I have covered 32 All-Ireland hurling finals for The Irish Times – a lot has changed in the game
From early years watching uplifting breakthroughs to marvelling at the power of the juggernauts
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.
Micheál Donoghue on Galway’s reinvention: ‘These boys took to it really, really well’
‘The lads recognised that we were doing something different; their enthusiasm came from that’
Great teams win. It is what we expect, even when the victories look different
Refreshing the Limerick hurling team without it losing its core identity has been a skilful piece of management by John Kiely
How Christy Ring’s All-Ireland medal found a home in an Augustinian church
The eight-time All-Ireland winner donated his final Celtic cross to St Augustine’s Church in Cork City
Henry Shefflin faces uphill task in Kilkenny with need to both improve and innovate
Much will depend on the management team that is assembled, but the worry is that Cats are lacking in young quality players
Johnny Pilkington: ‘People think I was hard to manage and in one way I probably was’
It’s easy to forget how good Pilkington was. He was part of a beautiful team that were hurling’s last punks
Chris Dunne hat-trick helps goal-hungry Tipperary down Cork and book spot in minor hurling final
Tipperary will face Limerick in the All-Ireland final in a fortnight’s time after they proved too strong for Galway
Eddie Gibbons: ‘The Clare game is a good opportunity to put things right’
Dublin goalkeeper says Munster teams are often ‘put on a pedestal’ compared to Leinster sides
Hurling’s professional age: Novel shines light on a forgotten Ireland 216 years removed
Hurling 1810 is Conor Power’s first foray into fiction writing and comes 18 years after book about his famous father
Cork are 100% All-Ireland contenders again this year, says Patrick Horgan
But first Rebels must face Limerick in Munster hurling final at Páirc Uí Chaoimh
Derek Lyng steps down as Kilkenny senior hurling manager
Departure comes in wake of Cats’ Leinster championship elimination
World Cup $98 train tickets versus value of a hurling match
It makes me fully appreciate the wonderful sporting occasion in Parnell Park
If Kilkenny get into a Leinster final, would you bet against them?
The general feeling is Dublin will never have a better chance of beating the Cats, but I find it hard to buy into that
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Brian Hayes hopes injured Cork team-mate Rob Downey will return to play in coming weeks
Downey suffered ankle ligament damage during win against Limerick last month
An astonishing thing about men and women in sport
The difference can be enjoyable if you have a mind to appreciate it
Who will win the All-Ireland? Denis Walsh previews 2026 hurling championship
Limerick the favourites but their Munster foes will each wish to take their swing
Man who assaulted umpire at underage GAA match given suspended sentence
Michael Kelly (41) came at victim with his arms swinging after his son got into verbal disagreement with umpire, court hears
My friend Michael Lyster met life on his own terms
Michael met life on his own terms, often swept up in the lightness of story telling without taking himself seriously
‘A stupid split-second decision’: Apology offered to umpire assaulted during minor hurling match
Concussion and other injuries sustained by official were not caused by Michael Kelly (41)
Tipperary’s Darragh McCarthy out to extend winning streak in hurling’s field of dreams
The 20-year-old forward has had three wins out of three appearances in Croke Park, two of them All-Irelands
‘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
Wexford hurlers pin their promotion hopes on victory over Clare
A loss in Cusack Park could prove a fatal blow to the Model County’s aim to secure promotion spot in Division 1B
Six Irish sport stars will become sporting diplomats for country
Failure to play Israel Nations League fixture would primarily disadvantage Ireland, says Minister for Sport
Motion to restore All-Ireland minor deciders as senior finals curtain raisers to go to GAA congress
Push for football final to be in second week of August also among motions at meeting
‘Home Rule in athletics’: Ray Burke on the GAA’s ‘ban on foreign games’
The ban survived the Civil War and was rarely challenged at conventions, enabling the GAA to avoid splits
Books in brief: Benbecula; Evolution of Telecommunications; Hurling 1810
Dark, twisty fare from the Hebrides; Ireland’s place in telecoms history; and small ball meets Big House
Cork’s Pat Ryan: ‘I knew I was running on empty. I’ve only had two nights of unbroken sleep in the last year’
The former Cork manager reflects on ‘the worst year of his life’, but knows that hurling will play a vital part in the healing process
‘Liam would love to fix that’: Tipp aim for elusive NHL title as All-Ireland champions
Defeat in 2017 final to Galway is furthest Tipp have travelled in league as champions since 1965
Declan Hannon: ‘I’ll be interested to see how Limerick bounce back’
The most decorated hurling captain of all time is coming to terms with intercounty retirement
Even for great players like Mo Salah, the end can come suddenly and without warning
The Liverpool player’s precipitous drop in form and output is not an unusual phenomenon in sport
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?
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