By Michael McMullan THREE words creep up and up again when Cavan Gaels joint-manager Mark Greaney picks through a magical weekend. Joy. There is the absolute joy of winning the Ulster junior title and making history as the first Cavan team to have their name etched on the trophy. Relief. That’s always going to be […]
By Niall Gartland THE Lisbellaw hurlers have had a fine season but manager David Teague recognises that only a really strong performance will suffice to overcome Castleblayney in Sunday’s Ulster Intermediate Hurling Championship semi-final at Ballyconnell. An excellent showing in the Armagh and Tyrone leagues was followed up by a provincial first-round win over Swatragh, […]
By Shaun Casey FOR two teams that regularly compete in the Ulster IHC series, Castleblayney and Lisbellaw don’t share too much recent history, but that doesn’t mean they don’t know each other fairly well, says ‘Blayney star Niall Garland. The last time they crossed paths in Ulster was at the exact same semi-final stage back in […]
By Shaun Casey STEPHEN McGovern’s side have already travelled further than any Munterconnaught team has in the club’s history. They ended a 31-year wait for a Cavan county title this season and are now one win away from competing in an Ulster final. Their penalty shootout win over Armagh’s Clonmore on their last day out has set them […]
By Niall Gartland THERE’S a clever-sounding saying that the hand that wields the knife shall never wear the crown. It sounds good anyway – and hey, sometimes there’s more than a ring of truth to cliches. Take the Donegal footballers back in 2014. They successfully plotted the downfall of a Dublin team pegged as nigh-on […]
BY RYAN FERRY BURT manager Enda McDermott feels his club have been long overdue a good run in the province and he hopes they can grasp their opportunity when they face Lavey in the Ulster Club Junior Hurling Championship Final. McDermott was part of the Burt side that won the Ulster Junior crown in 2011 […]
By Michael McMullan THE smile on Shea Shannon’s face says it all. St John’s are flicking the switch onto Ulster mode but it’s impossible not to still be buzzing. After stepping out of the Antrim semi-final shadow, St John’s finished what they started and ended their county championship in the perfect fashion. They now move into […]
By Michael McMullan SLEACHT Néill are reigning Ulster champions and have landed a 13th successive Derry title but Paul McCormack’s eyes are wide open ahead of Sunday. The Emmet’s face Portaferry in a rematch of last year’s Ulster final. McCormack was present in Páirc Esler to run his eye over the four-in-a-row Down champions but […]
THERE was another weekend of club action across Ulster. Here is how the landscape looks now. MENS FOOTBALL SENIOR Advertisement PRELIMINARY ROUND – November 1 Newbridge 1-14 Dunloy 0-11 QUARTER-FINALS – November 8/9 (1) Kingscourt 1-16 Erne Gaels 3-15 AET (2) Loughmacrory 0-11 Kilcoo 0-16 (3) Scotstown 2-16 Naomh Conaill 0-16 (4) Madden 0-12 Newbridge […]
Shaun Casey has a look at the last football champion in each of the nine Ulster counties Antrim St Enda’s (2018) ST Enda’s are the one and only club from Antrim to have ever won the Ulster IFC and that was back in 2018. Goals from Kristian Healy and midfielder Joe Maskey were the key scores […]
