
This week in our feature we speak with Colman Burns and discuss his interest in the GAA . Colman has been a Sinn Féin councillor on the Newry & Mourne Council since 2001 and is heavily involved in his local community of Silverbridge. Colman is also a member of Silverbridge Harps GAA club and assisted […]
Mar 12 2013 | Posted in
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The GAA released their 2012 financial report for public consumption last week. I took a look at the details of the report and what I found was quite interesting for you connoisseurs of the national pastime. The epic replay of the hurling All Ireland final between Kilkenny and Galway meant that Croke Park made a […]
Mar 11 2013 | Posted in
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Newry City A.F.C was officially launched on Thursday evening in front of a crowd in excess of 150 people in the Mardyke Suite of the Canal Court Hotel. MC for the event Kevin McAllister welcomed everyone to the launch before introducing Club Chairman Martin McLoughlin, Manager Darren Mullen, Assistant Manager Ray Byrne, plus Coaches Mickey Keenan […]
Mar 9 2013 | Posted in
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Cut Fiachra Bradley and the GAA will flow out of him before blood will. The young Bessbook man has been playing at the very highest standard in both hurling and football for his club’s Craobh Rua Camlocha (hurling) and Carrickcruppen (football) and is also an integral part of the Armagh senior hurling panel. He took […]

This week in our feature we speak with SDLP MLA Dominic Bradley and discuss his interest in the GAA . Dominic is the SDLP spokesperson on Education and the Irish language and is a former teacher in local school St Paul’s, Bessbrook in which he was the head of the Irish Department and sat on […]

The McDonald’s Irish FA Community Awards 2013 have been launched to recognise and reward the clubs, coaches and volunteers that make outstanding contributions to grassroots football right across Northern Ireland. Nominations are now open at www.mcdonalds.co.uk/kickstart or www.irishfa.com/communityawards so if you know a coach, club or volunteer that deserves recognition for their contribution to the […]
Mar 1 2013 | Posted in
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A bit of GAA history was created tonight in the Athletic Grounds, Armagh when MacRory Cup newcomers St Paul’s Bessbrook reached the final of the competition by convincingly beating Monaghan side St McCartan’s on a scoreline of 2-12 to 1-06. The south Armagh school came out of the traps flying and scored in the first […]

In the second week of our new weekly feature, Newry Times caught up with local political representative, Newry and Mourne Sinn Féin councillor Seán Doran from the Scrogg Road area of Kilkeel. Seán speaks about his love of, and life in, Gaelic football. Earliest GAA memories? Going as a schoolboy to watch the Cassidy Cup […]
Feb 26 2013 | Posted in
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Ciaron O’Hanlon is without doubt one of Armagh Gaelic football’s rising stars. Ciaron shot to prominence after his school – St Paul’s Bessbrook – for the first time in the forty-six year history of the school, won the BT Colleges MacLarnon Cup after a thrilling victory over St Columb’s College, Derry on 19th March 2012. […]

Premier Division Bessbrook Utd 1 – 1 Ballybot Utd Crieve Rovers 0 – 0 Windmill Stars Finn Harps 1 – 2 Woodside Kilkeel Ath 3 – 2 Newry Celtic Killeavey Utd 7 – 1 Cleary Celtic Rockview Utd 4 – 3 Damolly Utd Whitecross AFC 3 – 4 Killowen Celtic P W D L F […]
Feb 25 2013 | Posted in
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