By Niall Gartland CARGIN have a chance to avenge last year’s championship defeat to Creggan when they lock swords in another semi-final clash this weekend, and their manager Ronan Devlin is determined that they give a much better account of themselves on this occasion. The Erin’s Own men lost their stranglehold on the Antrim Senior […]
THE Antrim football scene enters the knock-out stages this weekend with 10 games across three grades. ANTRIM SENIOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP QUARTER-FINALS LAMH DHEARG V CARGIN Friday, Dunsilly, 7.30pm Cargin are hoping to regain their crown having won five of the last seven championships, but lost the last day out to O’Donovan Rossa so their form […]
By Michael McMullan ANTRIM have been dealt a blow ahead of this weekend’s Ulster Senior Championship opener with Cavan with the news of Ricky Johnston’s decision to opt out of the panel, Gaelic Life can reveal. Having already lost goalkeeper – and fellow Creggan player – Oisin Kerr to the USA, the loss of Johnston […]
DUNLOY and Rossa will meet in the group stages of this year’s senior hurling championship following Monday night’s draw. Champions Creggan have been draw in a group of death in the football championship alongside St John’s, Lamh Dhearg and St Gall’s. SHC Group 1 – Dunloy, Ballycastle, Rossa and Carey Faughs Group 2 – Loughgiel, […]
By Niall Gartland REIGNING Antrim champions Creggan have got off to a winning start in Division One with victory over Ahoghill at the weekend, but manager Gerard McNulty says they’re very much playing the long game this season. Nine of their players are involved with intercounty set-ups in the county, while a few others are […]
Conor McCann explains how important this weekend’s final is to the Creggan club.
“We were getting beaten by nine points by 15 minutes and we were half thinking should we have bothered putting a team out. But the players turned things around and we ended up winning by ten points.” This is how Paul Quinn, joint manager of Magherafelt u’21’s describes the beginning of the journey for the […]
Antrim Senior Football Championship Final 2018 Cargin 0-5 Creggan 0-4 Cargin have beaten local rivals Creggan in a low scoring Antrim decider to claim the title in Ahoghill. Advertisement After a dour first half of football the team’s were tied, 0-2 apiece before Michael McCann kicked a late winner as Cargin claimed their third county […]
The Ulster council has changed a rule implemented on Ulster Club champions which some Antrim clubs felt was too punitive.
Kevin Madden says that Creggan need to lift their performance this weekend.
