By Michael McMullan DONEGAL and Ulster minor champions Four Masters will put their Ulster title on the line against Scotstown after Saturday’s draw. After losing two years ago to Dungiven in the final, they bounced back to go one better last season. Along the way they saw off Magherafelt with a spirited comeback and the […]
JOHNNY McINTOSH: What about Antrim?
PURELY from the selfish perspective of Antrim GAA, I think it’s a good thing that the British Government pulled the plug on its commitment to fund the rebuild of Casement Park in time for Euro 2028. To be honest, I never saw the point of building a vast, 34,000 seater stadium. It would rarely, if […]
Jarlath Burns pessimistic on Casement’s Euro hopes
GAA President Jarlath Burns believes that the likelihood of Casement Park being part of Euro 2028 has all but slipped away.
Casement Park included in bid to host Euro 2028
CASEMENT Park has been included in a joint bid to host the Euro 2028 soccer tournament. The Belfast venue joins Croke Park in a list that includes iconic soccer venues such as Old Trafford and Wembley. The joint bid between the UK and Ireland to host Euro 2028 has been formally submitted to UEFA, with […]
Fixture details released for the 2022 Ulster Club Minor Tournament
By Michael McMullan THE fixture details have been announced for the 2022 Ulster Club Minor Football Tournament in Belfast next month. Donegal champions Four Masters are first up with a meeting with the Fermanagh champions on Saturday, December at Coláiste Feirste. The game will be spread between the college venue and host club St Paul’s […]
New Antrim school competition ready for roll out
ANTRIM are set to roll out a new school GAA initiative which launches next Wednesday at St Mary’s University College Belfast. In a pilot scheme, Post Primary Schools will participate in a number of Year 8 blitzes – football and hurling – over several weeks and split into cup and shield competitions. It will be […]
Nominations for position of Antrim chairman revealed
Gaelic Life can reveal that the three nominations for the position of Antrim chairman have been named. St.Enda’s businessman Ciaran McCavana, St.Paul’s club man Joe Edwards and outgoing north Antrim chairman Owen Elliot make up the nominations which clubs had until yesterday to make. The men will replace the outgoing team of Collie Donnelly, vice […]
John Martin: Belfast problem has no easy solution
GAELIC Life hurling columnist John Martin has warned that the road to developing Belfast into a hurling stronghold will be long and arduous.
Five Minutes With Artist Terry Bradley
If you’d like to meet the man behind the art then call into The Crosshill Gallery tonight from 7pm.
Opening shot – Casement should be Belfast’s Croker
John Hughes explains that having the Ulster Championship final played at Casement would push GAA to the top of the cultural agenda in Belfast.