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St Patrick’s Day: spectators at last year’s Dublin parade. Photograph: Paul Faith/AFP/Getty
St Patrick’s Day: 21 events across Ireland for the bank holiday weekend

The forecast may not be great for this year’s St Patrick’s Day, but there are lots of events and other attractions, many indoors, to keep you entertai(...)

Colin Fennelly of Ballyhale Shamrocks at a promotional event for the forthcoming AIB Leinster club hurling final against Ballyboden St Enda’s. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho
Colin Fennelly eager to finish a frustrating year on a high

Colin Fennelly is in a familiar but unfamiliar world. His club Ballyhale Shamrocks are back on track, in hot pursuit of a first AIB Leinster hurling(...)

TJ Reid: series of impressive performances helped drive new-look Kilkenny to another league title. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho
No surprise as TJ Reid emerges to claim Shefflin’s mantle

It’s only two years ago that TJ Reid balked at comparisons between himself and Henry Shefflin, his club mate and former Kilkenny colleague. “I’ll nev(...)

Willie Duggan: a talisman for club, province and country. Photograph: Patrick Bolger/Inpho
Willie Duggan: A ferocious, ruthless rugby great
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William Patrick Duggan Born: March 12th, 1950 Died: August 28th, 2017 Willie Duggan, who has died aged 67, was an outstanding rugby player, among the(...)

A portrait of Henry Shefflin was unveiled in the National Gallery of Ireland on Monday. The painting by Tipperary born artist, Gerry Davis was commissioned as part of the Hennessy Portrait Prize 2016. Photograph: Maxwells
Henry Shefflin becomes first GAA player to have his portrait hung in National Gallery

The National Portrait Collection was established in 1884, the same year the GAA was founded. The collection was founded to recognise “eminent Irishm(...)

All-Ireland winners, the McGrath brothers – John, Noel and Brian – at the NDC stand with Ryan Tubridy.
Reaping the rewards: sports stars at the Ploughing

Had fate ordained otherwise, Henry Shefflin and the McGrath brothers would have been the fiercest of rivals in the recent All-Ireland senior hurling f(...)