Hurling & Camogie

Leinster MHC: 14-man Antrim fall to Kildare defeat

Hurling (Irish: Iom?na?ocht/Iom?int) is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic and Irish origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). The game has prehistoric origins, has been played for over 3,000 years,and is considered to be the world's fastest field sport.One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goals, number of players, and much terminology. There is a similar game for women called camogie (cam?ga?ocht). It shares a common Gaelic root with the sport of shinty (camanachd) which is played predominantly in Scotland..
Hurling (Irish: Iom?na?ocht/Iom?int) is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic and Irish origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). The game has prehistoric origins, has been played for over 3,000 years,and is considered to be the worl Hurling (Irish: Iom?na?ocht/Iom?int) is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic and Irish origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). The game has prehistoric origins, has been played for over 3,000 years,and is considered to be the world's fastest field sport.One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goals, number of players, and much terminology. There is a similar game for women called camogie (cam?ga?ocht). It shares a common Gaelic root with the sport of shinty (camanachd) which is played predominantly in Scotland..

ANTRIM went down to a nine-point defeat to Kildare in the first round of the Leinster Minor Hurling Championship in Abbottstown on Saturday, 1-13 to 0-7.

The Lillywhites were already four points to the good midway through the first-half when Antrim’s task was made several times harder with the red-card dismissal of centre-forward Pádraig McKillop. Moments later, Killian Harrington increased the Kildare lead to five.

However, the young Saffrons demonstrated grit in the final 10 minutes of the first-half with points from Fintan McQuillan, Anthony McGarrigle and Aidan Scullion leaving just two in it at the break.

Kildare took a stranglehold on the game as the second-half progressed with Antrim tiring. Conn Kehoe added two points from frees, while centre-back Cian Boran and right half-forward Fionn Maher tagged on two from play before corner-forward Charlie Sherridan delivered the killer blow with a goal from play in the 56th minute.

Antrim pulled a point back through a McQuillan free on 58 minutes, but it was to prove their final score as Kildare cruised to victory.

Also on Saturday, Mark Cunningham’s late point in Kinnegad saw Westmeath secure a comeback victory over Carlow, while Offaly had minimal fuss against Laois as they handed the visitors a 2-18 to 0-12 defeat.