{"id":6317,"date":"2024-08-04T08:23:42","date_gmt":"2024-08-04T08:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/the-year-of-ulsters-football-domination\/"},"modified":"2024-08-04T08:23:42","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T08:23:42","slug":"the-year-of-ulsters-football-domination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/the-year-of-ulsters-football-domination\/","title":{"rendered":"The year of Ulster’s football domination"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Armagh added to Ulster’s domination of men’s Gaelic football in 2024<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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The Sam Maguire, the Tailteann Cup, the Hogan Cup, the Andy Merrigan Cup, the Sigerson Cup, plus the rest. <\/p>\n

All in the hands of Ulster’s teams and counties.<\/p>\n

Ulster’s domination of men’s Gaelic football culminated on 28 July as Armagh clinched the All-Ireland<\/a> in a tightly contested final against Galway.<\/p>\n

Armagh’s triumph was their first All-Ireland since 2002.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

‘Many years in the making’<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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Brian McAvoy is Ulster GAA CEO<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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For Ulster GAA chief executive, Brian McAvoy, the sweep of trophies is “unprecedented”.<\/p>\n

“It has been an amazing year,” he told BBC News NI.<\/p>\n

“Armagh’s All-Ireland win was the icing on the cake and put Ulster on the top of the tree.”<\/p>\n

He credits the work of grassroots coaches and volunteers for the dominance men’s Gaelic football has seen from Ulster this year.<\/p>\n

“There is a lot of work that goes into it all from the grassroots,” he added.<\/p>\n

“These players are well nurtured and when they make it to senior level they are ready to go. This was years in the making.<\/p>\n

“These victories are for them,” he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Ulster momentum<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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Glen All-Ireland winning captain, Connor Carville says other provinces will be looking at Ulster’s success<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Glen’s senior club All-Ireland winning captain Connor Carville says there is a “momentum in Ulster” at the minute but with the new season starting soon “nothing is guaranteed.”<\/p>\n

He told BBC News NI: “Other counites and provinces will be looking at this success and wanting to end it.<\/p>\n

“They will want to shoot us down. But we are very proud of what we have achieved.<\/p>\n

“There could be new champions and that’s the beauty of sport”.<\/p>\n

He also credits the work of grassroots volunteers for the dominance.<\/p>\n

“It shows the passion and attitude of people who give up their time,” he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

‘All connected’<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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It is not just clubs and counties doing well but the Ulster University team is also joined in on the success.<\/p>\n

In February of this year, they beat University College Dublin to win the Sigerson Cup.<\/p>\n

The win shows a “correlation” in college success and county success, according to Ulster University manager Barry Dillon.<\/p>\n

He told BBC News NI: “It’s all connected. When you look at the Dublin team that won six All-Ireland’s in a row, the Sigerson Cup stayed almost exclusively in Dublin bar a few years.<\/p>\n

“The dominance is similar to the early 90s for Ulster but I’ve never seen a time just as good as this.<\/p>\n

“It’s just amazing.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

What competitions are currently held by teams in Ulster?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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Derry won the National League Division One title in March<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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