Aye Yer Ma

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Aye Yer Ma
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Foreign Games No Croker Return Shocker

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Foreign Games No Croker Return Shocker

No nay never no more. . . no more scenes like this at Croke Park. Buiochas le dia! ALTHOUGH lT’S normally considered polite to be asked into someone’s house before you refuse, the IRFU have stipulated that even though they haven’t been asked back to Croke Park, they won’t be going anyway. The news that [...]

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Shane Curran Wraps Himself in the Butcher’s Apron

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Shane Curran Wraps Himself in the Butcher’s Apron

Shane Curran Squats – Many’s a Northern Gael man adopted the same position thanks to Her Majesty’s generosity Sensational claims by former Roscommon goalkeepr Shane Curran, of British collaboration in the All Ireland successes of Tyrone and Armagh in recent years are thought not to be covered in any detail whatsoever in Mickey Harte’s forthcoming [...]

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Bury my Hurl at Wounded Knee

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Bury my Hurl at Wounded Knee

The first Sioux Hurling team. These boys took a few famous scalps. WITH ALL THE talk of one of Ireland’s leading institutions introducing a degree in hurling and of adding hurling to school curriculum, the question on everyone’s lips is whether the game is an art or a science. That’s enough to keep the professors [...]

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CAMOGIE ALL STAR NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED

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The nominations for the 2009 Camogie All Stars were announced today with All-Ireland champions Cork being rewarded with 12 nominations and defeated finalists Kilkenny receiving 11 nominations. Galway are next with nine while National League champions Wexford have five. Tipperary get three nominations and Clare two. Derry, Limerick and Dublin make up the rest of [...]

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Galway Take All Ireland Intermediate Title

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GALWAY captain Caroline Kelly got the ideal going away present as the Maroon overcame Cork in the Gala All Ireland intermediate camogie championship final replay at McDonagh Park, Nenagh on Saturday. The 22-year-old from the Davitt’s club is moving to London shortly for a year to continue her work as a nurse, and says winning [...]

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Kevin the Corner Back Comes Back to Busk

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Kevin the Corner Back Comes Back to Busk

Kevin, dressed to impress (photograph reproduced by kind permission Colm Connaughton) A FEW WEEKS back, over in the Slieve Russell, members of the Cavan Minor team that won the Ulster Championship in 1959 and lost to Dublin the All Ireland final were having their fifty year reunion. No-one knew the whereabouts of Kevin McCormack, the [...]

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Five-in-a-Row Cork Secure 12 All Star Nominations

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The 2009 O’Neills/TG4 Ladies Gaelic Football All Star nominations have been announced with Senior All-Ireland Finalists Cork and Dublin dominating with 21 of the 45 nominations between them. The winners will be announced at a ceremony at Citywest on Saturday, 14th November. The Rebelettes, unsurprisingly, have secured the most nominations with 12 covering every area [...]

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Gaelic4Mothers Blitz

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Mums Take to the Field as Gaelic4Mothers National Blitz Day Attracts Over 500 Players Forty-three teams from twenty-five clubs have signed up to take part in this Sunday’s Gaelic4Mothers National Blitz Day, which will be hosted by St Sylvester’s GAA Club in Malahide, Dublin. 528 mums from fifteen counties are set to play in the [...]

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Attn Students: Drink, Drugs & Sausage Rolls are OFF The Menu

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Attn Students: Drink, Drugs & Sausage Rolls are OFF The Menu

Squareball & Ulster Says No To Drink, Drugs & Sausage Rolls THIS YEAR yet again, Squareball has teamed up with Ulster GAA to save students from themselves. The path to righteousness and redemption is clear, oh yeah. The Drink, Drugs and Sausage Rolls health and wellness campaign aims to reduce the levels of sloth and [...]

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