#Gaelic Football

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SChristy O'Connor: Why Saturday's All-Ireland finals double-header was the best we've ever seen
Ballymacelligott v Clogher Eire Óg - AIB GAA Football Junior Club Championship Final
Ballymac unleash second-half blitz to sink Clogher and bring junior crown back to Kerry
Clogher Éire Óg had led Ballymacelligott by two points at half-time but the Kerry side produced a superb second half to become the 12th side from the Kingdom to win the All-Ireland Club JFC title

Sun, 11 Jan, 2026

St.Patrick's College Maghera v Pobalscoil Chorca Duibhne - Masita GAA All-Ireland Post Primary Schools Championship Hogan Cup Fi
Pobalscoil days helped form Dingle and Gaeltacht's class acts
Éamonn Fitzmaurice is immensely proud of the part his past and present pupils have played in Dingle and An Ghaeltacht reaching the Senior and Intermediate All-Ireland finals.

Sat, 10 Jan, 2026

An Ghaeltacht v Sallins - AIB GAA Football All-Ireland Intermediate Club Championship Semi-Final
Kerry clubs raise over €177k to fund All-Ireland final runs
Senior finalists Dingle have raised over €68,000 so far but that number may continue to increase before their decider against St Brigid's on January 18

Sat, 10 Jan, 2026

An Ghaeltacht v Sallins - AIB GAA Football All-Ireland Intermediate Club Championship Semi-Final
Focus on football has made dual ace Aidan Walsh a Gaeltacht force
One of the last proponents of the dual inter-county player is now relishing his single code status.

Sat, 10 Jan, 2026

Céin D'Arcy and Mark O'Connor 3/1/2026
Geelong grant Mark O'Connor permission to play for Dingle in All-Ireland final 
O'Connor will be allowed to remain in Ireland for a further two weeks and then return to pre-season training for Geelong

Wed, 07 Jan, 2026

Meath v Galway - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Quarter-Final
'It happened by chance': Galway boss explains Guardiola meeting
Galway football manager Pádraic Joyce was pictured meeting Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola last November after their 4-1 win over Dortmund at the Etihad Stadium

Wed, 07 Jan, 2026

Kilkenny v Tipperary - oneills.com GAA Hurling All-Ireland U20 Championship Final
Fixtures confirmed for Munster U20 and minor football and hurling championships
The Munster U20 Hurling Championship final will be played on May 13

Tue, 06 Jan, 2026

Cork v Tipperary - GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Semi-Final
Dividing young GAA players by ability can be ‘very beneficial’
PhD researcher says issue of GAA 'streaming' is an emotive one for parents and children

Tue, 06 Jan, 2026

Meath v Galway - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Quarter-Final
Triple blow for Galway: Thompson puts education first as Heaney and Culhane opt out
It has still not been confirmed that Peter Cooke will be part of the Galway football panel for the upcoming season

Tue, 06 Jan, 2026

Cork v Tipperary - GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Final
S Fogarty Forum: Smooth out the season by staging All-Ireland hurling final after football
The claustrophobic nature of the inter-county season has plenty to do with the misalignment of fixtures

Tue, 06 Jan, 2026

Kerry v Cavan - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Preliminary Quarter-Final
Marking David Clifford, a Sigerson Cup fix, learning on the edge
Cavan footballer Niall Carolan on the conundrums of the Sigerson Cup and marking David Clifford

Tue, 06 Jan, 2026

Limerick v Cork - Munster GAA Football Senior Championship Quarter-Final
McGrath Cup clashing with Sigerson defeats the purpose for Cork
Cork manager John Cleary believes the McGrath Cup should be a platform for developing players but it clashing with the Sigerson Cup inhibits his chances to introduce new blood

Tue, 06 Jan, 2026

Steven Sherlock kicks a two pointer 7/12/2025
Cork go with tried and trusted for McGrath Cup clash as experimentation hindered
Cork face Tipperary in the McGrath Cup at 7pm in Cappawhite on Tuesday evening

Mon, 05 Jan, 2026

Kerry v Donegal - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Final
All-Ireland winners to start for Kerry in McGrath Cup clash with Clare
Kerry face Clare in the McGrath Cup at 7pm in Clarecastle on Tuesday evening

Mon, 05 Jan, 2026

Dates and times confirmed for All-Ireland club finals
Dates and times confirmed for All-Ireland club finals
The junior and intermediate hurling finals will be played on January 10 with their football counterparts take place a day later.

Mon, 05 Jan, 2026

Tom O'Sullivan celebrates after winning 3/1/2026
S Christy O'Connor: Dingle continue to defy convention, St Brigid's give defensive masterclass
It's rare for a player to radically transform a team in the way that the introduction of Paul Geaney did for Dingle. Along with scoring 0-8, he had a key hand in another 1-4.

Mon, 05 Jan, 2026

Ballymacelligott keep All-Ireland final focus inside the white lines
Ballymacelligott keep All-Ireland final focus inside the white lines
Kerry side Ballymacelligott will face Tyrone's Clogher Éire Óg in the All-Ireland JFC final

Mon, 05 Jan, 2026

St Brigid's v Scotstown - AIB GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Club Championship Semi-Final
Gritty St Brigid's shut down Scotstown to book All-Ireland final with Dingle
Roscommon champions St Brigid's will face Kerry's Dingle in the All-Ireland club football final in a fortnight

Sun, 04 Jan, 2026

Kerry v Donegal - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Final
S Maurice Brosnan: Eight observations from the 2025 Gaelic football season - and predictions for 2026
When it comes to football's new age, progress has been real and two truths can coexist - the work has begun - and the work is far from finished. The volume of tactical labour undertaken this off-season by managements will be greater than at any other point in the game’s history

Sun, 04 Jan, 2026

Senan Kilbride 30/11/2025
S GAA talking points: Senan Kilbride's remarkable journey gives him chance to join elite crew 
Kilbride is now trying to do something that only Shane Curran has managed, certainly in the last 40 years – win an All-Ireland club medal on the field of play over the age of 40.

Sat, 03 Jan, 2026

Kerry v Donegal - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Final
S Numbers ensure GAA teams value their unsung heroes
In elite performance analysis, assists are just one of many metrics used to assess GAA players. Context is everything in that sphere.

Tue, 30 Dec, 2025

Liam Cahill celebrates with Jake Morris and Eoghan Connolly 20/7/2025
S Fogarty Forum: Tipp and Kerry clear decks for back-to-back tilts
The obstacles to putting All-Irelands together will occupy minds among the champions

Tue, 30 Dec, 2025

Kerry All-Ireland Football Champions Homecoming
S Christy O'Connor: The long haul road to Sam Maguire
It didn’t appear to be possible to win an All-Ireland playing ten games until Tyrone finally managed it in 2005. They still hold the record

Sun, 28 Dec, 2025

Gimmick or advantage? Training on Christmas Day divides opinion
S Gimmick or advantage? Training on Christmas Day divides GAA player opinion
Derry and Glen footballer Conor Glass will train on Christmas Day but it's not for everyone

Thu, 25 Dec, 2025

Mark O'Connor doing media duties 7/12/2025
Major boost for Dingle with Mark O'Connor set to be available for All-Ireland semi-final
O'Connor had returned to Australia for pre-season training with his club Geelong

Tue, 23 Dec, 2025

Galbally Pearses v Rathmore - AIB GAA Football All-Ireland Intermediate Championship Final
Kerry legend Aidan O’Mahony takes the reins with his native Rathmore
O'Mahony spent the last two seasons managing Cork PIFC side Macroom

Sun, 21 Dec, 2025

Niall Fitzgerald 4/11/2018
Beyond the garden gate: Are inter-county GAA teams ready to turn native?
The number of native managers in inter-county football and hurling has grown to 28

Fri, 19 Dec, 2025

GAA Special Congress 2025
Jarlath Burns: The amount of people in Asia keen to invest in the GAA is mesmerising
Mary McAleese, the chairperson of the steering committee on integration, said the 2027 date for the merger of the Camogie Association, LGFA, and GAA is “is not ambitious; it is a realisable target”.

Wed, 17 Dec, 2025

Kerry v Mayo - Electric Ireland GAA Football All-Ireland Minor Championship Semi-Final
Kerry club management merry-go-round in full swing as Quillinan takes over at Glenflesk
Glenbeigh/Glencar clubman Peter O’Sullivan is taking over at Kenmare Shamrocks while former Kerry minor Paddy Curran has been appointed by Templenoe

Wed, 17 Dec, 2025

Waterford v Clare - Electric Ireland GAA Hurling All-Ireland Minor Championship Final
Munster back All-Ireland minor U18 return but adult club games to be barred during inter-county run
Munster GAA chairman Tim Murphy has backed the creation of a two-week gap between the All-Ireland senior hurling and football finals

Wed, 17 Dec, 2025

Ciarán Thompson and captain Patrick McBrearty lift the trophy 31/3/2024
Paddy McBrearty's retirement was 'shock' for Donegal panel
Donegal's Ciarán Thompson is set to miss his county's league campaign due to an ACL tear he suffered during the All-Ireland final defeat to Kerry

Tue, 16 Dec, 2025

Cork v Tipperary - GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Final
S Fogarty Forum: John McGrath’s RTÉ awards snub is a bad look
That a hurler was not deemed good enough to join David Clifford on the 12-person shortlist for the RTÉ Sport Sportsperson of the Year award was a surprise

Tue, 16 Dec, 2025

Meath v Donegal - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Semi-Final
Patrick McBrearty, Donegal's most successful footballer ever, forced to retire
The county confirmed the news on Monday evening. McBrearty won seven Ulster SFC titles and an All-Ireland in 2012

Mon, 15 Dec, 2025

Grangenovlin v Barcelona - AIB Leinster GAA Football Junior Club Championship Semi-Final
Grangenolvin hold off Fighting Cocks rally to claim Leinster junior title
Kildare's Grangenolvin led by 11 points at the break but Carlow's Fighting Cocks rallied in the second half to close the gap

Sun, 14 Dec, 2025

Armagh v Mayo - Electric Ireland GAA Football All Ireland Minor Championship Semi-Final
'St Kilda are very sound': Andy Moran explains Mayo plan for Kobe McDonald
Andy Moran said the AFL-bound Kobe McDonald could line out with Mayo this season. Though, he will be taking it slowly with the teenage star.

Fri, 12 Dec, 2025

David Clifford 'delighted' as Sem retain Frewen Cup title with thrilling victory over Clonakilty
David Clifford 'delighted' as Sem retain Frewen Cup title with thrilling victory over Clonakilty
Darragh Keane scored 2-3 for St Brendan's Killarney whose management team is led by Kerry footballer David Clifford

Wed, 10 Dec, 2025

Cork v Tipperary - GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Final
S John Fogarty: Munster GAA’s €12m spending surge shows a system running out of control
Munster’s projected €12m spend highlights an escalating and largely unchecked financial race that threatens the GAA’s amateur spirit and sustainability

Tue, 09 Dec, 2025

Dingle v St Finbarr's - AIB Munster GAA Football Senior Club Championship Final
S Kieran Shannon: Thurles epic deserved better ending than referee playing God
For 62 and a half minutes, the Munster final was a credit to everyone involved.

Tue, 09 Dec, 2025

Dingle v St Finbarr's - AIB Munster GAA Football Senior Club Championship Final
How Dingle turned heartbreaking defeats into fuel for Munster glory
Paul Geaney is glad his plea to move Dingle's crucial game-winning free closer to goal was ignored by referee Chris Maguire

Tue, 09 Dec, 2025

Dingle v St Finbarr's - AIB Munster GAA Football Senior Club Championship Final
S Maurice Brosnan: Don't try to understand Munster final madness — just feel it
Dingle’s dramatic win over St Finbarr’s in an electrifying Munster final delivered chaos, emotion and one of the great modern GAA spectacles

Mon, 08 Dec, 2025

Conor Geaney and Paul Geaney celebrates at full time 7/12/2025
Barrs left the door ajar and Dingle stepped through
Dingle will play Ballyboden in the All-Ireland semi-final. The Kerry side's manager Pádraig Ó Corcorcáin is a born and reared Ballyboden man. The Dingle story keeps giving

Mon, 08 Dec, 2025

Mark O'Connor is tackled by Rickey Barrett 7/12/2025
Dingle not expecting to have Mark O'Connor available for All-Ireland semi-final
Dingle face Ballyboden St Enda's in the All-Ireland Club SFC semi-final on January 3/4 after victory over St Finbarr's in the Munster final

Sun, 07 Dec, 2025

Watch: Dingle's dramatic and controversial Munster final winner against the Barrs
Watch: Dingle's dramatic and controversial Munster final winner against the Barrs
Dingle had trailed St Finbarr's by seven points in the second half the Munster Club SFC final but the Kerry champions pulled off an incredible comeback

Sun, 07 Dec, 2025

Austin Stacks v Dingle - Kerry County Senior Football Championship Final
S James Weldon bringing hardwood knowhow to Dingle's drive for Munster glory
Renowned as a leading international basketball coach, James Weldon has helped 'build Dingle's castle' from the rocks of previous defeats.

Sat, 06 Dec, 2025

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