By Michael McMullan CUSHENDALL manager Brian Delargy leads his side into Sunday’s senior hurling showdown with Dunloy in his sixth year at the helm. He has been impressed by the recent influx of youth and having missed out on last year’s final, the fire is burning in the belly again. “The way things have worked […]
By Michael McMullan TWENTY minutes inside Ronan Boyle’s world on Monday spoke a thousand words. Some 24 hours earlier, at three o’clock, the ball was tossed skywards to signal the start of St Brigid’s greatest footballing hour. A first ever senior football title peeled back their 28 years’ worth of emotion. A cocktail of planning, […]
By Michael McMullan DUNLOY captain Keelan Molloy says there is a greater appreciation of the latter stages of the hurling championship after missing out on the title in recent years. Having not lifted the Volunteer Cup since the 2022 final, Dunloy take on Cushendall in Sunday’s Antrim Senior Hurling Championship final. When Molloy came on […]
ANTRIM SFC FINAL St Brigid’s 0-21 Rossa 1-16 THERE will only ever be one first time and St Brigid’s woke up this morning as Antrim senior champions for the first time. The club was founded in 1998 before winning junior and intermediate honours, but Sunday in Corrigan Park was their greatest hour. Advertisement Man of […]
By Michael McMullan HAVING not missed a Dunloy championship campaign since she was 16, Nicole McAtamney was lost for words when the final whistle sounded in Sunday’s county final. Teenage star Éobha McAllister’s 11th point sealed victory over Cushendall, sparking the magical celebrations that ended a 23-year wait for glory. Dunloy had already beaten champions Loughgiel in […]
DOWN and Antrim have had players named on the Joe McDonagh Cup Team of the Year 2026. Laois lead thew way with seven after they lifted the title. Ian Shanahan and Padraig Delaney man the full back line, the hard-working Fiachra Culliton-Fennell is on the half back line, and David Dooley’s i spirational captaincy is […]
Rossa will take on St Brigid’s on Sunday, aiming to win a first county football title in 35 years. Gerard Armstrong was the captain all those years ago and looks at the link to the present day. By Michael McMullan GERARD Armstrong was the last Rossa man to get his hands on the McNamee Cup. […]
By Michael McMullan THE race for the Volunteer Cup heats up with the semi-finals coming down the tracks this weekend. After St John’s were knocked out, there will be a renewed vigour ahead of the county final later this month. Last year’s beaten finalists Loughgiel are chasing a first taste of life at the winners’ […]
ANTRIM SENIOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI-FINALS Dunloy v St Brigid’s Saturday, Dunsilly, 7pm DUNLOY have landed at the semi-final stage in commanding with Seaan Elliott now back in the fold. They are still without Deaglan Smyth. Conal Cunning was out as they bagged five goals against Lámh Dhearg. St Brigid’s have found their way to the […]
By Séamas McAleenan IT has been some time since any Ulster player has had such an immediate impact on the inter-county camogie scene as Éobha McAllister. The Dunloy teenager scored on her debut as a second half substitute in the opening Division 1A Centra League game against Tipperary and contributed handsomely in every other game […]
