MOST GAA PLAYERS are enjoying a well-deserved break at this time of year but Kilkenny star Walter Walsh only finished his 2016 season last night, five days shy of Christmas. The multi-talented 25-year-old, who has three All-Ireland medals to his name, helped his club Tullogher Rosbercon to a Kilkenny junior football championship last night. Walsh […]
Clifford, Connolly and O’Connor make the cut. Source: INPHO ANOTHER YEAR OF Gaelic football completed and time to pick the best side from the players who starred in 2016. The42′s GAA writers decided to do something a little different, a 2016 Gaelic Football Team of the Year that tries not to just focus on the senior championship […]
FROM ROBBIE BRADY to Rio de Janeiro, 2016 has been another busy year for Irish sport. But how well do you remember those big moments and the people who were at the heart of it all? We tested some of Ireland’s top sports stars with 10 questions in The42’s first-ever Christmas quiz. First up: it’s Kerry […]
Mayo’s Andy Moran and his daugher Charlotte; Dublin’s Denis Bastick and his son Aidan. Source: Sportsfile TWO DECADES ON and ‘A Season Of Sundays’ remains the perfect production for anyone looking to reflect on the GAA year that was. For the 20th year, the Sportsfile team have released their collection of images chronicling the story […]
HOW DO YOU assess Galway’s 2016 campaign? An FBD League success, a third-placed finish in Division 2 before a semi-final loss to Cavan, a win over Mayo en route to their first Connacht title since 2008 and then a devastating All-Ireland quarter-final defeat to Tipperary. Galway and Corofin forward Gary Sice. Source: James Crombie/INPHO It’s […]
AFTER THE TYRONE fans had spilled on to St Tiernach’s Park on 17 July last, Cathal McCarron took a moment to absorb the occasion. A first Ulster title in six years was deeply appreciated, halting that run of games where they could not quite get the better of Donegal in the heat of a championship […]
ROSCOMMON ATTACKER SENAN Kilbride has announced his retirement from inter-county football. The St Brigid’s club man made his championship debut for the county in 2008 against Galway. His last appearance for his county also came against Galway when Roscommon lost heavily in last July’s Connacht football final replay. Kilbride did not feature in Roscommon’s 2010 […]
NEW MEATH SENIOR football manager Andy McEntee has moved to secure the services of former Dublin duo Stephen O’Connor and Stuart Lowndes. Both players have worn the Sky Blue of Dublin in the past but are eligible to line out for McEntee’s Meath in 2017. Lowndes, a brother of Dublin senior football panellist Eric, transferred […]
Waterford’s famous 2004 Munster final win over Cork Source: INPHO THE FOLLOWING IS an abridged extract from Ken McGrath’s autobiography ‘Hand On Heart’. Here are more details on the Waterford great’s book. Pre-Match THAT YEAR’S MUNSTER final against Cork stays in a lot of people’s memories. It helped us that we were used to the […]
HAVING TROUBLE TRYING to settle on a Christmas present for the GAA enthusiast close to you? Well, worry no more as we present the definitive selection of choices that will guarantee a positive reaction when they peel off the wrapping paper. One of the many GAA autobiographies out on release 2016 has witnessed the publication […]