{"id":465042,"date":"2026-05-24T17:07:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T17:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/465042\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T17:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T17:07:08","slug":"fitzgerald-steps-down-as-antrim-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/465042\/","title":{"rendered":"Fitzgerald steps down as Antrim manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Davy Fitzgerald has brought his two-season tenure with Antrim to an end.<\/p>\n<p>The Clare man parted ways with the Saffron County after their Joe McDonagh Cup win over Carlow at Corrigan Park.<\/p>\n<p>That result, a third straight victory in the competition, did bring a positive end to what had been a chaotic season for the Ulster side, although they still missed out on a final spot.<\/p>\n<p>After a disappointing Division 1B campaign, Fitzgerald&#8217;s side made a nightmare start to the Joe McDonagh Cup with defeats to Down and Laois.<\/p>\n<p>Following the latter loss, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/sport\/hurling\/2026\/0428\/1570675-antrim-hurlers-threaten-not-to-train-amid-davy-concerns\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Antrim squad released a statement<\/a> to the county board seeking clarity around the position of manager Fitzgerald, and a resolution to an issue concerning the allocation of training gear.<\/p>\n<p>After a number of training sessions were cancelled, a solution was found with the side going on a three-game winning run, with Fitzgerald at the helm.<\/p>\n<p>The former Clare, Wexford and Waterford manager raised eyebrows when it was announced in August 2024 that he was heading to Ulster.<\/p>\n<p>Fitzgerald had an option for a third year after an initial two-year term, but has opted against taking it up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Davy Fitzgerald has brought his two-season tenure with Antrim to an end. The Clare man parted ways with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":465043,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-465042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=465042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/465043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}