Derry representatives in Ulster squad ahead of Allianz GAA Football Inter-Provincial Series

Derry will have three representatives in the Ulster squad for the Allianz GAA Football Inter-Provincial Series.

Diarmuid Baker (Steelstown), Eoin McEvoy (Magherafelt), and Niall Toner (Lavey) have been selected as part of the 30-man squad.

A number of notable Derry names are absent from the squad, but this could be due to involvement in the Derry football championship semi-finals last week and final next week.

The National League champions are not the most represented county in the squad, with that honour going to the current All-Ireland champions, Armagh, with nine players including Paddy Burns, Oisín Conaty, Aidan Forker, and Rian and Oisín O’Neill.

Tyrone has seven players representing Ulster, a significant number, while there is at least one representative from each county.

Friday night will see Connacht face Leinster at 6pm, followed by the meeting of Ulster and Munster at 8pm. On Saturday, the opening match sees the two beaten teams from Friday night meeting at 5.30pm, followed by the clash of the two Friday night winners at 7.30pm.

The backdrop to the event is the trialling of the seven core enhancements put forward by the Football Review Committee and the subject of a special congress at the end of November.

Tickets are available from GAA. i.e., Friday night’s games will be shown live on TG4, and Saturday’s games will be shown live on RTÉ.

The full squad is listed below.

Ulster

1 Niall Morgan, Tyrone

2 Diarmuid Baker, Derry

3 Mark Bradley, Tyrone

4 Paddy Burns, Armagh

5 Aidan Clarke, Tyrone

6 Oisin Conaty, Armagh

7 Padraig Faulkner, Cavan

8 Aidan Forker, Armagh

9 Niall Grimley, Armagh

10 Daniel Guiness, Down

11 Pat Havern, Down

12 Marc Jordan, Antrim

13 Conn Kilpatrick, Tyrone

14 Barry McBennett, Monaghan

15 Ronan McCaffrey, Fermanagh

16 Sean McNally, Fermanagh

17 Darren McCurry, Tyrone

18 Eoin McElholm, Tyrone

19 Joe McElroy, Armagh

20 Eoin McEvoy, Derry

21 Kieran McGeary, Tyrone

22 Peter McGrane, Armagh

23 Ross McQuillan, Armagh

24 Odhran Murdock, Down

25 Daire O Baoill, Donegal

26 Rian O Neill, Armagh

27 Oisin O Neill, Armagh

28 Gerry Smith, Cavan

29 Ciaran Thompson, Donegal

30 Niall Toner, Derry

Reserve: 

31 Frank Burns, Tyrone

32 Mick Byrne, Antrim

33 Joe Finnegan, Antrim

34 Jason Irwin, Monaghan

35 Jason McLoughlin, Cavan

36 Fionan O’Brien, Fermanagh