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Michael Moynihan
Michael Moynihan
Sports coverage goes from the sublime to the superfluous
Sports coverage goes from the sublime to the superfluous
Eventually you’re moved to action.

Mon, 11 Apr, 2016

OBITUARY: Davy Walsh, former Irish soccer international
OBITUARY: Davy Walsh, former Irish soccer international
Davy Walsh was the first Catholic to play for Linfield, in the 1940s, before moving to West Brom, writes Michael Moynihan

Fri, 08 Apr, 2016

A frozen heartbeat from half a century away
A frozen heartbeat from half a century away
One of your columnist’s (many) obsessions is the pre-game team photograph.

Mon, 04 Apr, 2016

Dick Hodgins: 'Between April and July, he’d be on the phone all night'
Dick Hodgins: 'Between April and July, he’d be on the phone all night'

Dick Hodgins, former athlete and Cork City Sports administrator

Fri, 01 Apr, 2016

Four horsemen of New Camp
Four horsemen of New Camp
Many things in the world have not been named; and many things, if they have been named, have never been described. — Susan Sontag.

Mon, 28 Mar, 2016

How much longer will sledging be tolerated in sport?
How much longer will sledging be tolerated in sport?
It is not true that your correspondent organises his entire life around the assembly of material for his column.

Mon, 21 Mar, 2016

Fox-Tossing and Octopus Wrestling - Sports too cruel and crazy to be true
Fox-Tossing and Octopus Wrestling - Sports too cruel and crazy to be true
Last week I threatened you with Ed Brooke-Hitchings and if I have my faults, no-one has ever accused me of welshing on my threats.

Mon, 14 Mar, 2016

OBITUARY: Danny Bowe, first aid man with Mount Sion GAA club
OBITUARY: Danny Bowe, first aid man with Mount Sion GAA club

’He checked himself out of hospital to attend those funerals. That’s the kind of person he was’ - Michael Moynihan looks at the life of Danny Bowe, first aid man with Mount Sion GAA club in Waterford

Fri, 11 Mar, 2016

Silence in west Cork in stark contrast with last year's Brian Cuthbert talk
Silence in west Cork in stark contrast with last year's Brian Cuthbert talk

For Cork GAA supporters in Croke Park on Saturday night there was a difference in the categories of pain on offer. Do you like your hope crushed early doors or snuffed out with the finishing line in sight?

Mon, 07 Mar, 2016

Mark unfairly punishes those who perfected group tackling
Mark unfairly punishes those who perfected group tackling
The introduction of the mark has been criticised from several different perspectives — lack of a trial period, increasing the burden on referees — but it’s surely the first GAA rule change made for aesthetic reasons. It’s as if Oscar Wilde had joined the Association’s Standing Committee on Playing Rules.

Thu, 03 Mar, 2016

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