Kya deLongchamps celebrates the heroic and unlikely life of Thomas Francis Meagher (1823-1867) nearly 150 years since his mysterious disappearance.

Former Derry All-Star footballer Paddy Bradley has lashed out at manager Brian McIver ahead of the county’s crucial Ulster championship semi-final against Donegal on Saturday.

In the centenary year of Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa’s death, it is appropriate that his life, and his patriotism, be marked in the county and country of his birth, writes Gabriel Doherty

Brosna reaction: Dave Curtin didn’t wait for Paddy Neilan to raise the black book, he knew his All-Ireland was over.

John Mitchel’s (Lancashire)1-9 Moate All Whites (Westmeath) 1-6: All-Ireland Club JFC semi-final: Merseyside could have something to celebrate this season after all following John Mitchel’s qualification for the All-Ireland Club JFC final for the second time in their history at Pairc Tailteann, Navan, yesterday.

Archaeologists have identified for the first time the full extent of a convicts’ mass grave on what was once a notorious concentration camp-style prison in Cork harbour.

St Brendan’s 1-17 Killarney Legion 2-07

Mickey Ned O’Sullivan: Attempts to plot downfall of highly-rated Tipperary team.

A masterplan to redevelop Spike Island into an attraction comparable to Alcatraz will be unveiled this week.

TOMORROW afternoon in Dr Crokes club grounds in Killarney they will don opposing bainisteoir bibs on the sideline for the Corn Ui Mhuirí decider, yet it was on the field that John Flannery and Aidan Moynihan first crossed paths.

The Young Ireland Rebellion and Limerick

SPORTING fixture lists across the country for this weekend have been decimated by the worsening weather conditions.

THE American Richard Rodgers — of Rodgers and Hammerstein fame — wrote over 900 songs for 40 Broadway musicals but he could never have imagined any of his compositions being chorused at a wintry GAA pitch in Carrick-in-Shannon.

AUSTIN STACKS, with county midfielder Kieran Donaghy inspirational, advanced to the second round of the Kerry County Senior Football Championship with a 2-11 to 2-9 win over Laune Rangers.

AN investigation will be launched by the Kerry County Board as Gerard Lynch from Ballymacelligott became the latest GAA official to be assaulted.

IN an all-Kerry semi-final to the West Munster Barton Shield, Tralee ended Killarney’s hopes in a marathon at the Ring of Kerry.