Overview
- Captain Seaan Elliott led the scoring with 1-8 and became the first Dunloy skipper in 89 years to lift the Padraig MacNamee Cup.
- Dunloy’s direct, attacking play yielded goals from Luke McFerran and Nigel Elliott plus a Seaan Elliott penalty as they controlled the final at Corrigan Park.
- Cargin, seeking a fourth straight county crown, were kept at bay despite late two-pointers from Michael and Tomás McCann.
- A strong dual-code core underpinned Dunloy’s surge, with several players now holding senior medals in both football and hurling in a rarity for Antrim.
- The champions advance to the Ulster Club SFC preliminary round in early November, on a weekend when multiple provincial favorites across Ulster were knocked out.