Month: September 2021

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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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