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Tom Dempsey Opinion Dedicated Wexford hurlers provide us with wonderful entertainment for the sheer love of the game

I have attended eight hurling games since last Wednesday, and I know many like me will appreciate the enjoyment I get from my simple pastime.

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Tom Dempsey Opinion Better solution is needed as hurling season has become too condensed

MY FAVOURITE pastime is attending club hurling games and last Friday, Saturday and Sunday packed in more thrills, excitement and talking points than we have had all year.

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Tom Dempsey Opinion Brian Cody broke Wexford hearts, but his decency set him apart

Deep down I am a nostalgic person who manages change in quite an emotional way.

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Tom Dempsey Opinion Kilkenny died with their boots on but unflappable Limerick are worthy champions

In or around the 47th minute of Sunday’s All-Ireland hurling final, John Donnelly had just followed a Martin Keoghan goal with an equalising point.

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Tom Dempsey Opinion Rapparees pip Shelmaliers in game of the championship

MY GREAT old friend Peter Keane sent me a photograph about ten days ago of the victorious Buffers Alley Junior hurling team of 1982, and it is amazing how much that game has figured in my mind over the past few days.

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Tom Dempsey Opinion GAA player welfare issues as hectic schedule takes its toll

I WOKE up Monday morning after a hectic GAA weekend wondering if I need to broaden my pastime outlets a little after another busy few days devoted to GAA.

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Tom Dempsey Opinion Focus should be on GAA lawbreakers rather than the lawmakers

To disciplinary matters first, and the last thing the GAA needed was the controversy witnessed in Croke Park on Sunday.

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Tom Dempsey Opinion Wexford hurlers didn't get enough credit for monumental effort against Clare

IT’S HARD to know where to start this week, but sure the beginning is always a reasonable place to begin.

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Tom Dempsey Opinion Context is of paramount importance if analysts highlight incidents on TV

I HAD an extremely pleasant trip to Tralee at the weekend, commuting in the passenger seat of Mr. Spratt’s Jag, and for readers’ future information the travel time down to the Kerry venue is approximately three hours 45 minutes to four hours.

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Tom Dempsey Opinion Epic tie of honesty, drama and pure war had me entranced

THIS WONDERFUL hurling season continues to throw up moments of genius, and we again witnessed something special in Tom Semple’s field on Sunday.

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Tom Dempsey Opinion Fake tan sought for my return to Croke Park in July

After last weekend we have time to take a breath and appreciate that we are alive and kicking and looking forward to the rest of the Senior hurling championship as one of six (I know there are eight) teams left with a realistic chance to bring home the Liam MacCarthy Cup in 2022.

Tom Dempsey Opinion Wexford’s recipe for success over Kilkenny in Leinster Senior Hurling Championship showdown: Simplify, intensify and crucify

MY SATURDAY afternoon started by collecting the “Two Billys” (Walsh and Dodd) who, although not to be mistaken for the “Two Johnnies,” are equally as entertaining.

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Tom Dempsey Opinion Kilkenny showdown will be one of Wexford hurling’s greatest character tests following Westmeath debacle

I TOOK a deep breath outside Cusack Park on Saturday evening and tried to digest the implications of our draw with a game Westmeath side before I set off on the long road home.

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Wexford hurler’s decision to concede puck-outs for lengthy spells needs a review

Failure to capitalise on goal chances, allied to 16 wides, means that any further loss of points in our last three away fixtures will be fatal to our championship aspirations for 2022.

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One defeat will not define season, but cracks were evident

MY SPORTING weekend almost stopped abruptly on Friday evening when I sustained a back injury while lifting Ted, my labrador, through a gate.

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Rory shines bright but it’s by no means just one-man show

I WAS situated outside the park, in deep conversation with Edmund and Emma (singer extraordinaire originally from Kilmore) Kenny, on Sunday, when suddenly the national anthem blared out from inside the ground.

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It’s all about reactions, and Rory O’Connor shows that instinct is main factor for Wexford star

HURLING ANALYSIS over the past number of years has been about process, gameplans, playing through lines, short puck-outs, sweepers, and lots more.

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Tom Dempsey: Seamus Barron and family never left our minds at ’96 Wexford hurling team reunion

ANOTHER enjoyable sporting weekend on every front centred for me around meeting up for a couple of days with my ’96 colleagues back at our Stillorgan base (some of you might say, not again), but our nights out are based very much now on friendship more than any event that may have happened over a quarter of a century ago.

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This couch potato likes Wexford’s feet on ground attitude

I HAVE officially deemed myself a couch potato after enjoying an uninterrupted weekend of GAA, soccer and rugby, only interrupted on Sunday evening when I made a simple query as to what’s for tea.

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Tom Dempsey: A lot more to these Wexford men than many doubters felt

SPORT IS amazing. Speaking to people before the game, the consensus was that Limerick were unbeatable and our own charges would be lambs to the slaughter come 1.45 p.m. that afternoon.

We should never dance on graves of defeated teams

AS I attempt to draw breath from the most dramatic weekend of GAA both locally and nationally, it is incredible that an article written by Joe Brolly has caught a huge part of my attention.

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Storey inspired all the elderly on his return to Croker!

AS I watched Declan Hannon speak to the adoring Limerick fans from the steps of the Hogan on Sunday, I couldn’t help but think back on the scene 25 years earlier when Martin Storey stood in the same position.

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Handpass and age limit for Minor must be tackled quickly

Another busy hurling weekend has come to pass and although the fare (probably not helped by weather conditions) wasn’t of the standard of the opening week, we witnessed some very interesting games with the entry of Rathnure, Ferns and Fethard into Senior action for the first time this year.

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We're up there with any of them, so let's regroup for next day

I will start this week by thanking every Wexford and Kilkenny player for restoring my faith in the ancient game and treating me to an almost perfect day, with the result being the only obvious disappointment.

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We're up there with any of them, so let's regroup for next day

I will start this week by thanking every Wexford and Kilkenny player for restoring my faith in the ancient game and treating me to an almost perfect day, with the result being the only obvious disappointment.

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We're up there with any of them, so let's regroup for next day

I will start this week by thanking every Wexford and Kilkenny player for restoring my faith in the ancient game and treating me to an almost perfect day, with the result being the only obvious disappointment.

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We're up there with any of them, so let's regroup for next day

I will start this week by thanking every Wexford and Kilkenny player for restoring my faith in the ancient game and treating me to an almost perfect day, with the result being the only obvious disappointment.

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Tom Dempsey: Our victory must be treated with a degree of caution

Not by choice, I was confined to the armchair to watch Wexford launch their championship campaign on Saturday evening.

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Tom Dempsey: Our victory must be treated with a degree of caution

Not by choice, I was confined to the armchair to watch Wexford launch their championship campaign on Saturday evening.

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Tom Dempsey: Our victory must be treated with a degree of caution

Not by choice, I was confined to the armchair to watch Wexford launch their championship campaign on Saturday evening.