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Round-up: Wednesday's EirGrid Connacht U20 Championship action
EirGrid Connacht U20 Football Championship Mayo 0-16 Galway 2-6 Sligo 0-9 Roscommon 0-9 Mayo finished with a real flourish to defeat Galway at Hastings Insurance MacHale Park. Trailing 2-6 to 0-9 early in the second half, Mayo subsequently reeled off seven points on the spin to claim the spoils. Darragh
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Round-up: Wednesday's Electric Ireland Leinster MFC action
Electric Ireland Leinster MFC
Louth 1-10 Westmeath 0-11
Kildare 1-18 Meath 1-6
Longford 2-13 Offaly 1-9
Wexford 3-18 Carlow 2-11
Dublin 5-13 Laois 1-11
Cillian McQuillan and Brendan Cassidy scored late points as Louth defeated Westmeath.
The midlanders' had led 0-11 to 0-7 in the closing stages, but Andrew O'Reilly's
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Football's sleeping giants Down are on the up again
By John Harrington
This is a good week for Down football.
Their senior team play Westmeath in the Allianz Football League Division 3 Final on Saturday, and earlier in the day their minors play Derry in the Ulster League Final.
A good chunk of their senior panel are graduates of
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Cormac Costello relishing Dublin journey
By Cian O’Connell
Demonstrating resilience has been central in Cormac Costello’s career.
Responding to setbacks and injuries, Costello remains a valuable figure in a Dublin panel busy preparing for Sunday’s Allianz Football League Division One Final against Derry at Croke Park.
The Whitehall Colmcilles clubman hopes to be available following
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2024 Táin Óg Hurling League gets under way this weekend
By John Harrington
The 2024 Táin Óg Hurling League commences this weekend when the U-16 competition gets under way.
What began solely as an U-13 competition now has three age-groups – U-14, U-16, U-18 – with the player pathway completed by the rapidly growing Cúchulainn hurling league for adult club
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Down hurling building on solid foundations
By John Harrington
Their Allianz Hurling League Division 2A Final defeat to Westmeath was disappointing, especially the 19 wides they hit, but perspective still comes easily for Down hurling team manager, Ronan Sheehan.
He’s been working hard at the coal-face of hurling in the Mourne County for the last number
13 April 2022
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A thriving club and a European hub
By Kevin Egan
29 years ago this June, the Irish people voted to allow the Dáil to ratify the Maastricht Treaty, a European Union treaty that introduced European Citizenship and allowed for greater freedom of movement across state borders.
The Treaty was officially designed to “safeguard the common values, fundamental
01 April 2021
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Following in the footsteps
By Kevin Egan
Through the gaelic games world there are stories of children growing up with parents who have achieved great feats on the field of play, which in turn inspires those children to reach for the stars themselves. When Nicky Quaid was selected on the 2020 PwC hurling All-Stars
30 March 2021
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The GAA Gene - The Kilkennys
The GAA is built on tradition, and there is nothing more traditional in Gaelic Games than great family dynasties.
Trace the history of any county team in Gaelic Football or Hurling and you’ll see the same surnames consistently reappearing as you move back through the decades.
In our series –
12 July 2019