U-21 is a strange grade. At one level it is perhaps the most important age group of all because any [...]
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IT MUSTN’T be a lovely experience being a Cork footballer, despite the three in a row of National leagues and [...]
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STEVIE from Killeavy has now retired. Ironically, apart from the small matter of their fourth child coming along, the fact [...]
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NOW THAT the major schools GAA competitions are over, it is time to pay tribute to a group of people [...]
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IT MUST be a bit of a hassle for Gerard Rushe, the secretary of Crossmaglen Rangers having to ring the [...]
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IT’S HARD to believe that as we approach the last game of the National Football League, only one of the [...]
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LAST night, I spent the evening at the Odyssey for the Belfast Giants v Sheffield Steelers clash, the result of [...]
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LAST Sunday I had breakfast served by the players of Crossmaglen Rangers. Jamie Clarke brought it to our table on [...]
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DOWN versus Kerry. Any fixture that throws up these two counties should be a cracker. Both teams committed to playing [...]
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AS WE head into Spring and towards harder ground and training, things are beginning to shape up nicely within the [...]
Read More...I HAD a three year stint on the Railway Cup and have two medals (I think). It is such an [...]
Read More...I HADN’T intended to write about schemozzles today, having covered it in last week’s issue, and with Cross in action [...]
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THIS weekend, two small clubs from Armagh and Tyrone will line out in Croke Park for their All Ireland final. [...]
Read More...OVER the next four weeks, counties have been asked to put together a submission as to their proposals for the [...]
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I HAVE always had a regard for cricketer Andrew Flintoff. His career was the epitome of perseverance. It required a [...]
Read More...THIS week, the World Darts Championship started in the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green. No, wait! The World Darts [...]
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I’M NOT big into looking into the past (unless it’s September 2002). As the song goes; ‘What’s done is done, [...]
Read More...THERE are rumblings and rumours and speculation and gossip that perhaps, one day in the future, our 32 counties could [...]
Read More...STUFF. Only players know what stuff is. It’s the amalgam of gear, toiletries, dental protection, towels and miraculous medals that [...]
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AS EXPECTED, my humble piece on rule changes was picked up by a columnist in another newspaper last Friday and [...]
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