Joe Brolly: Knockout football


IT was the summer of 2005. I was walking through the tunnel beneath Croke Park, past the dressing rooms and out through the coach exit, when there he was, standing big in the evening sun, bleached blonde hair, looking left and right. It was Owen Mulligan and the big man was restless. He saw me […]


Brolly: The second Hickey Prophecy


AND Moses said unto the people “Prepare for tomorrow and abstain from sexual relations.” And on the next morning, the third morning, Moses led the people out to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain and trembled as they waited. And God gave unto Moses, when he had made an […]