By Cian O'Connell There is something about sport in Moycullen. Accomplished GAA players have been sprinkled across successful Galway teams at every level. In other codes, Moycullen natives have flourished as soccer players, basketballers, and rowers. The Russells, Fiona Murtagh, and Vinny Faherty, to merely name a few, have contributed

By John Harrington If you travel through the village of Clarina on the south-west outskirts of Limerick, you may well feel a sense of optimism in the air. The fortunes of Ballybrown GAA club have always been a weathervane for the mood of the locality, and they have a fair

By John Harrington When Kilkenny defeated Galway in the 2015 All-Ireland SHC hurling final it was the 11th time they had lifted the Liam MacCarthy Cup in the span of 16 years. Eight of those All-Ireland titles were won in the 10 years running up to and including 2015, and

By Cian O'Connell Timing is everything in sport. The Hurling Nua initiative is capturing the imagination in Wicklow with eight clubs active participants. Hurling has always been on the agenda for Liam MacCuirc. Having occupied a central role in the Cumann Báire Setanta story in Dublin, MacCuirc commenced working a