Big Attendances at Ulster Championships
The throw-in of the 2012 Ulster Senior Football Championship took place on Sunday 20th May in a sun-kissed Breffni Park in Cavan and supporters are out in big numbers to cheer on their teams!
A record attendance of 12,847 attended the Preliminary round match between 2011 Ulster Champs Donegal and Cavan. Ulster GAA is delighted that overall attendance is up 70% from this time last year and is urging patrons for upcoming games to arrive early.
Spectators travelling the Armagh v Tyrone game are reminded that this is an All Ticket game with tickets available from your Club of County Board.
Nothing beats being there!
Ulster GAA Senior Football Championship Preliminary Round:
Cavan 1-10 Donegal 1-16
A confident performance from Donegal saw them record a comfortable six-point victory over Cavan in the Ulster GAA Football Championship preliminary round on Sunday at Kingspan Breffni Park.
Colm McFadden top-scored with 1-6 for Donegal, and his penalty at the end of the first half effectively killed the game off as Cavan never looked like being able to claw back the six-point deficit that score established.
Although Cavan kept fighting, with full-forward Eugene Keating hitting 0-5 from play and Niall McDermott hitting a second-half penalty, Donegal were always in control and fully deserved their win.
Ulster GAA Football Championship Quarter-Final:
Monaghan 1-12 Antrim 1-9
Monaghan produced a strong finish in Clones, hitting seven of the last eight points to record a three-point win over Antrim in their Ulster GAA Football Championship quarter-final on Sunday.
The Farney men led 1-4 to 0-5 at half-time, with Karl O’Connell’s early goal helping them take control. However, Antrim came back strongly early on in the second half and scored a goal of their own through James Loughrey to turn things around.
The win looked like it would be Antrim’s when they went 1-8 to 1-5 ahead midway through the second half, but Monaghan responded well, and inspired by a brace of fine points from substitute Tommy Freeman, they moved in front.
Their greater experience told in the final few minutes as their big names steered them clear, and into a semi-final clash with either Down or Fermanagh.
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