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Paul Rouse

Paul Rouse is an historian, author, broadcaster… and former Offaly football boss. He specialises in sport and Irish culture.

Clare v Waterford - Munster GAA Hurling Senior Championship Round 4

S Paul Rouse: How would Irish rugby look if Michael Cusack stuck with the sport?

In what way would Irish rugby be different if Michael Cusack had stayed a member of the Irish Rugby Football Union and never founded the Gaelic Athletic Association?

Fri, 27 Sep, 2024

Kerry v Cork - TG4 Munster Senior Ladies Football Championship Final

S Paul Rouse: What exactly is the GAA's vision for its stadiums?

Is there a coherent plan for what the Association is trying to do? Or is it just piecemeal and reactive?

Fri, 20 Sep, 2024

Colorado Rockies v Milwaukee Brewers

S Paul Rouse: Milwaukee pitch a nod to baseball's ancient links with hurling

Former Tipperary hurler Vinny Moloney fired the first pitch for the Milwaukee Brewers - with a hurley.

Fri, 13 Sep, 2024

Harold "Red" Grange, Chicago Bears, Half-Length Portrait, National Photo Company, 1925

S Paul Rouse: The Dirty Football Player and a history of the helmet

The violence on display in NFL games has always been a key part of the sport's attaction.

Fri, 06 Sep, 2024

Dublin v Cork - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Quarter-Final

S Paul Rouse: Hey ref, it's not the Fleadh Cheoil!

Recalling the language of a midlands football field in the 1980s and 1990s

Fri, 30 Aug, 2024

David Clifford and Aidan O'Shea 17/2/2024

S Paul Rouse: If there’s no room for pleasure in the GAA, what is the point?

Yes, identity matters. Yes, representing where you’re from matters. Yes, winning matters. But none of this matters like the game itself.

Fri, 23 Aug, 2024

Aston Villa v Sheffield United - Premier League

S Paul Rouse: There is nothing quite like the Premier League

The league's presence extends far beyond mere sport; it's an exercise in entertainment.

Fri, 16 Aug, 2024

Surfing - Olympic Games Paris 2024: Day 9

S Paul Rouse: Standing on the sea an elusive beauty

Paul Rouse has been surfing on the west coast of France, another magnificently enjoyable failure

Fri, 09 Aug, 2024

Tailteann Games

S Paul Rouse: A century ago, the Tailteann Games upstaged a Paris Olympics

The 1924 Games were a triumph for the government of the new Irish Free State.

Thu, 01 Aug, 2024

All-Ireland Football Champions Armagh Homecoming

S Paul Rouse: Armagh's road to Croke Park has been long and hard

The county's brilliant supporters will flood Jones Road in colour once again this weekend.

Fri, 26 Jul, 2024