I'll always recall this picture from A Season of Sundays '99 of Nickie Quaid, playing for Ireland v Scotland in an U12 hurling/shinty game. Guarding such a large goal probably helped to improve his anticipation skills, displayed so brilliantly today
The black jersey which Cork hurlers will wear against Limerick on Sunday, with the footballers wearing black against Derry a week later.
It commemorates Tomás Mac Curtain and Terence MacSwiney, both of whom died in 1920 while Lord Mayor of Cork
Such a crying shame that Love Island is over for another year, everything crammed into eight weeks, the schools not even back, and now the other shows are given the rest of the year for themselves when so much more could be put into promoting LI and growing the dating game
This picture, taken by Kieran Clancy, featured in the Irish Examiner on this day 21 years ago - David Stringer and Morgan O'Gara, brothers of Peter and Ronan, who were playing for
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against St Nessan's in the Munster Schools Senior Cup
Larry Tompkins and Tomás Mulcahy bring the Sam Maguire and Liam MacCarthy Cups respectively to the altar prior as Teddy McCarthy’s funeral Mass begins and the congregation erupts in applause
Don’t be afraid to be ambitious with your new year’s resolutions.
If proof were needed of what can be done in a short space of time, look at all of the people who became experts in epidemiology in 2020
Most people in Ireland watching France hammer the Netherlands now and fearing the worst for Monday night while simultaneously there’s a small part at the back of the brain saying, “You know something, we could take the Dutch”
My favourite example of a player being undeservedly booed is from 2002, when inoffensive Denmark player Peter Madsen had his every touch barracked at Lansdowne Road because the announcer incorrectly identified him as Peter Lovenkrands, who was with Rangers at the time
Cork’s win today means that they are among the last eight counties in contention for the All-Ireland SFC for the fourth straight year.
The only other counties to manage this are Dublin and Mayo.
Please do not respond to this fact with technicalities.
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The loss of Paudie Palmer is tragic and incredibly sad for his family and friends.
His commentary was the stuff of legend and one game involving his adopted club
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perfectly encapsulates his blend of humour and quick thinking.
President Higgins doesn't seem to bother meeting teams before All-Ireland semi-finals any more - he hasn't done it since 2018, when *checks notes* coincidentally there was also a presidential election
Breaking - the GAA is set to announce the immediate suspension of club games at all levels across the island of Ireland. Club social centres and bars are to close too
The All Blacks played 18 matches on their 1978 Tour of Britain and Ireland, winning 17 and losing one.
40 years ago today....“It’s over, Munster have won! History has been made and the All Blacks have been defeated!”
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It's nearly 3pm on a Monday in mid-June of an even-numbered year that's indivisible by four.
I'm sitting on my couch but a World Cup group game isn't magically coming on, please help
I know it’s early so this is a big call but I don’t think I’ll learn a better piece of trivia today than this: in
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’s most recent intermediate hurling championship game, their goals were scored by Conor O’Brien and Brian O’Connor
Always superb in interviews so it almost shouldn't need to be said but definitely a cut above the usual from a manager whose team have won so dramatically, not least talking about ref and Paul O'Shea
Bainisteoir Peile fé 20
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Keith Ricken ag caint le
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tar-éis an cluiche iontach vs Ciarraí - Passionate words from Keith Ricken after their dramatic win over
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this evening in Páirc Uí Chaoimh
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Hated by everybody else due to a perceived unbearability when doing well but you can't argue with them reaching a final, even if they haven't played perfectly at times. The fans are raucous but at least they care.
And anyway, that was last Sunday; England are in a final now too
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"Here's Hughie O'Donovan, he's been awesome tonight. On to Kevin Canty and he's awesome most nights.
"And now the ball is with [name removed to protect identity] and, well, he just thinks he's awesome."
That was Paudie - a rogue but never nasty.
Given the ‘I had the last laugh’ nature of Martin O’Neill’s autobiography, perhaps it’s not surprising that he doesn’t remember Mike Milligan’s reply to him, as recalled in Bryan Gunn’s book from 2006
Cork win the Munster minor football title, to go with the minor hurling and U20 football and hurling.
The county managed this in the U21 era in 1969, 1971 and 2005.
Cork footballers will face Meath and Cork hurlers will take on Galway at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Saturday, December 9 as part of a Teddy McCarthy tribute night, being run by Cork County Board and Sarsfields HC
This is Cork's first senior hurling championship win achieved by scoring more goals and fewer points than the opposition since a 1991 victory over Waterford by 2-10 to 0-13
Gareth Southgate should pay more attention to the GAA
A club midfielder can play corner-back for the county but it doesn’t really happen the other way around
Motion at Camogie Congress on the addition of shorts to acceptable playing attire beaten by 55pc to 45pc. Hard to see who would have lost out from such a development being passed
The
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cover date is always a Saturday so the one for the new edition is one of the most perfect you could wish for (other fertilisers are available)
Because of Uefa sponsorship rules, we’ll have to pretend Aviva Stadium isn’t really called that for Euro 2028 (as with 2011 EL final).
I can’t help but feel that there’s a better name for a ground in that precise location than Dublin Arena
Very sad news about the passing of Eamonn Ryan, a man who did so much for Gaelic sport of all codes in Cork but especially ladies' football, helping to win ten All-Irelands in 11 years.
He always made the point that "sacrifices" were actually "winning choices"
The emotion shown by Peter O'Mahony today is the perfect response to those who say that project players don't care.
Here's someone born and raised in Cork time spent in Limerick made him eligible for Ireland and he has given his all for them
“Hey, look at this video I took of Jonathan Sexton kicking a conversion when I was in the Aviva.”
“Oh yeah, I saw it actually. On TV. Broadcast quality.”
I'm old enough to remember when Liverpool - the reigning European champions, let's not forget - were being written off last summer because they didn't sign anyone
It seems hard to believe but Ballyhale Shamrocks v Borris-Ileigh will be the first-ever Kilkenny-Tipperary meeting in the All-Ireland senior club hurling final
My mother has dementia and in 2019 I wanted to see if I could get the recording of her 1995 appearance on Where in The World? from the RTÉ Archives.
Unfortunately, high demand meant they couldn't fulfil the request. A pity that there was no money to hire an extra researcher
Clare’s draw with Limerick means that a win for Cork against Tipperary next Sunday will guarantee third place in the Munster SHC as they would have the head-to-head advantage over Waterford
Fitting that Cork City and Cobh Ramblers should be playing on the day of Pat McAuliffe’s passing.
This section of the Turner’s Cross pressbox was his fiefdom, hard to imagine anyone else there
Pat McAuliffe was the voice on the PA at Turner's Cross when I first attended Cork City games and I was later lucky to work in his presence.
Always friendly, courteous and helpful and he'd usually have a good stat or two that nobody else would have thought of.