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Oh, how the tables have turned… Eleven days ago, Kerry had only hope in their quest to defeat the Dubs and stop the five-in-a-row. Now, we stare down the barrel of a highly anticipated replay that has most people second-guessing on what to expect. Last Sunday week’s game had everything. The atmosphere was intense, the football immense and the closing …

August 8, 2008 Joe Kernan’s Armagh are Ulster Champions for the seventh time in ten seasons. However, with just one All-Ireland title to their name, there’s a feeling of last chance saloon as they rock up to Croke Park to take on Wexford in an All-Ireland quarter-final. The Orchard County are heavy favourites and the game seems to be going …

As the renewal of Gaelic football’s most storied rivalry looms closer and closer, this All-Ireland final feels somewhat different than years gone by. With Dublin and Kerry we are used to humdinger battles that could turn on a knife-edge but heading into this meeting between the pair there seems to be a school of thought that Kerry have no hope …

Tipperary are All-Ireland champions and deservedly so after a second-half blitz that totally tamed Brian Cody’s cats on Sunday. However, despite the tantalising hurling put on show by Callanan and co. The dominating narrative is Richie Hogan’s red card which is fair considering the controversial nature and how the game transpired following his dismissal. For what it’s worth, it was …

One of hurling’s biggest rivalries is set to be renewed on Sunday when Kilkenny and Tipperary meet in the showpiece event of the season; the All-Ireland SHC final. It’s the sixth All-Ireland decider involving the two heavyweight counties in 10 seasons (2014 final went to a replay) as the decade rounds off the way it started with Liam Sheedy and …

“Ask not what your county can do for you but what you can do for your county.” Remember the advert that used to jump out of the page when you were intently scrolling through the match-day programme shortly before throw-in on Championship day? It’s an old one but a good one and one that perfectly ties in with the ethos …

Last year the line was that Croke Park shouldn’t be used on the opening weekend of the Super 8s.  This year the line is that no Super 8s games should be held at HQ whatsoever which is a plausible idea given how crowds at smaller provincial grounds generate an atmosphere and excitement seldom seen in the modern era of Croke …

It was difficult not to get swept away in the furore around Shane Lowry’s Open Championship victory given the magnitude of what the Clara man achieved. Lowry blew his world-class competition out of the water in Portrush before winning by six shots and scenes of the Offaly native walking up the 18th fairway, fighting his way through the crowd as …

Reporter: “Do you think the luck of an Irishman got England over the line?” Eoin Morgan: “We had Allah with us as well. I spoke to Adil (Rashid), he said; ‘Allah was definitely with us’. And I said; ‘we had the rub of the green’. It actually epitomises our team. We’ve got a quite diverse background and cultures and guys …

Roscommon’s Connacht title win was never the surprise result that many people made it out to be. They were up against a depleted Galway side devoid of their captain and travelled to Salthill brimming with Connacht final experience and full of confidence having turned over the Tribesmen at the same venue two seasons prior. As it transpired, an inspirational second-half …

July is always a very contentious time of year in Northern Ireland with the annual celebrations of ‘The Twelfth’ more often than not highlighting the division between the states two communities. Ulster has made headlines around the world for all the wrong reasons and one area that’s name is constantly dragged through the mud is Lurgan. Known very much for …

Deep down we all knew once the Leinster SFC got underway and Diarmuid Connolly wasn’t in the Dublin panel that the likelihood of him making a grandiose return was slim to none. Despite Jim Gavin’s repeated sentiment that the Dublin camp has a year-round open door policy, once Rory O’Carroll returned on the eve of Championship and Connolly didn’t, the …

The baking heat, ham sandwiches, ice-cold finches and a packed out Clones, the Ulster final is a day like no other. My first taste of Ulster final day coincides with my earliest memory of following Armagh. The year was 1999 and a youthful, yet fancied Armagh side went in search of their first Ulster title in 17 years where they …

A subdued Cian O’Neill entered the press centre in Croke Park following his side’s Leinster SFC semi-final defeat to Dublin clearly wondering what the hell had just happened.  The Lilywhites battled back from 0-7 to 0-1 down to trail by just four at the break and full of hope that a strong second half showing maybe, just maybe could see …

Let’s talk about tiers baby! Let’s talk about hurling’s three! Let’s talk about all the good things and the bad things… that comes with competing at a level where you stand a chance. With all the talk of proposed restructures facing football it gives us a chance to reflect on the massive impact they have had on its sister sport, …

September 23, 2012 It’s All-Ireland final day in Croke Park and Gaelic football’s showpiece event has taken on an extra special meaning. There was no Kerry for just the second time in eight years. Dublin had faltered, while Cork and Tyrone had regressed. Donegal faced Mayo in a game that guaranteed history. Either Mayo were finally going to break the …

They talk about shithousery in sport but what about shithousery in punditry? Dick Clerkin, must be the king of pundit shithousery these days. He made Twitter headlines around the country a few months back with his views that children under eight shouldn’t be given All-Ireland final tickets. The former Monaghan captain was at it again following Armagh’s exciting extra-time win …

Most won’t admit it but there must be a huge sense of worry among Irish rugby circles as the weeks and months tick down to the World Cup in Japan. 2018 will forever be remembered as a golden year for Irish sport but particularly rugby as our nation swept aside all challengers en route to a Grand Slam title, a …