As Ireland gets ready to honour the centenary of the funeral of Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa, we bring you some of the highlights from our archives aboutone of Ireland's most respected Fenian.

The Opening of the Skibbereen Arts Festival

New Cork senior football manager Brian Cuthbert has revealed the make-up of his backroom team for his first season in charge, bringing on board four members of the Rebels' 1999 All-Ireland final team.

Two of Down's best known hurlers, Brendan McGourty and Gareth 'Magic' Johnson, have made the cut for the Mourne County's Dr. McKenna Cup panel.

New Antrim manager Jim McKernan wants retired midfielder Jim Connolly to go back on his decision to quit the inter-county hurling.

A clutch of Cork's hurling stars will put their All-Ireland celebrations on hold next weekend as they bid to help their clubs negotiate some tricky county football fixtures.

The 90th anniversary of the death of the Irish patriot Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa is being commemorated in Dublin this afternoon.

THE All-Ireland club finals will be an all-ticket affair to avoid a repeat of last year's embarrassing fiasco when thousands had to be allowed into Croke Park free of charge to avoid a possible crush.

Kilkenny kingpins James Stephens are through to their first AIB All-Ireland Club hurling final since 1982, after a power-packed first half display against O'Donovan Rossa at Parnell Park.

Athenry (Galway) 3-12 Toomevara (Tipperary) 1-11

LIKE their counterparts on the intercounty stage, the Ulster champions are the perennial underdogs of the All-Ireland club hurling championship; a lot of patronising guff in the national media beforehand but, when it comes down to picking the probable champion, never given a real chance.

O'Donovan Rossa lifted the Four Seasons Cup this afternoon at Casement Park and kept the Ulster Hurling title in Antrim as they defeated Down champions Ballygalet 0-16 to 0-14.

WATERFORD will be without Shane Walsh, their goal-scoring hero from last year's historic Munster U21 football final victory over Kerry, when the sides renew acquaintances in the semi-final in Killarney tomorrow night (7.30pm).

FEW families have contributed as much to the development of a GAA club as the Collins dynasty in Castlehaven.

CITY club Na Piarsaigh are the only side capable of breaking west Cork’s stranglehold on the Permanent TSB Cork county senior football championship.

CASTLEHAVEN and Clonakilty came out tops in the permanent tsb Cork County SFC yesterday.