http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaa-championships/gaelic-football/ http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaa-championships/gaelic-football/cork-legend-backs-donal-og-for-top-job-1927509.html http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaa-championships/gaelic-football/cork-legend-backs-donal-og-for-top-job-1927509.html <p>A FORMER top GAA football manager last night spoke of his admiration for hurler Donal Og Cusack who controversially revealed he was gay.</p> Gaelic Football Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:00:00 +0000 http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/fitness-guru-mcgurn-insists-gaa-missing-point-on-burnout-1927468.html http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/fitness-guru-mcgurn-insists-gaa-missing-point-on-burnout-1927468.html <p>FITNESS guru Mike McGurn has hit out at the GAA's close-season and claims authorities are "missing the point" when it comes to the issue of burnout.</p> Gaelic Football Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:00:00 +0000 http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaa-championships/gaelic-football/kerry-ruthlessly-exploit-corks-lack-of-any-plan-b-1892001.html http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaa-championships/gaelic-football/kerry-ruthlessly-exploit-corks-lack-of-any-plan-b-1892001.html <p>A large Cork banner on Hill 16 before yesterday's game sported the words 'Plan B', which one assumes reflected their expectation that the Cork followers would swamp the Croke Park pitch as they awaited collection of the Sam Maguire Cup. </p> Gaelic Football Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaa-championships/gaelic-football/this-is-a-sweet-one-the-team-had-to-be-rebuilt-1891925.html http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaa-championships/gaelic-football/this-is-a-sweet-one-the-team-had-to-be-rebuilt-1891925.html <p>Like actors in a West End stage play they come to take their final bows in front of an adoring crowd. Whether protagonist or bit player, each man has his moment, from No 1 to No 30.</p> Gaelic Football Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaa-championships/gaelic-football/no-mercy-shown-in-kerrys-march-1891924.html http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaa-championships/gaelic-football/no-mercy-shown-in-kerrys-march-1891924.html <p>Death, taxes and Kerry: the non-negotiables of our world. You can suspend reality and fight them, but you're stacking sandbags against an ocean. The story is often told of a great Kilkenny hurler pitching up at the funeral of a notoriously ruthless foe. "Come down to make sure he was dead, did ya?" asked a local by the mortuary door.</p> Gaelic Football Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaa-championships/gaelic-football/kingdom-use-their-knowhow-to-squeeze-life-out-of-rebels-1891923.html http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaa-championships/gaelic-football/kingdom-use-their-knowhow-to-squeeze-life-out-of-rebels-1891923.html <p>CORK know how to reach All-Ireland finals but Kerry know how to win them. Therein lay the crucial difference between the sides yesterday as a game that appeared to offer Cork a real chance of finally beating Kerry in Croke Park returned to a familiar pattern for Conor Counihan's crew as they ran aground on the jagged rocks which appeared all over the field.</p> Gaelic Football Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaa-championships/gaelic-football/this-is-a-sweet-one-the-team-had-to-be-rebuilt-1891925.html http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaa-championships/gaelic-football/this-is-a-sweet-one-the-team-had-to-be-rebuilt-1891925.html <p>Like actors in a West End stage play they come to take their final bows in front of an adoring crowd. Whether protagonist or bit player, each man has his moment, from No 1 to No 30.</p> Gaelic Football Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaa-championships/gaelic-football/kerry-ruthlessly-exploit-corks-lack-of-any-plan-b-1892001.html http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaa-championships/gaelic-football/kerry-ruthlessly-exploit-corks-lack-of-any-plan-b-1892001.html <p>A large Cork banner on Hill 16 before yesterday's game sported the words 'Plan B', which one assumes reflected their expectation that the Cork followers would swamp the Croke Park pitch as they awaited collection of the Sam Maguire Cup. </p> Gaelic Football Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaa-championships/gaelic-football/heaven-knows-how-happy-we-are-for-tadhg-1891926.html http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaa-championships/gaelic-football/heaven-knows-how-happy-we-are-for-tadhg-1891926.html <p>Kerry were the team that refused to die. They were written-off more often than a dodgy loan, but skill and courage are priceless assets and Kerry had both in abundance.</p> Gaelic Football Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaa-championships/gaelic-football/no-mercy-shown-in-kerrys-march-1891924.html http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaa-championships/gaelic-football/no-mercy-shown-in-kerrys-march-1891924.html <p>Death, taxes and Kerry: the non-negotiables of our world. You can suspend reality and fight them, but you're stacking sandbags against an ocean. The story is often told of a great Kilkenny hurler pitching up at the funeral of a notoriously ruthless foe. "Come down to make sure he was dead, did ya?" asked a local by the mortuary door.</p> Gaelic Football Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0100