By Daire Walsh AT the end of an inter-county season that saw her collecting a second TG4 All-Ireland junior football championship title, Antrim’s Maria O’Neill has acknowledged that winning the ZuCar Golden Boot award ‘adds to the year as a whole’. Courtesy of an outstanding haul of 11-20 (53) – including a 0-4 haul in […]
ANTRIM camogie manager Elaine Dowds and Patrick Hannon, Monaghan minor and U20 hurling manager, will be part of the Ireland coaching tickets for the upcoming Internationals against Scotland. Tipperary’s Eamon O’Shea has called Hannon as part of his management team for the Shinty-Hurling team. Dowds will be part of the coaching team drawn up by […]
As we come towards the final round of the Antrim Senior Hurling Championship group stage, I keep coming back to the same thought: the championship needs a change. Maybe that sounds a bit radical, but to me the current format has become stale. We have an eight-team senior championship with a group stage that, inevitably, seems […]
Brian ‘Bam’ Neeson reflects on the highs and lows of a playing career split between Gaelic football and soccer. He spoke with Shaun Casey… He doesn’t know where it came from, or why, but Brian Neeson has always been affectionately known as ‘Bam’. Wherever it came out of, it stuck. From a young age, Bam […]
By Michael McMullan A CRUNCH weekend lies ahead for All Saints and league champions Creggan as the Antrim Senior Football Championship group stages reach their conclusion. While a draw would be enough for Ballymena-based All Saints on Sunday, due to score difference, Creggan have no option but to win, so a mouth-watering clash awaits. Antrim player Paddy McAleer is a […]
By Michael McMullan REIGNING Antrim Senior Hurling champions St John’s face Ballycastle on Saturday in Ballymena in Round Two of the group stages. Manager Gerard Cunningham highlights the importance of coming out on the right side of the result with knock-out hurling just around the corner. In a group of four, the bottom team will bow […]
The setting for the 2006 Ulster Hurling Championship final couldn’t have been more unusual, but the Antrim boys of that time weren’t complaining. Every year, either Antrim, Down or Derry travelled to the Big Apple to play New York in the semi-final and came home with their place in the final comfortably secured. But 2006 […]
By Michael McMullan THERE is a full round of fixtures in the Antrim Senior Football Championship with Round 2 of the group stages kicking into action this weekend. Reigning champions Dunloy can make it two wins from two when they take on Glenravel on Saturday afternoon in Ballymena’s Quinn Park. They romped to victory over […]
By Michael McMullan ANTRIM manager Mark Doran has named an unchanged team for Saturday's Tailteann Cup quarter-final clash with Wicklow. The Garden County make the trip to Corrigan Park having bounced back from a defeat to Laois earlier in the competition. Antrim had booked their last eight spot thanks to backing up their extra-time victory […]
By Michael McMullan WHEN Antrim manager Mark Doran predicts his side’s Tailteann Cup quarter-final with Wicklow will go down to the wire on Saturday, he speaks from experience. As well as spending a year coaching the Garden County under current manager Oisin McConville, Doran plotted an Antrim victory when the sides met earlier in the […]
