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It was another busy weekend in the club calendar as Patrickswell were crowned Limerick champions, Cuala and St Brigid’s advanced to the Dublin final while Rathdowney got their revenge on Camross in Laois. Read our round-up of all the action below. _____ Limerick Patrickswell were crowned the Limerick champions for 2019 on Sunday following a 1-17 to 0-15 win over …

AP McCoy, James McClean and a host of other Irish sports stars have taken to Twitter to celebrate Shane Lowry’s historic Open victory in Portrush. The Offaly man lifted the Claret Jug and celebrated his first Major win after a superb display on the last day of the action in Antrim. Lowry expertly held off the challenge of Tommy Fleetwood …

It’s all to play for as we head into the final round of games in the Leinster and Munster championships while it is also crunch time in the Joe McDonagh Cup. Ahead of the weekend’s fixtures, we take a look at the big questions facing the major teams involved. _____ 1. Who will reach the Leinster final? Galway look set …

We are over the halfway point in the Munster and Leinster hurling round robin series’ and all places in the All Ireland qualifiers are still up for grabs.  As well as that, Offaly and Antrim face into a pivotal clash in the Joe McDonagh Cup. The counties have named their sides for the weekend’s games and you can find the …

It was an exhilarating opening round of the Bank of Ireland Celtic Challenge in Group C as Laois and Wexford secured tight wins.  Laois can rest next week and keep an eye on how the other results pan out as Plunketts take on Offaly while Wexford play Dublin Clarke who were not in action this week. Read a round-up of …

Offaly hurling is in dire straits at the moment and in an effort to contextualise their downfall, many have referred back to the great team of the 1990s.  That era is littered with famed players like the Dooleys, Johnny Pilkington, John Troy and, of course, the Whelahans. Simon, Barry and Brian all represented Offaly with honour and Brian is the …

With the Allianz Hurling League wrapped up for another year, the countdown to the provincial championships and the Joe McDonagh Cup has begun. Limerick finished top of the class while the competition raised questions about a number of different teams that will need to be addressed before May. With all that in mind, here are our Hurling Power Rankings following …

Offaly have acquired the services of Kilmacud Crokes forward Shane Horan ahead of their 2019 campaign just a week after manager John Maughan spoke of the lack of players making themselves available. The Daily Mirror reports that Horan completed an inter-county transfer last week through the parentage rule as both his mother and father hail from the Faithful County.  Horan …

RTE are set to air, ‘Players Of The Faithful’, a documentary on how Offaly stopped Kerry’s ‘drive for five’ in 1982, on December 28th at 9.30pm All eyes will be on Dublin next year as they look to chase the elusive All Ireland ‘five-in-a-row’ dream. Many teams have come close in the past, including Kilkenny in 2010, but the team …

The Munster Senior Hurling Championship for 2018 got underway this weekend, with fine wins for Cork and Limerick.​

​Stephen Wallace has hit back at the Offaly board after his sacking as football manager this week.

​Stephen Wallace's spell in charge of the Offaly footballers has come to an end.

Galway and Offaly name exciting sides ahead of Tullamore clash.

Kilkenny are back. There’s no need to whisper. They bellowed it yesterday afternoon themselves with a dominant second-half display. TJ Reid, Walter Walsh and Paddy Deegan led the line as the Cats were crowned Allianz Hurling League champions. After two games, there were suggestions that change was needed at the helm of Kilkenny. Fast-forward two months and Brian Cody is …

Ahead of the Allianz Hurling League Division 1 final between Tipperary and Kilkenny, we take a look at the standout performers from the campaign. 1. Alan Nolan (Dublin) It was certainly an underwhelming campaign for Pat Gilroy’s Dublin side, but Nolan’s showings between the sticks were undoubtedly impressive. The fact that he kept former All-Star Gary Maguire and last season’s …

We preview the weekend's action with betting tips from Bear In The Square.

Dublin signed off a somewhat underwhelming Allianz Hurling League campaign with a defeat to Tipperary in Croke Park yesterday. However, Pat Gilroy has given a huge number of players a chance, as they continue to build for the Leinster Championship. With seven weeks until the Kilkenny game to open their summer, the Boys in Blue improved as the league progressed, but …