THE YEAR STARTED off in Australia as a professional sportsman and closes with him back in Ireland ready to immerse himself in the amateur game he grew up with. Ciaran Byrne moved to Carlton in 2013. Source: Carlton FC There was the soaring high of county final glory with his club and the shattering low […]
“THIS GAME OF Gaelic football has been infiltrated by a load of spoofers and bluffers, fellas with earpieces stuck in their ear, psychologists, statisticians, dieticians…” RTE’s Pat Spillane. Source: James Crombie/INPHO Sunday Game pundit Pat Spillane was clearly a statistics sceptic back in 2013 and five years on, his scepticism has hardly subsided. But the […]
NOVEMBER 2018 MARKED the centenary of the end of the First World War and next month, 21 January, will be 100 years on from the start of the Irish War of Independence. The Irish War of Independence was the culmination of Ireland’s nationalists pushing for separation from the British, and a troubled few years at […]
Coughlan, McLoughlin, Hickey and McCaffrey were amongst those to retire this season. Source: INPHO FOR SOME PLAYERS, the 2018 hurling season was particularly significant. A year where they decided at different junctures to call it a day, bringing the segment of their lives that revolved around inter-county hurling to a close. Here’s ten that cut […]
THIS WAS CERTAINLY a year for the record books. From Ireland’s Six Nations Grand Slam success to that fairytale journey to a silver medal at the Women’s Hockey World Cup, there were several memorable moments to savour in 2018. The Limerick hurlers defied the odds to end a 45-year wait for the Liam MacCarthy Cup […]
WHICH OF THESE hurling goals really caught your eye in 2018? Shane O’Donnell and Jonathan Glynn both hit superb strikes this year. Clare’s Shane O’Donnell, Galway’s Jonathan Glynn and Cork’s Conor Lehane all raised green flags with stunning efforts in the pick of superb finishes on the inter-county stage. Away from there though, Cuala’s Mark […]
A HOST OF well-known Gaelic footballers departed the inter-county arena this year. All-Ireland winners and provincial champions were among them, while some long-serving servants also hung up their boots. 1. Michael Shields (Cork) Michael Shields. Source: Tommy Dickson/INPHO Shields was the final link with the 2010 All-Ireland winning Cork side to retire, choosing to bring the […]
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THIS SEASON WAS too short for Briege Corkery. Another few weeks to work with would have been great, she reckons. Briege Corkery. Source: Cathal Noonan/INPHO After an almost two-year absence from inter-county camogie, she made her return to the Cork panel in August. She had just given birth to her son Tadhg in March, but […]
Cork retained their senior All-Ireland crown in September. Who scored the stoppage-time free to settle the tie? ©INPHO/James Crombie Ashling Thompson ©INPHO/Bryan Keane Orla Cotter ©INPHO/Laszlo Geczo Katrina Mackey ©INPHO/Morgan Treacy Julia White Ann Downey is staying on for a fourth season in charge of the Kilkenny seniors in 2019. Can you name the club […]