Galway and Kilkenny both show their hand for All-Ireland minor hurling final
By GALWAY AND KILKENNY have shown their hand for their 2018 All-Ireland minor hurling final showdown in Croke Park on Sunday (throw-in 1pm, live on TG4). The Tribesmen are reigning champions — they beat Cork in last year’s decider — and are contesting their third final at this grade in four years. They’ve made one change […]
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‘Paul and Alan are very astute guys, very good at what they do’ – the duo helping Limerick chase Liam
BEFORE THE BRIGHT lights of All-Ireland final day, there are always those moments of hardship. At the outset of 2017, Limerick were trying to get things going as the John Kiely era began. Their first afternoon out on their home turf saw Cork arrive to the Gaelic Grounds. It was January hurling, it was a […]
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‘I’m going to wait for Orla and bring her up after the game’ – Two games in two days with Tipp boss on taxi duty
TIPPERARY LADIES FOOTBALL manager Shane Ronayne will be on taxi duty tonight, on the eve of his side’s crunch relegation final against Cavan in the TG4 All-Ireland senior championship. In order to accommodate Tipp dual star Orla O’Dwyer, the relegation clash was scheduled for Sunday in Virginia, but Ronayne has taken it upon himself to […]
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‘I don’t turn off from camogie but now, there’s something else there that’s more important’
BRIEGE CORKERY WILL not be the only player who has recently become a mother striding into battle in the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland senior camogie championship semi-finals at Semple Stadium today. Kilkenny’s Anne Dalton in action. Source: Tommy Dickson/INPHO While the Cork legend makes a dramatic comeback after an almost two-year absence from the big time […]
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Skipper Declan Hannon happy to lead youthful Limerick from the back
LIMERICK SKIPPER Declan Hannon admits he’s thought about what he’d say if he’s tasked with making an historic All-Ireland-winning speech tomorrow, but insists his mind is on the task at hand. And the Treaty camp know they have a huge challenge in front of them in dethroning defending champions and much-fancied Galway. Hannon is one […]
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Kilkenny have the Power to deny Galway and book place in All-Ireland final
Kilkenny 1-10 Galway 1-7 A GOAL IN the 48th minute by Katie Power finally separated Kilkenny from a Galway side that left nothing in the tank but for a third consecutive season, bowed out of the All-Ireland senior camogie championship at the semi-final stage. Kilkenny will be hoping that the trend of the unlucky Tribeswomen […]
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Corkery returns after two-year absence as holders Cork march into All-Ireland final
Cork 0-21 Tipperary 0-9 A SECOND-HALF power play by Cork ensured that their place in the All-Ireland senior camogie final was assured with a quarter of an hour remaining. The 12-point margin does scant justice to Tipperary’s efforts however, and it was probably a combination of tiredness creeping in from their work-rate and Cork stepping […]
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Anthony Daly’s Kilmacud lift All-Ireland hurling sevens title on home soil
KILMACUD CROKES LIFTED the All-Ireland sevens hurling trophy on home soil after defeating Tipperary’s Portroe in this evening’s senior final in Stillorgan. Managed by Anthony Daly, Crokes powered their way to the title with a 4-17 to 6-08 win in the 2018 decider, after an entertaining day’s action in the tournament traditionally played on the […]
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How did Galway shed the ‘gutless’ tag to become hurling’s top dogs?
IT’S HARD TO believe now, but there was a time in the not too distant past when the Galway hurlers were seen as a soft touch. Mentally weak. David Burke after Galway’s one-point All-Ireland semi-final defeat to Tipperary in 2016 Source: Tommy Dickson/INPHO They outplayed Kilkenny in the opening half of the 2015 All-Ireland final, leading by […]
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Limerick’s ‘biggest let-down’, a powerful story of struggle and survival and more of the week’s best sportswriting
1. “To be a Monaghan person last week was to think a lot about potential, even without realising you were doing it. All our lives, All-Ireland finals have been a thing that happened to other people. Friends, cousins, spouses, people at work – every year around this time, there’d be someone to send a text […]
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