IN INTERVIEW SITUATIONS, it’s often easiest to start from the very start. Right back to the beginning, and how the player or athlete in question first got into their beloved sport. Limerick star Marian Quaid set out like most others: out in the garden with the family. “I’ve been playing since I was about four,” […]
DUBLIN AND CORK have named their starting teams for Saturday’s All-Ireland U20 football final in Portlaoise. Both sides are unchanged from their semi-final wins. Munster champions Cork defeated Tyrone by 2-17 to 1-18, while Dublin had seven points to spare over Galway. Dublin full-forward Ciaran Archer has been in fine scoring form this summer and […]
ADRIAN MULLEN IS the big name included in DJ Carey’s U20 team to face Cork in the All-Ireland semi-final on Saturday. Mullen, who sat out Kilkenny’s Leinster U20 final victory over Wexford, posted 0-4 last weekend in the All-Ireland senior semi-final defeat of Limerick. Cork are unchanged from their Munster decider loss to Tipperary. Click […]
TYRONE’S SENSATIONAL TG4 All-Ireland Ladies football senior championship quarter-final victory over Cork in 2010 sent shockwaves through the game – and Shannon Lynch remembers it well. The Tyrone net-minder was in her debut season with the Red Hands – and they went all the way to a senior final. Nine years later, Lynch is still going […]
Mayo midfielder Aidan O’Shea. Source: Inpho/Eoin Lúc Ó Ceallaigh AIDAN O’SHEA WAS asked recently to name a rival he particularly admires. “There have been a few, Michael Murphy from Donegal is from my era, and he’s a brilliant footballer,” he answered. It’s no surprise that O’Shea holds Murphy in such high regard. They’ve got plenty […]
HOWEVER GOOD THE mood was in Tipperary last week, the buzz has definitely increased tenfold since. Tipperary star Clodagh Quirke. Source: Dan Sheridan/INPHO Speaking to Premier camogie captain Clodagh Quirke at the Camogie Association’s ‘Go Together’ event in Croke Park last Thursday, she was well and truly gearing up for her side’s All-Ireland quarter-final showdown […]
FORMER KERRY FOOTBALLER Seán O’Sullivan came away from a U14 game knowing that one of the players on show was destined to line out for the green and gold one day. David Clifford with some Kerry fans after their Super 8s win over Mayo. Source: James Crombie/INPHO He reckoned that the impressive youngster from the […]
Cork 1-16 Kilkenny 0-13 Conor McKenna reports from O’Moore Park KILKENNY EXITED THE All-Ireland U20 Championship following a six-point loss to Cork in the semi-final in O’Moore Park, Portlaoise. The Rebel County were excellent at times in this game and they will face Tipperary or Wexford in the first ever All-Ireland U20 Hurling Final. Tommy […]
Cork 7-18 Tyrone 3-4 Daragh Small reports from Ballinasloe NIAMH COTTER AND Doireann O’Sullivan led the way as Cork beat Tyrone to bounce back from last weekend’s shock defeat to Armagh and advance to the TG4 All-Ireland SFC semi-finals. Cork had the issue wrapped up when they led by 3-8 to 1-3 ahead at half-time after […]
CORK’S LEADING MAN Cathal O’Mahony said he and his team-mates never gave up hope during a thrilling All-Ireland U20 final on Saturday afternoon at O’Moore Park. The Rebel County were stunned in the opening exchanges in Portlaoise, trailing 1-6 to no score after just 10 minutes. Keith Ricken’s side fired back, however, scoring three goals […]