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“Vinnie’s going to get you, Vinnie’s going to get you.” Vinnie Murphy recounts a tale of leaving a Kerry nightclub back in the early 2000s shortly after his second retirement from inter-county football. He had taken a team down to play in the famous Páidí Ó Sé tournament and after being hammered by hosts, An Ghaeltacht, they flocked to one …

With the Allianz Leagues officially coming to an end and the build-up to the All-Ireland Championship beginning, it’s time to assess each of the teams competing in 2019. While Mayo may have won the league, are they really top of the pile? Does a first national title in 18 years mean you should leapfrog the team going for five-in-a-row? Where …

We’re on the verge of the first big weekend in the GAA calendar as the Allianz League Finals are set to take centre stage in Croke Park on Saturday and Sunday. The action kicks off on Saturday with a fantastic double-header. A huge crowd is expected in for the Division 4 final as minnows Leitrim pit their wits against Derry …

Following a league campaign that started like a house on fire before burning out and then lighting up again, Mayo find themselves in their first Allianz Football League final since 2012. It marks a strong return for James Horan who came back into the Mayo fold following a four-year hiatus. Mayo are motoring well going into Sunday’s game with Kerry …

July 31, 2016 The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship has reached the quarter-final stages with the first of two double-headers set to go down in Croke Park. The majority of the teams involved in the last eight are as expected apart from two glaring exceptions, Clare and Tipperary. Three of the eight quarter-finalists are indeed Munster counties and it could well …

With only the finals left to be played in the Allianz Football League (apart from Louth & Westmeath’s Round Six clash), it’s time to reflect on some of the things we’ve learned over the past couple of months.  Despite falling off the wagon after a promising start, Mayo recovered well to make the league final where they face Peter Keane’s …

And breath… 22 games in just two days. It really was a bumper weekend of GAA action. Corofin cemented their spot as the best football team in the country, while Henry Shefflin led Ballyhale Shamrocks back to the top in his first year of management. In the Allianz Hurling League, Cork took down Kilkenny in their ‘relegation playoff’ while Dublin recorded …

The Allianz Football League returns this weekend for the penultimate round of games and it could be monikered as ‘Super Saturday’ given that all 16 games are taking place on the same day. After this weekend, we will have a real sense of who is Croke Park bound at the end of the month and who has to go back …

Mayo travel to Austin Stack Park on Saturday evening to take on a Kerry side who have been firing on all cylinders so far in the Allianz Football League. After three games of the season, these two sides looked destined to meet in the final after both teams won their first three games. Since then, however, the two sides have gone …

Dublin are phenomenal that much is for sure and if they can complete the famous five-in-a-row then nobody can argue against them being considered the greatest team of all time. Let’s get that part out of the way first.  The likelihood is that they will indeed complete the ‘drive-for-five’, they may even do six, seven and eight for good measure, …

Kerry star, David Clifford is in line for a shock return to the Kingdom side for this weekend’s sold out clash with Mayo at Austin Stack Park. According to Kerry manager, Peter Keane, Clifford is not far away from making his 2019 bow after undergoing shoulder surgery in the off-season. Clifford is not the only Kingdom scoring machine who is …

There are many cult-heroes in GAA folklore, but perhaps none made such a telling impact and changed the course of history like Kerry’s, Eoin ‘Bomber’ Liston. The big Beale man failed to make the Kerry minor panel and didn’t make his inter-county bow until he lined out for the U21’s in 1977 where they defeated Cork and Down en route …

In the first of a weekly column from Pundit Arena’s Michael Corry, Corry’s Corner dispels the myth that this Dublin side are better than the Kerry four-in-a-row of 1978-81. It’s funny how one moment can change the course of history. What if Marshawn Lynch had run the ball in 2014? What if Ali had gone to Vietnam in 1967? What if Seamus Darby hadn’t …

Following another epic weekend of Allianz Football League action we now get a clearer picture of how the four divisions are shaping up ahead of the final two fixtures. There were plenty of talking points following the weekend’s action. Sligo are now a confirmed Division 4 team following an eight-point defeat to Westmeath. Leitrim and Derry are going in the …

This weekend marks the 30th anniversary of the Páidi Ó Sé Gaelic Football Tournament which is held in the West Kerry Gaeltacht in February of each year. The popularity of the tournament reflects that of Ó Sé who remains an icon of the GAA and Ireland whose legacy has continued to grow with each passing year. Comórtas Peile Páidi Ó Sé …

The begrudgers will tell you that Dublin were only at half-pace, that the league doesn’t count or that the championship is already a foregone conclusion anyway. However, let’s take the positives where we can. Last night’s clash between Kerry and Dublin went a long way to restoring some faith that there is life in this game just yet. There was …

If all goes well today, Nathan Breen might just be the first Welsh man to climb the steps of the Hogan Stand and hoist an All-Ireland title over his head. That is if he and his Beaufort companions can overcome the challenge of Sligo’s Easkey this afternoon in HQ (K.O 3pm). For Breen, his life began in the Welsh valleys, …

Kerry & Munster champions, Kilcummin stand on the brink of glory following their exploits over the past year. A successful county campaign ended with a win over Glenflesk which earnt them a crack at Munster where they defeated Cork’s Fermoy in the final followed by a last-four showdown against Kildare’s Two Mile House went right down to the wire eventually …