By Michael McMullan GLEN will begin the defence of their Derry, Ulster and All-Ireland titles when the club championship gets under way next month. Malachy O’Rourke’s side have the chance to win a fourth title in succession to match Bellaghy (1961) and Sleacht Néill (2017) in the past. They have been kept apart from beaten […]
John Joe Kearney won an All-Ireland Minor title both as a player and a manager. He played club football until he was 46 and was Mickey Moran’s right-hand man during Sleacht Néill’s glory years. Michael McMullan went to meet him… JOHN Joe Kearney turned 77 in June and his memories from a decorated career are […]
By Michael McMullan MOMENTUM is the key theme for Derry hurlers as they face into Saturday’s trip to Letterkenny. Johnny McGarvey’s side, relegated from Division 2A last season, were winners over Tyrone on Sunday and defender Sean Cassidy echoes his manager’s preseason mantra. “Like any game this year, the big Johnny wants us to do […]
GL placement student Oisín Duddy looks back on how Ulster teams have fared in the All-Ireland SFC club series… 2013: Ballinderry Shamrocks THIS was Ballinderry’s first Ulster title since 2001 thanks to their win against Glenswilly (Donegal) on a scoreline of 1-13 to 2-6. They later played the London champions Kingdom Kerry Gaels in the All-Ireland […]
FROM early on in the year it was evident there was a good vibe around Cushendall so it’s no major surprise to see them follow up their Antrim title with the provincial crown. The Ruairi Ógs can be unpredictable in one sense, but coming from a neighbouring club like I do, you usually get a sense […]
By Michael McMullan IT will be 77 days since their last competitive game when Brendan Rogers leads Sleacht Néill out for Sunday’s Ulster final showdown with Cushendall in Páirc Esler. It’s like a new season, but it’s not a shock. Michael McShane knew what his side were getting into if they retained the Fr Collins […]
By Shaun Casey LAST year’s 19-point pummelling at the hands of Sleacht Néill still rankles with the Portaferry players and they’re hoping to right those wrong this weekend. They take on Antrim champions Cushendall in the Ulster semi-final in Armagh on Sunday and the Down men are keen to make an impact in Ulster. “I wasn’t […]
Oisin Duddy looks back at the last ten winners of the Ulster Senior Hurling Championship 2013 – Loughgiel Shamrocks (Antrim) THE only Ulster club to win the All-Ireland series was back in action winning their fourth Ulster title in a-row, beating Derry’s Sleacht Néill in their own backyard in Celtic Park with Liam Watson scoring […]
By Shaun Casey DERRY star Brendan Rogers admits he was “surprised” but “excited” by the introduction of three-time All-Ireland manager Mickey Harte as the new Oak Leaf boss. Harte guided his native county Tyrone to the Sam Maguire in 2003, 2005 and 2008 and spent the last two seasons in Louth where he gained back-to-back […]
By Michael McMullan GAA President elect Jarlath Burns was a special guest in St Brigid’s Primary School Tirkane/Bunscoil Naomh Bríd Tír Chiana on Wednesday afternoon. A long-term friend and college colleague at St Mary’s University College in Belfast of acting principal Ursula O’Hanlon, Burns was given a guard of honour with pupils all dressed in their […]
