LAST weekend was a good one. I’m part of this year’s Antrim u-20 management team and we won the Ulster Championship, which was very important to us after falling short last season. It was a really bad blow to Antrim hurling to lose that final, but there is a promising group of players coming through, […]
By Michael McMullan ANTRIM u-20 manager Michael McShane is looking at the greater hurling landscape in the county after the Saffrons regained the Ulster title on Saturday. Winning Ulster was the number one focus at the beginning of the season but the former Tyrone and Sleacht Néill manager has been balancing the load of his […]
I’M chairman of Glenariffe so I was obviously over the moon with our minor team’s success at the Ulster Hurling Minor Championship hosted by Ballinascreen on the final day of the year. Our club had never won an Antrim Minor Championship before, so to go on from that and win Ulster really shows the magic of […]
ON the four previous occasions that Sleacht Néill have reached the All-Ireland semi-finals, they’ve always given a really, really good account of themselves. They’ve never been overly lucky with the draw they’ve got. To me, the big thing about this game against Sarsfields is that historically, first time Munster winners tend to just be content […]
WE stand on the cusp of another Antrim Senior Championship hurling final and to be honest I think this year’s showing has been fairly disappointing to date. I think we’re at the stage now where it needs a total revamp – some sort of rethink. The big problem this year in Antrim was that one team […]
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 […]
THE appointment of Davy Fitzgerald as Antrim manager is an exciting one – but only if he is utilised properly. He’s a fantastic coach and manager in my view and he’ll bring a hell of a lot of enthusiasm, but what’s most important of all is that he use his influence across the board, not just […]
I THOUGHT it was brilliantly refreshing that Offaly won the All-Ireland U-20 Championship. It was a brilliant occasion with some brilliant hurling, and they look like a team that have totally broken the mould. They’re a small, light, athletic team, they’re not full of lads who are all six foot plus. Adam Screeney is the […]
ANTRIM did well to beat Carlow and secure their Leinster Championship status but my concern is that it’s essentially a non-developmental championship. Neil McManus expressed misgivings about it last weekend and I couldn’t agree with him more. It’s a bit of a farce because it’s a yo-yo situation and will never change until Wexford or […]
IT’S been one of the saddest periods of my life with the loss of my nephew Jack McCoy. I’ve lost other people close to me but this has been something else entirely. He worked with me for the last four or five years and it’s been an emotional torment not just for me but the whole […]
