Event: Celtic Challenge

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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Galway and New York clash first major casualty of pandemic

Galway and New York were due to meet in Gaelic Park on Sunday, May 3, but it was announced yesterday that the Connacht quarter-final would not go ahead as scheduled.

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Connacht SFC quarter-final postponed; 2020 Féile and Celtic Challenge cancelled

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Only chosen few may be allowed speak to referees

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Traditional white sliotar set to be replaced for 2020 Championship

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Review set to urge U19 as only inter-county under-age grade

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Old master Brian Cody still bringing fire and functionality in hurling’s brave new world

Callanan backs two-point sideline cut

Tipperary captain Séamus Callanan reckons a point scored directly from a sideline cut in hurling should count for double.

Thu, 25 Apr, 2019

Hurling still trying to shine far from the bright lights

Wicklow face Derry in the Allianz Division 2B League final tomorrow afternoon, a game you may associate with simmering dissatisfaction about its location (Inniskeen, which is not Croke Park).

Sat, 09 Mar, 2019

Galway searching the length and breadth of the county to find new talent

Perhaps the oddest bit of GAA friction in 2018 arose when the Galway minor football manager got irked by dual player issues, writes PM O’Sullivan

Fri, 17 Aug, 2018

Kevin O’Donovan backs plan to review ‘elitist’ development squads

Cork County Board vice-chairman Kevin O’Donovan has welcomed GAA president John Horan’s plan to review underage county development squads, believing they are in danger of becoming elitist.

Thu, 08 Mar, 2018

John Considine hoping 94-day lay-off won’t leave Cork rusty

Fixture scheduling has really been of the famine-or-feast kind for the Cork U17 hurlers.

Thu, 27 Jul, 2017

Snooker: Ross Bulman shows rich promise on baize

PJ Nolan has spent at least two decades spreading snooker’s gospel.

Tue, 09 May, 2017

The original hurling model still the best

Proposals for home and away championship matches could solve Galway’s difficult Leinster situation, says John Fogarty.

Tue, 09 May, 2017

Hurling merits special Congress

Claims that hurling has only woken up to the idea of change in the wake of football landing its ‘Super 8’ are mischievous as they are disingenuous from some quarters.

Tue, 07 Mar, 2017

Jeff Lynskey says ‘exclusion’ disrespectful to Galway hurlers

Galway minor hurling manager Jeff Lynskey has slammed the “exclusion” of the county’s hurlers and said the decision to put the county’s U17 hurlers straight into an All-Ireland semi-final this year shows “a total lack of respect” to Galway.

Sat, 25 Feb, 2017

Derek McGrath ‘totally against’ any change to hurling rules

Derek McGrath hopes there are no rash calls to change the rules of hurling in reaction to how the number of goals have dropped. With more teams committing players to defence, attacking sides are finding it increasingly difficult to find the net as much as the 10 goals in last Sunday’s Division 1 semi-finals bucked the recent trend.

Wed, 20 Apr, 2016

Hurling on a winner as preacher Paudie O’Neill spreads gospel

Today, in Portlaoise, former Tipperary coach Paudie O’Neill will have divided loyalties, part of his heart lying with both Clonmel Commercials and Ballyboden St Enda’s. As always, he’ll see the big picture, the health of the game. As he must in his role as chairman of the Hurling Development Committee.

Sat, 13 Feb, 2016

Goalkeeping great Seamus Durack fears GAA ethos destroyed

His 23-year-old son routinely tells him he’s old-fashioned but Seamus Durack has never left the coalface of hurling these last 50 years. Be it senior or under-age teams (this year he completed a two-season stint with his own Éire Óg seniors in Ennis), he has made sure to remain relevant.

Mon, 28 Dec, 2015