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Cahair OkaneThe Irish News |
ONCE upon a time, the only insult greater than being put in goals was to be played at corner-back. The good man-manager would have turned a compliment...
WHEN Derry met Kerry in a league final some 16 years ago, the two sides had to wait for the Parnell Park pitch to become vacant. On a stiflingly hot...
CRAWLING through the rows of rhubarb ‘n’ custard houses waiting for Davitts’ ground to appear out of nowhere. Ireland’s shortest pitch at...
SO much of Peter Canavan’s greatness was that, despite his size, he wasn’t this wee dainty inside forward that could only deal with the ball fed...
WHEN The Loup wanted to put a new pitch in a few years ago to replace Derry football’s answer to the Ali Sami Yen, they did what most GAA clubs do...
AT around 4.30pm on Saturday afternoon, after a purgatorial 12 months, Jarlath Burns will take the microphone in the Canal Court Hotel and be sworn in...
FORGIVE this column, Father, for it shall sin. In terms of placement on the sports pages, the tedious link is that its train of thought re-emerged...
LITTLE did Pat McCartan know when he rang the late Art McRory to ask if he’d be interested in taking Tyrone minors the impact that it would have on...
LAST February, Ryan Dougan arrived in Bali. It was a little over three weeks after he’d stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Paul Mannion for an hour in...
Can’t Go On Reports emerged over the weekend that Jon Rahm’s new £450m deal with LIV Golf was six times the entire 2023 revenue of the breakaway...
EVERY morning, Madaline Feeney would wait for her neighbour Bill Fallon to walk past her front door. She would get into her car, drive up alongside...