Ulster GAA

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Ulster GAA
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Irish:Cúige Uladh
Location: Ulster
Number of counties:9
Province colours:  Gold   Black
Major grounds: Casement Park, Belfast
St Tiernach's Park, Clones
Most All-Ireland titles
Hurling:None
Football: Down and Cavan (5 each)
Most provincial titles
Hurling: Antrim (48)
Football: Cavan (40)
Interprovincial Championship wins
Hurling:0
Football:28
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The Ulster Council (Irish : Comhairle Uladh) is a provincial council of the Gaelic Athletic Association sports of hurling, Gaelic football, camogie, and handball in the province of Ulster. The headquarters of the Ulster GAA is based in the city of Armagh.

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The first Ulster GAA Convention was held on 22 March 1903 in Armagh. Belfast solicitor George Martin was elected as first president with L. F. O'Kane (Derry) as first secretary. Victor O'Nolan (Tyrone), the father of writer Flann O'Brien, was elected vice-president. Danny Murphy (Down) has been Ulster Council secretary and chief executive officer since 1998. Murphy is a former vice president of the GAA and president of Ulster GAA. On 4 July 2012, Murphy was awarded an Honorary Doctorate for Services to Sport and Community Relations. [1]

County boards

Football

Provincial team

The Ulster provincial football team represents the province of Ulster in Gaelic football. The team competes in the Railway Cup.

Players

Players from the following county teams represent Ulster: Antrim, Armagh, Derry, Donegal, Down, Fermanagh, Monaghan and Tyrone.

Competitions

Inter-county

CompetitionYearChampionsTitleRunners-upNext edition
Ulster Senior Football Championship 2022 Colours of Derry.svg Derry 8th Colours of Donegal GAA.svg Donegal 2023
Dr McKenna Cup 2022 Colours of Monaghan.svg Monaghan 15th Colours of Donegal GAA.svg Donegal 2023
Ulster Junior Football Championship 1986 Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone 3rd Colours of Monaghan.svg Monaghan TBD
Ulster Under-20 Football Championship 2022 Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone 15th Colours of Cavan.svg Cavan 2023
Ulster Minor Football Championship 2022 Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone 25th Colours of Derry.svg Derry 2023
Dr Lagan Cup 1967 Colours of Donegal GAA.svg Donegal 4thTBD

Club

CompetitionYearChampionsTitleRunners-upNext edition
Ulster Senior Club Football Championship 2022 Glen 1st Kilcoo 2023
Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship 2021 Steelstown 1st Moortown 2022
Ulster Junior Club Football Championship 2022 Stewartstown Harps 2nd Drumlane 2023
Ulster Under-21 Club Football Championship
Ulster Minor Club Football Championship 2019 Lavey 1stTermonTBD
Ulster Senior Club Football League 2016 Glenullin 3rdCoalislandTBD

All-time top scorers from Ulster county teams

As of 3 June 2008 according to the BBC. [2]

RankPlayerCounty teamTallyTotal scoreChampionship years
1 Oisín McConville Armagh 11–197
230
1997–
2 Peter Canavan Tyrone 9–192
218
1989–2005
3 Paddy Bradley Derry 13–170
209
2000–2012
4 Paddy Doherty Down 15–159
204
1954–1971
5 Peter Donohoe Cavan 17–133
184
1945–1955
6 Seán O'Neill Down 17–125
176
1959–1975
7 Charlie Gallagher Cavan 10–142
172
 ?–?
8 Steven McDonnell Armagh 15–111
156
2000–
9 Seán O'Connell Derry 11–118
151
1957–1975
10 Ronan Carolan Cavan 2–138
144
 ?–?
Notes
  • Includes Ulster Championship, All-Ireland Championship and Qualifiers.

All-time top goalscorers from Ulster county teams

As of 15 June 2008, according to the Sunday Tribune . [3]

RankPlayerCounty teamNumber of goalsChampionship years
1 Steven McDonnell Armagh
17
2000–2012
Peter Donohoe Cavan 1945–1955
Seán O'Neill Down 1959–1975
4 Paddy Doherty Down
15
1954–1971
5 Paddy Bradley Derry
13
2000–
Ger Houlahan Armagh 1984–2000
James McCartan Snr Down 1958–1967
Brendan Coulter Down 2000–2015
9 Joe Stafford Cavan
12
1943–1949
Enda Muldoon Derry 1997–
Jason Reilly Cavan 1997–
12 Seán O'Connell Derry
11
1957–1975
P. T. Treacy Fermanagh 1960–1973
Oisín McConville Armagh 1997–2008

Notes:

  • Includes Ulster Championship, All-Ireland Championship and Qualifiers.

Hurling

Provincial team

The Ulster provincial hurling team represents the province of Ulster in hurling. The team competes in the Railway Cup.

Players

Competitions

Inter-county

CompetitionYearChampionsTitleRunners-upNext edition
Ulster Senior Hurling Championship 2017 Colours of Antrim.svg Antrim 57th Colours of Down.svg Down TBD
Ulster Senior Hurling Shield 2017 Colours of Derry.svg Derry 1st Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone TBD
Conor McGurk Cup 2022 Colours of Down.svg Down 2nd Colours of Donegal GAA.svg Donegal 2023
Ulster Intermediate Hurling Championship 1998 Colours of Down.svg Down 4th Colours of London.svg London TBD
Ulster Junior Hurling Championship 2004 Colours of Down.svg Down 8th Colours of Fermanagh.svg Fermanagh TBD
Ulster Under-21 Hurling Championship 2017 Colours of Derry.svg Derry 6th Colours of Down.svg Down TBD
Ulster Minor Hurling Championship 2017 Colours of Antrim.svg Antrim 59th Colours of Derry.svg Derry TBD
Antrim's Arron Graffin (right) representing Ulster in the 2008 Railway Cup hurling semi-final against Munster Munster vs Ulster (hurling) - Railway Cup 2008.jpg
Antrim's Arron Graffin (right) representing Ulster in the 2008 Railway Cup hurling semi-final against Munster

Ulster has always been the weakest of the provinces in hurling terms, possibly due to the difference between the hurling promulgated by the early Gaelic Athletic Association and the "commons" game played in Ulster. The Ulster hurling team have only won four Railway Cup semi-final games in their history (1945, 1992, 1993 and 1995), [4] it, however, lost in each of those Railway Cup deciders. [4]

There have been some successes over the years, mostly by Antrim teams:

Club

"Team Ulster" in the Liam MacCarthy Cup

In 2020, a concept was discussed among players and managers, with a proposal that a combined "Team Ulster" would compete in the Liam MacCarthy Cup. [5] [6] [7] [8]

Grades

Championship County team
Senior
Leinster SHC Colours of Antrim.svg Antrim
Joe McDonagh Cup Colours of Down.svg Down
Christy Ring Cup Colours of Derry.svg Derry
Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone
Nicky Rackard Cup Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh
Colours of Donegal GAA.svg Donegal
Colours of Fermanagh.svg Fermanagh
Lory Meagher Cup Colours of Cavan.svg Cavan
Colours of Monaghan.svg Monaghan

Camogie

Gael Linn Cup

The Ulster camogie team has twice won the premier representative competition in the women's team field sport of camogie, the Gael Linn Cup, in 1967 and 2007.

Gael Linn Trophy

The Ulster provincial junior camogie team won the Gael Linn Trophy on eight occasions: 1979, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1998, 2000 and 2002.

Honours

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References

  1. ↑ "Ulster GAA Milestones". Archived from the original on 10 August 2007. Retrieved 20 August 2007.
  2. ↑ "Ulster's hot-shots". BBC Online. 3 June 2008. Retrieved 15 June 2008.
  3. ↑ Shannon, Kieran; Leo McGeough (15 June 2008). "When Sunday Comes - Stevie from Killeavy: Ulster's top predator". Sunday Tribune .
  4. 1 2 Martin, John (24 October 2008). "Ulster up against it". Gaelic Life . p. 43.
  5. ↑ "Down manager calls for a combined Ulster hurling team". RTÉ Sport . 29 May 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  6. ↑ "Video: eleven top hurling people discuss the Team Ulster proposal". Hogan Stand . 1 June 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  7. ↑ "'We have to do something - we're standing still' - Players and managers support idea of Ulster hurling team". RTÉ Sport . 1 June 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  8. ↑ "Video: Highlighting the merits or otherwise of a 'Team Ulster' hurling initiative". The Irish News . 2 June 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  9. ↑ "Ulster GAA awarded Disability Sport NI's Inclusive Sport Award". Hogan Stand. 26 January 2021.
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