KILMACUD CROKES LIFTED the All-Ireland sevens hurling trophy on home soil after defeating Tipperary’s Portroe in this evening’s senior final in Stillorgan. Managed by Anthony Daly, Crokes powered their way to the title with a 4-17 to 6-08 win in the 2018 decider, after an entertaining day’s action in the tournament traditionally played on the […]
IT’S HARD TO believe now, but there was a time in the not too distant past when the Galway hurlers were seen as a soft touch. Mentally weak. David Burke after Galway’s one-point All-Ireland semi-final defeat to Tipperary in 2016 Source: Tommy Dickson/INPHO They outplayed Kilkenny in the opening half of the 2015 All-Ireland final, leading by […]
1. “To be a Monaghan person last week was to think a lot about potential, even without realising you were doing it. All our lives, All-Ireland finals have been a thing that happened to other people. Friends, cousins, spouses, people at work – every year around this time, there’d be someone to send a text […]
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IN THE 58TH minute of yesterday evening’s All-Ireland senior camogie championship semi-final between Cork and Tipperary in Semple Stadium, legendary dual star Briege Corkery made her return to the inter-county scene. Briege Corkery (file pic, 2015). Source: Cathal Noonan/INPHO The 17-time All-Ireland winner hadn’t donned a Cork jersey in either code in almost two years […]
Galway 0-21 Kilkenny 0-14 Declan Rooney reports from Croke Park GALWAY CLAIMED A third All-Ireland minor title in four years as ten points from Donal O’Shea and a strong second half showing from Jeffrey Lynskey’s side saw them overtake Kilkenny for victory. Despite trailing by four points early on Galway recovered well and with Diarmuid […]
Cavan 2-14 Tipperary 1-14 CAVAN STAGED A superb second-half comeback to retain their senior status the expense of Tipperary in the TG4 Ladies All-Ireland relegation playoff final at Dolan Park in Virginia. When Tipperary midfielder Aisling McCarthy pointed a free after half time, that gave the visitors a deserved nine point lead and they looked […]
Limerick 3-16 Galway 2-18 Fintan O’Toole reports from Croke Park AT THE END of a pulsating hurling summer, a long wait for success has ended. Limerick have finally got their hands on the Liam MacCarthy Cup, Declan Hannon the first man from the county to raise the silver since 1973. But that 45-year wait nearly […]
AFTER 45 YEARS of shattered dreams, Limerick are the All-Ireland senior hurling champions once again. John Kiely’s side beat Galway by a single point, 3-16 to 2-18, after the defending champions came up short in their attempt to pull off a most remarkable comeback at the death. Click Here: converse shop There was no shortage […]
TOM MORRISSEY REFUSED to use the word ‘unbelievable’ after Limerick’s All-Ireland triumph, because he always believed that this team would end the Treaty famine. Morrissey’s second-half goal helped Limerick to take control against Galway as they put one hand on the Liam MacCarthy Cup for the first time since 1973. But John Kiely’s side had […]