AFTER last weekend’s abandoned qualifier between Down and Donegal, Ulster GAA have moved their Ulster MFC fixtures back by a week. Donegal led Down but the game was abandoned by the referee due to dangerous weather conditions. Qualifier – Sat, May 9 Armagh, Cavan and Monaghan have booked their places. They will be joined by […]
ANTRIM will meet Armagh next weekend after Saturday’s draw for the Ulster MFC. Both teams lost and will play off to see who joins Down, Donegal and Fermanagh in the qualifier round. Derry’s prize for beating Down is a Round 2 showdown with Cavan while there will be a repeat of the league final when […]
The Ulster Championship kicks into action with Sunday’s showdown between Armagh and Tyrone. Michael McMullan takes a look why it remains one of the best competitions in the calander. THERE is just something about Clones. Not everybody gets it, but Ulster Gaels, they just know. It’s a step back in time. A lick of paint […]
By Michael McMullan THE draw for the 2026 Electric Ireland Ulster Minor Championship was made earlier this week. Tyrone and Monaghan are set to lock horns in the league final this weekend with Cavan taking on Derry in the shield decider. Here the upcoming fixtures and the competition will be played with a backdoor format. […]
SLEACHT Néill couldn’t have any complaints about their All-Ireland semi-final defeat to Loughrea before Christmas, but personally I think some of the discourse arising from the result is both unfair and inaccurate. There’s a school of thought that the defeat shines an unforgiving spotlight on both Sleacht Néill and Ulster hurling – that we’re way behind […]
By Michael McMullan ANTRIM THE Antrim semi-finals have through up two interesting ties this weekend, both taking place in Dunsilly. Champions Cargin are still in the hunt with the last two beaten finalists Dunloy and Portglenone paired off. Friday, Sept 26 Dunloy v Portglenone 7.30pm Sunday, Sept 28 Creggan v Cargin 4pm Advertisement ARMAGH CLANN […]
THIS week I have been thinking about the Ulster hurling teams’ poor performance this season and on the back of the GAA rolling out a new Head of Hurling. It makes me wonder what the overall plan for Ulster might need to look like. It was massively disappointing for Derry to lose out in the Christy […]
THE Munster Hurling Championship is brilliant. Week-after-week there’s high-quality games between the very best teams in the country in front of thousands upon thousands of entranced spectators. It’s everywhere else where the problems are, unfortunately. The Corks and Limericks of this world are far too strong for even some of the stronger Leinster counties and that’s […]
By Michael McMullan THERE will be two hurling hurling development roadshows based in Ulster as the National Hurling Development committee begin to roll out their plans for growing the game. These events will outline the work done by the committee, under newly appointed National Head of Hurling, William Maher The first of seven roadshows will […]
Rory Mason reflects on Loughinisland’s rather unconventional Ulster Intermediate final win in 2015 By Shaun Casey SCORING a single point in 60 minutes of action wouldn’t win too many championship titles but for Loughinisland, it only needed to happen once. That fateful day came in 2015 when they created history for the club. It’s worth mentioning […]
