Niall McKenna
Niall McKenna (born 1994) is a hurling, hurler from Northern Ireland who plays for Antrim Championship club Patrick Sarsfields GAA, Patrick Sarsfields and at inter-county level with the Antrim senior hurling team. He usually lines out as a wing-forward. Career A member of the Patrick Sarsfields GAA, Patrick Sarsfields club in Belfast, McKenna was part of the club's 2017 County Intermediate Championship-winning team. He first came to prominence on the inter-county scene with the Antrim GAA, Antrim minor team that won the Ulster Minor Hurling Championship, Ulster Minor Championship title in 2011. McKenna subsequently won three consecutive Ulster Under-21 Hurling Championship, Ulster Championships with the under-21 team and was at wing-forward for the 2013 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final, 2013 All-Ireland U21 final defeat by Wexford GAA, Wexford. As a member of the Antrim senior hurling team he has won two Ulster Senior Hurling Championship, Ulster Championship title ...
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Belfast
Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdom and the second-largest in Ireland. It had a population of 345,418 . By the early 19th century, Belfast was a major port. It played an important role in the Industrial Revolution in Ireland, briefly becoming the biggest linen-producer in the world, earning it the nickname "Linenopolis". By the time it was granted city status in 1888, it was a major centre of Irish linen production, tobacco-processing and rope-making. Shipbuilding was also a key industry; the Harland and Wolff shipyard, which built the , was the world's largest shipyard. Industrialisation, and the resulting inward migration, made Belfast one of Ireland's biggest cities. Following the partition of Ireland in 1921, Belfast became the seat of government for Northern Ireland ...
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