Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Uladh

“Strengthening  Community Cohesion through the Development of GAA Clubs and Volunteers.” The second Ulster GAA Club & Community Development Conference, sponsored this year by The Irish News will take place on Saturday 15th November at the Europa Hotel Belfast. Some of the workshops include Pitch and Clubhouse Development, Club Branding PR and Communication, Women in [...]

M Donnelly Inter-Provincial Football Championship: Munster 1-5 Ulster 0-5 Munster atoned for last season’s final defeat to Ulster, by making it a double victory over the Northern province in the M Donnelly Interprovincial Football Championship semi-final at Fermoy on Saturday afternoon. In atrocious conditions for football with heavy rain all through, a superb 41st-minute goal [...]

M Donnelly Inter-Provincial Hurling Championship: Munster 2-14 Ulster 1-12 Munster withstood a strong second-half fightback to defeat Ulster in Saturday afternoon’s M Donnelly Interprovincial Hurling Championship semi-final at a rain-lashed Fermoy venue. Reigning champions Munster had their hopes boosted from an early juncture in this game as they registered two goals inside the opening 12 [...]

AIB Ulster Club Senior Hurling Championship Final: Cushendall 1-14  Ballygalget 1-13 Cushendall Ruairi Og held off a determined challenge by Down champions Ballygalget to clinch the AIB Ulster Club Hurling Championship title by 1-14 to 1-13 in Sunday’s exciting final at Casement Park. The Antrim champions appeared to be well control on a couple of [...]

The GAA All Stars sponsored by Vodafone took place at a prestigious banquet in the Citywest Hotel on Friday the 17th October 2008 at which eight players from Ulster were honoured in the star studded selection. The players who included Armagh’s Ronan Clarke and the magnificent 7 from Tyrone – Brian Dooher, Enda Mc Ginley, [...]

THE Irish News and the Ulster Council are teaming up to launch the second Ulster GAA Club and Community Development Conference, which will take place on November 15 in the Europa Hotel, Belfast.The theme of this year’s conference is ‘Strengthening community cohesion though the development of the GAA clubs and volunteers’ and aster of ceremonies [...]

On Saturday last, 4th October Omagh Christian Brothers marked a truly historic occasion, the Diamond Jubilee of Brother Larry Ennis. He was joined in his celebration by three other Christian Brothers, Br. John Devanney from Galway, Bro. Kieran Loughran from Limerick and Bro Pat Holihan from Roscommon, who were also marking sixty years in the [...]

On Saturday 4th of October in the Aura Letterkenny Leisure Centre Donegal, Sports Partnership alongside Ulster Council and Donegal County Board hosted a Sports Ability Day for people with disabilities.  Given the vast geographical range all areas of the county were represented from as far as Carndonagh and Ardara. “The groups ranged in ability from [...]

The draw for the 2009 Ulster Senior Football Championship was made tonight, serving up a number of mouth watering ties, most notably the quarter final between the 2008 Ulster Champions Armagh and 2008 All Ireland SFC winners Tyrone. In the Preliminary Round, 2008 Ulster SFC Runners-Up Fermanagh will take on Down, with the winners facing [...]

The draw for the 2009 Ulster Senior Football Championship was made tonight, serving up a number of mouth watering ties, most notably the quarter final between the 2008 Ulster Champions Armagh and 2008 All Ireland SFC winners Tyrone. In the Preliminary Round, 2008 Ulster SFC Runners-Up Fermanagh will take on Down, with the winners facing [...]

Sunday 5th October saw young hurlers from all nine Ulster counties getting the opportunity to display their skills at GAA headquarters, Croke Park.  The games were refereed by young whistlers from Antrim, Monaghan and Cavan. Under 16 squads played in three blitz tournaments and each County got to play two games of 20 minutes per [...]

Ulster GAA is hosting a facilitation meeting on Wednesday 8th October 2008 from 11.00am – 9.00pm in the Glenavon House Hotel, Cookstown. The purpose is to meet those clubs who intend to apply for Sport NI funding by the 17th October 2008 deadline.  Each club will be offered a 30 minute slot with a panel [...]

On Sunday, 5th October 2008, at 1:30pm, a number of popular Irish Sporting personalities will help GAA Rounders celebrate 50 years since it’s revival by taking on the GAA Rounders All Stars of 2007, in what is expected to be a very thrilling game of GAA Rounders. The sporting personalities taking part in the celebrations [...]

Such was the unprecedented response from schools that this blitz had to be subdivided over 2 days and 2 venues which could provide at least 2 fullsize pitches. On Thursday 18th September 6 schools competed at Monaghan’s new county complex at Annyalla viz. Carrickmacross, Crossmaglen, Ballyshannon, Monaghan, Cavan, and newcomers Bessbrook. Here the schools were [...]