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By Cian O’Connell It has been another action-packed year at the GAA Museum. The planning and plotting never stops, but that is all part of the fun. Julianne McKeigue, Events, Education and Retail Manager of the GAA Museum acknowledges that it has been a busy and rewarding time. A new

By John Harrington On the way back to Cork after their AIB All-Ireland Club SHC semi-final victory over Slaughtneil, the Sarsfields team bus stopped at the Killeshin Hotel in Portlaoise for a meal. Club Chairperson, Keith Mulcahy, was the first back on to the bus after everyone had been fed

By John Harrington Things can change very quickly in sport. Just look at Watergrasshill Hurling Club who are now just one win away from an All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Final. The same Watergrasshill who couldn’t buy a win in the Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship in 2023 and 2022. Over

By John Harrington The chance discovery of Gaelic football has ultimately been life-changing for Samuel Lagoa Blanco. He now plays for St. Peregrines GAA club in Dublin, but his Gaelic games journey began on the beaches of his native Fisterra in Galica, Spain. It was there he first kicked a

By John Harrington If you’re a GAA fan of a certain vintage you’re bound to know who ‘Effin Eddie’ is. In the days before people could go viral on the internet, Eddie Moroney became a video tape sensation for his commentary on his club Aherlow’s victory over Éire Óg Nenagh

By John Harrington Tristan Noack-Hofmann sums it up nicely by describing Arva’s AIB Ulster Club Intermediate football final semi-final win over Magheracloone last weekend as “the sort of thing you dream about as a kid”. Trailing by seven points (0-11 to 0-4) with as many minutes of normal time remaining,

By Cian O’Connell The Loughmore-Castleiney story continues with trademark passion and purpose. It has been another rewarding year filled with matches, memories, and a couple of senior county titles. Sunday’s AIB Munster Club SFC decider against Dr Crokes in Mallow is the next assignment for Shane Hennessy’s charges. Preparing for

By John Harrington Sometimes a painful break-up leads to reconciliation that produces an even stronger union. That’s certainly been the case for Tyrone club Errigal Ciarán who are the very happy mending of a previously broken relationship. The club was founded in 1990 as means of healing the divisions that