Bye, Harry.

When Paddy McConigley was growing up kicking football for his local Fanad Gaels club at Triaghalough in north-west Donegal, little did he know where the wind on the gusty peninsula would take him.

When Neil Armstrong landed on the moon, it marked the culmination of a $24 billion NASA space program. 

Kerry footballer Marc Ó Sé hasn’t ruled out skipping the entire league campaign to recover from a fractured coccyx.

Colm Cooper has given plenty of defenders sleepless nights before championship matches in Croke Park but the Kerry star had his own difficulties getting rest ahead of the big days.

John Shorten beat Wayne Callanan by almost a bowl in the Billy Molloy Cup at Whitechurch. 

Naomh Abán 0-10 Ballinora 0-9

Seamus Sexton beat Pat Butler by a bowl in a brilliant Munster intermediate championship quarter-final at Timoleague.

Kerry football legend Colm Cooper was a guest analyst on the opening Sunday Game on RTÉ last night as he continues to recover from a season-ending injury.

John Lenihan has spent 42 years manning the fortress that is Fitzgerald Stadium. And a fortress it most certainly is, yesterday’s Munster final win extending Kerry’s unbeaten run against Cork in Killarney to an 18th season at their spiritual home.

My first memory of Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta is from 1984, when An Rinn was full of talk about Willie Joe Padden.

It is a box he says he will tick one day but, for now, Aidan Walsh is content to knock back the opportunity to play senior hurling for Cork.

Another belter of a match between these sides in Kilmichael on Saturday as Naomh Abán kicked a goal and two points in the dying embers of the Cork Premier IFC fourth round replay to win by one.

A hard, real honest all-Gaeltacht tussle in Kilmichael on Saturday, no shortage of commitment from either Béal Athan Ghaorthaidh or Naomh Abán.

They grasped silverware again in April yet the applause did not come tumbling down from the stands to greet Cork’s third successive league title.

Former county star Micéal Ó Croinín showed class is permanent as Naomh Abán had a perfect start to the Cork Premier IFC at Kilmurry on Saturday night.

They may be meeting for the first time this season but there is plenty of familiarity between Cork and Kerry ahead of tonight’s provincial showdown in Austin Stack Park.

When I interviewed Anthony Lynch before Christmas to mark his retirement, it struck us just how much the welfare of Cork players had improved since his breakthrough year in 1999.

Away days.

The massive pressures placed on inter-county GAA players could have serious repercussions in the years ahead

HE’S not going to go all Roy about the medal.

CORK attacker Colm O’Neill is poised to make his inter-county comeback during next month’s McGrath Cup competition after being sidelined since March with a torn cruciate ligament.

Following on from the retirements of John Miskella and Anthony Lynch, Cork football manager Conor Counihan has suffered another pre-season setback.

IT’S far from his perch that things have looked shaky but Cork goalkeeper Alan Quirke can see some humour in their amount of forwards on the treatment table.

MEATH boss Seamus McEnaney last night handed out senior championship debuts to U21 duo Bryan Menton and Ciaran Lenehan for Sunday’s Leinster quarter-final against Kildare in Croke Park but the involvement of veteran forward Graham Geraghty remains unclear as the list of Royal County substitutes has yet to be released.

CORK finalised their preparations for Sunday’s Munster SFC semi-final against Waterford with a highly competitive inter-squad A v B game at the official opening of Kilmichael GAA’s magnificent complex in Annahalla.

Clyda Rovers 0-7 Naomh Abán 0-4

JOHN MISKELLA is Cork’s biggest injury concern after Sunday’s league final win over Dublin, but will have to wait to assess the extent of the back problem he sustained in the Croke Park clash.

IT IS a unique occasion for the current Cork football squad to be preparing for a league showpiece against Dublin, yet their manager has plenty of tales of springtime collisions with capital forces with which to regale his players.

Kilkenny’s injury crisis has worsened ahead of Sunday week’s Allianz Hurling League decider against Dublin with Aidan Fogarty, Michael Fennelly and John Dalton all the latest additions to the treatment room after their victory over Offaly in Nowlan Park last weekend, the Irish Examiner has reported.

KILKENNY’s injury crisis has worsened ahead of Sunday week’s Allianz Hurling League decider against Dublin with Aidan Fogarty, Michael Fennelly and John Dalton all the latest additions to the treatment room after their victory over Offaly in Nowlan Park last weekend.

PAUL KERRIGAN emerged as the latest injury doubt for Cork ahead of Sunday’s Allianz Football League final against Dublin in Croke Park.

Young Cork midfielder Aidan Walsh will play no part in next Sunday's Allianz Football League Division 1 final against Dublin.

AIDAN WALSH will miss Cork’s Allianz Football League Division One decider with Dublin at Croke Park next Sunday.

JOHN MISKELLA is in line to make his first appearance for the Cork senior footballers since last year’s All-Ireland final in Sunday’s Allianz Football League Division 1 tie against Mayo.

AIDAN Walsh and Ciarán Sheehan’s involvement with the Cork senior footballers for the remainder of their Division One league campaign will be dependent on the county’s progress in the Munster U21FC.

CONOR COUNIHAN has named an unchanged side from the team that beat Monaghan a fortnight ago for Cork’s Allianz NFL Division 1 game tomorrow night against Down.

CORK panellists Paddy O’Shea and Kevin McMahon have both opted of Conor Counihan’s senior football squad.

CORK will be without All-Ireland winning captain Graham Canty and goalkeeper Alan Quirke for the opening rounds of their NFL Division 1 campaign.

CORK’S All-Ireland SFC winning manager Conor Counihan has accused the media of sensationalising disciplinary issues in the GAA.

WHEN news broke yesterday that Conor Counihan would be staying on as Cork senior football manager, there was a sense of relief, and not just in Cork.

THE departure of Seán Óg O hAilpín from the inter-county scene is one of those events that comes along to remind you that you’re getting older, not younger.

A GARY SHEEHAN goal two minutes from time ensured Na Piarsaigh retain their senior status for another season, following a cracking Evening Echo SFC relegation final at Cloughduv last night.