MFC ULSTER U20A PPS FINAL

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St. Mary’s, Magherafelt v Loreto, Cavan
Tuesday 18th February 7-30pm – Brewster Park, Enniskillen
On Tuesday the U20A final, the ladies equivalent of the Mc Rory Cup sees St. Mary’s, Magherafelt take on Loreto, Cavan.
For the Derry school this is chance to put the heartache of last season behind them. In last year’s Ulster semi-final Our Lady’s, Castleblayney won by a point and then went on to win the All-Ireland title. This season, after topping their group St. Mary’s met the Blayney girls in another semi decider however this time, they were victorious 3-6 to 2-8. Jemma Shivers will captain the side which contains eight county minors, four from Derry, three from Antrim and one from Tyrone.
Loreto also topped their group and beat Our Lady’s and St. Patrick’s, Knock in the semi final 6-9 to 1-7. All the team have tasted All Ireland success as Loreto have won the last three U16A All Ireland titles. In captain Ellie Brady they have an exceptional talent. She is the current Ulster Young Player of the Year and a member of the Cavan senior squad. Sarah Clarke is also a member of the Breffni senior squad. Aine Shannon manages the side but has an astute selector in Conor Maguire who knows this grade in Ulster inside out.
The game throws in at 7-30pm and will be streamed live on the Ulster Ladies Gaelic facebook page.

WEEKEND RESULTS

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Sunday was a busy day for the Ulster counties with 3 in action in the LIDL league and 4 playing in the U16 provincial competition. The results were as follows:

 

LIDL NATIONAL LEAGUE

Derry 1-4 Sligo 0-11
Antrim 4-10 Longford 1-8
Wicklow 2-9 Fermanagh 3-10
ULSTER  U16’s
Armagh 1-4 Cavan 3-10
Derry 1-6 Donegal 0-9
Down 1-5 Monaghan 1-3
Tyrone 2-16 Antrim 1-8

Ulster U16’s Get Underway

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The Ulster U16 competition gets underway on Sunday next with 4 games scheduled. All have 2pm starts

 

Armagh v Cavan – McKeever Park, Killean

Derry v Donegal – Owenbeg

Down v Monaghan – Bright

Tyrone v Antrim – Newtownstewart

 

 

 

LIDL League Action Sunday

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The LIDL National League continues on Sunday with 3 sides from the province in Division 4 action. Antrim and Fermanagh currently share top spot. All games have a 2pm throw in:

 

Derry v Sligo – Owenbeg

Antrim v Longford – Dunsilly

Wicklow v Fermanagh – St. Patrick’s

Wins for Armagh and Antrim Minors

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The Ulster underage competitions got underway on Saturday last with two minor games played in Group 2.

Round one seen victories for Armagh and Antrim over Monaghan and Down respectively.

Armagh 2-10 Monaghan 2-5

Down 0-3 Antrim 2-11

Holders Armagh see off Dublin

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Lidl National Football League round-up

Compiled by John Fallon

HOLDERS Armagh made it three wins from three in Division 1 of the Lidl National Football League at the weekend.

The Orchard County followed up impressive victories against Kerry and Tyrone by getting the better of Dublin at Parnell Park by 0-11 to 2-4.

Niamh Reel kicked five points as the defending champions held off a late surge from Dublin to maintain their winning start to the campaign.

A goal from Kate Sullivan after 18 minutes kept Dublin in touch but they trailed by 0-6 to 1-2 at the interval.

Reel’s fourth of the afternoon extended Armagh’s lead after the restart and efforts from Caroline O’Hanlon (free), substitute Caoimhe McNally and Niamh Henderson pushed them further clear but they faced a nervous finish when Niamh Hetherton got a Dublin goal three minutes from time to reduce the deficit to the minimum.

Meath also maintained their impressive start with a third straight victory, this time against visitors Waterford as Kerrie Cole helped herself to an outstanding haul of 2-2 at Pairc Tailteann in Navan as they withstood a strong final quarter fightback from Waterford to triumph by 2-11 to 1-13.

Cole rattled the net inside the opening 30 seconds for her fourth goal in just three games this year but 1-2 from Lauren McGregor kept Waterford in touch at 1-9 to 1-4 at the interval.

Cole’s second goal after 33 minutes extended Meath’s lead but they had to dig deep to stave off a spirited Waterford finish.

Elsewhere in the top flight, TG4 All-Ireland senior champions Kerry made it back-to-back wins as they saw off Kildare at Fitzgerald Stadium by 2-10 to 0-7.

Siofra O’Shea struck for 1-4 and Danielle O’Leary for 1-3 as Kerry had too much power for a Kildare side that kept trying to the end in an entertaining game.

O’Leary’s goal after ten minutes saw Kerry lead by 1-3 to 0-3 at the break before O’Shea’s goal in the 38th minute put Kerry into a commanding 2-6 to 0-4 lead and they never looked back.

And in a crucial tie at the bottom of the table, Tyrone finally registered their first points of the season when they came from behind to oust Mayo by 1-15 to 2-11 in Swinford.

A goal from Clodagh Keane put Mayo into a commanding 1-9 to 0-5 interval lead but Tyrone used the wind in the second half and fought back after Sinead Walsh got Mayo’s second goal, with Chloe McCaffrey, who finished with 0-7, leading the way.

A goal from Sorcha Gormley got Tyrone level and while Erin Murray edged Mayo back in front, Tyrone finished strongly and two points from Niamh O’Neill secured an invaluable win for the Ulster side.

In Division 2, Kate Slevin hit the net for Galway from a penalty at the end of the first half to leave then 1-8 to 0-8 ahead at the break. Roscommon hit a second half goal through Abby Curran but result wasn’t in doubt as Galway notched their third win since being relegated.

Cork defeated Tipperary by 3-12 to 0-9. Tipperary battled well early on but were rocked by two goals in a minute on the 20th mark with Orlaith Roche and Laura O’Mahony putting Cork in to a 2-2 to 0-7 half-time advantage. Emma Cleary hit a third goal for Cork in the second half to make sure of the result.

Goals from Ailish Considine and Teresa Collins, along with a haul of 0-6 from Fidelma Marrinan, helped Clare to a 2-17 to 0-7 win over Westmeath.

Donegal snatched a 1-7 to 0-8 win over Monaghan when captained Roisin Rodgers got a last minute goal to secure victory.

Cavan, Laois, Limerick and Louth secured victories in Division 3.

There were two games in Division 4, where Fermanagh got the better of Longford by 4-14 to 4-8, and Leitrim pipped Wicklow by 1-11 to 3-4.

RESULTS

Lidl National Football League Division One Round Three

Armagh 0-11 Dublin 2-4

Kerry 2-10 Kildare 0-7

Tyrone 1-15 Mayo 2-11

Meath 2-11 Waterford 1-13

 

Lidl National Football League Division Two Round Three

Donegal 1-7 Monaghan 0-8

Galway 1-18 Roscommon 1-11

Cork 3-12 Tipperary 0-9

Clare 2-17 Westmeath 0-7

 

Lidl National Football League Division Three Round Three

Cavan 6-17 Carlow 1-4

Laois 2-11 Down 4-3

Limerick 5-12 Offaly 1-4

Louth 1-6 Wexford 0-6

 

Lidl National Football League Division Four Round Five

Fermanagh 4-14 Longford 4-8

 

Lidl National Football League Division Four Round Two (refixed)

Leitrim 1-11 Wicklow 3-4

Fermanagh’s Bogue is January Player of the Month

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Fermanagh’s Bláithín Bogue is The Croke Park Hotel/LGFA Player of the Month for January 2025
FERMANAGH star Bláithín Bogue has been honoured with The Croke Park Hotel/LGFA Player of the Month award for January 2025.
The Tempo Maguires player (24) has been in outstanding form for the Erne County in Division 4 of the Lidl National League to date.
A 2024 TG4 All-Ireland Junior Championship winner, Bláithín has carried that form into the early stages of the new campaign.
In the month of January, Fermanagh recorded successive victories against Leitrim, last year’s TG4 All-Ireland Intermediate winners, and Derry to get off to an impressive start in the Lidl NFL.
Bláithín notched 1-3 against Leitrim and followed up with an identical tally in the win against Derry.
Fermanagh lost for the first time in the 2025 Lidl NFL last Sunday against Antrim, a game in which Bláithín registered a point, but CJ McGourty’s charges are still expected to challenge strongly for promotion from the fourth tier.
Fermanagh’s campaign continues next Sunday when they face Longford in a crucial tie at Glennon Brothers Pearse Park (2pm).
Ahead of throw-in, both counties are two of three teams (along with Sligo) locked together on six points, three behind pace-setters Antrim.
Bláithín was presented with her award today by Ina Lazar, Assistant Director of Sales, The Croke Park Hotel.

Underage Competitions Start Saturday

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The Ulster underage competitions kick off on Saturday next with 2 minor games scheduled in group two. Armagh and Monaghan will meet at Silverbridge while Down will host Antrim at Liatroim Fontenoys. Both games have a 2pm start.

 

CONVENTION ROUND UP

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Our Annual Convention was held today in Canavan’s. After Gerry Doherty welcomed everyone, detailed reports were delivered by Colm Murray (Secretary Report), Paul Swift (PRO Report), Caroline Brady (Cultural and Language Report), Ciaran Murtagh (Development Report), Paul Kelly (Finance Report), Ronan McCarthy (CODA Report), Karen Mc Goldrick (Fixtures Report) and Antionette McCusker (Registrar).

All reports were positive about the state of the game in Ulster. Our membership has grown to over 43,000, we have 5 full time employees and over 300 clubs. There was one change in Executive personnel. Maria Hinds is the new Registrar. National subcommittee representatives were selected and bye laws approved.

Gerry Doherty in his President’s address paid tribute to all the 12 All-Ireland winning teams, Antionette Mc Cusker who stood down as Ulster Registrar, all our sponsors, his fellow executive members and everyone who assisted throughout the year.

Dungannon native Eileen Jones – Hardy is the new President elect and will take up her post in January 2026. One of Eileen’s main jobs will be to oversee the new Strategic Plan which was also launched on Sunday.

The draws were made for all Ulster competitions. In the senior final Armagh will play Donegal on Sunday 18th May. Fermanagh will meet Tyrone in the preliminary round of the Intermediate championship on 27th April with the winners playing Down a week later in the first semi-final. Monaghan and Cavan will meet in the other decider. The junior Championship will see Antrim, Derry and London play in a round robin competition with the final fixed for the weekend of 17th/18th May.

ULSTER CHAMPIONSHIP 2025

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Earlier today the draws were made for all Ulster competitions. In the senior final Armagh will play Donegal on the weekend of 17th/ 18th May.

Fermanagh will meet Tyrone in the preliminary round of the Intermediate championship on 27th April with the winners playing Down a week later in the first semi-final. Monaghan and Cavan will meet in the other decider.

The junior Championship will see Antrim, Derry and London play in a round robin competition with the final fixed for the weekend of 17th/18th May.