Taggart: Down not getting carried away


By Shaun Casey DOWN won’t be getting carried away in promotion talk just yet and defender Caolan Taggart is just taking the league week-by-week and knows anything can change at any given time. Ronan Sheehan’s Mourne men have made an impressive start to their Division Two campaign and picked up three victories on the trot, seeing […]


Portaferry back themselves: Taggart


By Niall Gartland CAOLAN Taggart was only a teenager when he pocketed an Ulster Championship medal back in 2014, but it’s taken Portaferry a full 10 years to get back to provincial final day. You could point out with some justification that they have received a bye into the final, but their performance against eventual champions […]


Taggart taking it all in his stride


By Shaun Casey STANDING in at corner-back as a young and fresh 19-year-old, Portaferry’s Caolan Taggart thought every year was going to be like this. Win the county title, pick up a provincial crown, and give the All-Ireland series a crack. Unfortunately, sports rarely follow such easy plans. That was back in 2014 when Taggart […]


Ulster players named on Ireland squad for the Hurling/ Shinty international


By Michael McMullan FORMER Antrim player Neil McManus will captain the Ireland team for the Hurling/ Shinty international later this month. The squad with another man – Terence ‘Sambo’ McNaughton – on the management team will include Niall Garland from Lory Meaghar champions Monaghan and Down’s Caolan  Taggart and  Luca McCusker of  Fermanagh The game […]