By Shaun Casey IT’S been a rough couple of months for the community of Carey Faughs, but the hurlers put plenty of smiles on the faces of their people on Saturday afternoon as they defeated Swatragh by the minimum of margins to claim the Ulster IHC title. Six-year-old Joe Hegarty, the team’s mascot, tragically lost […]
By Michael McMullan SWATRAGH hurling is continuing to rise but they are at another crossroads as they bid for Ulster glory against Antrim’s Carey Faughs on Saturday. For Sean Martin Quinn, he can see the progress deeper than their results in recent years. Numbers are more plentiful with a greater interest and a relaxed environment. […]
Former Dunloy manager Gregory O’Kane previews the Ulster Intermediate & Senior Hurling Finals on this week’s show! In the Intermediate decider, Carey Faughs and Swatragh battle it out for the big prize while Sleacht Neill and Portaferry lock horns in the Senior showdown. Carey Faughs are aiming for their first provincial crown in 20 years […]
By Michael McMullan IT has been a magical few weeks for Swatragh camogs after winning a first Derry senior title in 19 years. Their attention now switches to this weekend’s Ulster final against champions Loughgiel. And they are not on their own. The club’s hurlers face Bredagh on Sunday as they bid to book a […]
By Michael McMullan HER voice may have been feeling the effects of Swatragh’s weekend of celebration but there was still no hiding camog star Mairéad McNicholl’s delight. In a game of fine margins, her nine points, a penalty save from Niamh McQuillan and a stellar defensive performance ended the famine since their last title in […]
By Michael McMullan NIALL Conway had a hunch Swatragh’s Derry Senior Football Championship progress could go all the way to Sunday’s final group game against Bellaghy. The Davitt’s need a draw to join Glen, Sleacht Néill and Dungiven in the quarter-finals whereas Bellaghy need to win. It all points to the first real ‘championship’ game […]
By Niall Gartland FROM Swatragh to Collingwood and back again. Anton Tohill left his burgeoning AFL career with Collingwood to return home to complete a medical degree, and he has no regrets whatsoever about his direction of travel, even though his former club won the AFL Grand Final last year. Son of Derry icon Anthony […]
By Michael McMullan FORMER Derry underage player Jude McAtamney has become the second Gaelic footballer to sign up for a career in the NFL. The Swatragh man has signed a three-year deal with the New York Giants. It follows the news of Mayobridge and Down’s Charlie Smyth putting pen to paper on a deal with […]
Derry camogs are preparing for a new season and Dervla O’Kane is again one of their key players. She spoke with Michael McMullan… IT’S Saturday morning. It’s camogie time. Then again, for Dervla O’Kane, she has never known anything else. She chats about the game the same way she plays it. Assured. You can sense […]
DERRY club Swatragh will mark 50 years of camogie with the launch of a new book and a gala celebration this weekend. It’s the culmination of many weeks and months and planning as the club aim to build for the future thanks to their recent youth development work. The camogie club, founded in 1973, merged […]
