Ciarán Murphy

A new book chronicles the extraordinary careers of Seán Purcell and Frank Stockwell

It might be time for a shot clock, or a restriction on how many players you can have inside your own half, or restricting the use of the handpass

The evidence so far suggests every team is flawed and we can expect thrills

Kildare might be the most important growth market out there for both hurling and camogie

The idea that GAA games should never, under any circumstances, be shown behind a paywall is an unreasonable stance

Allowing Dublin to play four of six championship group games at Croke Park while every other county can only get two matches at home would be a perversion - but it hasn’t been ruled out

Only Galway in 2019 can say they lost out in the round-robin unluckily

In an effort to avoid the maligned turnover, goalkeepers become a Get out of Jail card – but at what cost?

The Irish-born players on the team walked away from GAA teams to move to New York, where emigrating is never an easy decision

For people who grew up watching their counties lose as soon as they came up against decent Leinster or Munster sides, these are heady days

Sponsors would still get a bang for their buck if emphasis was shifted to the final round of league fixtures

Results suggest Meath boss O’Rourke may have to opt for a more pragmatic approach but McStay’s long-term hunch about O’Shea’s best position appears to be well-founded

The games are a pale shadow of what hurling can be, but analyst and coach Jamie Wall has some ingenious ideas to revive the league

Football seemed stuck, but now more and more teams are embracing a less risk-averse version of the game, and it’s Dublin who are stuck

Former Armagh captain is well versed in the challenges faced by the modern intercounty player