ANTRIM’S Declan Lynch believes counties who miss out on a league final appearance at Croke Park this year should be given a game at headquarters next year. Last month, a special congress approved emergency powers to alter the structure of this year’s Championships with current restriction in the Republic set to last until at least […]
Archive | GAA
RSS feed for this section
Saffron skipper still dreaming of Croke Park
Read More
Comments Off on Saffron skipper still dreaming of Croke Park
Relive Antrim’s 1989 All-Ireland final appearance
WHILE sports fans have been starved of live-action for over six weeks, the down-time has afforded the opportunity to deliver some great games of the past with old classics filling the void. Sunday afternoons are now dominated by some of these fixtures on TG4 with Sundaypast seeing the 2017 All-Ireland Hurling final between Galway and […]
Read More
Comments Off on Relive Antrim’s 1989 All-Ireland final appearance
Lynch urges people to stay at home after testing positive for Covid-19
ANTRIM senior football captain Declan Lynch has reiterated the ‘Stay at Home’ message after contracting the Covid-19 virus himself. Thankfully, Lynch is over the worst of it and his symptoms were relatively mild. However, the health scare for a leading inter-county player underlines one of the deadliest traits of the virus – that anyone and […]
Read More
Comments Off on Lynch urges people to stay at home after testing positive for Covid-19
Home skilling the temporary normal for young players
A SUNNY Easter weekend would usually be the cue for a hive of activity on the sporting fields of Ireland, but as we know all too well, this year offers anything but. Easter Saturday would ordinarily see clubs from across the city compete for the U12 Joe Cahill Memorial Football Tournament at MacRory Park, but […]
Read More
Comments Off on Home skilling the temporary normal for young players
‘Fitzy’ open to future Antrim return
FORMER Antrim star Matthew Fitzpatrick admits he’d love to don the county jersey again, but concedes it will be some time before he lines out for the Saffrons. Having secured a move to Irish League title contenders Coleraine at the beginning of 2020, Fitzpatrick’s Gaelic football commitments are on hold for the foreseeable. Prior to […]
Read More
Comments Off on ‘Fitzy’ open to future Antrim return
Tributes pour in for Paddy McIlvenny
TRIBUTES have poured in from across the GAA community for Paddy McIlvenny who died from Covid-19 on Wednesday. The 62-year-old Andersonstown man, known locally as ‘Paddy Mac’ was a former GAA player and administrator, while he was also a former bar manager of Casement Social Club. Paddy began his GAA life with St Teresa’s where […]
Read More
Comments Off on Tributes pour in for Paddy McIlvenny
