When Down’s 1960 All-Ireland victory brought down barriers

Protestants and Catholics travelled to Croke Park and celebrated side-by-side in Newry

Favourite sporting moment? It’s a bit like choosing your favourite child . . .

In the first of a new series Seán Moran explains how difficult it can be choosing just one moment

GAA pays tribute to the late Eamonn Burns

Team-mate James McCartan remembers an elegant and committed Down man

Seán Moran: Down v Meath 1991 - getting to the heart of modern football

Players commemorate famous All-Ireland 28 years on but with an eye on their health

Aidan O’Rourke’s appointment as Roscommon manager delayed

Former Armagh All-Ireland winner was expected to be ratified at a meeting on Monday

A 12-year old’s autograph book offers insight into halcyon GAA days

Former stars responded to simple request from a Leitrim schoolboy throughout 1960s

Seán Moran: Rochford not first manager to put faith in re-creationism

Necessity has often been the mother of reinvention for All-Ireland-winning teams

Down all the days with Tyrone: Scenes from a still bubbling northern rivalry

Former player and manager James McCartan remembers the days against Tyrone

Down facing likelihood of relegation to Division Three

Danny Hughes pessimistic as Mourne men face difficult must-win fixture away to Cork

Martin Clarke's retirement is a sadness for everyone interested in football

Sean Moran: Illness compels former Australian rules star to curtail career

Ciarán Murphy: What happens on All-Ireland day reverberates for life

It’s a powerful thing that on All-Ireland day the winners from 25 years before are presented

Vintage Colm Cooper back to his mercurial best

Whether creating scores or taking them, Kerry have their ace in the pack back

Queen’s appeal to DRA over ban on Ciarán O’Hanlon

Sigerson Cup furore over Armagh player being ruled ineligible to line out for college

Donegal to take advantage of late championship start

Frank McGlynn believes winter camp in Tenerife will boost chances of success

Eamonn Burns appointed Down senior football manager

Former senior manager James McCartan takes over county minors

Jim McGuinness: Kerry are tough, not nasty but they are tough

Mickey Harte’s side had their homework done but Kingdom’s self-belief saw them through

Papers served on ex-British army general 42 years after killing

Damages are sought from Frank Kitson over 1973 Belfast blast in which Eugene Heenan died

Liam Doyle set for Down retirement as Ambrose Rodgers remains undecided

Jim McCory will lose out on 15 years worth of experience as former captain calls it a day

Dave Billings says Sigerson restrictions are unnecessary

Experienced UCD officer says that under-21 championship and league schedules can be tweaked to ease pressure on young players

Benny Coulter calls time on Down inter-county career

Mayobridge player regarded as one of the great forwards in Gaelic football

How Ulster counties got it right the next time

Donegal are in the tradition of Tyrone and Down who regained All-Irelands after beingforced to reconstruct their challenges

Down manager James McCartan resigns

‘It has been a pleasure and a privilege to hold this position since my appointment in 2009’

Kildare grasp their opportunity to squeeze the life out of Down’s challenge

Jason Ryan’s charges show their promise with a convincing victory in Newry

Down much too strong for ouclassed Leitrim

Connacht minnows endure another drubbing in the qualifiers

Tyrone have more room for improvement

Despite home advantage Down will need to be at their very best to find a way past their Ulster rivals this time around

Mickey Harte mystified by referee's interpretation

We go out next week and I don’t know which set of rules we live by’

Barry Tierney and Tiernan McCann to make their championship debuts for Tyrone

Ex-minor star Kyle Coney also to start against Down while Mourne boss James McCartan opts for an experienced side

Down-beat times for the Ulster pioneers

One of football’s most influential counties, Down are struggling with the modern age they played a major role in creating

Conor Deegan downbeat about Down’s Ulster championship hopes

Former All-Ireland winning player believes size of panel will hamper county’s gameplan

Future of International Rules Series to become clearer within the next week

AFL response to GAA correspondence expected in the coming days

McGeeney to assist Grimley in Armagh

Armagh native heads for home as former selector Jason Ryan gets Kildare job

Down should repeat the dose against Derry

Their defence has tightened up considerably since that first encounter

Brian McIver adds Eoin Bradley to the Derry attack

Star forward had been struggling with a shoulder injury

‘We came here to win the game,’ says disappointed Down manager James McCartan

Jim McGuinness had the look of a man who knew this was far from Donegal’s finest performance

Failure of underage talent to make the senior grade a worry for Down and McCartan as they prepare to face Donegal

County has haemorrhaged some promising talent in the past decade

Down unlikely to halt imposing Donegal juggernaut

All-Ireland champions ready to maintain their impressive run of victories in Ulster

Mark Poland under no illusions about the looming threat of Donegal

Down centre-forward had best scoring day for three seasons against Derry

Down dig deep to outshoot Derry in a high-scoring, free-wheeling classic

James McCartan’s side overcome first-half wobbles to grab the spoils

James McCartan reaps reward for resisting temptation to tinker

Down manager happy with how his team turned performance around in second half

Clare and Down hint at brighter days as minnows continue to suffer dark ones

Westmeath and Waterford footballers left to nurse wounded pride following heavy defeats

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