Articles tagged with: MacRory Cup

Danske Bank Ulster Colleges MacRory Cup Quarter Final St Patrick’s 3-07 St Macartan’s 2-04 By JOHN GRAHAM SAINT Macartan’s College’s MacRory Cup famine will move into a 59th year after a disappointing quarter-final defeat against holders St. Pat’s, Maghera in Armagh last Friday night. Having won the MacCormack Cup late last year, hopes were raised that an experienced Sem team could bridge the long gap, but they failed to hit those heights in a fairly scrappy game. The north-Monaghan school had been prolific throughout the league section, but they managed just three scores in each half ...

St Paul’s 2-12 St Macartan’s 1-06 BY JOHN GRAHAM A PLACE in the MacRory Cup Final in the year when the college celebrated 100 years of gaelic games in the Sem proved a bridge too far for St Macartan’s College as a rampant St. Paul’s Bessbrook blitzed their way to the final in their first season competing in the MacRory Cup in what was quite a one-way contest at the Athletic Grounds, Armagh on Wednesday evening last. St. Paul’s Bessbrook completely dominated this game with the exception of a short period just before half-time ...

The atmosphere was rich with nostalgia and there was a palpable sense of history at the special Ulster Colleges Council symposium in the Cardinal O’Fiaich Library and Archive on Thursday evening last when a number of colleges trophies were retired and new replacement trophies were presented to the Council. Chief among these was a new MacRory Cup which was presented to the Colleges Council by Cardinal Sean Brady and when the cup was unveiled it’s magnificence drew gasps of surprise from the gathering who were told that it was insured for ...