Gordon Manning

Gordon Manning

Gordon Manning is a sports journalist, specialising in Gaelic games, with The Irish Times

Donegal pose questions Kerry must answer in the championship

Lethargic Kingdom left Croke Park on Sunday glad ‘it’s only the league’

Donegal beat Kerry at their own game in dominating the kick-out battle

Early possession settled Jim McGuinness’s side in Division 1 decider

Weekend’s football league finals: Predictions, throw-in times and TV details, including Kerry v Donegal

Last year’s All-Ireland finalists meet again in Division 1 decider at Croke Park

Wexford get themselves back on the big stage with theatrical flourish

Captain Eoghan Nolan confident his team can deliver top-notch football drama following back-to-back promotion

Ireland player ratings: Dara O’Shea and Nathan Collins lead from the back

Chiedozie Ogbene and Troy Parrott had their moments during World Cup playoff defeat on penalties against the Czech Republic

Séamus Coleman: Ireland’s Mr Dependable will give it his all to make World Cup

Everton defender has stuffed so much credit in the bank that his lack of game-time at club level is not expected to be an issue

If not Troy Parrott, then who? Other Irish scoring threats against the Czech Republic

Robbie Brady has the best goal record of 10 outside of Parrott, while Evan Ferguson with eight goals is missed

Harvey Vale’s Ireland call-up may seem out of the blue, but it’s years in the making

Attacking midfielder started taking steps towards Irish citizenship during the Covid pandemic

‘You’re after getting yourself on page three’: Ireland fan from famous photo heads back to Prague

Globetrotting Karl McGrath heads for Czech capital to cheer on Boys in Green for World Cup qualifier

John Egan: ‘I think everyone knows how much playing for Ireland means to me’

Cork man’s persistence and training helped him return to the squad after a two-year gap in a career renaissance period

Something for everyone at the Athletic Grounds as Armagh and Kerry play out thrilling draw

Kieran McGeeney’s side retain top-flight status after Dublin lost to Galway in Salthill

Mark Dowd looking like the right man at the right time for Roscommon

Victory in Mayo could help Roscommon reach their first Division One National Football League final in 45 years

Twenty-six teams with something to play for in the final round of the National Football League

Jim McGuinness and Jack O’Connor seem locked in a rivalry to show who cares less about the competition

Meath well on their way to promotion after two-point masterclass against Tyrone

Royals scored 3-21 from play, of which eight were two-pointers

‘She just snapped out of it’: How recordings of Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh are helping dementia patients

The Replay archive makes his All-Ireland senior finals commentary from 1985 to 2010 available online

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