By David Mohan Antrim manager Emma Kelly said their first TG4 All-Ireland Junior title in ten years was down to a superb all-round team performance as they saw off Fermanagh in this replay at the Athletic Grounds in Armagh. Antrim laid the foundation for victory in the opening half, with two early goals helping them […]
McGloin following in late grandfather’s footsteps
By Katrina Brennan ALL Ireland titles don’t come around too often for Fermanagh in any code. When the county’s senior men won the All Ireland Junior title in 1959, Molly McGloin’s grandfather, the late Joe Pat Prunty, was playing full back against Kerry that day, in New Eltham Stadium in London. Joe Pat won four senior […]
Ladies refs need to apply rulebook correctly says Antrim boss
By Niall Gartland SPEAKING ahead of her team’s All-Ireland Junior final replay against Fermanagh this weekend, Antrim ladies’ boss Emma Kelly says she wishes referees applied the rule book consistently across the board. The topic of physicality in the ladies’ game has bubbled to the surface following Meath star’s Vikki Wall’s controversial sending off in the All-Ireland […]
All-Ireland Junior replay fixed for Armagh
The All-Ireland Ladies Junior final replay between Fermanagh and Antrim will be held at the Athletic Grounds in Armagh on Saturday, August 13 at 5pm. The TG4 cameras will be present to capture the action with the Ulster duo set to meet again after their thrilling draw at Croke Park on Sunday. Orlaith Prenter came […]
Antrim and Fermanagh must do it all again
TG4 All-Ireland Junior Championship Final. Antrim 1-13 Fermanagh 1-13 By Daire Walsh Advertisement ORLAITH Prenter came to Antrim’s rescue at Croke Park as her last-gasp free earned the Saffrons a draw against Ulster rivals Fermanagh in the TG4 All-Ireland Junior Championship Final. Thanks in no small part to the scoring prowess of Bláithín Bogue (0-7) […]
Inter-county stars support Lidl’s ‘County Pride’ campaign
DONEGAL star Emer Gallagher was among the leading inter-county stars have gathered to support Lidl Ireland’s ‘County Pride’ campaign which is running throughout the country. A chosen player from featured counties can be seen on local billboards and Lidl stores right across the country, as the countdown continues to the TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Football Finals […]
Antrim ease their way to All-Ireland final spot with Ulster rivals Fermanagh
TG4 All-Ireland Junior Championship Antrim 3-18 Carlow 0-13 By Dan Bannon MARIA O’Neill found the net twice as last year’s beaten finalists Antrim defeated Carlow to reach the TG4 All-Ireland Junior Championship Final in Dunleer. Advertisement Early goals in both halves from Áine Tubridy and O’Neill were the difference in a repeat of last year’s […]
Dee McConville says the Antrim ladies are moving in the right direction
DEE McConville is hoping that the Antrim ladies are starting to turn a corner. He’s their senior manager this year, but he hasn’t come out of nowhere, having been involved at underage levels in the last five years. McConville says the powers-that-be in Antrim used the lockdown earlier in the year fruitfully as they sent […]