Ulster club hurling 'inferiority complex' is gone now

It is a complete certainty that Dunloy will see themselves as equals this Sunday when they get down to business against St Thomas’

CHAMPIONS: Dunloy’s Paul Shields and Ryan Elliott lift the cup. Pic: INPHO/Declan Roughan

It all changed on a freezing cold day in Loughgiel, February 1983.

The local Shamrocks club had earned their Antrim Championship title that year, after some insipid displays early on in the year. By beating Ballygalget, they became Ulster champions.