senior squad that lost to Wicklow in the 2021 decider at HQ. She picked up an All-Ireland Junior […]
