JOHNNY McINTOSH: Mental health matters


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 […]


PREVIEW: 2023 LADIES’ FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR AWARD


Who will emerge from the chasing pack and emerge as this year’s winner of the Ladies’ Footballer of the Year award sponsored by Encirc? Some brilliant footballers have received the award in recent years. Moneyglass’s Orlaith Prenter landed last year’s trophy while Donaghmoyne’s Cathriona McConnell took the plaudits for 2021. Others named in recent times […]


End of an era: Cathy Carey brings curtain down on her Saffron career


By Daire Walsh AFTER giving more than 20 years of service to the Saffron cause, Antrim stalwart Cathy Carey feels the time is now right to step away from inter-county ladies football. Since making her senior debut way back in 2002, the St Ergnat’s Moneyglass star has established herself as a key component of the Ulster side. […]


Success breeding success in Moneyglass


By Shaun Casey SUCCESS breeds success and there may not be another club throughout the land that has gathered as much silverware as Moneyglass Ladies have lately.. From u-14 right up to senior level, the club have captured championship crowns at all grades and this weekend, they are just 60 minutes away from reaching the […]


Clann Éireann mindful of the Moneyglass threat


By Shaun Casey BACK-TO-BACK Armagh champions Clann Éireann are 60 minutes away from an Ulster final appearance, but Greg McGonigle’s side won’t let their minds drift that far ahead just yet as they face a huge test on Sunday (2pm) against Antrim opposition. They take on Moneyglass, a team who overturned Donaghmoyne in the Ulster quarter-final, in […]


Improvement the key for Moneyglass


By Daire Walsh HAVING pushed them to the pin of their collar before ultimately losing out in the 2022 Ulster LGFA senior championship decider, Cathy Carey and St Ergnat’s Moneyglass were determined to go a step further against Donaghmoyne in the latest meeting between the two teams. On November 13 of last year in Owenbeg, […]


Improvement the key for Moneyglass


By Daire Walsh HAVING pushed them to the pin of their collar before ultimately losing out in the 2022 Ulster LGFA senior championship decider, Cathy Carey and St Ergnat’s Moneyglass were determined to go a step further against Donaghmoyne in the latest meeting between the two teams. On November 13 of last year in Owenbeg, […]


Moneyglass ladies striving for more


By Michael McMullan BEING underdogs will take the pressure off three-in-a-row Antrim champions Moneyglass in their Ulster final rematch with Donaghmoyne on Sunday. That’s the view of star forward Órlaith Prenter ahead of the visit to the Farney giants on Sunday (2pm). A late goal from Donaghmoyne substitute Grace Cumiskey sealed a 1-11 to 1-7 […]


Award for Saffron shooting star Orlaith Prenter


ANTRIM forward Orlaith Prenter has been honoured with The Croke Park/LGFA Player of the Month award for May. The 23-year-old Moneyglass attacker – last year’s Gaelic Life Player of te Year, has been in stunning form in 2023 and played a key role in May as Antrim claimed an historic TG4 Ulster Intermediate Championship win. […]


Antrim star Prenter continues to live the dream


By Daire Small WHILE they ended the inter-county season as TG4 All-Ireland Junior champions, 2022 was already a dream come through for Orlaith Prenter long before Antrim overcame Fermanagh in a replayed final at the Athletic Grounds in Armagh. Having previously counted her as an underage coach and team-mate at club level with St Ergnats […]