From the Hill to the hospital: 25 pictures that capture Dublin’s brilliant Gaelic football year Previous 1 / 25Next Ballyboden St Enda’s captain Darragh Nelson lifts the Andy Merrigan Cup on St Patrick’s Day. Source: Cathal Noonan/INPHO Stephen Cluxton lifts the trophy after Dublin’s triumph in the Division 1 league final Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO Dublin […]
FROM ROBBIE BRADY to Rio de Janeiro, 2016 has been another busy year for Irish sport. But how well do you remember those big moments and the people who were at the heart of it all? We tested some of Ireland’s top sports stars with 10 questions in The42’s first-ever Christmas quiz. Yesterday saw Colm Cooper […]
Click:微信开通批量过滤 THE LIAM MACCARTHY cup found a new home in 2016 when Tipperary ended a six-year thirst and surprised holders Kilkenny. It was also a year where Austin Gleeson ascended to new heights at just 21 years of age while at the other end of the age scale, Jackie Tyrrell withdrew from the inter-county game […]
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THE 100-year anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising was always going to be particularly poignant in Rathfarnham, a sprawling suburb on the south side of Dublin, where Irish revolutionary Patrick Pearse’s legacy is still a main attraction. After relocating his St Enda’s school from Ranelagh to Rathfarnham in 1910 to continue his liberal approach to […]
IF YOU DON’T get time to sit down and watch this one this evening, hit the record button. Donal O’Grady, All-Ireland senior medallist with the Cork hurlers as a player and manager, is on a journey through history to uncover the origins of the county’s famous GAA jersey. What he discovered will surprise many people […]
IT WAS A few days after Tipperary’s final Allianz League Division 3 outing against Sligo when a “no holds barred” meeting involving players and team management took place at Dr. Morris Park in Thurles. Strength and conditioning coach Dave Moriarty left deflated, wondering where the team was headed and questioning why he’d decided to get […]
MICHAEL SOLAN’S AN infrequent Twitter user. “Not very active” is how he’d describe his experience of the social medium. At 34 years of age, and manager of an All-Ireland winning team, Solan doesn’t need to log on to a computer or reach for his smartphone to seek approval and affirmation. The sense of satisfaction that […]
SARAH ROWE HAS a pretty tough decision to make over the next few weeks, but at the same time it’s a pretty nice position she finds herself in. Source: Tom Beary/INPHO Splitting her life between gaelic football in Mayo and soccer and college in Dublin, the 21-year-old decided this year that she should make a […]
Eoin Larkin and Paddy Stapleton were amongst those who retired in 2016. Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO 2016 SAW SOME big names hang up their inter-county hurley for good. Time to pay tribute to the retiring stars from the last 12 months. 1. Brian Carroll (Offaly – Coolderry) After 14 seasons, the Offaly hurling stalwart retired in […]