Month: September 2021

‘A real role model for people on and off the pitch’ – Tributes pour in for Mayo great Andy Moran

EIGHT SENIOR CONNACHT crowns. One National Football League title. 2017 Footballer of the Year. An All-Star to go hand-in-hand with ...

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‘I think this winter will be a period of change’ – Retirements and Gavin departure may be on cards for Dublin

DUBLIN ALL-IRELAND winner Barry Cahill believes a bunch of retirements from the current squad may be on the cards this ...

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‘I was very surprised at Paul, he kept that quiet’ – Kerry legends move into Leinster roles

DARRAN O’SULLIVAN SOLDIERED for long enough on the pitch with Paul Galvin and came under the guidance of Jack O’Connor ...

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Eight-time Kilkenny All-Ireland winner set to become new Offaly manager

KILKENNY LEGEND MICHAEL Fennelly is set to become the new manager for the Offaly hurlers. The eight-time All-Ireland winner has been ...

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‘It doesn’t give the players enough respect’ – Kerry star calls for bigger gap before All-Ireland semi-final

KERRY STAR DEFENDER Paul Murphy has called for a bigger gap between the final Super 8s game and the All-Ireland ...

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Win our great All-Ireland final prize – tickets to Dublin v Kerry plus a night in the four-star Brooks Hotel

– Congratulations to our prize winner, Lonan McDowell. Enjoy the game on Sunday! WHEN TWO TRIBES go to war… trying ...

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‘I’ve lost some great friends – pilots in aviation accidents. Life can be very fickle’

IN HIS MIND’S eye, Jim Gavin can still picture the scene like it was yesterday. Jim Gavin at the All-Ireland ...

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What are the key match-ups that Dublin and Kerry will seek to target?

THE PLOTTING AND planning will have started once the semi-final business was wrapped up. Earlier this month Dublin’s dismissal of ...

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Devastating injuries and AFL dreams – the best friends and sons of Kerry legends who never gave up

BEFORE DAVID MORAN and Tommy Walsh carved out reputations in their own right, they were just the sons of famous ...

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‘He doesn’t talk, he acts it. He does come to training two hours before it starts’

FORMER DUBLIN MANAGER Paul ‘Pillar’ Caffrey told a story recently that summed up Stephen Cluxton’s mentality.  The Dublin netminder is ...

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