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Electric Ireland Leinster MHC: Kilkenny and Dublin to contest final
Electric Ireland Leinster MHC semi-final DUBLIN 1-17 WEXFORD 2-10 KILKENNY 4-18 GALWAY 1-12 It was the most popular pairing of the 2010s, when six of the ten Electric Ireland Leinster MHC finals saw Kilkenny take on Dublin. That partnership will be renewed next weekend after Kilkenny and Dublin overcame Galway
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All-Ireland SFC: Gritty Galway prevail
All-Ireland SFC Group One
Galway 2-14 Derry 0-15
By Billy Coss at Pearse Stadium
Second half goals from Seán Kelly and Céin D'Arcy were the key scores as Galway made a winning start to Group One of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship against 14-man Derry in Salthill this evening.
Already
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Leinster SHC: Kilkenny win thriller
Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Kilkenny 1-28 Dublin 2-23
By Paul Keane at Parnell Park
Eoin Cody, just back in the Kilkenny team after injury, proved his worth to the Cats yet again with a dramatic late match-winning goal to secure top spot in the Leinster SHC table.
A terrific Parnell
21 HR AGO
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All-Ireland SFC: Mayo triumph in Castlebar
All-Ireland SFC Group Two
Mayo 0-20 Cavan 1-8
By Kevin Egan at Hastings Insurance MacHale Park
A last second injury that saw team captain Paddy Durcan carried off was the only black mark on an otherwise comfortable evening for Mayo in Castlebar, as they eased to victory over a lacklustre
21 HR AGO
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All-Ireland SFC: Cork register victory in Ennis
All-Ireland SFC Group Three
Cork 1-13 Clare 1-11
By Eoin Brennan at Cusack Park
Cork’s experienced bench came to their rescue to ignite their All-Ireland Senior Football Championship challenge in front of 3,262 in Cusack Park, Ennis.
Having seen a six point advantage eventually reeled in by hosts Clare entering
20 HR AGO
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Wexford captain Coleman doing his family proud
By John Harrington
It really is true that you never know what someone else is going through.
Wexford football team captain Liam Coleman attended the launch of the Tailteann Cup this week in Croke Park and he couldn’t have been more accommodating.
He was thoughtful and forthcoming in his interviews
09 May 2024
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Record-breaking Foley as hungry as ever
By John Harrington
If you didn’t know Darragh Foley, you might have expected him to ride off into the sunset after Carlow’s season ended in 2023, content with a record-breaking inter-county career spanning 14 seasons.
After all, last year he became the county’s highest ever scorer, with a monstrous tally
08 May 2024
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Clare footballer Ikem Ugwueru hopes to inspire others
By John Harrington
It’s quite common nowadays for sportspeople to have something of meaning written on a wrist strapping or even the back of their hand before they go out to compete.
It could be a key performance indicator they’re chasing, a message that refocuses them in a moment of
30 April 2024
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Neil McManus hopes Unionists will come to embrace Gaelic games
By John Harrington
In a way, Neil McManus is a child of The Troubles.
He grew up in Cushendall on the North Coast of Antrim, but his family is originally from a mainly Protestant area of Belfast
Such were the intimidatory times, they were among thousands of Catholics who felt
26 April 2024