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Sligo facing banana skin in Big Apple -- Breheny
3 weeks ago

THE night before their 2007 Connacht championship opener, Sligo manager Tommy Breheny managed to procure a copy of the New York team that would start in Gaelic Park the following day.The phone calls home started and a dossier on each opposition player be
O'Driscoll risks strife and limb for decider
16 hours ago

A week in which Denis Leamy became the third Munster international forward to retire recently from the game because of recurring injury brought to mind some decidedly prescient remarks by Brian O'Driscoll. Speaking at this time in 2009 about the physical
Walsh turns attention to next round after 'game from hell'
2 weeks ago

HAVING described playing New York as the "game from hell" on Sunday, what must Kevin Walsh make of Sligo's date with Roscommon or Galway on June 9?Sligo left the States last night with the satisfaction of a job well done, but the northwesterners know ful
The Sligo epidemic that stoked Bram's interest in all things
1 month ago

John MeagherThis weekend marks the centenary of the death of Dracula author Bram Stoker. The Dubliner -- who adorns a new series of An Post stamps -- was responsible for one of literature's most famous creations, but what is not as widely known is the ro
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
1 week ago

Gary Fahey(Former Galway footballer)In 2001 Galway became the first team to win the All-Ireland through the back door, recovering from their defeat to Roscommon in the Connacht championship to beat Meath in the final. Killanin's Gary Fahey was captain fo
Fair play doesn't extend to Exiles
3 weeks ago

Last week it emerged that the GAA's recently imposed 'Seánie Johnston Rule', which prohibits players from lining out for a county unless they've played in its club championship last year or this year, was about to rule out 12 members of the London team t
Titanic hero
1 month ago

• I wish to make reference to a section of the Irish Independent's Titanic supplement of Monday, April 16, entitled 'Irish Victims & Survivors', which contained a county-by-county account of those who perished in the disaster and those who survived it.A
Counties host 'open evening'
2 weeks ago

Kilkenny are the only county not hosting an 'open evening' for fans tonight or last night as part of the GAA's new marketing initiative -- and the Noresiders are in the process of organising one.The GAA, conscious of competition from other big sporting e