Where does eveyone here think the best grounds in Antrim are?
Have to take a lot into consideration on this one.

My shout Glenavey

CheFinny (UK) - Posts: 1358 - 01/04/2009 13:11:19    245358

Well I would say Cargin as its my home club and they have fantastic facilities there now. 2 main pitches and an all weather synthetiv training pitch.

I always found rasharkin to be a very good pitch to play on myself

But casement is by far the best.

From memory Ballycastle always used to eb a class surface too

stranmillis29 (Antrim) - Posts: 788 - 01/04/2009 14:11:09    245408

I would say aghagallons pitch has to be up there, seems to be used quite often for county games and when st galls were competing in the all ireland I think they trained on it- especially with the floodlights!

countrylegend (Armagh) - Posts: 31 - 01/04/2009 15:47:05    245498

the whitehill is agood ground Cargin is another Moneyglass used to be

gabby01 (Antrim) - Posts: 78 - 01/04/2009 15:47:51    245500

Its great to see how the grounds have developed over the years what with all these new floodlights and all-weather pitches which are significant investments - we shoudl all be proud of what has been achieved by our amateur association it should be the envy of all other sports!!

stranmillis29 (Antrim) - Posts: 788 - 01/04/2009 16:15:28    245525

Corrigan Park is a great place to play, its very old and has alot of history...!

also like creggans new ground....

thewiseman (Antrim) - Posts: 24 - 01/04/2009 16:48:50    245569

I think it is more the setting in Glenavey i love, Must say there is nothing better than getting out to the countryside for a game that is the way it is mean't to be in my book.

CheFinny (UK) - Posts: 1358 - 01/04/2009 17:19:08    245614

aye nothing better than a balmy summers evenin by lough neagh with about a billion flies in the air!!!!!

stranmillis29 (Antrim) - Posts: 788 - 01/04/2009 19:21:14    245727

for playing with the wee ball it has to be rasharkin or loughuile
for big ball casement or cargin/creggan new pitches both r excellant

keenro (Antrim) - Posts: 27 - 01/04/2009 19:54:42    245744

If you want the feel of history when you're playing - Corrigan is one of two grounds in Antrim that have hosted All-Ireland football and hurling quarter/semifinal games. The other ground which is even older than Corrigan is McRory Park, O'Donnell's ground. It used to be known as Shauns Park from about 1900 (it was the home of the Seaghan-an-Diomas GAA club) and before that was known as The Klondyke for a couple of years and was the home of Belfast Celtic. Before that it was one of the early grounds used for gaelic games in Belfast.

pearsesabu (Antrim) - Posts: 663 - 02/04/2009 09:37:20    246072

Id personally have to say aldergroves pitch :L:L haha, just jokes, hopefulli aldergrove geal dsnt cum on here and start argueing about it bein croker :L, id have to say glenavys cus the setting is perfect, but its tough one because creggans new pitch is a lovely one aswell!

antrimgael (Antrim) - Posts: 44 - 08/04/2009 17:07:50    252239

Reply to Antrim Gael

If you knew the ins & outs of our situation on our current site you would know why money has not been invested on our pitch & we are not fortunate to have two pitches or even anywhere to train so it's used every night of the week. Sure kick us when we are down. It may not be upto Croke Park or your standards but for hundreds of Men, Women & Children its better, it's ours & it's home for Naomh Seamas. Where's your home ground then?

I would say one of the best pitches is up the road in Glenavy though there are alot of scallions about. The best all round pitch & facilities would be close between Creggan & Cargin with my vote going to Creggan that 3G facility is great spent pre season on it still finding rubber lying about the house from it lol.

Aldergrove Gael (Antrim) - Posts: 161 - 09/04/2009 08:36:42    252790

i do know the story of the priest trying to take it away and all the rest, but its still a poor pitch no matter wat way u look at it. but listen this topic is the best grounds in antrim and aldergrive just isnt one.(fullstop) theres been alot of talk down here about the priest taking it away, and to be honest id be a wee bit gutted, i love hard games against aldergrove and i look forward to playing yas this year!

antrimgael (Antrim) - Posts: 44 - 09/04/2009 10:51:44    252886

I would have to say creggans new pitch, 3g, and facilities have to be the best in the county at the moment and it is a credit to the members who made it happen. Cargins is also an excellent facility.

frankbhoy77 (Antrim) - Posts: 1300 - 09/04/2009 11:44:42    252953

No-one said it was.

Aldergrove Gael (Antrim) - Posts: 161 - 09/04/2009 12:17:46    253014

St Enda's pitch is one of the top pitches in the county, good flat surface, lots of width & good length shame about the weather sometimes

cooki2222 (Antrim) - Posts: 2 - 10/04/2009 12:56:45    254103

If god played football or hurling then he would play at the whitehill do doubt about it both pitches are fantastic

gabby01 (Antrim) - Posts: 78 - 11/04/2009 14:30:57    254796

gabby, u are so biased. If God played played at Tir Na Nog hes be doin what everyone else is used to doing and walkin away with a win!

antrimgael (Antrim) - Posts: 44 - 12/04/2009 14:58:57    255251

antrimgael who was the last team to walk away with a win at gods own ground, Any team that gets a win at the home of god and the Ógs they know they hav been in a match

gabby01 (Antrim) - Posts: 78 - 13/04/2009 14:57:31    255752

gabby dont make me laugh, ive never been beaten at tir na nog all through the ages right up untill senior. and dont give me all this about no one being able to walk away with points (from "gods ground")because when u dont want to play the bigger teams like say CARGIN then what do u expect eh?

antrimgael (Antrim) - Posts: 44 - 13/04/2009 21:38:32    256025