Quiz: How well do you remember this year’s football championship?

Kerry, Galway, Dublin and Donegal all collected silverware DUBLIN ARE ALL-IRELAND SFC champions for the fourth year in succession after Sunday’s 2-17 to 1-14 victory over Tyrone. Football might have been hurling’s poor relation this summer, but there were certainly some memorable moments along the way. As we reflect on the 2018 inter-county season, it’s Read more about Quiz: How well do you remember this year’s football championship?[…]

McStay steps down as Roscommon boss and retires from inter-county management

KEVIN MCSTAY HAS decided to decline the Roscommon GAA chairman’s invitation to remain in charge of the county’s senior football team for the remainder of his two-year term. After three years in the position, McStay has this evening announced his resignation from the role, and stated that he is retiring from senior inter-county football management.  Read more about McStay steps down as Roscommon boss and retires from inter-county management[…]

‘It would be wonderful for my family, especially my Mam and Dad. That’s why you do it’

THE ALL-IRELAND final day experience may not be novel but this one does have a special twist. There are eight senior medals stacked up in Aoife Murray’s trophy cabinet and away from the September afternoons of triumph, she’s had a few occasions where Cork have departed empty-handed at the close of a long campaign. Cork Read more about ‘It would be wonderful for my family, especially my Mam and Dad. That’s why you do it’[…]

Meath’s Nash loses out with Hawthorn, Laois and Kerry duo in action tomorrow as AFL finals begins

THERE’S PLENTY IRISH interest to keep an eye as the 2018 AFL finals series began today but there was disappointment for Meath’s Conor Nash as his Hawthorn side lost out to Richmond. Conor Nash, Zach Tuohy and Mark O’Connor are all focused on the 2018 AFL Finals. Source: PA The first qualifying final saw Richmond Read more about Meath’s Nash loses out with Hawthorn, Laois and Kerry duo in action tomorrow as AFL finals begins[…]

Missing last year’s ‘tough’ All-Ireland loss through injury drives Kilkenny’s Phelan on more

LOSING THE LIBERTY Insurance All-Ireland senior camogie championship final by one point, having led with just seconds of regulation time remaining, is difficult to take. Having to watch from the sidelines, after being ruled out through injury, only adds to the acrid taste that lingers from the experience. Claire Phelan. Source: Oisin Keniry/INPHO “It was Read more about Missing last year’s ‘tough’ All-Ireland loss through injury drives Kilkenny’s Phelan on more[…]

Limerick All-Ireland hurling winner suffers torn cruciate in club game

LIMERICK ALL-IRELAND winner Richie McCarthy has become the latest member of their squad to be hit with a cruciate setback. Richie McCarthy (left) celebrating Limerick’s All-Ireland final victory. Source: James Crombie/INPHO The Limerick senior hurling team management have confirmed this morning that McCarthy tore his cruciate in a club game last weekend. He was in Read more about Limerick All-Ireland hurling winner suffers torn cruciate in club game[…]

A search for one’s family, the Oh-So-Close Men and the week’s best sportswriting

Source: Robin Alam 1. “IN JULY, A huge family reunion in Youngstown brought McCullough, Briggs, Smith and Comer together for the first time. All of McCullough’s parents in one place, reflecting on nurture versus nature, what is inherited versus what is taught and the many different forms of parenthood. It was both the culmination of Read more about A search for one’s family, the Oh-So-Close Men and the week’s best sportswriting[…]

Dowling, Costello, Shanagher – 2018 was the year of the impact sub in an era of marathon games

THE HURLING AND football championships witnessed the dawning of a new age during the 2018 season.  Cormac Costello celebrates winning the All-Ireland final. Source: Tommy Dickson/INPHO Alterations to the provincial hurling competitions, the arrival of the Super 8s series and the new dates for the All-Ireland finals have changed the landscape of the GAA. Like Read more about Dowling, Costello, Shanagher – 2018 was the year of the impact sub in an era of marathon games[…]

All-Ireland redemption for the Dubs as Bugler goal helps them to Premier Junior glory

Dublin 1-12 Kerry 0-6 AOIFE BUGLER’S 15TH-MINUTE goal was the crucial score as Dublin’s camogie revolution continued with victory in the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Premier Junior Camogie Final. Click Here: cheap converse women low top shoes It was redemption for the victors after losing last year’s decider but although the margin was emphatic and the Read more about All-Ireland redemption for the Dubs as Bugler goal helps them to Premier Junior glory[…]

After three years of heartbreak, Cork crowned All-Ireland intermediate champions

Cork 1-13 Down 0-9 Kevin O’Brien reports from Croke Park Click Here: Highlanders rugby store CORK SUFFERED DEFEAT in six All-Irelands intermediate camogie finals since 2006, including the last three years in-a-row, but they put that losing run to bed by collecting their fourth title at the grade this afternoon. Source: Bryan Keane/INPHO The Rebelettes Read more about After three years of heartbreak, Cork crowned All-Ireland intermediate champions[…]