Person: Joe Deane

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Dalo: No Nicky on this selection but he’d be on my all-time team

Anthony Daly opted for John Mullane over Nicky English in his Munster ‘Railway Cup’ dream team of the last 30 years but says the Tipp great would be on his all-time selection.

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Dalo's GAA Show: Picking a Munster Railway Cup dream team 1990-2020

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Sunday's TV Highlights: Wolf Hall, Stephen Hawking and a classic Munster final all feature

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League lessons: 'Don’t be giving fellas the curly finger after 20 minutes'

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Meyler deserving of gratitude but even he’ll see it’s time to go

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Corcoran: Cork are now paying the price for their lack of success at underage level

‘I played left hand on top, but I’m right-handed’

Cork All-Ireland winner Joe Deane on his grip and the art of free-taking.

Fri, 12 Jul, 2019

Hurling development workshops confirmed for all four provinces

The GAA’s National Hurling and Camogie Development Provincial Workshops have been confirmed for this summer with sessions planned in all four provinces.

Mon, 27 May, 2019

A sense of history repeating

The Imokilly press evening was winding down when the division’s successes of the nineties were recalled.

Sat, 13 Oct, 2018

‘I don’t know if points from 100 metres are of any value to the game’

The art of goalscoring — from Cork’s old machine-gun fire to the heavy artillery of Tipperary — and the free spirits like Lar Corbett are in danger of being drowned in a sea of points. What to do? Change the sliotar? Award four points for the goal? Enda McEvoy reports

Fri, 17 Aug, 2018

How ‘too small’ Seamus Harnedy made his dream of captaining Cork come true

Dreams do come true. 19 years ago, Seamus Harnedy thought he was in dreamland lining up for a picture with the Munster Hurling championship trophy beside his local Killeagh heroes, Mark Landers and Joe Deane.

Mon, 02 Jul, 2018

Tighter defence the platform for Cork's surge down the stretch

I was on co-commentary duty with RTÉ yesterday for the game in Limerick, which the Treaty won impressively. As a result I had to make do with watching the Cork-Clare game on TV, writes Donal O’Grady.

Mon, 21 May, 2018

Cork up and running but summer yet to catch fire

Cork 2-23 Clare 1-21: Is nostalgia ever justified?

Mon, 21 May, 2018

Primed to be pinned on Midleton wall of fame

The walls outside Mr Murphy’s classroom are postered with newspaper cuttings.

Sat, 17 Feb, 2018

The big interview with Tracey Kennedy: The art of seeing the bigger picture

She has overcome obstacles, from shyness to cancer to advancing in the once male-dominated bastion of the GAA committee room. So thriving as the first female chair of Cork County Board won’t faze Tracey Kennedy. But she does want to represent females in the GAA and be an effective voice for inclusiveness and change...

Sat, 30 Dec, 2017

Waterford v Cork - Munster GAA Hurling Senior Championship Semi-Final

Great memories in two decades of Cork V Waterford clashes

A terrific rivalry comes with some explosive scores. Michael Moynihan lists the goals, points, sideline cuts — and one shot that hit the bar — which punctuate Cork-Waterford clashes of the last 20 years.

Sat, 12 Aug, 2017

It’s just all business when you reach the other capital

Everything is different in Dublin. When you’re in Thurles, part of the attraction is that the whole town seems to have been built for the games. You nearly feel special.

Fri, 11 Aug, 2017

Joe Deane: Waterford rivalry defined Cork

Joe Deane faced Kilkenny in four All-Ireland finals, but he doesn’t take issue when it’s suggested it was the battles with Waterford that defined his career with Cork.

Wed, 09 Aug, 2017

Eclipsed on scores front but Ring is still Ring

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.

Tue, 11 Jul, 2017

So what's changed in the past 12 months?

In the second half of last Sunday’s Munster SHC clash, Cork wing-back Mark Coleman soloed up his wing on the Ryan Stand side of Semple Stadium, checked, turned back, slapped the ball off the ground and considered his options. Coleman then zipped a cross field ball to Patrick Horgan, who snapped over a point.

Sun, 28 May, 2017

MICHAEL MOYNIHAN: As four youngsters step up to the adults’ table, what does it take to stay there?

Cork will start four U21s in today’s Munster SHC clash with Tipperary. How much of a step is it, to go from underage hurling to the big show? asks Michael Moynihan.

Sun, 21 May, 2017

‘It makes a change from them asking about Kerry football’

Richard Gentleman didn’t believe he’d ever see the day where the hurlers of Kilmoyley would contest a Munster championship final.

Sun, 20 Nov, 2016

Savouring the wondrous, uplifting experience of a club title

Kieran Shannon reflects on Ballyea’s finest hour...

Tue, 01 Nov, 2016

Exclusive extract from Ken McGrath's autobiography: ‘This is what you’re preparing for all your life... to do this’

Waterford hurling icon Ken McGrath releases his autobiography this week. In this exclusive extract he reveals the heartbreak behind an All-Ireland semi-final defeat — and the lighter moments enjoyed away from the field.

Tue, 11 Oct, 2016

OBITUARY: Former chairman of Cork GAA, and PRO for Cork and Munster GAA Jim Forbes

Like every good communicator, Jim Forbes was always listening, writes Tony Leen

Fri, 16 Sep, 2016

Newtownshandrum may be getting the blend right again

Newtownshandrum 1-19 Killeagh 1-16: In the last decade Newtownshumdrum were kingpins of Cork club hurling, their delightful skillset and running game thrilling fans and neutrals alike as they amassed titles in 2000, 2003, 2005 and 2009.

Mon, 30 May, 2016

Prince: Uninspiring Cork concert left Leesiders less than impressed in the summer of 1990

The summer of 1990 is fondly recalled in Ireland by those of a certain age, and especially so in Cork.

Sat, 23 Apr, 2016

Bishopstown find new impetus

Bishopstown 1-20 Killeagh 1-11: Bishopstown retained their Cork senior hurling status in style at Riverstown on Saturday. One wondered how they were ever in this relegation decider such was their assertive and forceful play.

Mon, 28 Sep, 2015

Mighty McCarthy shines in Carrig win

Cork SHC: Carrigtwohill 2-27 Killeagh 0-18

Mon, 20 Jul, 2015

Give clubs back captain’s call, say Tomás Mulcahy and Larry Tompkins

Tomás Mulcahy and Larry Tompkins have called on the Cork County Board to reinstate the jettisoned tradition of club champions nominating county captains.

Wed, 24 Jun, 2015

Darragh O’Connell’s late point edges derby joust for Youghal

Youghal 0-12 Killeagh 0-11: Drama in Ballynoe on Saturday evening, with Youghal edging this Cork SHC second round clash by the narrowest of margins, teenage sub Darragh O’Connell hitting the late, late point which defeated Killeagh in this absorbing local derby.

Mon, 22 Jun, 2015

Killeagh and Youghal set for a derby thriller

Second-round games in the Cork county championships are laden with enough tension, even without a local derby element.

Fri, 19 Jun, 2015

Conor Lehane again the key as Midleton motor on

Midleton 0-20 Killeagh 2-8: The outcome was the one most predicted, but not with the ease expected from Midleton in this Cork senior hurling championship first-round game in Castlemartyr yesterday.

Mon, 18 May, 2015

Noel McGrath to undergo cancer surgery

It is not unusual for club and inter-county players diagnosed with chronic illnesses to first approach the GAA in seeking help, a leading official revealed.

Thu, 16 Apr, 2015

Dazzling Deane lifts Killeagh

Killeagh 1-18 Courcey Rovers 0-16

Mon, 25 Aug, 2014

Chairman pledges Courceys return

The hurt on the faces of the Courcey Rovers players and officials told the story.

Mon, 25 Aug, 2014

Piarsaigh battle bravely for priceless victory

Cork SHC: Na Piarsaigh 1-22 Killeagh 2-15

Mon, 28 Jul, 2014

Privileged to witness Model revival

The good times are back in Wexford. Win, lose or draw on Sunday, the Model must now push on to the next level

Fri, 25 Jul, 2014

Smith content as Magpies soar again

Midleton 3-18 Killeagh 1-13

Mon, 30 Jun, 2014

We’ve been here before

The last time Cork and Clare faced each other in championship with the Banner having won silverware the previous year was the 1999 Munster final.

Sat, 14 Jun, 2014

VIDEO: Former Cork and Fermanagh All-Stars lineout as cancer survivors raise vital funds

A little over a week ago sides managed by Brian Cody and Mick O’ Dwyer respectively played out an entertaining draw in a match organised to raise funds for two oncology.

Wed, 14 May, 2014

Greats turn out to show that biggest battle of all can be won

It was cold, blustery and there were showers of rain, but not even a campaigning politician could have dampened the positivity of the spirit at O’Moore Park yesterday.

Tue, 06 May, 2014

Sherlock says Cork can cope with Murphy’s loss

Former Cork hurling star Wayne Sherlock, right, believes the Rebels won’t suffer from a lack of experience due to the retirement of Brian Murphy.

Fri, 14 Mar, 2014

Players can’t show off skills on sodden pitch

I’m living in the heart of rural Clare but I could be by the sea. Looking out my window I only see water and wind whipping up the whitecaps and it makes me wonder — will these games go ahead at all this weekend? Should these games go ahead?

Sat, 15 Feb, 2014

Still writing banner headlines

Having been rejected once for being too small, Clare’s Podge Collins made one vow — if he wasn’t going to catch ball above lads’ heads, he wasn’t going to get pushed off it either. The season he doesn’t want to end takes another twist today with Cratloe in a Clare football final.

Sat, 16 Nov, 2013

Not from Cork but of Cork

By his own reckoning, Seán Óg Ó hAilpín was probably the least skilful hurler to ever put on a Cork jersey — but has there been a more dedicated person to wear it? “That’s what made me survive,” he suggests. Now with his life thoughts put to paper, he’s ready to reflect, without bitterness, without rancour. Anyone looking for sly digs won’t find them here.

Sat, 09 Nov, 2013