Shaun Casey charts the Ulster clubs that have landed All-Ireland Senior Football Championship honours Crossmaglen (6) ULSTER’S most successful club at the top level, Crossmaglen, won six All-Ireland titles during a glorious 15-year period. Their first All-Ireland crown came in 1997, and they backed that up with a brace of titles in 1999 and 2000. […]
THE Ulster Championship Intermediate final between Arva and Ballinderry will go ahead this Saturday after it was postponed last weekend due to Storm Darragh. The game has again been pencilled in for O’Neill’s Healy Park and it will be officiated by home boy Kieran Eannetta, a native of the Omagh club. Elsewhere the Twinning final […]
Ulster Club IFC final Arva v Ballinderry Saturday, O’Neill’s Healy Park, 5pm By Michael McMullan BALLINDERRY will need to do what nobody has been able to do in 23 championship games if they are to land the Ulster title on Saturday. They have to beat Arva. The Shamrocks are up against the Cavan side who […]
By Niall Gartland LET’S not get too arty-farty but Gareth McKinless’ presence on the field of play in Ballinderry’s Ulster Intermediate semi-final win over Derrylaughan had a touch of Schrödinger’s Cat about it. The Oakleaf star was sent off in the Derry final replay against Faughanvale for two yellows but alleged verbals meant the 2023 All-Star […]
By Niall Gartland DERRY stalwart Gareth McKinless is hoping for big things under their new manager Paddy Tally. Tally’s appointment last month came at the end of a protracted search to find a successor to Mickey Harte, but McKinless believes that it was worth the wait as they have found a man with a considerable […]
Michael McMullen and Damien Donohoe look ahead to the Ulster Intermediate Final between Arva and Ballinderry. Arva are hoping to secure back-to-back Ulster crowns after their Junior success last season, which ended with an All-Ireland title in Croke Park. Ballinderry on the other hand, who won the Senior All-Ireland 20 years ago, are intent on […]
By Michael McMullan THERE is an excitement in Ryan O’Neill’s voice but the words are well chosen. It’s not long before you realise why he is the Ballinderry vice-captain. A level head. Just a year or two too young for the Shamrocks’ glory days, his first season in the squad was their 2014 senior final defeat. […]
By Michael McMullan DERRYLAUGHAN manager Kevin Niblock is aware of two key points ahead of Sunday’s Ulster semi-final showdown with Ballinderry. The former St Gall’s and Antrim star knows the Shamrocks possess quality. Secondly, he is content his Derrylaughan side’s underbelly is a tough one. The Kevin Barrys clawed back from seven points down against […]
By Michael McMullan WAS playing easier than management? Ballinderry boss Jarlath Bell’s answer is as short as it’s instant. Absolutely. It’s Tuesday. Carrickcruppen’s visit to Celtic Park is days away and Ballinderry still can’t fully take it into view after overcoming Faughanvale in the Derry final. There is a matter of a midweek reserve final win […]
By Michael McMullan BALLINDERRY’S season is all about the now for manager Jarlath Bell as they prepare for Sunday’s Intermediate showdown with Faughanvale at Cetlic Park. The Shamrocks were relegated from the senior ranks last year after consistently being at the cutting edge of the Derry scene. Bell, who was Player of the Match after curbing […]
