Limerick 38 Cork 30 John Fallon reports from Fenway Park ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONS Limerick rounded off a glorious year by capturing the Aer Lingus Fenway Hurling “Limerick beat Cork as 12,674 turn out in Boston for Fenway Classic final”
Month: September 2021
‘It’s been a crusade really for this team’ – Ballygunner’s Munster breakthrough after 17-year wait
WHEN BALLYGUNNER REACHED the Munster club hurling summit for the first time in 2001, Fergal Hartley was at the heart of the action as a “‘It’s been a crusade really for this team’ – Ballygunner’s Munster breakthrough after 17-year wait”
‘A true gentleman’, ‘made the world a better place’ – tributes pour in for Weeshie Fogarty
KERRY GAA IS in mourning following the death of legendary Radio Kerry broadcaster Fogarty who sadly passed away over the weekend. Fogarty was inducted into the “‘A true gentleman’, ‘made the world a better place’ – tributes pour in for Weeshie Fogarty”
Dublin All-Ireland football winner hits 3-3 from play in first senior club hurling start in Leinster semi-final
JUST 90 SECONDS into the 2016 AIB All-Ireland club football final, Colm Basquel danced through the Castlebar Mitchels defence and fired a screamer to the “Dublin All-Ireland football winner hits 3-3 from play in first senior club hurling start in Leinster semi-final”
‘Maybe it was one battle too many’ – after 12 wins and 4 titles, Na Piarsaigh’s Munster run comes to an end
IT STARTED OUT against Ballygunner back in 2011 and ultimately it was the same opponents that brought the run to an end seven years later. “‘Maybe it was one battle too many’ – after 12 wins and 4 titles, Na Piarsaigh’s Munster run comes to an end”
‘I was standing over there bawling my eyes out. Just to actually get here and to get up the steps, it’s indescribable.’
Stephen O’Keeffe was joint captain for Ballygunner’s victory. Source: Morgan Treacy/INPHO TALES FROM THURLES on club afternoons for Stephen O’Keeffe. In 2009 he was a “‘I was standing over there bawling my eyes out. Just to actually get here and to get up the steps, it’s indescribable.’”
Player Watch: Rory Beggan’s impact as a forward in dramatic Ulster semi-final comeback
2018 HAS BEEN an unforgettable year for Rory Beggan. Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO The Monaghan netminder picked up his first All-Star earlier this month on the “Player Watch: Rory Beggan’s impact as a forward in dramatic Ulster semi-final comeback”
Changes on the way for Kerry squad as new boss Keane shakes things up ahead of 2019
AFTER A SPATE of recent retirements, the Kerry football squad is set for further changes with four established players reportedly not in Peter Keane’s plans “Changes on the way for Kerry squad as new boss Keane shakes things up ahead of 2019”
Philip Mahony: ‘If we never won Munster, it would have stuck with me until the day I die’
AS A YOUNGSTER Philip Mahony remembers the impression left by witnessing Ballygunner reach the Munster hurling summit back in 2001. It was a feat he “Philip Mahony: ‘If we never won Munster, it would have stuck with me until the day I die’”
GAA chief on Fenway Classic – ‘It’s important these things wash their face, that they pay for themselves’
GAA PRESIDENT JOHN Horan says he sees a future for the Aer Lingus Fenway Hurling Classic as long it pays for itself and doesn’t impact “GAA chief on Fenway Classic – ‘It’s important these things wash their face, that they pay for themselves’”