Jimmy Barry Murphy
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The Backdoor: The game’s evolving – lump it in high
- Gaelic Games
- July 15, 2019, 13:04
A welcome return 2019 will henceforth be known as the summer of resurrection, the restoration of a dying breed, the return of one of the greatest sig(...)

Daniel Kearney undaunted as he sets high targets for Cork
- Gaelic Games
- October 19, 2018, 06:00
It was another ultimately disappointing summer for the Cork hurlers. For the third time in five years, they won the Munster title and lost the subs(...)

Unique glory of hurling shown in ‘The Game’
- Hurling
- July 20, 2018, 06:37
Croke Park at sunset. “Hurling’s a game for the gods, and gods played,” croons Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh, 87 years young, as Waterford’s sideline cut t(...)

Dual players should be celebrated, not driven away
- Other Sports
- July 19, 2018, 06:00
The last weekend in camogie and football kind of reminded me of a speech by Michael Healy-Rae in the Dáil. There have been loads of weird, wild, wacky(...)

Darren Sweetnam arrives as the sum of all his sporting parts
- International
- November 13, 2017, 07:30
Sometimes it is the nature of the journey from here to there that defines how it was you got there in the first place. Sometimes what seems like the e(...)

Why Mayo’s final defeats are more keenly felt than Galway’s
- Gaelic Games
- September 12, 2017, 06:01
Mayo face into the possibility of a fourth All-Ireland final defeat in six years on Sunday. Whereas the disappointment for the county in losing eigh(...)

Seánie McGrath cautions restraint ahead of Munster hurling final
- Hurling
- July 7, 2017, 06:13
Sunday in Thurles has a whole vault of echoes for Seánie McGrath with Cork back in a Munster hurling final, against Clare. He was part of Jimmy Barry-(...)

Donncha O’Callaghan named Cork Person of the Month
- Irish News
- May 29, 2017, 21:43
It may not have been a great weekend for Munster, who were trounced in the final of the Guinness Pro12 by Llanelli Scarlets, but for one of the provin(...)

GAA auctions of memorabilia coincide with finals
- Fine Art & Antiques
- September 3, 2016, 04:00
Two September auctions timed to coincide with this month’s All-Ireland hurling and football finals are filled with items of interest to collectors of (...)

Tributes paid to former Cork hurler John Horgan
- Hurling
- June 12, 2016, 17:21
Warm tributes were paid this weekend to former All-Ireland winning Cork and Blackrock hurler John Horgan who passed away on Friday at his family home (...)