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Hurling
Follow our interviews, analysis, match reports and liveblogs from the 2023 provincial championships before the cream of the crop battle it out for Liam MacCarthy in the 2023 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.
The Dodger: DJ Carey & the Great Betrayal - A forensic look at an unusual rise and fall
Eimear Ní Bhraonáin interviews several people taken in by hurler’s lies, many of whom were not part of court case
Hurling round-up: Clough-Ballacolla set up tasty semi against Henry Shefflin’s Shamrocks
Win eased by red for Castletown-Geoghegan’s Peter Clarke; Naas topple Mount Leinster Rangers
‘The sessions are like a maths exam’: Managing the club-intercounty training balance
The pattern of elite clubs looking for managers and coaches with intercounty experience is ingrained now – but at what point does playing for your local side stop being fun?
‘Get shtuck into him!’: Gaelic identities meet at shinty-hurling clash of the ash
Roots celebrated - and a few slaps thrown - as Ireland and Scotland face off in Inverness
Ireland head to Inverness looking to keep momentum going against Scotland
Ireland travel to Scotland this weekend for the first time in seven years hoping to win three in a row
Na Fianna put in marathon effort and live to see another hurling county final
Ballyboden St Enda’s beaten by Lucan Sarsfields dashing harboured hopes of double of senior crowns
Old Parish by Ciarán Murphy: Finding out what hurling’s all about, with gusto
An enjoyable tale of participatory sports journalism, supplemented with social history
Ciarán Murphy: Everyone has admiration for dual clubs, but it’s not easy
Switching focus week in week out can take its toll
‘My first day back at work after the All-Ireland I thought, ‘Oh my God, it’s all over, and I just want to go back’
In elite sports, the transition from thundering stadiums and euphoric wins to ordinary life can be traumatic
Ninety Championship appearances, 32 goals and 683 points: Patrick Horgan’s career in pictures
Eighteen pictures for 18 seasons in Rebel red
‘If I were to take up hurling now, at 41 years of age, how bad could I possibly be?’
Book extract from Old Parish, Ciaran Murphy’s account of taking up Ireland’s national game as a late (very late) starter
Turning my old GAA programmes into a book: From treasured games to elusive collectors’ items
The inspiration behind the creation of a new visual compendium of over 100 years of GAA programme covers
John McGrath on storming back to form in a season to remember: ‘I probably was frustrated having not seen game time’
Having started a first championship match in two years, McGrath’s goal scoring drove Tipperary to a memorable All-Ireland
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