By Michael McMullan ANTRIM’S number one focus is getting promoted from Division Four but new manager Mark Doran insists they have “no divine right” to bounce back up again. The new Saffron boss has experience of the lower divisions from his time with both Clare and Wicklow. Antrim will have to show up every day. […]
By Niall Gartland CHRIS Dornan didn’t quite know what to expect when he and the Brídíní Óga girls arrived back home after Saturday’s All-Ireland Junior Championship final win over St Dominic’s of Roscommon. The Cushendall native has been in attendance at homecomings but was still completely overcome by the reception afforded the Glenravel-based side when […]
By Niall Gartland MONEYGLASS ladies joint-manager Maxi Curran puts their foray into the national stage into perspective – five years ago they’d never even won an Antrim Senior Championship. How things have changed. Now they’re five-in-a-row champions and recently they claimed a historic Ulster Championship victory with a resounding victory over Tyrone champs Errigal Ciaran. […]
TOMÁS McCann has returned to the Antrim fold under Mark Doran after a couple of years out of the setup. The Cargin clubman is one of a number of players that Doran has called into the panel. Dunloy’s Deaglan Smyth received a call up but will miss out through injury while while John McNabb, John […]
AIB Ulster senior club final Moneyglass (Antrim) 3-10 Errigal Ciaran (Tyrone) 0-6ST Ergnats, Moneyglass from Antrim turned in a powerful display to win their first AIB Ulster senior club title against Errigal Ciaran at Brewster Park. The foundation for their victory was three first half goals along with tenacious defending and powerful running. Errigal Ciaran […]
By Michael McMullan IT’S a first-ever Ulster Senior Hurling Championship game for Setanta this weekend, but it’s where they want to be and they’re there to compete. The Donegal kingpins face Antrim kingpins St John’s on Saturday in Owenbeg a full 12 weeks after beating Burt to regain their county title. As intermediate champions of Ulster […]
By Michael McMullan THERE is a serious bank of experience that comes with winning 12 successive championships. Welcome to Lucia McNaughton’s camogie career as Antrim’s Loughgiel embark on Sunday’s Ulster Senior Championship final date with Down’s Clonduff. She is part of a quartet with Caitrín Dobbin, Maria O’Hara (née Lynn) and Clare McKillop. Advertisement “Maria actually has 13 […]
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 Niall Gartland ALL the way back in 2004, Benny Marron was, by his own admission, third-choice goalkeeper when Moneyglass reached the inaugural Ulster Intermediate final — where they fell short against Tyrone’s Pomeroy. He was only 16 at the time. Now, just over two decades on, he’s the manager of the Moneyglass senior team preparing […]
By Michael McMullan GLENARIFFE step into the Ulster arena against Liatroim on Saturday but their season’s major turn came all the way back in May. Defeat and hurt can be the most valuable of sauces. Centre-forward Conor Patterson points to a 19-point home league defeat at the hands of Cushendun. While they didn’t have a […]
