Person: Dan the Man

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EIMEAR RYAN: One hurler’s achievement becomes another’s aspiration

It was Declan Hannon who said it, sitting in the victors’ banquet with the Liam MacCarthy Cup in front of him: ‘We’ve all marched behind the band out the back garden when we were four, five, six years of age.’

Sat, 25 Aug, 2018

Waterford young gun Colin Dunford just taking it all in his stride

Sometimes you forget they’re so young, of course. You look down from the stand at the collisions and the pace and the scores and you think inter-county hurlers are giants. Then they take off those helmets and quite a few of them look fresh-faced enough to be worried approaching a nightclub entrance.

Fri, 11 Mar, 2016

Dan The Man set to make his mark at stud

It was good to hear that old favourite Dan The Man, trained by David Hickey, will be given his chance to stand at stud, now that he has been retired from racing.

Thu, 10 Dec, 2015

Raffa rules in Laurels

Following in the paw-prints of 1990 winner Adraville Bridge and 2003 champ Nikita Billie, Midtown Raffa gave trainer Mossy O’Connor a third Laurels success with a thoroughly authoritative display in Saturday night’s decider at Curraheen Park.

Mon, 11 May, 2015