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| Sport: | Hurling | ||
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| Irish: | Aontroim | ||
| Nickname(s): | Saffrons The Saffron men The Glensmen | ||
| County board: | Antrim GAA | ||
| Manager: | Davy Fitzgerald | ||
| Captain: | Conor McCann[1] | ||
| Recent competitive record | |||
| Current All-Ireland status: | Joe McDonagh Cup W in 2022 | ||
| Last championship title: | None | ||
| Current NHL Division: | 1B | ||
| Last league title: | None | ||
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The Antrim county hurling team represents Antrim GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association, in the Gaelic sport of hurling. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship and the National Hurling League. It also contests the Ulster Senior Hurling Championship when the competition is run, winning the latest title in 2017.
Antrim's home ground is Casement Park, Belfast. The team's manager is Davy Fitzgerald.
The team last won the Ulster Senior Championship in 2017, but has never won the All-Ireland Senior Championship or the National League.
The team is nicknamed the Saffrons, the Saffron men or the Glensmen.[2][3]
- ^ "'Hopefully there will be more days like that ahead' - McCann". BBC. 13 December 2020.
- ^ "Saffron men ready for the winner-takes-all clash". Gaelic Life. 17 October 2020.
Saffrons captain Conor McCann understands the magnitude of the game, and he says that they have learnt from mistakes made in the past.
- ^ "'Joe McDonagh has a great respect in Antrim': Glensmen win first cup". Off the Ball. 13 December 2020.