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
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
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
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
Revolution in air after Royal exitIn the Berkeley Court hotel in Dublin yesterday, it was riddle timeThu Jun 08 2000 - 01:00
Dublin break a strained LaoisAfter a comparable marathon championship season for both teams, Dublin advance to claim the somewhat daunting honour of providing…Tue Jun 06 2000 - 01:00
O'Grady `terrified' of another drawMichael O'Grady squints in the sunlight and contemplates the breaks of the game. "It looked like a drawTue Jun 06 2000 - 01:00
Offaly ambush champions and open a door for all"Timber!" The sound of the All-Ireland champions crashing to the floor on Croke Park awakened new possibilities for Offaly and…Mon Jun 05 2000 - 01:00
Meath flinch at Offaly fireMeath crashed out of the All-Ireland series yesterday, beaten by Offaly, just promoted from the lower divisions of the league…Mon Jun 05 2000 - 01:00
Old man Claffey a portrait of delightVinny Claffey rests against the bench, mop of black hair soaking, a broad smile meeting the worldMon Jun 05 2000 - 01:00
No rush to renew contractsBoth the Down and Waterford county boards were reluctant to indulge in speculation as to the future of their respective football…Tue May 30 2000 - 01:00
All of the effort with none of the gloryOn Sunday, the Antrim footballers will resume what has become a trail of tearsFri May 26 2000 - 01:00
Play-offs hot up when Heat is on"The only (expletive) thing I'm disappointed in is that Zo didn't connect when he tried to punch that (expletive) in the face…Mon May 15 2000 - 01:00
Galway lose injured MannionGalway manager John O'Mahony was yesterday resigned to losing one of his most important defensive links, confirming that 1998…Wed May 10 2000 - 01:00
Boylan satisfied with small merciesStalemate in the heat and nobody too concernedMon May 08 2000 - 01:00
Watching a new legend unfoldLike all perfect hours in sport, it passed at a supersonic rate and left us reeling in its wakeMon May 08 2000 - 01:00
McEniff to manage IrelandIt is expected that the management committee of the GAA will tomorrow ratify the appointment of Brian McEniff as the manager …Thu May 04 2000 - 01:00
Fresh wind in Galway's sailsTwo teams, who had long discarded all pretence of apathy towards the league, met in Thurles yesterday and it was Galway that …Mon May 01 2000 - 01:00
Westerners celebrate a welcome final dateRarely have league finals been welcomed so unreservedly. Have no doubts, this victory mattered to the westernersMon May 01 2000 - 01:00
Pining for the auld scoundrelsWhen those Lifelines books came out a few years back, one contributor declared that his favourite line of poetry was the wonderful…Mon May 01 2000 - 01:00
Cloonan banned, GAC rattle sabreGalway hurler Eugene Cloonan has become the latest player to suffer from the GAA's mandatory three-month suspension for striking…Sat Apr 29 2000 - 01:00
Flynn fit to keep up winning streakGerald McCarthy has unsurprisingly left his Waterford team unchanged for their latest outing against LaoisFri Mar 31 2000 - 01:00
Big names out as Clare make 13 changesClare manager Ger Loughnane has made 13 changes to the team which disappointed him in losing to Limerick last SundayThu Mar 30 2000 - 01:00
Leitrim to request replay of Offaly tieLeitrim yesterday confirmed that they are submitting a request for a refixture of Sunday's Division 2A match against Offaly in…Thu Mar 30 2000 - 01:00
Cork's big guns to face old rivalsAs if alerted by alarm bells, a significant number of heavyweights from Cork's All-Ireland-winning side have taken up arms ahead…Wed Mar 29 2000 - 01:00
