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Colin Sheridan

Colin Sheridan is a writer and columnist. A former officer in the Irish Defence Forces he has extensive deployment experience as a peacekeeper with the United Nations, having lived and worked in the former Yugoslavia, West Africa, Afghanistan, Lebanon and Palestine.

Colin Sheridan: GAA missionaries represent the ideals of the association

Colin Sheridan: GAA missionaries represent the ideals of the association

Next week, in a small town in West Thailand over 60 players will meet to play a domestic tournament as part of the Thailand GAA club. A Castlebar man was instrumental in making this happen

Mon, 22 Mar, 2021

Cobh Ramblers v Dundalk - EA Sports Cup semi-final

Colin Sheridan: Trying, and failing, to put a value on greatness

It's been a long week.

Mon, 15 Mar, 2021

Phil Healy 6/3/2021

Colin Sheridan: Why is women’s sport still searching for the finishing line?

Perhaps it’s time we re-evaluate the concept of strength, and the way we choose to define it

Mon, 08 Mar, 2021

PNC Championship - Final Round

Colin Sheridan: Will the neat Tiger Woods narrative give us a fitting third act?

So, to begin at the end, we have the oft misquoted line from F Scott Fitzgerald: “There are no second acts in American lives. ”Au contraire, Scottie, au contraire.

Mon, 01 Mar, 2021

Shot in the dark

Colin Sheridan: Confessions of an Irish sporting childhood

As kids, we learned there was the golf we saw on TV, and then there was real golf, played on links courses during infinite winter

Mon, 22 Feb, 2021

Arsenal v Leeds United - Premier League - The Emirates Stadium

Colin Sheridan: Cultural differences haunt the 'foreign' manager in the Premier League

With Ted Lasso on Apple TV+, British people may finally understand what it is to fall victim to lazy American stereotyping

Mon, 15 Feb, 2021

Colin Sheridan: Rory McIlroy and Patrick Reed rules controversy a reminder of reputation's importance in sport

Colin Sheridan: Rory McIlroy and Patrick Reed rules controversy a reminder of reputation's importance in sport

Last week, Rory McIlroy and Patrick Reed were bound by something altogether more complicated than blood; A rules scandal

Mon, 08 Feb, 2021

Sportsfile Images of the Year 2020

Colin Sheridan: The sport I wanted was all around me — I just never chose to look

Sceptics such as myself could parody sea swimming as just another Galway fad

Mon, 01 Feb, 2021

Dublin v Kerry - Allianz Football League Division 1 Round 1

Colin Sheridan: Ask any accomplished kicker - there's something sacred about free-taking

Managers and players may know the worth of having a reliable place-kicker, but their value to the general public will never go beyond that of being taken for granted.

Mon, 25 Jan, 2021

Dublin v Mayo - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Final

Colin Sheridan: Cillian O'Connor should be Footballer of the Year. Here's why ...

As individual performances go, Cillian O'Connor's winter campaign is likely never to be repeated by anyone.

Mon, 18 Jan, 2021