Sean Treacy

There has been something of a lull in the decade of centenaries since 2016 but that tranquillity is likely to be disturbed in coming months. Novembe(...)

A woman who sheltered Dan Breen and Seán Treacy after the incident which started the War of Independence was eventually awarded a military pension. M(...)

Inquiring after my (still-missing) cat Pete Briquette recently, an anonymous but thoughtful reader sent me a poem by the late Michael Hartnett. This w(...)

A remarkable feature of Cardinal Desmond Connell’s funeral last week was the scarcity of public representatives. It was such a “small” affair for some(...)

From one perspective the burden of experience looks to favour the Kilkenny champions. All-Ireland finalists six seasons ago, they even retain a scatte(...)

Cuala (Dublin) 1-19 St Mullins (Carlow) 1-7 It hasn’t been an easy time for Dublin hurling manager Ger Cunningham lately and the sight of Con O’Calla(...)

Galway 0-21 Dublin 0-19 Tony Ward’s Galway set up a novel Bord Gáis Energy All-Ireland U21 hurling final against Waterford on September 10th as they(...)

The intercounty hurling spotlight shines on Thurles again this weekend where the under-21 semi-finals take place on Saturday evening. Last Saturday n(...)

The Young Scientists’ Exhibition was in the news in mid January on the same week that former Tipperary physiotherapist John Casey threw out a question(...)

On March 31st 1976, an armed gang carried out a mail train robbery at Sallins, Co Kildare, seizing IR£200,000. Here is an early report of the heist as(...)