Person: Jimmy Finn

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Paddy Stapleton: ‘We’re not the greatest team that has ever come out of this parish’

Ballyhale Shamrocks’ golden generation of players enter the arena on Sunday as warm favourites for the All-Ireland club title, and deserved favourites at that.

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Hurling bids farewell to Cork’s ‘little tiger’, Willie John Daly

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Tipperary legends gather for farewell to Mickey 'The Rattler' Byrne

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Brendan Maher fluffs lines but joins greats in Stapleton’s

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Flyer puts seal on 33/1 treble for Walsh

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VIDEO: Thousands pay respects to Tipperary legend Jimmy Doyle

Two more for in-form Gordon Elliott

Gordon Elliott, enjoying a tremendous run, struck again when saddling a double with Moonmeister and Fort Smith in Downpatrick yesterday.

Mon, 15 Jun, 2015

Load gives Burke perfect start to new job

Jonathan Burke made the perfect start in his new role as Alan and Ann Potts’ retained jockey when partnering the Henry de Bromhead-trained Loosen My Load to a convincing win in the Ryans Cleaning Chase in Galway yesterday.

Thu, 11 Sep, 2014

Saddlenomore gets Conerney off the mark

On an afternoon that saw Jamie Codd crowned point-to-point champion for the first time, Mikey O’Connor dominated yesterday’s second stage of the two-day Ormond Foxhounds fixture at Ballingarry in north Co Tipperary by partnering two winners.

Tue, 03 Jun, 2014

Farcical start ‘a disgrace’, says de Bromhead

The starting of races in Ireland, which has long been a bone of contention, reached farcical proportions for the opening Maiden Hurdle at Tramore yesterday.

Fri, 11 Oct, 2013

Tycoon adds to Galway riches

Busted Tycoon and Notable Graduate provided Tony Martin and Dermot Weld respectively with further success on the final day of the 2013 Galway Festival in Ballybrit yesterday.

Mon, 05 Aug, 2013

Finding reality behind a true hurling legend

JOHN HARRINGTON was an impressionable child the first time he saw John Doyle.

Sat, 19 Nov, 2011

Muirhead rules in Munster National

PAUL CARBERRY produced a typically confident ride as Muirhead captured a dramatic Ladbrokes.com Munster National at Limerick yesterday.

Mon, 10 Oct, 2011

iPad consigns schoolbooks to history lessons

ST COLEMAN’S College in Mayo will soon be a school without books. But before parents start banging down the door of the Education Minister in protest, the school is replacing them with iPads.

Mon, 30 May, 2011

Thousands say goodbye to true hurling legend

ON the last day of a year in which Tipperary re-asserted itself as a powerhouse of hurling, thousands gathered in a historic corner of the county to say goodbye to one of its greatest ever practitioners.

Sat, 01 Jan, 2011

Diophas delivers in style

EDWARD O’GRADY and Andrew McNamara continued their terrific run when Diophas justified hefty market support with a smooth success in the Dromahane Maiden Hurdle at Cork yesterday.

Wed, 16 Dec, 2009

Death of Tipperary legend Ryan

THE death has occurred of former Tipperary hurler Mick Ryan, a member of the three-in-a-row All-Ireland winning team of 1949/1951, who had the distinction of winning county championship medals both in football and hurling in Kilkenny and Cork.

Sat, 08 Dec, 2007

Hurling should get own funding, says Kelly

THE GAA is optimistic that the Government is prepared to give formal recognition to the game of hurling by grant-aiding it as a separate entity from Gaelic football.

Mon, 23 Aug, 2004