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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
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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
19 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
18 HR AGO
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All-Ireland SFC: Impressive Kerry triumph
All-Ireland SFC Group Four
Kerry 0-24 Monaghan 1-11
By Paul Brennan at Fitzgerald Stadium
Kerry ambled to a 10-point win over Monaghan to get the Kingdom's All-Ireland SFC Group Four campaign off to a winning start, a win that might have been expected, though not, perhaps, quite as easy as
19 HR AGO
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Joe McDonagh Cup: Laois march on
Joe McDonagh Cup
Laois 4-31 Down 0-17
By Alan Hartnett at Laois Hire O'Moore Park
Laois are through to the Joe McDonagh Cup final with a game to spare following an emphatic victory at home to Down.
Despite a slow start which saw Willie Maher's charges fail to score for
22 HR AGO
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Tailteann Cup: Antrim edge out Wexford
Tailteann Cup Group Two
Antrim 1-15 Wexford 0-17
By Ronan Fagan at Chadwicks Wexford Park
Antrim have a showdown with Sligo next weekend in a battle for a summit finish in Group Two of the Tailteann Cup after denying Wexford at Chadwicks Wexford Park on Saturday.
An early goal from
21 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