A super Sunday of Ulster club GAA action awaits with a magnificent seven county titles up for grabs. While Clonduff ended their 26-year wait for Down football honours last weekend, there are a number of contenders preparing to end their long wait or even win their first senior club title and will look to The Yellas for some inspiration this weekend. While some old rivalries will be renewed, there are unique pairings elsewhere for a day which promises to deliver plenty of drama and emotion.
Edendork set for first Tyrone senior final. With names such as Niall Morgan, Conn Kilpatrick and Darren Mc Curry in their ranks, you could be forgiven for thinking Tyrone county finals and Edendork go hand-in-hand. However, Sunday will represent the first time the St Malachy's club will contest a senior county final when they face Errigal Ciaran at Omagh's Healy Park. The Dungannon club were intermediate winners in 2020, but have kicked on and a semi-final win over Donaghmore leaves them just 60 minutes away from getting their hands on the O'Neill Cup for the first time. It is far from a straightforward assignment for Brian Mc Gickin's men, however, as in their way stands Enda Mc Ginley's side who are bidding for a third county title in five years. The Ballygawley side reached the 2025 All-Ireland club final when a late fightback was not enough to reel Cuala in, while their quest to become the first club to win back-to-back county titles since Carrickmore in 2005 was ended by Trillick at the semi-final stage last year. They inflicted a similar fate on Loughmacrory this year to reach the final and with proven quality in Peter Harte, Joe Oguz and the Canavan clan, they will prove a formidable challenge for Edendork, who are in new territory.
Old v new money in Antrim. On Antrim football's roll of honour, O'Donovan Rossa sit in third position with 16 titles, but their last occurred in 1991 - which was also their previous appearance in the decider. Sean Fleming's side contains past and present Antrim players in Dominic Mc Enhill, Mick Byrne, Stephen Beatty, Cormac Mc Gettigan, Gerard Walsh and Colm Fleming, yet few outside of the Shaw's Road club would have predicted they would be on the cusp of returning to the top. How they got there is all the more remarkable, when fighting back to stun Portglenone after extra-time before coming back from 12 down to shock Cargin at the semi-final stage. Ordinarily, this would be the story of the competition, but Sunday's opposition at Corrigan Park, St Brigid's find themselves in the first senior final in their 28-year history. The semi-final stage proved too high a hurdle in recent times - losing twice to Cargin - but they got over the hump with a stunning display to dethrone Dunloy.
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