Because a year after Portaferry’s sole provincial triumph a decade ago, the south Derry club finally broke through their glass ceiling; their trajectory only moving one way in the time between.

Tom McGrattan spins and scores his first from play, but Sé McGuigan hits back immediately. Portaferry 0-14 Slaughtneil 0-9 Shane McGuigan makes the support run and finishes from the left wing.

Ulster senior hurling final Portaferry (Down ... Clanmaurice (Kerry) v St Brigid’s (Laois), Galtee Rovers GAA, Tipperary, 2pm.

Commuters and GAA fans worry about Strangford Ferry works ... Paula McKeown works at the Portico Arts and Heritage Centre in Portaferry. It’s a social enterprise running out of a stunning ...

Row over Peaceplus funding in Ards and North Down as unionist parties block joint GAA and rugby project in Holywood v.1 ...

Down boast a wealth of GAA history and are also the joint-most ... in Down is strongest in the Ards peninsula. Ards clubs Portaferry, Ballycran and Ballygalget account for 71 of the Senior Hurling ...

A plan to not use European cross-community funding for a joint rugby and GAA programme in Holywood has caused a stir in the local council ... funding for the Bangor Cycle Park and improving Portaferry ...