THE WONDERFUL JOHN B Keane once remarked to me that there are just two Kingdoms –the Kingdom heaven and the Kingdom of Kerry… And when I die, hopefully I will travel from one Kingdom to another – Weeshie Fogarty Weeshie Fogarty, Donie O’Sullivan, Maurice Fitzgerald and Christy Riordan pictured in 2010. Source: Dan Sheridan/INPHO A […]
ONE OF GALWAY’S greatest forwards will take charge of the county’s U20 footballers next year after Padraic Joyce was ratified for the post last night. Padraic Joyce in action for Galway against Meath in the 2001 All-Ireland final. Source: INPHO Joyce was nominated for the position last month along with Stephen Joyce, who recently managed […]
How many senior All-Ireland medals does Rena Buckley have? Who scored the Bayern Munich goal against Cork City at Musgrave Park? Why can’t I get any phone signal in here? ON THURSDAY, 29 NOVEMBER we’re holding our second annual Big Annual Sports Table Quiz to celebrate the release of our book Behind The Lines, Volume […]
CORK GREAT BRIEGE Corkery is set for a dramatic return to elite-level football next weekend, named as Munster’s captain for the annual inter-provincial tournament. The 18-time All-Ireland winning dual star won her 11th senior football Celtic Cross in September 2016 but hasn’t lined out for Ephie Fitzgerald’s Rebels since. She did make a return to […]
Source: Instagram – @smiley_014 AMONGST THE ROW of football communities that hug the west coast of Clare, there have been winter days in the sun. Sunday expeditions when an entire parish is emptied in the pursuit of Munster senior football glory. Cooraclare lost the maiden final in 1964 and then a succession of clubs next […]
THE GAA’S CENTRAL Council met at Croke Park this morning to make decisions on a wide range of issues, as the introduction of a second-tier football championship received ‘broad support’. Five proposed rule changes were debated at an Ard Chomhairle meeting at GAA HQ, and it was agreed to discuss possible formats for a second-tier […]
OFFALY AND KILDARE will be represented in the 2018 Leinster intermediate football championship final, when Shamrocks and Two Mile House go head-to-head for the title next month. So there we have it our @AIB_GAA Leinster Intermediate Finalists are set! It's @shamrocksgaa against @TwoMileHouseGAA on December 8th. Venue details to be confirmed.#TheToughest #LeinsterGAA pic.twitter.com/7iYLQga9kx — Leinster […]
IT’S NOT OFTEN you hear about a GAA player being forced to retire due to concussion. What about a GAA player being forced to retire at the tender age of 20 after six concussions? Four of those by 18, and two in the space of just over three months as an up-and-coming, prodigiously talented Roscommon […]
WHILE THE SPOTLIGHT has been on one big management job across the length and breadth of the country this week, it’s been a busy one in terms of another sport too. The big one is of course Martin O’Neill’s successor as manager of the Republic of Ireland soccer team, but there’s also been plenty of […]
THE OPPORTUNITY TO create history is not something that is often afforded to Longford GAA clubs. The Mullinalaghta players standing for the national anthem ahead of the 2016 Leinster club SFC semi-final. Source: Laszlo Geczo/INPHO And when it comes to the provincial stage of the season, the general expectation is that they can only aim […]