Antrim captain Peter Healy believes Enda McGinley has left the senior football squad in a better place, but admits his departure was a shock to the players.
A three-time All-Ireland winner with Tyrone, McGinley stepped down from his role as senior football manager after two years in charge of the Saffrons in the wake of their Tailteann Cup defeat to Leitrim last weekend.
Healy bagged a second half goal in Carrick-on-Shannon as Antrim mounted a comeback having trailed by eight points at the break, but Andy Moran’s men held on to claim a deserved 2-14 to 1-12 victory.
