WHEN HIS EIGHT-month old baby, PhD studies, lecturing job and playing career with the All-Ireland club champions are factored into the equation, it’s a wonder “‘That night I couldn’t sleep thinking about it. It lit a fire in me and I couldn’t quench it’”
Month: September 2021
‘I looked at my mother, she was in bits. I was like, ‘Will you pull yourself together, woman!”
THE OUTPOUR OF emotion afterwards showed just how much it meant. Galway captain Sarah Dervan. Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO There were tears — of joy — “‘I looked at my mother, she was in bits. I was like, ‘Will you pull yourself together, woman!””
‘They were going to the gym and doing weights and that was absolutely unheard of back then’
BY THE TIME Sinéad Millea came into the Kilkenny senior camogie panel, the county was coming to the end of one of the longest winning “‘They were going to the gym and doing weights and that was absolutely unheard of back then’”
Birthday girl Diggin stars as Kerry claim first All-Ireland junior camogie title
Kerry 0-11 Limerick 0-8 BIRTHDAY GIRL PATRICE Diggin scored five points and won player of the match honours, while Sara Murphy backed up a powerful defensive “Birthday girl Diggin stars as Kerry claim first All-Ireland junior camogie title”
Incredible comeback as Greville inspires Westmeath to second All-Ireland crown in three years
Westmeath 1-11 Galway 1-9 AN INCREDIBLE SECOND-HALF comeback which epitomises their meteoric rise through the ranks, Westmeath were crowned All-Ireland intermediate champions at Croke Park “Incredible comeback as Greville inspires Westmeath to second All-Ireland crown in three years”
Galway lift first All-Ireland camogie title since 2013 and inflict further decider pain on Kilkenny
Galway 3-14 Kilkenny 0-17 Player of the Match Niamh Kilkenny was immense for Galway. Source: Bryan Keane/INPHO A FIRST ALL-IRELAND title since 2013 for Galway, “Galway lift first All-Ireland camogie title since 2013 and inflict further decider pain on Kilkenny”
‘Today is huge for Galway camogie, we don’t win too many’ – Tribe boss Murray
– Emma Duffy reports from Croke Park IT MUST BE pretty difficult to sum up the feeling of winning an All-Ireland title. Victorious Galway manager “‘Today is huge for Galway camogie, we don’t win too many’ – Tribe boss Murray”
‘We’ve lost so many All-Irelands here, maybe that fear just held our girls back’
– Emma Duffy reports from Croke Park Click Here: Juventus soccer tracksuit ‘DÉJA VU,’ KILKENNY boss Ann Downey says after another crushing All-Ireland senior camogie “‘We’ve lost so many All-Irelands here, maybe that fear just held our girls back’”
‘You’re not going to get a Jim Gavin from me’ – Westmeath celebrate remarkable rise to senior ranks
GALWAY TOOK THE main senior prize on offer but it was also a momentous occasion on All-Ireland camogie final day for both Westmeath and Kerry “‘You’re not going to get a Jim Gavin from me’ – Westmeath celebrate remarkable rise to senior ranks”
‘I had my 87-year-old Granny out there with me so this one’s for her. It’s a dream come true’
A DREAM COME true on the biggest stage. Ailish O’Reilly celebrates with her grandmother, Mary O’Reilly. Source: James Crombie/INPHO The outpour of emotion as the “‘I had my 87-year-old Granny out there with me so this one’s for her. It’s a dream come true’”