Event: Tailteann Games

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New second tier All-Ireland football championship to be called Tailteann Cup

"In ancient Ireland, our athletic and sporting prowess was celebrated every summer by the staging of the Tailteann Games, a festival that some scholars date as far back as 1600BC."

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Use aid leverage to clear the air: FAI faces credibility crisis

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Royals rebound but don’t yet dare to dream

Breaking down the island's walls instead of building them

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Club link could save ailing interprovincial championship

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When Ireland’s Tailteann Games eclipsed the Olympics

What difference does a century make in the life of a nation? asks Paul Rouse

Fri, 18 Nov, 2016

When crowds turned out to see the graceful Eddie Heron dive

Eddie Heron stands on the board three metres above the Blackrock Baths. It is a warm Friday night in Dublin and a big crowd have gathered to watch the Irish National Diving Championships.

Thu, 14 Jan, 2016

Brian Hayes’ daring move pays off

Brian Hayes made a daring move up the inside to deliver a winning challenge on the Shark Hanlon-trained Abolitionist in the featured Belvedere House Gardens & Park Handicap Chase in Kilbbegan last night, second leg of a double for the rider, successful earlier on Aunt Alice for the Bowe family.

Sat, 16 May, 2015

Grand Prix athletics event may be a runner for Croke Park

RUGBY and soccer have already been welcomed into the renovated Croke Park and athletics may join them in the years to come, with stadium chiefs actively considering the possibility of hosting a Grand Prix event.

Thu, 23 Jul, 2009

A positive image at a time of negativity

QUESTION: Name the Olympian and Hollywood star who won a Tailteann Games medal in a pond in the Phoenix Park in 1924.

Wed, 21 Mar, 2007

Looking for Tailteann Games memorabilia

I AM a TV producer working on a television documentary about the Tailteann Games — a four-yearly major cultural and sporting event which took place in Dublin between 1924 and 1932.

Thu, 28 Sep, 2006

Opening up Croker could see its unique character eroded

Cowboys and Indians have been there. So too have archers and boxers. As soccer and rugby struggle for a run out in Croke Park, Colm O’Connor discovers that the stadium has been a generous host to many in the past.

Sat, 19 Feb, 2005