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Tailteann Cup: Leitrim edge out Longford
Tailteann Cup Round 2 LEITRIM 2-12 LONGFORD 0-17 By Deniese O'Flaherty A pointed free from Barry McNulty, in stoppage time, saw Leitrim record a narrow one point win over neighbours Longford in the Tailteann Cup at Glennon Brothers Pearse Park. The sides were on level terms three times in the
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Joe McDonagh Cup: Offaly power past Kerry into Final
Joe McDonagh Cup
OFFALY 3-24 KERRY 0-15
By Kevin Egan at Glenisk O’Connor Park
40 minutes of competitive hurling was followed by a 30 minute landslide in Tullamore this afternoon, as Offaly outscored Kerry by 2-12 to 0-3 in the last half hour to ease their way back into the
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Tailteann Cup: Laois resist late Wicklow charge
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LAOIS 0-11 WICKLOW 0-10
Laois just about held on for a one-point victory over Wicklow in a tight and tense Tailteann Cup tussle at Aughrim.
They had to overcome a slow start to do so, because it was the home team who set the pace in the early
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Round-up: Saturday's Ring, Rackard, and Meagher Cups action
The Christy Ring, Nickey Rackard and Lory Meagher Cup finalists have been decided after the last round of the groups took place on Saturday.
Christy Ring Cup
Kildare are still in contention for a third Christy Ring Cup title in the space of five years after they emerged from an
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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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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