All-Ireland pennants are very hard to come by so Charleville were overjoyed when they claimed their second win in the AIG Pierce Purcell Shield since 2006 with a heart-stopping 3-2 over Castlebar at a wet and windy Westport.

Within two hours, almost €1000 has been raised.

The 28-year-old announced his retirement from the squad on Monday night, ending a ten-year run with the county senior side.

Traditions are an intriguing twitch of the curtain, a means of discovering what people reveal when relaxed.

Jackie Tyrrell might have hesitated about placing the county in Ireland’s top three teams. Yet a later column implied cancellation of the caveat. Tyrrell deemed Limerick’s core emphasis ― “flood the middle third” ― an approach hard to counter.

The year before Oliver Stone blinded us – and one linebacker in particular – with Any Given Sunday, Pat Comer hit us with A Year ’Til Sunday, one of the first and still finest GAA documentaries ever made.

Cork Constitution are through to their fourth successful All Ireland Final next Sunday in the Aviva Stadium where they will face Clontarf after a deserved win over Trinity at Temple Hill yesterday afternoon.

Croke Cup holders St Kieran’s College will appear in their sixth consecutive All Ireland final at the end of the month as Ballyhale Shamrocks hero Eoin Cody scored eight points (five frees and three from play) in a nervy victory over CBC at the WIT Arena this afternoon.

He managed the Mayo Senior Ladies football team to the 2017 All-Ireland final.

The same week Stephen Rochford embarked on his first of three underwhelming Connacht championship campaigns with a visit to Ruislip, another manager familiar with some football grounds in London as well as working with top players for a support base craving silverware brought out a book called Quiet Leadership.

Even a side as well as prepared as this may have to lose one to win one, writes  Kieran Shannon.

A story endures about Tipperary and Cork in the 1909 Munster Final.

As the familiar scene played out – Stephen Cluxton and the Dubs going up the steps of the Hogan Stand while below on the field Mayo men gazed disbelievingly once again into the distance – neutrals above in the press box struggled to catch their breath and process just what they had witnessed.

Enda McEvoy is the first to ask ... Who’ll win the 2018 All-Ireland? 

A right Corker of an FAI Cup weekend is in prospect with no less than five clubs from Leeside taking part in first round games between today and tomorrow.

Rebels are realistic MacCarthy Cup contenders

Dan McEvoy from the Hebron Road, opposite Nowlan Park, went to his first All-Ireland final in 1945. He was 17-years-old.

Previewing Kilkenny in the championship is increasingly difficult, says PM O’Sullivan. 

SO here he is at the All Ireland press conference in Langton’s, a man utterly at ease with himself and the universe.

We all know of folk who keep their Christmas decorations up all year round, to save on the hassle of taking them down. In Kilkenny, they may as well leave their black-and-amber colours on the streets, windows and telegraph poles on a continuous basis because come September (Sept-amber?) it’s likely they’ll be needed.

You need a thick skin in this game. Analysing football, and playing it.

For most people, the abiding image of the 2003 semi-final clash between Kerry and Tyrone was that epic scene of carnage in front of the Hogan Stand, when time appeared to stand still and the pack of white Tyrone jerseys surrounded and attacked two or three of its prey in green and gold with vicious precision.

The first big weekend, as mood music, fell flat. 

It was only after Donegal beat Armagh a fortnight ago that we realised the men of Tír Chonaill had never before beaten both Tyrone and the Orchard county in the same championship.

Clare/Limerick manager Davy Fitzgerald/ TJ Ryan was under increasing pressure last night in the wake of last Sunday’s Munster championship exit. 

Cork Constitution’s vice-like grip on the Bateman Cup strengthened when they produced their classiest performance of the season at Temple Hill on Saturday to become the only team to win three successive titles.

Mia Hamm is a legend of women’s soccer in the United States. She is retired some ten years but she is still revered Stateside.

ENOUGH. Enough of the affairs of State. It’s the time of year for reflection and excess, joy and pain, laughter and tears. And whatever you’re having yourself with a hot drop.

Mammy and Christmas — they go together like a stressed-out horse and a stress-inducing carriage.

Five sets of sisters will be hoping to win the senior All-Ireland club title with Mourneabbey on Sunday.

“Why are they hitting each other?”

The mysteries of the scoring system, the “H in the corner”, and whether or not there are any rules are among the topics tackled by these first-time viewers of our national game.

Joe Brolly isn’t going to be pushed into changing his views about yesterday’s All Ireland final.

Danny O Carroll supports the Hills.

As part of the All Ireland Final build up, Electric Ireland, proud sponsor of the GAA All Ireland Minor Football and Hurling Championships, met up with Minor Football stars, Barry O’Sullivan, Kerry, and Tony McCleneghan, Donegal to get their thoughts ahead of this Sunday’s Final.

“Sam Maguire’s gone astray, We want him here to stay,

The Chairman of a Co Clare GAA club has requested that a portion of the gate receipts from the All-Ireland senior hurling replay be allocated towards the respective county holiday funds

The buildup to Sunday’s All Ireland is reaching fever pitch in Clare with a fan invasion of Ennis town centre expected for the match.

The resolution of the outcome of the recent Minor All Ireland Hurling semi-final between Limerick and Galway trundles on through a convoluted appeals system, which is now in the middle of its third phase.

There’ve been Mayo results like this before.

It may be almost three weeks until the All Ireland hurling final, but Cork fans have it all rapped up already.