Wary interloper becomes a talisman for KildareWhen Karl O'Dwyer was withdrawn from the Kildare team to face Offaly in the Leinster semifinal, the dismay of the all-white fans…Thu Aug 24 2000 - 01:00
Galway make no changesGalway manager John O'Mahony has named an unchanged team to face Kildare in the Bank of Ireland All-Ireland semifinal on Sunday…Thu Aug 24 2000 - 01:00
Dynamic of teams has shiftedReflecting on the 1998 All-Ireland final days before their respective provincial finals last month, both Mick O'Dwyer and John…Tue Aug 22 2000 - 01:00
Evolution: BasketballFirst Shot: Just about everyone knows the story behind the invention, when a Canadian named James Naismith got imaginative with…Mon Aug 21 2000 - 01:00
`Thank God for Maurice Fitzgerald'The brightest star still burns all right, tanned and brilliant and modest as everMon Aug 21 2000 - 01:00
Solid, serious and in controlWhen Kerry goalkeeper Declan O'Keeffe was a youngster, himself and his cousin, Denis Moynihan, would spend hours watching the…Sat Aug 19 2000 - 01:00
An early nightmare on the field of dreamsEven though Croke Park has long been the pinnacle of aspirations, it is also a venue that holds torments for players too numerous…Fri Aug 18 2000 - 01:00
Marsden to start on the bench for ArmaghDiarmuid Marsden will not start for Armagh in Sunday's Bank of Ireland semi-final against Kerry.Fri Aug 18 2000 - 01:00
Yellow just not Power's colourAll year long, Kilkenny have yearned and dreamt and laboured for this, for another shot, to just get back into an All-Ireland…Mon Aug 14 2000 - 01:00
Tierney gets starting rewardMattie Murphy has elevated impressive newcomer David Tierney to Galway's starting fifteen for Sunday's Guinness All-Ireland hurling…Wed Aug 09 2000 - 01:00
Ryan rewarded with starting placeAs widely anticipated, the Cork selectors have rewarded Pat Ryan for his exemplary performance after coming off the substitutes…Wed Aug 02 2000 - 01:00
All Star line-up for 2000 contestCork goalkeeper Donal Og Cusack will take part in this year's Poc Fada competition the day after his side contest Sunday's All…Wed Aug 02 2000 - 01:00
`Vital that we stamped our authority'No champagne in the Galway dressing room. Not much singing eitherMon Jul 31 2000 - 01:00
Connacht SFC Final: Galway v Leitrim, Hyde Park, 4.15 (Network 2)Few beyond the Leitrim dressing-room door will be expecting anything other than a handsome Galway win at Hyde ParkSat Jul 29 2000 - 01:00
Ever-improving Kildare to realise their potentialWhen Offaly reconstructed the perceived course of the Bank of Ireland All-Ireland championship by removing Meath early on, the…Sat Jul 29 2000 - 01:00
O'Mahony aware of potential pitfallsSuch was the sweeping, at times awesome, nature of Galway's destruction of Sligo in the semi-final that it has become the only…Fri Jul 28 2000 - 01:00
GAA to move goalposts - for hurling semi-finalsThe pitch at Croke Park will be lengthened ahead of the All-Ireland hurling semi-finalsTue Jul 25 2000 - 01:00
Whelahan finds place in the hurling pantheonOffaly's Brian Whelahan is the lone representative for the current generation of hurlers to feature in An Post/GAA Hurling Team…Tue Jul 25 2000 - 01:00
Galway wade clear of morassNot the polished theatre we might have envisaged, but a strange, compelling afternoon of sport nonethelessMon Jul 24 2000 - 01:00
True grit edges Galway towards new dawnAfter a dogged, dust-swept day at Croke Park it was Galway who willed a path towards more promising timesMon Jul 24 2000 - 01:00
Galway at a crossroads have right directionTomorrow's All-Ireland hurling quarterfinal between Galway and Tipperary (Croke Park, 4Sat Jul 22 2000 - 01:00
Dooley one of casualties in big clearoutVeterans Joe Dooley and Joe Errity are among the five players omitted from Pat Fleury's radically altered Offaly side to face…Fri Jul 21 2000 - 01:00
Kelly and Moran call it a dayIt emerged yesterday that Sligo football manager Mickey Moran and Wexford's hurling manager Joachim Kelly both tendered their…Thu Jul 20 2000 - 01:00
Tipperary ponder on MaloneyTipperary, due to announce their team for Sunday's All-Ireland quarter-final tie against Galway this evening, have received a…Tue Jul 18 2000 - 01:00
Lynch and Finn may miss outPivotal Kildare players Martin Lynch and John Finn are listed as doubtful for the Leinster final against Dublin, having suffered…Tue Jul 18 2000 - 01:00
Scoring blitz writes new script for O'DwyerThese summer months are the only time when Mick O'Dwyer appears as more than just a rumour, when there is flesh to the legend…Mon Jul 17 2000 - 01:00
Wexford fallout takes a twistThe fallout from Wexford's heavy hurling championship loss to Offaly became apparent at a stormy meeting of the county board …Thu Jul 13 2000 - 01:00
Moran `sad and hurt' by home annihilationEarly yesterday, Markievicz Park was a pulsing, teeming little amphitheatre, mist and mountains for a backdrop, local optimism…Mon Jul 10 2000 - 01:00
Sligo dream becomes a nightmareCould anyone have foreseen this? Galway, slick and relentless, entered the seething cage of Markievicz Park yesterday and gave…Mon Jul 10 2000 - 01:00
Carr wants a better startTom Carr, striding down the corridors after saluting the Westmeath dressing-room, pauses to offer a composed summary.Mon Jul 03 2000 - 01:00
Glory days over, now Leitrim just crave a winWinter training in Leitrim is characterised by an intimacy which small numbers bringThu Jun 29 2000 - 01:00
King to abdicate with good deal of prideGone is the euphoria of last season, when Armagh were box-office innocence. This was not about adventure, just survivalMon Jun 26 2000 - 01:00
Buckley can't serve two mastersKildare's slender hopes of drafting in Niall Buckley through an 11th hour appeal to Croke Park were snuffed out yesterday after…Fri Jun 23 2000 - 01:00
Loughnane saves wrath for CouncilIn a parting shot at the Munster Council, former Clare manager Ger Loughnane yesterday admitted that his one regret is that he…Fri Jun 23 2000 - 01:00
Fallon out for rest of seasonGalway forward Jarlath Fallon will be out of football for the rest of the championship, having damaged cruciate knee ligaments…Tue Jun 20 2000 - 01:00
Ban would not greatly affect TompkinsAlthough it remains to be seen if referee Michael Curley will cite Cork manager Larry Tompkins for verbal abuse over comments…Tue Jun 20 2000 - 01:00
No contest on blue day for DublinKilkenny 3-16: C Carter 2-3, H Shefflin 0-6 (three frees), S Grehan 0-2, E Brennan 1-0, E Kennedy 0-2 (frees), DJ Carey 0-1, …Mon Jun 19 2000 - 01:00
New ticket proposals defendedCroke Park officials have defended the latest proposals arising from structural delays to the new Canal End stand, and have stressed…Thu Jun 15 2000 - 01:00
McGonigle to serve two-month suspensionDerry manager Eamonn Coleman will have to plan for Sunday's Ulster football semi-final against Antrim without forward Geoffrey…Tue Jun 13 2000 - 01:00
Shocking wides shrugged off as Kildare begin to rollKildare: 1-12 - P Gravin 1-4, (four frees, pen); D Earley 0-2, E McCormack 0-1, K O'Dwyer 0-1 (free), A Rainbow 0-1, K Doyle …Mon Jun 12 2000 - 01:00
Talisman sees the big pictureJamesie O'Connor pads along the still corridors of St Flannan'sSat Jun 10 2000 - 01:00
