GAA

Gort na Móna show hurling is alive and well in city

Overall it was a good weekend for our club representatives with Gort na Móna winning the Ulster Club Hurling title, Rossa camógs winning the All-Ireland Senior title, the first win ever for an Ulster club in the 44 years of the competition, but regrettably McDermotts came a cropper in the Ulster Junior Football semi-final.

After the trouble that Gort na Móna had getting to Sunday’s final at Casement Park thanks to the intransigence of beaten semi-final opponents Carrickmore, it

St Enda’s stay in Division 4 comes to an exciting end

St Endas' second string played their last game of the season on Sunday against a determined St Malachy’s side who were looking for two points to prevent them from the dreaded drop. 

The home side, on the other hand had already been consigned to Division 5 two weeks previous, finishing bottom with only two wins all season.

The game started brightly for the Markets men, who raced into an early two-point lead but St Enda’s answered back with Paddy

Gort na Móna ease to second provincial title

Gort na Móna's senior hurlers have sealed their second Ulster intermediate hurling championship in three years in what was, in the end, a relatively easy final showdown.

In fact, the hardest part of this Ulster championship win was done off the pitch as the Gorts struggled against mistaken officials and the Disputes Resolution Authority and in truth Liatroim Fontenoys will wish they had caused the Gorts as much bother as the GAA hierarchy have in the past four weeks.

Rossa reign supreme

Rossa’s camógs were crowned All-Ireland Senior camogie champions on Sunday afternoon following a tremendous six-point victory over Tipperary’s Drom and Inch.

The West Belfast girls emphatically banished the bitter disappointment of Portlaoise 2006 by delivering the coveted Bill Carroll trophy in Autumnal sunshine. 

It’s been a long time in coming but the sweet taste of victory was there for all to see as captain fantastic Jane Adams held the silverware aloft in front of a sizeable Rossa contingent that