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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. [ 14 ] Antrim compete in the All-Ireland Junior Ladies' Football Championship , which they have won on three occasions, most recently in 2022.
The Antrim Camogie Championship is the senior Camogie competition featuring clubs affiliated to the Antrim GAA. Loughgiel are the competitions most successful club, having won 27 titles. Loughgiel are the reigning champions, having defeated Dunloy in the 2024 final. [1] The winners of the Antrim Senior Camogie Championship are awarded the O ...
Another GAA club formed in Toome in 1926 called Lámh Dhearg, and who won the 1929 Antrim Senior Football Championship but eventually folded, its members then joining Cargin. The Erin's Own club played the first "official" games of rounders in Ireland in June 1958 and were instrumental in its promotion.
The following year Antrim defeated Kerry. Heavy rain on the day, and over-indulgence at a wedding the day before were blamed for the unexpected 3–5 to 0–2 defeat. Antrim's County Board decision to introduce a City League in 1908, one of the first in Gaelic history, was a more legitimate explanation. [citation needed]
The Antrim county hurling team represents Antrim GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association, in the Gaelic sport of hurling.The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship and the National Hurling League.
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Corrigan Park is a Gaelic games ground on the Whiterock Road in west Belfast that served as the main venue for GAA in Belfast until the opening of Casement Park in 1953. It is named in honour of John Corrigan (1881–1916), [3] who was secretary of the Antrim County Board when Antrim won Ulster Senior Hurling Championship titles between 1909 and 1913.
Peter McGarvey - Antrim Hurling Player in 1939. [8] Jimmy Roe - Antrim Football Player who won the 1951 Ulster Senior Football Championship. [9] Brian O’Kane - Antrim Football Player who won the 1951 Ulster Senior Football Championship. [10] Peter O'Hara - Antrim Football Player who won the 1951 Ulster Senior Football Championship. [11]