Person: Mick Roche

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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Tippsy from an addiction to goals

After more than eight years of this column, the arse long torn out of it, maybe it’s time to start taking requests.

gaa

Writing the perfect novel of Limerick v Tipperary

Limerick and Tipperary face off in tomorrow’s Munster senior hurling final. You know that. But the conflict is not confined to the Gaelic Grounds. Michael Moynihan evaluates a quality fiction/hurling stand-off between Limerick’s Kevin Barry and Tipperary’s Donal Ryan.

Cork v Clare: One of the great unfathomables

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Lunchtime briefing: Berlin attack suspect shot dead by police. Catch up on the headlines

gaa

'Typical of Mick, he always looked out for his friends'

news

Morning briefing: Cork dissident murdered - ‘Beast’ gunned down on street. Catch up on all the headlines

Mick Roche was a Tipperary ‘colossus’

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.

Thu, 08 Dec, 2016

Evening briefing: Man shot in Cork city. Catch up on all the headlines

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today

Wed, 07 Dec, 2016

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

The last surviving member of the three Tipperary teams who won three All-Ireland senior hurling titles in a row from 1949 to 1951 was laid to rest yesterday in his native Thurles when hundreds came together to say goodbye to Mickey “The Rattler” Byrne.

Thu, 20 Oct, 2016

When Tipp edged Keher-inspired Kilkenny in 10-goal final thriller

Ten goals and 31 points were shared in the 1971 All-Ireland final between Tipp and Kilkenny, with a 22-year-old Roscrea man skippering the victorious Premier

Fri, 02 Sep, 2016

Donncha Fahey: Tipperary and Waterford never a cut-throat rivalry

Donncha Fahey won an All-Ireland with Tipperary in 2001. He was always Tipp, he maintains, but geography would have let him hurl for Waterford too. Better placed than most then to trace the peculiar border intimacies that even saw the great Mick Roche slip from one side to the other.

Sat, 09 Jul, 2016

Cork v Tipp: A game which touches the parts others just can’t reach

Few rivalries have as rich a history as Cork and Tipperary hurlers, points out Donal O'Grady.

Fri, 15 Aug, 2014

Weekend of drama on a biblical scale

Devotees of the traditional championship structure probably woke today with a thumping headache.

Mon, 07 Jul, 2014

Exhausted up in the stands after riveting game

There was one winner in Semple Stadium in this league final, above either Kilkenny or Tipperary, and that winner was hurling.

Mon, 05 May, 2014

25 hallmarks of the real Cork hurling fan ...

Consider yourself a self-respecting Rebel die-hard? Not unless you meet these criteria.

Tue, 10 Sep, 2013

It’s the little things that make it so special

When Gavin Mortimer wrote A History of Cricket in 100 Objects, nothing would stop Michael Moynihan of this parish giving us this, the Munster hurling championship in 25 objects...

Fri, 12 Jul, 2013

Kilkenny haven’t gone ‘haywire’ on tactics

IN the aftermath of last Sunday’s All-Ireland SHC final victory over Tipperary there was much talk about the new approach by Brian Cody and Kilkenny, how the Cats had become newly tactical.

Sat, 10 Sep, 2011

Frankie a true Déise hero

JUST imagine what it is like to be singled out on a regular basis as being the last man to lift the Liam MacCarthy Cup for your county.

Mon, 08 Aug, 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

Walsh: ‘fixture schedule may need to be altered’

MUNSTER Council chairman Seán Walsh believes GAA chiefs may be forced to restructure their fixture schedules to ensure earlier finishes to provincial club championships.

Mon, 29 Nov, 2010

Barron and Roche to join Munster Hall of Fame

CORK football hero Declan Barron and Tipperary hurling star Mick Roche are thelatest Munster legends set to be inducted into the provinces Hall of Fame at the upcoming Bord Gáis Energy Munster GAA Awards on November 27 in the Malton Hotel in Killarney.

Fri, 12 Nov, 2010

The legend at the heart of ‘Hell’s Kitchen’

He speaks softly but carried a big stick. Michael Maher was one of the greatest full-backs to ever play hurling. The Tipperary legend spoke to Michael Moynihan.

Sat, 04 Sep, 2010

No brutality in schools catering for the elite

IN his letter (May 29), Gregóir de Buitléir posed the question “cui bono... to whose benefit is it to censure all religious brothers and all schools?

Mon, 08 Jun, 2009

We’re all to blame for the child hellholes

THE most important lesson to come from the Ryan commission report into institutional child abuse is that all Irish citizens who were old enough to understand what was going on in these hellhole institutions for childcare must carry some of the blame for not caring or speaking up.

Mon, 01 Jun, 2009

O’Mahony set to repay faith

FOR Conor O’Mahony and the newer members of the Tipperary hurling team, meeting Cork in Páirc Uí Chaoimh next Sunday will mean the fulfilment of a dream.

Wed, 04 Jun, 2008

Gunners hope young guns, old heads will prevail

BALLYGUNNER bring a mix of youth and experience to the Gaelic Grounds on Sunday when they begin their Munster Club Hurling Championship campaign against Limerick champions Garryspillane.

Thu, 03 Nov, 2005

Thirty-year Croke Park exile over

LIMERICK footballers may have been absent from Croke Park for 30 years, but they are the only county of the four contesting the Division One and Two Allianz National Football League finals in Croke Park tomorrow to have won an All-Ireland.

Sat, 03 May, 2003

Stroke of genius

EAMONN Sweeney, in your 'Arena' supplement of January 8, shows selective myopia when he spouts the usual whinge about the Tipperary's hurling team of the 1960s.

Fri, 17 Jan, 2003