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Book extract from Old Parish, Ciaran Murphy’s account of taking up Ireland’s national game as a late (very late) starter ...
The impact of stretching the All-Ireland championship would be to have the football final a week after the August bank ...
By John Harrington William Maher’s first six months in the GAA’s National Head of Hurling role have been nothing short of ...
It’s the fastest game on grass and, at 3,000 years old, widely considered to be one of the oldest field sports in the world. This is the Irish sport of hurling and, for the first time in almost two ...
All-Ireland hurling final weekend is approaching and this year's Croke Park decider will pit Cork against Munster neighbours Tipperary on Sunday 20 July. Cork were edged out by a single point, 3-29 to ...
HURLING’S All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals are set to be scrapped in time for the 2026 Championship. The Irish Examiner report that the upcoming Special Congress will almost certainly ...
Don’t change hurling or try to fix what’s not broken is the message that comes from Kilkenny legend Jackie Tyrrell but he does have serious concerns about the game’s lack of growth in many areas.
KILKENNY GAA has been plunged into mourning after the death of former minor and intermediate hurler Luke Harney. The Kilmacow ...
Analysis: The story of the Tailteann Games reveals how Irish identity is made, remade and sometimes forgotten. By Conor Heffernan, Ulster University. Next weekend, the Tailteann G ...
The goal of the sport is to outscore an opposing team by hitting a ball, called a sliotar, between two goalposts with a club ...
The series features stunning archive footage of Gaelic games and Irish society from the beginning of the 20th century.