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Kieran Shannon

It’s time to reconsider the possibility of two Dublins

It’s time to reconsider the possibility of two Dublins

In the age of Twitter, there’s never a shortage of people in with the obvious quip. Any prospect of a draw, from the Super Bowl to the All-Ireland series, and the replay’s in Limerick. And as for when a Dublin football team loses a game at minor, U21, or senior? Split Dublin in two. Ha, ha.

Wed, 30 Aug, 2017

Dealing with Donaghy one for Rochford files

Dealing with Donaghy one for Rochford files

Seeing as it was often described as the duel of the two basketballers, as good a place as any to start on the Aidan O’Shea-Kieran Donaghy matchup is with a line from a hoops documentary that they both loved.

Wed, 23 Aug, 2017

Medals on the line: what price experience on the biggest day of them all?

Medals on the line: what price experience on the biggest day of them all?

To grasp just how novel this upcoming All-Ireland final will be, you need only look at the sideline and the profile of the two selectorial teams compared to who was there last year, writes Kieran Shannon.

Wed, 16 Aug, 2017

You can’t have a Super 8 in summer and another in spring

You can’t have a Super 8 in summer and another in spring

If you’re among those worried at how football is now stuck with the Super Eight when the past two weekends has starkly illustrated that it simply has a Super Four, it’s worth bearing something in mind to appease your fears, says Kieran Shannon.

Wed, 09 Aug, 2017

Pretenders to the throne circle for Colm Cooper’s crown

Pretenders to the throne circle for Colm Cooper’s crown

To mark the last year of the All Ireland quarter-finals as we know them – at least for three years anyway, with the arrival of the Super Eight next July – this column spent last week counting and recounting the great individual scoring tallies of players in the All Ireland series since the first of those quarter-finals back in 2001.

Wed, 02 Aug, 2017

Mickey Harte first to come to grips with substitution strategy with Tyrone

Mickey Harte first to come to grips with substitution strategy with Tyrone

Of all the ingenious strategies Mickey Harte has come up with in keeping Tyrone so relevant and competitive over the last 15 years, his deployment of Peter Canavan in the 2003 and 2005 All Ireland finals remains among the most bold and brilliant. 

Wed, 19 Jul, 2017

Cork’s greatest day in Munster

Cork’s greatest day in Munster

Unless they win it all in September, the summer of 2017 won’t echo in eternity by Leeside like a ’66 or ’99, but what Kieran Kingston and his players and backroom have already pulled off this year screams of – and demands its own place in – history.

Wed, 12 Jul, 2017

Aidan O’Shea’s restraint admirable to GAA agents provocateur

Aidan O’Shea’s restraint admirable to GAA agents provocateur

It is to O’Shea’s immense credit that in the face of constant provocation he has not succumbed to being a reactor, says Kieran Shannon

Wed, 05 Jul, 2017

We’re not just getting great games in the championship but great results too

We’re not just getting great games in the championship but great results too

For a championship game to be vintage, it cannot leave the neutral indifferent, says Kieran Shannon.

Wed, 28 Jun, 2017

This isn’t Year One for Cork. For them, it’s simply time

This isn’t Year One for Cork. For them, it’s simply time

Leaders have emerged for the Rebels this championship season, writes Kieran Shannon

Wed, 21 Jun, 2017