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Fintan Goold in action in the 2015 Munster final replay FINTAN GOOLD IS the latest Cork All-Ireland winner to call time on his inter-county Gaelic football career. The 30-year-old’s announcement comes two weeks after Daniel Goulding revealed he was retiring from action with the Rebel County. Click Here: The Macroom clubman was a member of Cork’s…

ON SUNDAY AT the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick, Kerry club Kilmoyley created a significant piece of hurling history. They’ve been playing in Munster competitions at various grades since the 1960s but had never won a game until scoring an 11-point win over Limerick’s Monaleen in the AIB provincial intermediate semi-final. For Kilmoyley, it was a…

OFFALY AND LAOIS have finally filled their senior hurling management posts, with Kevin Ryan and Eamonn Kelly set to take over the respective roles. Ex-Carlow, Antrim and Tyrone supremo Ryan, a native of Waterford and a former Déise selector, will succeed Kelly as Offaly manager, and is set for ratification next week. And Kelly, who…

Source: Donall Farmer/INPHO Home Dundalk duo Daryl Horgan and Andy Boyle make the final Ireland squad as Martin O’Neill cuts it down to 28 Jamie Heaslip is on a six-man shortlist to be named World Rugby Player of the Year ACL damage has ruled Jordi Murphy out for up to 9 months as 6 players link up…

ROSCOMMON HAVE ANNOUNCED the retirements of the county’s former senior football team captains Geoffrey Claffey and Niall Carty this evening. A statement confirms that the pair have played their last games for the Rossies, as manager Kevin McStay looks ahead to the 2017 campaign. Click Here: Goalkeeper Claffey has indicated that he is also retiring from club…

1. Missed opportunity for Thurles Sarsfields THURLES SARSFIELDS’ PLAYERS likely still woke up this morning wondering how they let it slip…again. Leading Clare’s Ballyea — who won their first county title a week previously — by seven points with 10 minutes to play, it looked almost certain that the Tipp champions would advance to this…

ST VINCENT’S WALKED off the field at Parnell Park in a familiar position on Saturday night. Champions. They’ve now been crowned top dogs in Dublin 28 times. Nobody else comes close. The Marino club were warm favourites to beat Ballyboden St Enda’s in last year’s decider, but failed to catch fire and lost by four. That…

AFTER CRACKING THE Cork senior hurling championship code in 2015, Glen Rovers have now gone one step further. From 1989 until last year, the Glen hadn’t won a county title but that 26-year wait came to an end with victory over Sarsfields.  Click Here: And now Rovers have ended another famine, as yesterday’s gritty win…

DUBLIN SENIOR HURLING manager Ger Cunningham has announced his winter training panel ahead of the 2017 season. There are some big name omissions as former captain Johnny McCaffrey, ex joint-captain Peter Kelly, forward Paul Ryan, Daire Plunkett, Niall Corcoran and Glenn Whelan are deemed surplus to requirements. It is understood that Shane Durkin has also…

It’s Sunday, so here are 11 of our favourite images from the sporting week Previous 1 / 11Next Stefan Slachev attempts a wrestling move on Paddy Barnes during their fight in Belfast on Saturday night. Source: Presseye/William Cherry/INPHO CJ Stander in downtown Chicago. Source: Dan Sheridan/INPHO A general view as the Down Royal Festival draws…