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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 …

It has been reported that Diarmuid Connolly is shipping up to Boston once again, ending speculation that he may return for Dublin’s drive for five. Connolly is expected to jet out in the coming days after having accepted an offer to join up with Donegal Boston, the side he led to Boston SFC glory last summer. Jim Gavin has repeatedly …

Leinster champions for the ninth time in a row, Dublin were made to work hard in the opening 35 minutes of Sunday’s final before hardly working in the second 35 as the Meath challenge wilted to the point that it became sad to watch. It was the outcome we all expected but didn’t want as Dublin turned the screw in …

Jim Gavin has named his side ahead of this afternoon’s Leinster SFC final against Meath in Croke Park. The starting fifteen is unchanged from Dublin’s 15-point semi-final victory over Kildare two week’s ago. Dublin’s attack will be spearheaded by Paul Mannion and Cormac Costello who shot 0-15 between them against Cian O’Neill’s side. They are joined up front by Niall …

Meath have named an unchanged side for their Leinster SFC final clash with Dublin at Croke Park on Sunday.  Andy McEntee’s side defeated Laois by 11 points two weeks ago to qualify for the final against a Dublin side seeking nine provincial titles in a row. James Conlon will continue at corner-forward after impressive in his first championship start against …

At one time Dublin versus Meath was the country’s biggest rivalry, a classic grudge match that pitted two of Gaelic football’s aristocrats against one another on an almost yearly basis, however, the rivalry has somewhat died as Dublin continue to squeeze the competitiveness out of the Leinster SFC. At the height of this great rivalry, fans have had to endure …

Wow… What a crazy day of hurling. Offaly’s clash with Kerry in the Joe McDonagh Cup was being hailed as the most important game in the Faithful County’s history. Unfortunately, a two-point loss means they drop into hurling’s third tier next season. In other shock news from around the hurling world. Dublin’s win over Galway coupled with Wexford and Kilkenny’s …

Eoin Murphy has been named to start for Kilkenny in Saturday’s Leinster SHC round-robin clash with Wexford at Innovate Wexford Park.  The All-Star goalkeeper suffered a knee injury while in action for his club Glenmore back in April and was not expected to return to inter-county duty this soon. Elsewhere on the Kilkenny team, Pádraig Walsh is named at centre-back …

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 …

Dublin 0-26 Kildare 0-11 Michael Corry reporting live from Croke Park. Kildare battled hard but it was to no avail as Dublin swatted aside their challenge with an accomplished second-half performance. Cian O’Neill’s men gave Dublin everything they had throughout an entertaining first half before going in at half-time just four points behind and full of hope. However, they coughed …

Paul Mannion has been cleared to play in this weekend’s Leinster SFC semi-final with Kildare. The livewire forward was given a straight red card during Dublin’s clash with Louth last month following an altercation with Conal McKeever. Dublin would go on to win their Leinster quarter-final on a scoreline of 5-21 to 0-10 to set-up this weekend’s Croke Park clash …

Once upon a time, the GAA were terrified of the supposed strides being made by rugby. It wasn’t even that long ago. With the IRFU going professional with their game in ’95, it took a few years for it all to settle down and for them to discover their path, and in Ireland that involved the creation of the provinces …

Nobody would have begrudged Bernard Brogan had he decided to step away from Dublin duty at the end of last season as he celebrated his sixth All-Ireland win with his newborn sons alongside him.  Having suffered a cruciate injury at 34, not many expected to see Brogan enter the field of play in 2018 but he returned to a hero’s …

Tyrone strolled to a routine win over Antrim on Saturday evening as goals from Tiernan McCann and Connor McAliskey helped them to a 2-23 to 2-9 win.  It was a result that many had predicted given that Tyrone competed in last year’s All-Ireland final while Antrim have been languishing in Division 4 for the past few seasons. Despite the obvious …

The GAA Football Championship took centre stage on Saturday with plenty of All-Ireland contenders in action.  Dublin and Tyrone both recorded routine victories to book their spots in provincial semi-finals. However, Mayo fell to a one-point defeat against Roscommon in a cracking contest in Castlebar. Meath swatted aside the challenge of Carlow in the days’ other football game. Meanwhile, in …

Gaelic football takes centre stage this weekend as All-Ireland champions, Dublin, start their journey towards what they hope is an unprecedented five-in-a-row.  They take on a Louth side who will be buoyed by their goal-scoring exploits in 2019. The game in Portlaoise will act as the main event in a double-header with Carlow versus Meath. Another Leinster double-header goes down …

The narrative surrounding Louth boss, Wayne Kierans, is one of optimism in the Wee County, however, much has been said about the fact that he is supposedly a ‘soccer man’. The soccer man, an old-school Gael’s worst nightmare. The ‘ground ball’ loving coach who’s coming in to change the way the game is played. Sure, he’ll probably be teaching the …

Dublin make their 2019 championship bow this weekend when they travel to O’Moore Park in Portlaoise to take on Louth in the LSFC. It is the first game in what will hopefully be a monumental summer for Jim Gavin and his charges as the Metropolitans go in search of the GAA’s first ever five-in-a-row. With odds as high as 100/1 …