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December 2020

Limerick’s Tom Morrissey scores his side’s 27th and last point, in the 80th minute, during the All-Ireland SHC semi-final

Let families go to the finals pleads Treaty's Morrissey

Limerick forward Tom Morrissey said that the return of small crowds to racecourses and football grounds in the United Kingdom this week should pave the way for families of players in the All-Ireland finals to be allowed to attend.

Cavan manager Mickey Graham and players stand for Amhrán na bhFiann prior to the Ulster SFC final against Donegal at the Athletic Grounds in Armagh

Cavan bring energy and chaos to Croker

Tomorrow's All-Ireland semi-final is a David and Goliath clash from the Book of Sam, 2020 Edition.

Mayo’s Lee Keegan bumps into Dublin’s Alan Brogan (left) and Paul Flynn during the 2015 All-Ireland SFC semi-final in Croke Park. Photo: Sportsfile

Tipp shock on cards as GAA need to wise up on issue of concussion

I wouldn't say I was actively watching Match of the Day on Sunday night but the incident in the Arsenal v Wolves game, that left Raúl Jiménez with a fractured skull and David Luiz playing most of a half with blood seeping from his forehead definitely commanded the attention.

November 2020

Dublin’s Lyndsey Davey jinks around Armagh’s Catherine Marley (l) and Niamh Coleman

Bohan begs for an increase on final numbers as Dubs pick off Orchard

Back in May, mindful of the strain on players' increasingly covid-complicated lives and the fading light of the sporting year, Mick Bohan advocated for the 2020 championship to be cancelled.

Galway boss Shane O’Neill. Photo: Sportsfile

O'Neill's strong, silent approach is driving Tribes

Damien Quigley has a small piece of advice about his friend and former club colleague Shane O'Neill. "If you see him running somewhere, fall in behind quickly because there is something wrong!"

Feargal Logan. Photo: Oliver McVeigh / SPORTSFILE

Tyrone opt for Logan and Dooher

Feargal Logan and Brian Dooher are the new joint managers of the Tyrone football team.

A ballboy collects a ball from the empty stand during the Leinster GAA Football Senior Championship Final match between Dublin and Meath at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

Cavan not looking for Croker move

The Cavan County Board has no intention of asking GAA chiefs to move their All-Ireland SFC semi-final out of Croke Park.

CAMPAIGN: Pieta ambassadors Louise Cooney, Shane Carthy and Mary Black, pictured at the launch of Pieta’s Christmas campaign, #HopeOverSilence, an appeal to break the stigma of lonely, silent nights. Photo: Andres Poveda

Carthy reveals torment to help others to escape the darkness

There's a photo of Shane Carthy from 2013. He's clad in the blue of Dublin standing at the top of the steps of the Hogan Stand, the Sam Maguire chalice raised above his head.

BONUS TERRITORY: Carla Rowe in action against Waterford during their Round 2 match in the TG4 All-Ireland Senior Ladies’ Football Championship. Photo: SPORTSFILE

'Four in a Rowe' is not on Carla's Dublin radar

This is, according to Carla Rowe, more like a "bonus" championship. The championship many assumed might never get off the ground - so much so that her manager, Mick Bohan, openly questioned more than once whether it should happen at all.

FLYING FORWARD: Dublin’s Con O’Callaghan fires off a handpass against Meath on Saturday. Photo: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Cavan need to park 'neutral' calls and focus on task of Dubs

I was honoured to be part of the Bloody Sunday commemoration in Croke Park on Saturday night.

ON A ROLL: Cavan boss Mickey Graham. Photo: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Johnson hails elusive x-factor that Cavan's 'Mickey the Master' exudes and instils in his players

Coca-Cola may have to change their festive holiday greeting to 'Miracles are Coming' in honour of the magic which Mickey Graham, a long-standing sales rep for the beverage giant, has wielded throughout an extraordinary managerial career.

Dublin captain Stephen Cluxton lifts the Delaney Cup (for the 10th time in a row) following their victory in the Leinster SFC final over Meath at Croke Park on Saturday

Dublin scheme victim of its own success

Liam O'Neill remembers at time when Dublin posed a problem of a different kind for Croke Park.

Herity joins Cats in line for Cody job

There's no shortage of former Kilkenny stars on the managerial carousel since their playing days concluded, with Kildare boss David Herity the latest to stake his claim as a candidate to fill Brian Cody's sizeable boots when the 66-year-old calls it a day with the Cats.

Former Westmeath player John Connellan wants to see the inequalities of Leinster football addressed

Connellan calls on boycott of Leinster unless funding disparities tackled

A former Westmeath footballer has called on all county boards to demand "a fair allocation" of central GAA funds after witnessing Dublin's latest Leinster demolition of a once competitive rival.

Colin O'Riordan has been cleared by his AFL club Sydney Swans to play for Tipperary in next week's All-Ireland football semi-final (stock photo)

O’Riordan is cleared to play in semi

Colin O'Riordan has been cleared by his AFL club Sydney Swans to play for Tipperary in next week's All-Ireland football semi-final, manager David Power has confirmed.

Tipperary revolutionary Dan Breen threw the ball in for the 1920 All-Ireland final played in ’22

Heroes of the past inspire Cavan and Tipp

In hindsight, wasn't it written in the stars? Why wouldn't Tipperary win their first Munster title in 85 years, wearing jerseys that carried the image of Michael Hogan in the colours that he died in, 100 years on from Bloody Sunday in Croke Park?

Mickey Harte is the new Louth manager. Photo: Sportsfile

Harte's final wee surprise

The last time a GAA managerial rebound romance of such significance developed at this speed, a county went on to win its first ever provincial title within 10 months.

Dublin manager Dessie Farrell and Meath’s Andy McEntee after the final whistle

McEntee had haunted look of a man that had seen too much as Farrell seemed sheepish

We're running out of ways to quantify Dublin's authoritarian governance of the Leinster championship so here's some figures, for context.

Dean Rock of Dublin shoots to score his side’s first goal during the Leinster GAA Football Senior Championship Final match between Dublin and Meath at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo: Sportsfile

Dessie's Dub juggernaut ruins royals

A night of history in Dublin's theatre of dreams, harking back to when the old Croke Park lay witness to the horrors of 1920.

Alan Brogan, representing Dublin GAA, during the GAA Bloody Sunday Commemoration at Croke Park

Tributes to Bloody Sunday victims credit to the GAA

Croke Park was empty and dark in all but one corner and yet felt somehow alive and throbbing with poignancy as the names of the 14 people who were killed on Bloody Sunday were remembered, 100 hundred years on from the tragedy.

Royals and Rebels emerging from the shadows after similar growing pains

Neither Ronan McCarthy nor Andy McEntee are unlikely to forget their first competitive games in charge of their respective counties in a hurry.

Brian O’Regan, Director of Coaching at Ballyboden St Enda’s, speaking to his players during the Dublin County SFC quarter-final match against Raheny at Parnell Park

'Right man' O'Regan has earned his place to coach Dublin

Last December, on a day more suited to bog snorkelling than football, Anthony Rainbow was celebrating the crowning hour of a glorious year for Ballyboden St Enda's. His team had just come with a late scoring burst to eke out a 0-8 to 0-6 win over Éire Óg of Carlow in the AIB Leinster club SFC title at a wind-lashed and sodden O'Moore Park.