Tadhg Coakley: Six images that sum up our glorious summer of sport

The pictures that articulate the emotion and high drama we've witnessed in recent weeks. 

IN FOCUS: Supporters look on as Kerry’s Sean O’Shea prepares to kick the winning point at Croke Park.
Pic: INPHO/James Crombie

Well, it’s been another wonderful round on the circle game of sport, and the summer isn’t nearly over, with GAA club games now coming fast and thick and brilliant. Time was when the great four Sundays of the inter-county season were in September, but nothing lasts forever, even the glorious epoch of Brian Cody.

How to sum it up so far? In his latest book, The Last Days of Roger Federer, the writer Geoff Dyer bemoans the truth of Roland Barthes’ ‘barbed claim that in music criticism, a work or its performance is only ever translated into the poorest of linguistic categories: the adjective. But what else is there?’ Well, in sport, thankfully, there is the image. And I’ve delved into the treasure trove of photos and images that adorn this and other publications, picking six which spoke more to me than anything that could be said in words.