Antrim GAA

{{further|List of Gaelic games clubs in Ireland#Antrim}}

Clubs contest the Antrim Senior Hurling Championship.

Antrim's first All-Star, Ciaran Barr, helped Belfast club Rossa to reach the 1989 club hurling final against Buffer's Alley. 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.

• All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championships: 2
• 1983, 2012 (Loughgiel Shamrocks)
• All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championships:
• 2014 Kickhams Creggan
• All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championships:
• 2015 O Donovan Rossa Belfast

{{main|Antrim county hurling team}}

Antrim is the only Ulster county to appear in an All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (SHC) 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 old Corrigan Park, but disappointed in the All-Ireland against Cork.{{fact|date=May 2017}} Two years previously, Antrim had been graded Junior a year before, and had been beaten by Down in the Ulster final. It was 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.gaa.ie/hurling/news/flashback-1989-all-ireland-shc-semi-final-antrim-v-offaly/ |title =Flashback: 1989 All-Ireland SHC semi-final - Antrim v Offaly|date=24 May 2020|work=GAA.ie |access-date=25 May 2020}}

{{further|List of Gaelic games clubs in Ireland#Antrim}}

Clubs contest the Antrim Senior Football Championship.

• All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship
• 2010 (Naomh Gall, Beal Feirste)

{{main|Antrim county football team}}

The county team was the first in the province of Ulster to appear in an All-Ireland final, in 1911 and repeated the feat again in 1912, losing on both occasions.

The county team has won the Ulster Senior Football Championship on ten occasions: 1900, 1901, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1946 and 1951.{{cite web|url=http://ulster.gaa.ie/county/antrim/|title=Antrim - Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Uladh|website=gaa.ie}}

A drawn Ulster SFC semi-final with Derry in 2000 was one of the highlights of Antrim's football at inter-county level, alongside winning the 2008 Tommy Murphy Cup, beating Wicklow in the final and gaining revenge for losing the 2007 final to the same opponents. Antrim reached the 2009 Ulster SFC final, the first Antrim team to do so for 31 years. The team lost to the 2008 All-Ireland SFC winner Tyrone.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/northern_ireland/the_championship/8158145.stm|title=Antrim Tyrone|publisher=BBC|date=19 July 2009}}

Camogie and Ladies Gaelic Football are administratively separate from the GAA, although they maintain a close working relationship.

O'Donovan Rossa won the All-Ireland senior club championship in 2008.2008 O'Donovan Rossa 2–15 Drom & Inch 1–10 Report in [http://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/adams-shines-as-odonovan-rossa-secure-title-1541947.html Irish Independent] and on [http://www.camogie.ie/News/tabid/56/mid/412/newsid412/434/Default.aspx Camogie.ie] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726063913/http://www.camogie.ie/News/tabid/56/mid/412/newsid412/434/Default.aspx |date=26 July 2011 }}, Preview on [http://www.camogie.ie/News/tabid/56/mid/412/newsid412/432/Default.aspx Camogie.ie] Antrim are the 2010 All-Ireland junior champions.2010 junior final replay Antrim 2–10 Waterford 0–12 report in [http://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/junior-glory-for-antrim-as-connolly-goal-sees-off-deise-2363437.html Irish Independent], [http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2010/1003/antrim_waterford.html RTÉ Online] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007082253/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2010/1003/antrim_waterford.html |date=2010-10-07 }} and on [http://www.camogie.ie/News/tabid/56/newsid412/1442/mid/412/Antrim-crowned-Gala-All-Ireland-Premier-Junior-Champions/Default.aspx camogie.ie]{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Under Camogie's National Development Plan 2010-2015, "Our Game, Our Passion",{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/final-goal-for-camogie-2115510.html|title=Final goal for camogie|newspaper=Irish Independent|publisher=Independent News & Media|date=29 March 2010|access-date=29 March 2010}} five new camogie clubs were to be established in the county by 2015.National Development Plan 2010-2015, Our Game, Our Passion information page on [http://www.camogie.ie/NationalDevelopmentPlan/tabid/71/Default.aspx camogie.ie] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100901210357/http://www.camogie.ie/NationalDevelopmentPlan/tabid/71/Default.aspx |date=1 September 2010 }}, pdf download (778k) from [http://www.camogie.ie/Portals/0/Documents/Development%20Plan.pdf Camogie.ie download site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110916083041/http://www.camogie.ie/Portals/0/Documents/Development%20Plan.pdf |date=16 September 2011 }}

Antrim won the All-Ireland SCC six times and was a ten-time runner-up, all before the end of the 1970s (when a decline set in), helped by having many games played locally at Corrigan Park. Camogie arrived in 1908 with the foundation of Banba club, but the movement joined by clubs such as Crowley's, Mitchel's and Ardoyne was short-lived. A 1927 revival was more successful, and in 1934 there were three adult leagues in Belfast, southwest and north Antrim.History of camogie in Antrim in [http://www.belfastmedia.com/gaa_article.php?ID=560 Andersonstown News]{{Dead link|date=March 2025}} Antrim won three-in-a-row in the 1940s, with four of their semi-finals and two of the finals being played at Corrigan Park, as well as taking advantage of a dispute that removed its main rival Dublin and the arrival of a Dublin coach, Charlie MacMahon, and Antrim was described as the "home of camogie."The Evolution of the GAA by Donal McAnallen (Ulster Historical Foundation 2009) {{ISBN|978-1-903688-83-0}}

Players from the Belfast league clubs such as Deirdre, St Malachy's and St Theresa’s and Glens villages such as Dunloy and Loughgiel Shamrocks to win all but a handful of the Ulster camogie championships played. A semi-final win in the 1950s ended Dublin's 19-in-a-row bid. Sue Cashman, Marie O'Gorman, Celia Quinn and Madge Rainey captained Antrim to All-Ireland titles, while Mairéad McAtamney was named on the team of the century.{{cite web|url=http://www.camogie.ie/AboutCamogie/AllStars/tabid/184/Default.aspx|title=All-stars on camogie.ie|website=camogie.ie|access-date=3 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111203221616/http://www.camogie.ie/AboutCamogie/AllStars/tabid/184/Default.aspx|archive-date=3 December 2011|url-status=dead}} Rosina MacManus, Nancy Murray and Lily Spence were presidents of the Camogie Association.

Antrim has the following achievements in camogie.

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• All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championships: 6
• (click on year for team line-outs) 1945, 1946, 1947, 1956, 1967, 1979[https://web.archive.org/web/20110701003919/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/camogieroh.html "All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship: Roll of Honour"], RTÉ, 9 May 2008.
• All-Ireland Intermediate Camogie Championship: 3
• 2001
• 2003
• 2021
• All-Ireland Junior Camogie Championships: 2
• 1997, 20102010 drawn Junior final Antrim 1-9 Waterford 1-9 report in

[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2010/0913/1224278758167.html Irish Times] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022021930/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2010/0913/1224278758167.html |date=22 October 2012 }},

[http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2010/0912/antrim_waterford.html RTÉ online] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100914053050/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2010/0912/antrim_waterford.html |date=2010-09-14 }} and

[http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2010/0912/gaa_championship_12_september_live_text.html RTÉ online match-tracker] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101017155209/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2010/0912/gaa_championship_12_september_live_text.html |date=October 17, 2010 }}

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{{main|Antrim Ladies Gaelic Football Association}}

Antrim was one of the last counties in Ireland to organise Ladies' Gaelic Football. The county board was established in 1995 and the county entered competitions the following year.A Brief History - Antrim LGFA https://antrimlgfa.ie/about/a-brief-history Antrim compete in the All-Ireland Junior Ladies' Football Championship, which they have won on three occasions, most recently in 2022.

Antrim has the following achievements in ladies' football.

• All-Ireland Junior Ladies' Football Championships: 3
• 2009, 2012, 2022
• Ladies' National Football League Division 4: 1
• 2023
• Ulster Intermediate Championship: 1
• 2023

Despite being included in the original GAA charter in 1884, there had been no initiatives to revive the sport until 1958 when Erin's Own organised games under the Official Guide.Antrim club Erin's Own approved the running and funding of a Rounders match under the rules in the Official guide. https://www.gaarounders.ie/History#:~:text=GAA%20Rounders%20was%20included%20in,Chlar%20Oifigiuil%2C%20Cumann%20Luthchleas%20Gael.

Currently Wolfe Tones GAC is the only Antrim based club playing Rounders at a competitive level, in the All-Ireland Junior Mixed Championship.As Antrim’s sole representatives in the GAA Rounders All Ireland Championship - https://belfastmedia.com/gaelic-games-wolfe-tone-s-open-all-ireland-rounders-campaign-with-win

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• [http://antrim.gaa.ie/ Official Antrim GAA site]
• [http://www.hoganstand.com/Antrim/ Antrim] on Hoganstand.com
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20120528004629/http://hoganstand.com/Antrim/Profile.aspx National and provincial titles won by Antrim teams]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929103235/http://www.hoganstand.com/Antrim/Titles.aspx Club championship winners]

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