The Irish Times

All Star Gazing: Eileen and Moira Dunne explore a 50-year evolution in Irish society

Dunnes' father Mick was one of the creators of the idea on a wet day in Belfield

Wed Dec 15 2021 - 06:00

Kilkenny legend Liam ‘Chunky’ O’Brien dies, aged 72

1975 Hurler of the Year won four All-Irelands and club All-Irelands with James Stephens

Tue Aug 24 2021 - 14:35

Foot-and-mouth and mouthfuls of drink: Cork’s 1941 odyssey

Rebels met Limerick along the way in a year with parallels to the current time

Wed Aug 18 2021 - 21:25

Ahead of his time – Frank McNally on the day Eamonn Breslin shocked Croke Park

An Irishman’s Diary

Thu Feb 25 2021 - 18:45

It was 50 years ago... remembering the first-ever GAA All Star awards

The inaugural event was devised by sports writers and sponsored by a tobacco company

Fri Feb 19 2021 - 07:00

The trailblazing All Star tourists who beat Kerry 50 years ago

A trip to San Francisco in 1971 paved the way for the All Star trips of the last 50 years

Sat Jan 30 2021 - 06:00

Longford football team of 1968 still deserve special mention

They came within a score of reaching the All-Ireland final, a remarkable achievement

Tue Aug 04 2020 - 07:00

The abolition of the Ban just one of the many landmark GAA events in 1971

The first official All-Ireland club finals took place and the beginning of the All Stars

Mon Jun 15 2020 - 06:00

Seán Moran: Marking the departure point in the making of a Rebel double

Cork's 1990 football and hurling double gave the GAA a landmark in a challenging year

Wed May 20 2020 - 07:03

Seán Moran: Fr Tom Scully, the leader of Offaly football

Inspirational figure who paved the way for 1971 and ’72 success died last week aged 89

Wed Apr 15 2020 - 06:27

Cork v Kilkenny: Hurling’s longest drama hits the stage

The most revisited All-Ireland rivalry of all is back in the limelight at Croke Park

Sat Jul 13 2019 - 06:00

Seán Moran: Echoing down the decades – the GAA 50 years ago this week

Some familiar concerns and other coincidences from May 1969

Wed May 29 2019 - 06:45

Eamonn Cregan and memories that span the unforgiving decades

Cregan has been a central figure in three of Limerick's five All-Ireland finals since 1973

Sat Aug 18 2018 - 13:59

One day in September 1980: Galway’s day of deliverance

Victory over Limerick signalled Galway’s arrival as an enduring hurling force

Sat Aug 18 2018 - 11:46

First day of the Super 8s reawakens memories of 1992

League quarter-finals of 26 years ago featured same double bill as this weekend

Fri Jul 13 2018 - 06:15

GAA weekend that was: Talking points from the weekend’s action

Seán Moran reviews the second round of the football and hurling leagues

Mon Feb 05 2018 - 13:00

Are we facing into a retail apocalypse?

What will happen to our high streets if everyone goes online to shop?

Mon Sept 18 2017 - 00:00

A most eventful rivalry: 33 years of the Dublin-Tyrone files

This weekend sees the counties meet for the eighth time in championship

Sun Aug 27 2017 - 08:00

Seán Moran: Provision of free televised games not a priority for the GAA

Broadcasting rights is seen as an instrument by the GAA rather than an end

Wed Jul 12 2017 - 06:03

History repeats itself as Cork end drought and Tipperary lick wounds

Tipp’s inability to retain an All-Ireland since 1965 inevitably comes into renewed focus

Wed May 24 2017 - 07:00

Seán Moran: After 30 years the club championships are still on track

It was 1987 when Croke Park on St Patrick's Day was finally closed to the Railway Cup

Wed Mar 15 2017 - 07:00

Seán Moran: After 45 years GAA All Stars still carry a certain cachet

Over the years the Gaelic games’ awards scheme became the most iconic in Irish sport

Wed Nov 02 2016 - 01:15

Improved discipline a long-standing aspiration for the GAA

As Tralee last weekend proved, Seán Ó Síocháin’s plea of 50 years ago is still relevant

Wed Mar 09 2016 - 07:00

Former Kerry footballer DJ Crowley passes away

Rathmore player was regarded as best player in 1969 All-Ireland final

Sat Feb 20 2016 - 02:14

International Rules: They wanted a good start – they got a battle

The GAA’s 1984 experiment with the AFL didn’t have the most auspicious of starts

Sat Nov 21 2015 - 07:30

Semple Stadium likely venue for Munster hurling final

Lack of suitable grounds in province should make Thurles best option

Tue Jun 23 2015 - 01:00

International Rules living on borrowed time

This one-Test series likely to be swansong of a sport that never really existed

Sat Nov 15 2014 - 12:00

John Duffy snaps up second chance to contribute to Donegal’s cause

Ballyshannon man back in the Donegal dressing room – a familiar place but a different world now

Sat Aug 30 2014 - 12:00

Keeping on top of Tipp: the JBM files

With just one defeat in eight championship matches the Cork manager has at times been the difference between the counties

Sat Aug 16 2014 - 01:00

Football is about the horizon, not the rear-view mirror

End-game in sight: you can’t always get what you want so make the best of what you have

Wed Aug 06 2014 - 09:00

Ghosts of Wexford’s triumphant past stirred

Hurling nostalgia is different in a county that has had heady days but epic victory over All-Ireland champions brings back memories

Wed Jul 16 2014 - 09:00

‘De Park’ – Cork’s oval-shaped coliseum on the banks of the Lee

Cork’s iconic GAA ground is part stadium, part museum piece now and there are just two big days for it left

Sat Jul 05 2014 - 11:30

Limerick hurling: home to hope and hardship

It has been 41 years since Limerick hurlers won the Liam MacCarthy Cup and some of their near misses have been tremendously painful – no more so than 1994

Thu May 15 2014 - 16:45

Twenty years a growing, hurling stays ahead of the crisis

The million euro for development counties just the latest initiative for the national game during Liam O’Neill’s presidency

Wed Feb 26 2014 - 09:00