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.

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

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

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

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

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...

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.