Columns - Irish Examiner

Kieran Shannon

GAA too self-congratulatory on progress as children still lack action

This week’s column is not about what transpired at the weekend in Thurles, or Croke Park, or Celtic Park either. The setting was one of the thousands of quiet fields that help make the GAA what it is; the event, an U10 camogie blitz featuring five or six neighbouring clubs, one of which my daughter plays for.

Tue, 24 May, 2016

The importance of in-house games in the GAA

Kieran Shannon talks about the in-house game a week out from a championship match, commonly known as As versus Bs.

Tue, 17 May, 2016

Relegation might just be secret to long-term success

It would seem that if you were to come up with a two-year plan to win the national league, then get relegated in year one.

Tue, 10 May, 2016

Cork goalkeeper Anthony Casey shows why last man standing is also the bravest

He had no idea just how right he’d be.

Tue, 03 May, 2016

A day in the sun Mayo badly needed

Well, wasn’t that just mighty for the heart and the soul?

Mon, 02 May, 2016

Jim Gavin has developed Project Dublin to another level

To get an idea of just how driven and focused Jim Gavin’s Dublin are to put back-to-back All Ireland titles together, cast your mind back to the first rather than the last game of this year’s national league.

Tue, 26 Apr, 2016

Munster must do more than just stand up and fight

Well, is this what they had in mind when they talked about a return to old values?

Tue, 19 Apr, 2016

Finding the real storylines behind the 2016 GAA league season

There’s hardly another GAA weekend like it for stirring so many permutations and palpitations... and exaggerations.

Tue, 05 Apr, 2016

A night on the town can sometimes be the right call for players

When to drink or not to drink, that is the question anyone involved with a team must ask.

Tue, 22 Mar, 2016

GAA have league and championship wrong way around

Watching the national leagues over the weekend, it not only felt a bit like summer – it felt what summer should be a bit more like.

Tue, 15 Mar, 2016