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Think Ahoghill is the only ground available that has floodlights. Lamh Dhearg are playing Ulster JHC at the weekend.

Just thought I'd revive this one:

East Tyrone down by the loughshore:

Kid
'alright kid' when saying hello to another male

Ardee, hi from thon neck of the woods.

Youns Boys common in Co Derry, parts of north Antrim.

Chap as in 'OK Chap' a South Derryism.

A very old school Dundalk greeting as well, might even be a current Dundalk expression.
20 years since I lived there!

Hi placed at the end of every greeting, statement and farewell would be very South Monaghan , North West Louth as well, hi.

Dunsilly has to be the place for a new county ground
1 we already own the land and have pitches made
2 it is in a central location
3 it has excellent road structure and easy to find
4 the first pitch has a slope along one side where you could build a stand and concrete terrace the other side
There is a issue about safety exits but if you look at a satellite view you can see they only need to buy a small piece of land at the corner and they will have access onto the main road I don't think we need anything bigger than 7000 capacity and let the Ulster council build casement if they want to but we will only use it when we need to
I'm not sure what the total capacity is at own-beg but the stand is 2000 so the total can't be anymore than 7000 and that would be more than big enough for Antrim !

Capacity of Owenbeg is around 6-7,000 mark.

Dunsilly is meant to be a county training facility. The fact that there is a single entrance / exit means it wouldn't be able to cater for a large crowd due to health and safety reasons. Plus the parking around Dunsilly wouldn't be great.

I mentioned before that the county own some land at Ballygrooby which could be developed into an Owenbeg type playing facility but financial restraints might put an end to that theory for a considerable time.

That was a couple of cracking matches in Armoy today and full credit to all 4 clubs. I was particularly impressed by St. Endas number 5 and 15 for Cloughmills. Don't know who they are but 2 excellent hurlers.

15 for Cloughmills Liam Cassley ex Ballymena and an excellent hurler.

[They got around that by pointing out that a smaller ambulance (a hatchback car type) would be able to gain access.]

Its a real shame that the foresight was not there to have something that could comfortably cater for 5000 ish - that would handle most finals and National League games as well.  I suppose maybe in their defence they were working on the basis of Casement being ready but at the same time Casement will be too big for County finals, semi finals etc and Antrim is perfectly located to be reasonably accessible for most teams in the county.  'Sure hindsight is always a wonderful thing' is generally what you hear when you raise anything at the higher levels regarding these type of projects.

The access beneath the railway line would prohibit a large scale development. In fact the project ran into difficulty regarding the Health and Safety aspect to allow for ambulance / medical teams access in the event of a serious injury to a player or spectator. They got around that by pointing out that a smaller ambulance (a hatchback car type) would be able to gain access.

Thats one hell of a getaround. What if theres an incident with mulitple injuries or someone seriously ill.

Probably that's why Dunsilly will be a training centre for the county with no major championship matches scheduled.

Its a real shame that the foresight was not there to have something that could comfortably cater for 5000 ish - that would handle most finals and National League games as well.  I suppose maybe in their defence they were working on the basis of Casement being ready but at the same time Casement will be too big for County finals, semi finals etc and Antrim is perfectly located to be reasonably accessible for most teams in the county.  'Sure hindsight is always a wonderful thing' is generally what you hear when you raise anything at the higher levels regarding these type of projects.

The access beneath the railway line would prohibit a large scale development. In fact the project ran into difficulty regarding the Health and Safety aspect to allow for ambulance / medical teams access in the event of a serious injury to a player or spectator. They got around that by pointing out that a smaller ambulance (a hatchback car type) would be able to gain access.

The county own a few acres of land at Ballygrooby which was originally earmarked to develop a training facility before the Dunsilly project.

Might be an idea to develop an Owenbeg type of county ground at that location, beside the M2 which is handy to most GAA people in the county.

Obviously the cost would prohibit this at the present time, but maybe something to consider for the future.

WTF is a 'hurley' final?

Is that definite.Are they not part of a team tasked to recommend a new hurling manager?

Obviously from the pen of O'Neill

Ah now Subbie, I seem to recall you had a grand time on Tory. Even the King Of Tory came to the pier to meet and greet.

7 or 8 points up at half time.

Meath came out and scored 1-5 or something after half time. Antrim managed 1 point in nearly 20 minutes.

Then it was point for point and Antrim scored a goal with what must have been the last poc of the game to equalise and bring it to extra time.

The clown who runs the Antrim Twitter feed needs his head looked at when he tweeted 'Be Proud' after a defeat by Meath.

This result will set Antrim county hurling back years.No one will want to bother with them next season. Lads would rather hurl with their clubs.

Could go into free fall a bit like Derry have this year. Bad times ahead. Saffron Vision my hole

Hurlers beat by a point after extra time

Michael Walsh has withdrawn from the running to be the next Antrim Hurling manager according to KCLR.Open door for PJ now.

Was Mickey Glover not involved with the minor set up this year?