By Michael McMullan ALL-IRELAND champions Granemore take on Ahoghill in Sunday’s Ulster Junior A final and star forward Rachael Merry insists the hunger is still there. There is the delight of being back knocking on the door with the satisfaction of retaining their Armagh title with a one-point win – 0-12 to 0-11 – over rivals […]
Graham hails youth injection in Ahoghill success story
By Michael McMullan AN Ahoghill team with a youthful core won the Antrim Intermediate title ahead of their expectations and now face into Sunday’s Ulster Junior decider against All-Ireland champions Granemore. Antrim goalkeeper Caitríona Graham is the team’s attacking axis up front and is full of praise for the input of the newcomers coming into the […]
Killeavy need big performance to make the next step
By Michael McMullan WHILE new Killeavy manager Stevie McDonnell sees the benefit of avoiding champions Crossmaglen, he knows the Granemore will ask plenty of questions this weekend. The former attacking ace stepped into the post to succeed Niall McAleenan after the club’s heavy defeat to All-Ireland Intermediate champions Cullyhanna. Wins over Culloville and Silverbridge saw […]
WATCH: 2023 Dual Player of the Year – Corinna Doyle
Granemore’s Corinna Doyle was named Dual Player of the Year at Friday night’s Gaelic Life Ulster Club All-Star Awards in association with McKeever Sports. Choosen for her outstanding performance for both the ladies and the camogs. Merit recipients in this category were Pearse Og McCrickard and Lauren McConville. Alan Rodgers caught up with Corinna just […]
WATCH: 2023 Camogie Manager of the Year – Connor Devlin
Granemore manager Connor Devlin walked away with the award for Camogie Manager of the Year at the 2023 Gaelic Life Ulster Club All-Stars in association with McKeever Sports. Paul Monahan and Brendan Dillon were Merit Recipients in this category. Receive quality journalism wherever you are, on any device. Keep up to date from the comfort […]
PREVIEW: 2023 CAMOGIE PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD
Ulster Camogie is coming down with exceptionally talented players, so it’s no easy ask to find and anoint a Camogie Player of the Year award in association with Ulster Camogie. This time last year it was Loughgiel Shamrocks sensation Róisín McCormick who was named as the winner, and she was a fitting recipient after a […]
Nominees: Camogie Manager of the Year
Below are the nominees for the 2023 Camogie Manager of the Year. Find out more about this year’s shortlisted nominees below. Benny Dillon – Loughgiel Loughgiel maintained their place at the top of the tree for the second year running and manager for both of their Ulster Senior Championship winning campaigns was Benny Dillon. For […]
Community spirit behind Granemore’s success
By Shaun Casey IT’S been a historic year for the Granemore camogie team, who finished out 2023 with their first ever Ulster and All-Ireland titles, and manager Connor Devlin says the community spirit was the driving force behind their success. Granemore lost out in last year’s Ulster decider to Glenravel, who went on to win the […]
More to come from “mentality monsters”
By Kevin Egan GRANMORE manager, Connor Devlin believes that his team can be a force at intermediate level in the very near future, stating that he felt there was no limit to what his group could achieve in the aftermath of their seven-point win over Athleague on Saturday securing the 2023 AIB All-Ireland Junior Club […]
Rachael makes it a Merry Christmas for Granemore
AIB All-Ireland junior club camogie final. Granemore (Armagh) 3-9 Athleague (Roscommon) 2-5 By Kevin Egan Advertisement A DOMINANT first-half performance gave Granemore the platform for victory in Kinnegad on Saturday, with superb second-half goals from Rachael Merry and Corinna Doyle helping them to hold off a strong surge from Athleague in a very entertaining AIB […]