- For more details on Antrim GAA see Antrim Senior Football Championship or Antrim Senior Hurling Championship.
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| Irish: | Aontroim | ||||||||||||||||
| Province: | Ulster | ||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s): | The Saffrons, The Glensmen |
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| County Colours: | Saffron and white | ||||||||||||||||
| Grounds: | Casement Park, Belfast | ||||||||||||||||
| Dominant Sport: | Hurling | ||||||||||||||||
| NFL: | Division 2B | ||||||||||||||||
| NHL: | Division 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Football Championship: | Sam Maguire Cup | ||||||||||||||||
| Hurling Championship: | Liam McCarthy Cup | ||||||||||||||||
| Ladies' Gaelic football: | Brendan Martin Cup | ||||||||||||||||
| Camogie: | O'Duffy Cup | ||||||||||||||||
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The Antrim County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) (Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Chontae Aontroma) or Antrim GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Antrim. The county board is also responsible for the Antrim inter-county teams
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History
Antrim staged the first hurling match in Ulster in 1885. The games have always been well organised in Belfast city and hurling teams from the Glens have won considerable admiration in club competition.
Gaelic football
Antrim were the first Ulster county to appear in an All Ireland final, in 1911 and repeated the feat again in 1912, losing on both occasions. Antrim's surprise football semi-final success came out of the blue in 1911. The Ulster secretary got sick that year and never organised a provincial Championship. So Antrim arrived with no practice to play Kilkenny and won by 3-1 to 1-1. The following year they beat even more prestigious rivals, Kerry. Heavy rain on the day, and over-indulgence at a wedding the day before were blamed for the shock 3-5 to 0-2 defeat. Antrim's County Board decision to introduce a City League in 1908, one of the first in Gaelic history, was a more legitimate explanation. The 1946 Antrim football team was regarded as one of the most exciting of the era, taking advantage of the newly reintroduced handpass. Joe McCallin's two goals helped beat Cavan in the Ulster final but Kerry roughed them out of the All Ireland semi-final. The opening of Casement Park boosted the games in Belfast, but from the late 1960s the troubles hampered sporting life in the football heartlands of Belfast, particularly Ardoyne. Political violence meant that the county could not build on the under-21 team of 1969, one of the finest in Ulster history (Din Joe McGrogan, scorer of the goals that put Antrim in the final, was killed by a Loyalist bomb). A drawn Ulster semi-final with Derry in 2000 was one of the highlights of Antrim's recent football career alongside getting to the final of the Tommy Murphy Cup only to lose by 1-17 to 3-13 after extra time to Wicklow with Wicklow's Tommy Gill scoring a last minute goal to snatch a victory for the Garden County.
Honours
- All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championships: 1
- All-Ireland 'B' Football Championships: 1
All Stars
- Andy McCallin - 1971
Hurling
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. 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 against Cork. Antrim had been graded Junior a year before, and had been beaten by Down in the Ulster final two years previously! They were only competing in the Senior Championship because the Junior grade was abolished. Antrim hurlers featured strongly in Ulster Railway cup final appearances in 1945, 1993 and 1995. In hurling, the progression that began with Loughgiel's success at club hurling level in 1983 (with players like 15-stone goalkeeper Niall Patterson) culminated in an All Ireland final appearance in 1989. Antrim's first All-Star, Ciaran Barr, helped Belfast club Rossa to reach the 1989 club hurling final and after a great show against Buffer's Alley, Barr starred in a 4-15 to 1-15 All Ireland semi-final win over Offaly. The final was one of the poorest on record, as stage fright overcame the Antrim team. It was no flash in the pan: Antrim failed by just two points against Kilkenny in the 1991 All Ireland semi-final. 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.
Honours
- Christy Ring Cup: 1
- All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championships: 1
- All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championships: 1
- National Hurling Leagues: 2
- All-Ireland 'B' Hurling Championships: 3
- Ulster titles: 136
- Senior: 46 - 1900-01, 1903-05, 1907, 1909-11, 1913, 1916, 1924-31, 1933-40, 1943-49, 1989-91, 1993-94, 1996, 1998-99, 2002-07
- Under 21: 24 - 1964, ‘65, ‘66, ‘67, ‘70, ‘72, ‘73, ‘74, ‘76, ‘78, ‘79, ‘80, ‘81, ‘82, ‘88, ‘89, ‘91, ‘92, ‘94, ‘95, ‘96, ‘98, ‘99, '00, 2002, '06
- Minor: 48 - 1931, ‘33, ‘35-41, ‘45-56, ‘58-66, ‘69, ‘70, ‘86, ‘87, ‘88, ‘92, ‘93, ‘95-99, '00, '01, 2002, '03, '04, '05, '06
- Junior: 14 - 1950-55, ‘57, ‘58, ‘59, ‘61, ‘63, ‘66, ‘68, ‘69
All Stars
- Ciaran Barr - 1988
- Dessie Donnelly - 1989
- Olcan McFetridge - 1989
- Danny McNaughton - Replacement All-Star 1989
- Terence "Sambo" McNaughton - 1991
- Paul McKillen - 1993
Camogie
Honours
- All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championships: 6
- 1945, 1946, 1947, 1956, 1967, 1979
- All-Ireland Intermediate Camogie Championships: 1
- 2001
- All-Ireland Junior Camogie Championships: 1
- 1997
Ladies' Gaelic football
Honours
Club Honours
- All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championships: 1
- 1983 (Loughgiel Shamrocks)
- All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championships: 1
- 2007 (Armoy Glen Rovers)
External links
- Official Antrim GAA site
- Antrim on Hoganstand.com
- National and provincial titles won by Antrim teams
- Club championship winners
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| National Football League | |
| Division 1 | Donegal • Derry • Galway • Kerry • Kildare • Laois • Mayo • Tyrone |
| Division 2 | Armagh • Cavan • Cork • Dublin • Meath • Monaghan • Roscommon • Westmeath |
| Division 3 | Down • Fermanagh • Limerick • Leitrim • Longford • Louth • Sligo • Wexford |
| Division 4 | Antrim • Carlow • Clare • London • Offaly • Tipperary • Waterford • Wicklow |
| National Hurling League | |
| Division 1 | 1A Clare • Cork • Down • Offaly • Waterford • Wexford1B Antrim • Dublin • Galway • Kilkenny • Limerick • Tipperary |
| Division 2 | 2A Armagh • Carlow • Derry • Laois • Meath • Wicklow2B Kerry • Kildare • London • Mayo • Westmeath |
| Division 3 | 3A Donegal • Leitrim • Louth • Monaghan • Sligo3B Cavan • Fermanagh • Roscommon • Longford • Tyrone |
| Connacht • Leinster • Munster • Ulster • Third level | |
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Antrim | Clare | Cork | Dublin | Galway | Kilkenny | Laois | Limerick | Offaly | Tipperary | Waterford | Wexford Liam McCarthy Cup (Tier 1) - Christy Ring Cup (Tier 2) - Nicky Rackard Cup (Tier 3) |
