Clare take home six hurling All Stars at the end of a memorable year
Clare’s Shane O’Donnell and Galway’s Paul Conroy are named players of the year at awards ceremony
Hurling
Follow our interviews, analysis, match reports and liveblogs from the 2023 provincial championships before the cream of the crop battle it out for Liam MacCarthy in the 2023 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.
Back to the future for Thomastown, as Farrell celebrates late career highs
Experienced centrefielder has been a huge influence as the club strikes echoes of its past
‘He turned, a ball of rage, preparing to floor me’: Richie Hogan on Kilkenny, Shefflin and tense exchanges with Cody
Former Kilkenny hurler talks about his new autobiography, being part of Brian Cody’s dressingroom and life after playing intercounty
‘It’s a whole different ball game’: Hurling Shinty International promises to be an old-school throwback
Twelve counties represented in Irish team for Saturday’s game against Scotland in Ennis
Joe Canning: ‘The drinking shouldn’t have happened ... but to then run the crap out of us was madness’
Galway hurler Joe Canning writes about the ‘off-the-wall intensity’ of Ger Loughnane’s training regime, how the game takes players to the rawest of places and the infamous story of the Dew Drop 15 in this extract from his new book
Should penalty shoot-outs in hurling get the bullet?
Ronan Sheehan’s Down won the first shoot-out in 2020. He would prefer an alternative means of resolution
Bonner Maher the ‘bread winner’ for a talented Tipperary generation
Patrick ‘Bonner’ Maher retires after a career that yielded three senior All-Irelands
Hurling Development Committee must aim for small, meaningful wins to end sport’s inertia
A 2015 report stated the GAA has been “doing the game of hurling an injustice for a long time”
GAA to appoint a Head of Hurling as part of plan to grow the game
New job’s brief is to be centred on the overall strategic development of the game
Micheál Donoghue set for return as Galway senior hurling manager
Donoghue had been managing Dublin for the past two years but unexpectedly stepped down
Seán Moran: Hurling has presented a wonderful shop window - so why aren’t more people buying?
Seán Moran: A spectacular championship and popular champions can’t hide the reality of national failure to promote the game of hurling
Strength in science: how Lukasz Kirszenstein helped Clare reach the promised land
The Pole headed the Banner’s strength & conditioning this season, following past All-Ireland successes with Tipperary and Galway
Davy Fitzgerald’s arrival is good but Antrim hurling needs ‘the whole thing’, says ‘Sambo’ McNaughton
Former Antrim player and manager says county must do more to develop young playing talent
Davy Fitzgerald set to be appointed as Antrim hurling manager
Clare native expected to go before club delegates for ratification on Monday night
Micheál Donoghue steps down as Dublin hurling manager
The Galway man departs after two seasons in charge
Kilkenny’s Cillian Buckley retires from intercounty hurling
Former county captain won three All-Irelands, eight Leinster titles and five league medals in a celebrated career
Limerick hurler Kyle Hayes charged with dangerous driving in Co Cork
Barrister for five-time All-Ireland winner tells court that Kildimo man willing to plead to a lesser charge of careless driving
‘The players now are immortal’: Clare welcomes hurling champions home
Clare fans celebrate as the Liam MacCarthy cup is brought to the county for only the fifth time
The Italian Cork fans heading to Croke Park to cheer ‘forza ribelli’
Riccardo Ribaldi says he and his family have been devoted Cork fans since discovering hurling during a visit to West Cork
‘I’m not aiming 17 years towards one day’: For Patrick Horgan, hurling is about more than the big games
This is Horgan’s 17th season playing for the Cork senior hurlers, and possibly his last chance to win an All-Ireland medal
Tipperary claim extra-time victory over Kilkenny to take minor title despite two red cards
Goal from the outstanding Billy O’Brien three minutes from the end of extra-time proved to be the decisive score
Seán Moran: Limerick move within two steps of history - it is inevitable to compare their progress with Dublin’s
Jim Gavin’s five-in-a-row team have similarities and differences with their would-be emulators
‘You’re not Irish. You’re not one of us’: Northern students on a year in the South
In the Republic, some students have encountered ignorance, distorted views and even hostility
Nicky English: Regardless of championship form, Limerick and Clare always provide an epic Munster final
In Leinster, Kilkenny probably have the smart money but Dublin haven’t had a better chance of beating them in the past 11 years
Kilkenny hope TJ Reid can reach the heights as Cats chase more Leinster glory
Reid on the cusp of becoming the first player in history to surpass 700 points in championship hurling
Nicky English: Final spin of the wheel with jeopardy for nearly everyone
Limerick are favourites to advance but consistently impressive Waterford can’t be taken for granted
Seán Moran: Cork’s huge intervention has electrified the county – and the championship
Faced with existential threat in Munster, the county rallied and produced an extraordinary night of hurling against history-chasing champions
Clare’s Shane O’Donnell finds trimmed-down season is just the right fit
Experienced forward Shane O'Donnell has looked particularly sharp in first two championship outings since his return to duty for the Banner
Premier County hope to Tipp the balance in Munster opener against Limerick
Tipperary travel to the Gaelic Grounds to face Limerick on Sunday
How Donie McCarthy helped Gaelic games to fulfil its eastern promise
Our clubmate and friend, who died earlier this month, was instrumental in setting up hurling clubs across the Middle East
Poor coaching, loss of dual stars and undeserved freebies - Dublin hurling’s lost decade
‘We were probably a bit embarrassed that we were piggy-backing on the footballers’ success...you should be winning All-Irelands before you’re offered those things’
Tipperary’s Noel McGrath: ‘It was never a burden to talk about it, the least I could do was give back’
In a career bookended by facing off against two of the greatest teams of all time, McGrath’s consistency has been remarkable
St Thomas’ may just have the better balanced team to prevail over O’Loughlin Gaels
It would not be a huge turn-up, however, for O’Loughlin’s to become the fifth Kilkenny club to capture the All-Ireland title
Brian Hogan: ‘I didn’t harbour any aspiration of building a managerial career’
Hogan’s playing career with O’Loughlin Gaels is mapped out in county finals. Now he is managing them in the All-Ireland senior hurling club final
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