By Michael McMullan SLEACHT Néill had just nine Derry titles to their name when Conor McAllister lined out against Lavey for his senior debut in 2016. Fast-forward to Saturday night’s triumph against St John’s in Armagh and he added a sixth Ulster medal to his 10 county titles. He acknowledges the perfect timing of a breakthrough. […]
The Ulster Senior Hurling Championship final between St John’s and Sleacht Néill is a novel pairing in one respect but it’s not the whole story. Mickey Johnston and Micky Glover recall the clubs’ crossing of paths on the way to Saturday. Michael McMullan writes…. MARRIAGE took Micky Glover from the shadow of Belfast’s Black Mountain […]
IT has all the makings of a brilliant Ulster final. Defending champions Sleacht Néill versus a St John’s team that has nothing to lose and everything to gain. I think it’s worked out well for St John’s so far. If they’d been paired with a Portaferry or Sleacht Néill in the semi-final, it may have come too […]
By Michael McMullan IT’S been a very different year for the hurlers of St John’s. Winning the Volunteer Cup for the first time is the crux of the story leading to Saturday’s Ulster Senior Championship final against Sleacht Néill. Below that, they’ve developed that important habit of winning important games when their hand of cards was plonked […]
By Michael McMullan NOTHING is impossible until it’s done. It’s a simple observation but it sums up Mark McGuigan’s take on Sleacht Néill’s growth as they prepare for an 11th Ulster final on Saturday evening. The Emmet’s captain was in primary school when the club first inhaled the Ulster final experience. It was 2000. Sleacht […]
By Shaun Casey PORTAFERRY have been so close and yet so far in recent years. Gerard McGrattan’s side are the team to beat in Down but it’s on the provincial path where they have failed to leave their mark in the last few years, although they are aiming to change that according to captain Matthew […]
By Michael McMullan SLEACHT Néill are reigning Ulster champions and have landed a 13th successive Derry title but Paul McCormack’s eyes are wide open ahead of Sunday. The Emmet’s face Portaferry in a rematch of last year’s Ulster final. McCormack was present in Páirc Esler to run his eye over the four-in-a-row Down champions but […]
By Michael McMullan ULSTER champions Sleacht Néill will be without two key defenders when they put their title on the line against Portaferry later this month. Sean Cassidy has suffered a torn cruciate ligament with Conor Coyle also out of contention with a hamstring injury. Both played in the last year’s clash of the teams […]
By Niall Gartland THE Sleacht Néill camogs are back on the provincial stage after a one-year absence, and their manager Elaine Dowds says they are counting down the days to Sunday’s mouth-watering semi-final clash against Loughgiel. Sleacht Néill were desperately disappointed to relinquish their county crown last year with defeat to Swatragh, but they’ve knuckled […]
By Michael McMullan SLEACHT Néill’s appeal to Derry GAA was unsuccessful on Tuesday night Gaelic Life can confirm. The Emmet’s lodged an appeal following Sunday’s Derry SFC semi-final defeat to Newbridge. The club have made the decision not to pursue the matter any further. Advertisement It’s understood the appeal was centered on two fronts. Shane […]
