There will be a new name on Corn Sceilge the All-Ireland Schools’ Senior camogie Cup after semi-final victories for St Angela’s, Waterford and last year’s beaten finalists Cross and Passion, Ballycastle on Saturday.

THE tears weren’t far away as Neil McManus stood on Parnell Park reflecting on what might have been for his club.

AT HALF-time Cushendall’s cause seemed lost. The Fat Lady hadn’t started singing but she was, as they say, clearing her throat.

All-Ireland Schools’ Senior A semi-finals: Saturday Feb 9 at 1pm in Kilnadeema St Brigid's, Loughrea v Cross and Passion, Ballycastle WHEN you get to All-Ireland level there are few easy matches and, while Cross and Passion, Ballycastle retain around half of the team that came so close to a national title last year in Louth, they have to face a major player in St Brigid's, Loughrea who won the title outright three years ago, taking out St Patrick’s Maghera in a semi-final in south Derry.

AFTER suffering a broken neck and collarbone, Cushendall’s Martin Burke plans to savour today’s All-Ireland semi-final showdown with Galway champions St Thomas’s at Parnell Park.

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All-Ireland Senior Hurling Club Championship semi-final: Ruairi Og, Cushendall (Antrim) v St Thomas’s (Galway) (today, Parnell Park, 3pm, live on TG4) THE barrier doesn’t have to be broken down, the weight of history isn’t resting on Cushendall’s shoulders as they prepare to face Galway side St Thomas’s in the All-Ireland semi-final at Parnell Park today.

FORMER GAA President Sean Kelly has backed calls for a tiered Championship at inter-county level but warned that any proposed format would need television coverage for it to be successful.

WORKING and living with his father was probably enough for Eoin Gillan – but now he’s managing the Cushendall hurling team.

TURNING 60 flicked a switch in Eamonn Gillan’s head.

ARMAGH GAA: The Armagh club draw, now in its second year and aimed at driving fundraising for clubs and county, has reaped significant rewards.

NOW is probably not the best time to consider how Ireland matches up to Great Britain, what with Brexit and that embarrassing defeat by England in the rugball.

The proposal to hand Central Council the authority to open GAA county grounds to rival codes and events won't have have any impact on club facilities.

He was only 17 and the youngest of the six Burke brothers on the team when St Thomas won the 2013 AIB All-Ireland SHC club title, with their father John also the manager.

Ruairí Óg Cushendall’s Neil McManus speaking ahead of the AIB GAA All-Ireland Senior Hurling Club Championship semi-final Neil McManus (30): Ruairí Óg Cushendall and Antrim senior.

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Allianz National Hurling League Division 2A: Meath v Antrim (tomorrow, Trim, 2pm) THE image of Neil McManus standing outside the St John’s changing rooms uninvolved in Antrim’s narrow NHL defeat to Kerry last Saturday must have been maddening for his county team-mates, management team and supporters.

Division 1A Limerick v Tipperary (tonight, Gaelic Grounds, 7pm) THERE’S a big Saturday night clash at the Gaelic Grounds as All-Ireland holders Limerick welcome a Tipperary side that has looked sharp in the early part of the season.

IN the early 1970s the players of St Enda’s, Glengormley used to get changed for their games in a hut they called the chicken house.

CUSHENDALL ace Alex Delargy says he’s lucky to be still hurling after suffering a horrific hand injury at work last summer.