Rugby in Munster – A Social and Cultural History by Liam O’Callaghan
There are no tickets available for next Saturday’s Heineken Cup game between Munster and Castres at Thomond Park. This is the norm for the Heineken Cup. It has been so since Munster’s first run to the final in the 1999/2000 season, but it was not always like that. The season before the May 2000 final, […]
UCC Physical Education Department and Chengdu Sports University in China
For a small island, with a relatively small population, we make a terrible fuss about managing our affairs. We make an incredible ballyhoo over every issue; no matter how small that issue is in the greater scheme of things. In Ireland there are usually three parties involved in an argument or an issue of public […]
New Book on Limerick Legend Mick Mackey. Mick Mackey – Hurling Legend in a Troubled County
Mick Mackey – Hurling Legend in a Troubled County is a tremendously lively read.
Is the Art of Playing Hurling dying and is it now played like Gaelic Football and Rugby?
It does not seem that long ago (to me at any rate) since I spent most of my summer evenings training, or just pucking a sliotar in the Glen Field. This is not going to be a piece about how things were in “good oul’ days” – it is about the current skill levels in […]
The Late Jackie O’Shea from Donoughmore
I spent most of the 1980s and ‘90s working as circulation representative for the Evening Echo and the Irish Examiner. During that time I clocked up a lot of driving miles all over Cork and Kerry. Occasionally, especially during wet and dark winter days, it was tedious work but I really enjoyed it most days. […]
Dava – Dave O’Brien President of Glen Rovers
The passing of Glen Rovers president, Dave O’Brien last Sunday morning was very much the end on era for the club. It is not just that he was president of the club, or that he has given over 70 years of active service, it is that nearly all of this service was given to the […]
The GAA’s Congress 2011
The GAA’s National Congress was held in Mullingar last weekend. Judging from the reports that that were on the papers, it seems to have been a good congress. The only complaint I have is that it is difficult to find out what happened to all 49 motions on the agenda. Monday’s papers only gave information […]
With the arrival of spring comes the urge to get back out on the field
There was an air of spring about last weekend. The lawnmower brigade was out last Saturday and the smell of cut grass filled the air with expectations of championship hurling and football. For the first time this year the thought of watching the National Hurling League games was appealing. There have been a couple of […]
The greatest camogie team of all time.
A few weeks ago I published a hurling team made up of characters for history. The team was picked while on a long car journey home from Dublin and it helped pass the journey.
Are our current Cricket team the greatest Irish team ever?
We live in an era of hyperbole. Everyday we are told that we are in the worst recession ever; we have experienced the coldest winter ever; last week we held the most important general election ever and the Ireland Cricket team is now the greatest Irish team ever.