By Niall Gartland CASTLEBLAYNEY have won their fourth ever Ulster Junior Championship after kicking for home in the final ten minutes of their final joust with St Eunan’s last Sunday. It was a gripping battle with the Monaghan side coming out on top on a scoreline of 2-16 to 1-15, and their manager Kevin Moloney […]
Castleblayney back in familiar territory
By Niall Gartland CASTLEBLAYNEY are bidding to stretch their lead at the top of the roll of honour list when they take on St Eunan’s in Sunday’s Ulster Junior Championship final. The Monaghan side are the only team to have won the provincial title at this level on three separate occasions (2005, 2014 and 2018), […]
O’Grady and St Eunan’s look to create history on Sunday
BY DÁIRE BONNAR ST Eunan’s hurlers are just 60 minutes away from winning their first Ulster title as they go into the Junior provincial decider this weekend. It’s a huge game for the club and Conor O’Grady, who captained the Letterkenny men to the Munster Cup in 2021, is under no illusions of the task […]
Cootehill enjoying their first ever provincial run
By Niall Gartland COOTEHILL boss Michéal Boyle says his side are in bonus territory ahead of Sunday’s Ulster Junior Championship semi-final against Castleblayney. Before this season, they’d never so much as won a game in Ulster but now they’ve won two on the bounce with a preliminary round win over Killeavy backed up with a comprehensive […]
Molonoy hails commitment of ‘Blayney hurlers
By Niall Gartland CASTLEBLAYNEY hurlers are firmly back on the wagon having slipped to a surprise defeat in the Monaghan Senior Hurling Championship final. They lost their first final in seven years when they fell narrowly short to Inniskeen, meaning that they’re in a sense demoted to the Ulster Junior Championship. But they boast a […]
Ulster Club hurling championship fixtures
FOLLOWING the recent Ulster GAA meeting to draw the intermediate and junior competitions, the fixtures for the club hurling championships have been released. At senior level, it is the turn of the Derry champions to receive a bye into the final. Sleacht Néill are bidding for their 11th senior title in Derry when they face […]