ON SEPTEMBER 4, Michael Fennelly took his seat among the Kilkenny substitutes in the Hogan Stand. In front of him, he watched Tipperary wipe the Cats out after half-time to deny the Leinster champions a third-straight title. Source: James Crombie/INPHO “It just wasn’t a good day,” Fennelly recalls. “There was a sensation of feeling lost…
Read moreQuiz: Can you name the club this inter-county star plays for?
What club does Dublin star Paddy Andrews play for? St Brigid's Ballymun Kickhams Castleknock Cuala What club does former Hurler of the Year Tony Kelly play for? Clonlara Ballyea Sixmilebridge Newmarket-on-Fergus Aidan O'Shea is in action in the Mayo championship quarter-finals tomorrow, what is his club? Crossmolina Aghamore Breaffy Castlebar Mitchels Who does Galway star…
Read moreWe’ll Leave It There So: O’Neill hits back at Koeman, Carbery to make European debut and today’s sport
Ulster are put through their paces before Sunday’s clash with Bordeaux in Belfast. Source: Presseye/Jonathan Porter/INPHO Home Martin O’Neill has hit back at Everton manager Ronald Koeman by defending his right to select James McCarthy for Ireland’s last two WQ qualifiers. Ireland’s trio of Graeme McDowell, Paul McGinley and Shane Lowry are all going well…
Read more5 early fixtures to look out for in the 2017 senior football and hurling championships
1. Tipperary v Cork – Munster SHC quarter-final It’s Tipp against Cork again in the Munster senior hurling championship. Source: Lorraine O’Sullivan/INPHO For the second successive year, Tipp and Cork will battle it out at the quarter-final stage in Munster. There’s now a huge incentive for Cork chiefs to get Páirc Uí Chaoimh ready in…
Read moreKerry pick up McGrath Cup title with 12-point win over Cork as Geaney shoots 1-4
Kerry 2-17 Cork 0-11 AN UNSEASONABLY LARGE football crowd gathered in Killarney this afternoon for the latest demonstration of Kerry’s superiority in Munster. Kerry’s Paul Geaney and Cork’s Kieran Histon. Source: Bryan Keane/INPHO Free from the crowd restrictions that have hampered the GAA inter-county scene over the past two years, there was a spike in…
Read moreHistory makers! Clare’s Tulla reach first Harty Cup final with win over Waterford’s De La Salle
St Joseph’s Tulla 0-20 De La Salle 1-13 Páraic McMahon reports from the Mallow GAA Complex A SPIRITED SHOWING from the East Clare school in which they bossed the first and final quarter was sufficient to see St Joseph’s Tulla progress to the Dr Harty Cup decider for the first time at the expense of…
Read moreFeeling joyless while watching Man City win and the rest of the week’s best sportswriting
1. Competing at the Saudi International can’t seriously be construed as professional golfers endorsing the regime or its practices, but it lays bare a reality that is no less dispiriting for being commonplace: that so many elite players can’t or won’t see beyond the perimeter of their wallets, that they consciously choose to ignore what…
Read moreCork ‘focusing on All-Ireland’ return as new chapter opens against last year’s nemesis
THERE’S A REAL new chapter feel on Leeside. Shane Ronayne is in the hot-seat, having taken over from Ephie Fitzgerald in September. New Cork boss Shane Ronayne. Source: Lorraine O’Sullivan/INPHO Ronayne, a renowned coach and All-Ireland winner with both Tipperary and Mourneabbey, landed the job after a year with the Waterford men’s footballers, while Fitzgerald…
Read moreTipperary hurling great Padraic Maher retires on medical grounds
TIPPERARY GREAT PADRAIC Maher has announced his retirement from hurling on medical grounds at the age of 32. Click Here: The three-time All-Ireland winner and six-time All-Star released a heartfelt statement through Tipperary GAA this morning, which begins: “It is not the end I would have wished for, but the time has come for me…
Read moreFrom dropped and quitting football to All-Star at 19, and basketball exploits
AT ONE STAGE earlier in her teenage years, Erika O’Shea quit football. Though only momentarily, it all could have been so different. The Cork star is still only 19, but is now a 2021 All-Star and a key member of the Rebels defence after two stunning seasons with the senior side. She’s also a talented…
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