Last Tuesday night, Cork hurling seemed to have turned a corner. Evan Sheehan’s injury-time goal against Tipperary looked to have won the Munster U20 championship, only for Jake Morris to rescue the Premier County with a terrific goal at the other end moments later.

'So many houses in Ireland hadn’t water or sewerage and you were watching man do something you could hardly imagine'

Horgan's three highest tallies this year have all come in losses.

A body language expert wasn’t required to work out Brian Cody’s mood in the wake of Sunday’s defeat to Galway.

Pat Horgan’s ears have been burning for the last few weeks with high praise coming from all quarters.

There are newish fans who may not fully get the testing faith that is Tottenham Hotspur. But already they recognise the importance of fearing the worst on a daily basis. We must continue to answer the call though, says Enda McEvoy. Audere Est Facere.

Next month marks the 50th anniversary of the National Hurling League final between Kilkenny and Tipperary, one of the most controversial clashes in GAA history, writes Enda McEvoy

Under the Hogan Stand, TJ Reid stopped to chat. After scoring 2-2, it didn’t appear it would be a difficult request, and so it turned out, but his demeanour wasn’t one of delight but righteous indignation.

Rivals Kilkenny and Tipperary meet again tomorrow in the league final in Nowlan Park. Anthony Daly says this Kilkenny group know by this stage that if they’re not producing the goods, Brian Cody will get someone else to do it

Eddie Keher knows there are better teams than Kilkenny at the moment and he doesn’t expect them to win the All-Ireland title this year, but he is convinced they are developing quicker than anticipated.

A life less ordinary was celebrated in Kilkenny last evening as one of hurling’s greatest players, Eddie Keher, was conferred with the freedom of the city.

The messages have been plentiful as they have been humbling. Heart-warming texts from Derek McGrath, Anthony Daly, and Nicky English. 

Of the many great crimes that befell the last century, Ultravox’s Vienna being kept off the top of the UK single charts by Joe Dolce’s Shaddaup You Face in 1981 stands most unashamedly among them.

Eddie Keher finds it “extraordinary” Brian Cody was questioned following the opening Division 1A defeats to Waterford and Clare.

Former team-mate Len Gaynor has paid tribute to the memory of the late Tipperary hurling legend Mick Roche, whose death was announced yesterday at the age of 73.

It’s the morning of the 1916 All-Ireland hurling final. The Tipperary hurlers are in Dublin — they walk down the quays and turn left onto Sackville Street.

These three contests could decide the destination of the Liam MacCarthy Cup...

Michael Moynihan looks at the old and new factors in today’s meeting of these storied rivals...

Captaining Tipperary means facing up to searching questions on and off the field. Brendan Maher has been doing that all year, and when you ask him if the Premier County’s record against Kilkenny is something he’s conscious of, he doesn’t back down at all.

He’s more of an iceman on the field but off it Paul Murphy would be closer to an icebreaker.

Irish Examiner Sport continues its extensive build-up to Sunday’s All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final with a bumper edition podcast.

It’s not just a jersey they hand you, but one with a number, and often that number counts.

The fight itself certainly didn’t set the world on fire, but Muhammad Ali’s bout in Croke Park in 1972 was a sideshow for many who were simply in awe at having the man himself on their doorstep.

Eddie Keher says Ger Loughnane may change his tune about Kilkenny by the end of this season.

In college they were teammates. Even friends. Then, for a while, things were tetchy enough.

It is 40 years this weekend since Galway returned to hurling’s high altar, their 1975 All-Ireland final appearance bringing to an end the county’s 17-year wait for a September sojourn to Jones Road.

In the closing days of August 1975, Paddy Downey, the revered Gaelic games correspondent of The Irish Times, made a little pilgrimage to Kilkenny and had a ball.

Babs Keating and Eddie Keher last night paid their respects to the Tipperary hurling great Jimmy Doyle who passed away yesterday.

“It is 43 years now and God knows we’ve waited long enough,” says Frank Keenan, his tone suggesting a wearing thin of patience.

Last year’s All-Ireland final replay man of the match Kieran Joyce has played down the significance of Kilkenny’s 12-week break between league and championship.

Kevin Fennelly said it was a regret of his he didn’t produce Henry Shefflin when he was Kilkenny manager in 1998.

John Fogarty considers the tangible reasons both for and against Shefflin remaining on for a 17th season with the Cats.

It may be six months since the word was uttered but with time it has become more powerful. Because it’s never been retracted. Never apologised for. And, let’s be honest, never denounced by a GAA official without any vim.

Two All-Ireland titles and multiple All Star awards have secured Eoin Kelly’s place in Tipperary hurling folklore. Now he is slowly growing accustomed to life as a former inter-county hurler, but the memories of the glory days in blue and gold are as fresh as ever.