Founded - 1915 preceded by Tir na nOg and Dalriada (1907)
Founders - Eddie Connolly, Harry Connolly, John Campbell
Ground - Fr Healy & Fr Barrett Parks
1919 - North Antrim League
1920 - Antrim Senior Hurling Championship
1924/25 - Antrim Senior Hurling Championship
1938 - County . Oxford Vs Cambridge Nightlife, I couldn't fault any of our lads that day, McFall says now. Round 1 . Stratford University Staff Directory, Replying To ballydalane: "Antrim beat Dublin in Croke Park when Anthony Daly was over the Dubs and they were supposedly a team on the up. They have two All-Ireland titles to their name and were runners up in 2017 following an absorbing three-point loss to winners Galway. A 38-year-old man has been arrested after two police officers were lunged at with a knife in Antrim. You were thinking: This is great this craic - well play in finals every year.. Semi-final defeat after semi-final defeat - but always dying with their boots on. This success was repeated in 1943 with a victory over Leinster. Clubs contest the Antrim Senior Football Championship. The Antrim county hurling team represents Antrim GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association, in the Gaelic sport of hurling. Declan Coulter . Venue. Antrim competes in the All-Ireland Junior Ladies' Football Championship. Tue May 11 2021 - 06:00. Were in a group with Cushendall and Loughgiel this year. The awards will be presented at a gala black-tie function in Croke Park this Friday night. Armstrong captured two more Railway Cup medals in 1947 and 1950 as Ulster triumphed over Leinster in both finals. The players on the team were nominated by Sunday Independent readers and were selected by a panel of experts and former players. St Johns had five players on the county panel in 2022 Nugent, Michael and Aaron Bradley, Conor Johnston and Conall Bohill. . The hurlers should have been over the line more times than enough and we can only blame ourselves on that too. Antrim are the only Ulster county to appear in an All-Ireland hurling final, the first of which was in 1943 losing to Cork and the second was in 1989 losing to Tipperary. [5], 1988: Ciaran Barr1989: Dessie Donnelly, Olcan McFetridge1991: Terence McNaughton1993: Paul McKillen, Antrim unveiled a sponsorship agreement with Fibrus in December 2022, projected to last five years. Antrim - 1943 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship runners-up, Gaelic football, hurling and camogie positions, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kevin_Armstrong&oldid=1117672939, Ulster inter-provincial Gaelic footballers, All Wikipedia articles written in Hiberno-English, Pages using infobox Gaelic games player with unknown parameters, Articles with unsourced statements from February 2017, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 23 October 2022, at 00:20. Joe McDonagh Team of the Year. That was a shock result of equal proportion to today. He played for the Antrim hurling team for 6 years (1976-1982), 3 years with Ulster, gained three All-Ireland 'B' medals during that time and captained Antrim during the 1982 season. The earliest written references to the sport in Brehon law date from the fifth century.. It was no flash in the pan: Antrim failed by just two points against Kilkenny in the 1991 All-Ireland semi-final. They went on to play Tipperary in the decider. EN. A team of four players (four ball) can enter the Antrim Senior Hurling Golf Classic for 200, which will cover the round of golf, entry to win great prizes, and a meal afterwards in the clubhouse restaurant. In 1986 McQuillan GAC made a clean sweep of County Senior and Senior Reserve Championships and League titles along with the Ulster Club Hurling Championship. [4], Antrim has won the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship six times and been runners-up ten times. You manage things between both management teams and try and look after the players as best you can. The county hurling team contested All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (SHC) finals on two occasions: 1943 and 1989. By this stage, however, Armstrong had become a key player on the Antrim senior football team. 'Sambo' (Antrim). Seven Saffron start have been included in the 2022 Joe McDonagh Team of the Year, along with one Down player. LIAM 08 - The 2008 Hurling Championship . Registered in Northern Ireland, No. Hurling was in her blood as her father Shem won an All Ireland with Kilkenny in 1947. We just cant seem to get away from them, no matter what. Cork weren't in as charitable mood as the others and Antrim were handed a severe 5-16 to 0-4 hammering in the final. Goal hungry Antrim hit the net five times at Croke Park and ultimately needed every one of those strikes to overcome Kerry in a thrilling Joe McDonagh Cup final, securing their . Products; About me; Contact; Cart; Products; June 1, 2022. He captured his first Railway Cup medal with the Ulster footballers in 1942 as Ulster defeated Munster. Cork have played in more Munster Finals(79) than any other team winning 50 and losing 29. Allianz Hurling League, Division One Group B. Waterford 1-22 Antrim 0-17. Since its inception over 100 years ago McQuillan GAC has made a huge contribution to the tradition of hurling encouraging and nurturing the ancient art and providing a steady stream of hurlers to represent club, county and nation. A four-time All-Star who was named on the Munster Team of the Millennium, his indomitable spirit shone through as Ger Loughnane's Clare became whipping boys no more. hurling sticks belfast. Eddie recalls his father's tactic at the ISSUE 8 June 22nd 2009 1909 North Antrim Senior Hurling Championship winners 1964 Antrim County Senior Hurling Championship Winners Back row: Jimmy Harkin, Eddie Donnelly, Paddy McShane, Jim McToal, Kevin Donnelly, Sean Mc-Shane, Brendan Donnelly. 0. Once the pre-match festivities were over the game began and a rout ensued. Dunloy were back in the All-Ireland club final in 1995, when they lost in a replay, 1996 and 2003 when they were heavily beaten. The Antrim county hurling team represents Antrim GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association, in the Gaelic sport of hurling. You look at the last number of years: when was the last time a dual club won? Antrim hurlers (L-R): Conall Bohill, Daniel McKernan and Niall O'Connor at the launch of the 2023 Antrim Senior Hurling Golf Classic that takes place at Balmoral Golf Course on April 14 John McIlwaine. Scoring sytem of Irish Gaelic . On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. In 1943 Antrim defeated both Galway (by 7-0 to 6-2) and Kilkenny (by 3-3 to 1-6) in the cramped surroundings of the old Corrigan Park, but disappointed in the All Ireland . 5-22 4-24. A player of breathtaking skill, power, intelligence, vision and speed, she . Everything that we did worked out, game plays, it was a kick in the balls. In recent years the club has been relatively successful in the U21 Hurling Championship winning three of the last eight titles in 2007, 2010 and 2012.