In the large room upstairs in Galway football’s training centre in Loughgeorge, there used to be a plaque of Leonardo Da Vinci’s

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

Young Munster lifted the Bank of Ireland Munster Junior Cup at Musgrave Park for an eighth time in a thrilling final against Cork Constitution.

Galbally caused the shock of the weekend as they beat Clanwilliam in the Bank of Ireland Munster Junior Cup.

Bottom side St. Mary’s put a big dent in Richmond’s Division 1 League ambitions, when a last minute converted try saw the Limerick derby finish all square 14-14.

It was a day of shocks in the Bank of Ireland Munster Junior Cup as holders Shannon are knocked out by Cashel and both Muskerry and Midleton lost to sides in a lower division.

It was another exciting weekend at the top of Division 1 of the Munster Junior League.

Rookie Dublin midfielder Brian Fenton has revealed how he remembered his late mother, Marian, and Dublin GAA stalwart Dave Billings amid emotional scenes on All-Ireland final day.

What has Phil Mickelson at Winged Foot, the Boston Red Sox in 1978 and Jean van de Velde at the 1999 British Open got in common with this Dublin team?

On A lonely bench at Belgrave Park in Rathmines he sat one night. All night long.

Sigerson Cup semi-final

Step into the impressive St Vincent’s GAA bar room and it’s not long before you’re reminded of the club’s glory era.

Imagine Brian Mullins without aggression and physicality? He’d be more suited to playing for Cork today than Dublin in the ‘70s.

Gerry Fitzpatrick has been one of Ireland’s leading, if unsung, sports operators for over four decades. From hoops to hurling, from training Henry and Mullane to watching Shaq in the flesh, he’s seen a lot, if not it all. Now, he’s playing his part in the Wexford hurling revival.

A few weeks ago our club, Watty Graham’s Glen, received a request from the St Vincent’s club in Dublin.

Newly crowned All-Ireland Club SFC champions St Vincents will take on Africa’s first GAA team this weekend.

Hugh Gill is philosophical about the likelihood of St Vincent’s run to Monday’s All-Ireland Club SFC final putting him in the window for a return to the Dublin panel.

St Vincent’s (Dublin) 1-14 Summerhill (Meath) 1-10

All-Ireland SFC winners Ray Silke, Brian Mullins, Jimmy Deenihan and Pat Spillane are amongst the stars set to be inducted into the University of Limerick’s Sports Hall of Fame later this month.

A couple of years ago, a publisher asked your columnist about potential GAA books: what would be a hot property, and what would be interesting, that kind of thing.

José Mourinho. Pep Guardiola. André Villas-Boas. All managers on-trend with their smart shirt, jacket, and tie look. So why haven’t GAA managers followed suit and gone all Savile Row on us?

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As Kevin Heffernan’s coffin left the Church of St Vincent de Paul on Dublin’s Griffith Avenue yesterday, a spontaneous applause enveloped the air.

Family, friends, and sporting stars of past and present turned out for the removal of Gaelic football legend Kevin Heffernan in Dublin last night.

Dublin football legend Kevin Heffernan, who managed the Dubs to three All-Ireland SFC titles, has passed away at the age of 83.

An Bord Pleanála has granted planning permission for the erection of a 40km overhead power line through West Cork, despite the view of its inspector a “strong case” could be made for undergrounding a section of the line.

There was a disappointing start to the opening round of the Munster Junior Clubs Challenge Cup with only three of the scheduled seven games going ahead.

Beautiful countryside across two unspoilt valleys will be scarred by a controversial electricity transmission line snaking its way through West Cork, it has been claimed.

A proposal to run a 110kV overhead power line across a 40km stretch of rural Co Cork will provide security of supply and help export renewable energy, an oral hearing has heard.

It was actually 25 years ago this weekend.

Dublin legend Brian Mullins says the All-Ireland champions’ greatest challenge in defending their crown is a mental one.

DUBLIN football legend Jimmy Keaveney claims Kerry people were arrogant about their team’s chances of winning last September’s All-Ireland final.

CLONMEL head the field in Munster Junior League Division One after they collected maximum points with a 28-0 away win over Kilfeacle.

ST SENAN’S caused the biggest shock in the opening round of games in the Munster Junior League as Killarney and Charleville lifted silverware.

BRIAN MULLINS, Fiona Looney, Bella Doyle, Gerry Hargan, Bertie Ahern, Brenda Fricker, Gavin Friday, Kevin Heffernan, The Pickaroony, Twink.

Stephen Luxton

MICKEY Harte was quoted as saying: ‘In the modern game, midfield is less about those who play with numbers eight and nine on their back, and more about the eight or nine players who play in the middle of the field’.

ONE of the three men central to Pat Gilroy’s appointment as Dublin boss admitted yesterday that the decision to go with the managerial rookie was a huge gamble — but one that has since paid off in spades.

FOUR-time All-Ireland club champions Birr served notice of their intent when overwhelming reigning kingpins Coolderry by 1-16 to 0-10 in a one-sided fourth round encounter at Shinrone on Saturday.

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