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Best champions of the last 50 years: Rebels, Dubs and Red Hand sides get our Gaelic football countdown under way

Who were the best All-Ireland football champions over the last 50 years? Which were the best finals ... and the worst? Who gave the best individual displays in finals? Who were the best managers, best captains, best subs? What were the biggest controversies, surprises etc?

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‘I couldn’t be more proud of the players’ – Matthew Twomey on his Cork side’s All-Ireland camogie agony

By his own admission, Cork camogie manager Matthew Twomey was still trying to get his head around it all in the Croke Park auditorium as he stood in the bowels of the Hogan Stand.

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Ursula Jacob Opinion Kilkenny's camogie stars get just reward for buying into Brian Dowling’s vision

This was an All-Ireland win built on unity, and that shone through in everything Kilkenny did on Sunday.

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Unbeaten Kilkenny should just edge what’s going to be a very tight camogie final

Even in the storied history of Cork, tomorrow has the potential to be one of the great days for the county.

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‘There’s a feeling this could be our year’ – Rebels and Cats primed for battle in camogie decider

Cork and Kilkenny will renew one of Irish sport’s fiercest rivalries when they face off in the All-Ireland camogie final tomorrow.

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Máire Treasa Ní Cheallaigh Opinion What an amazing few weeks of GAA action – and yet the schedule schemozzles persist

It’s August. Liam MacCarthy will winter in Limerick, Sam Maguire has gone to Kerry, Meath are the ladies’ football champions and by next weekend either Kilkenny or Cork will be camogie queens. The sky hasn’t fallen in. The sun still sets and rises, children still wear their favourite GAA jersey.

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Con O’Callaghan’s absence leaves Dublin fluffing lines

The noise came off the Hill in odd, staccato waves, as if from behind a door that kept opening and closing.

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John Mullane Opinion Wexford and Cork must keep eyes on prize to avoid shock

I played in some great Munster finals during my own career, but none of them matched last Sunday’s decider. It had everything. It was like the good old days and after being starved of it recently, it was just a joy to behold.

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Letters to the Editor Opinion What’s in a name? Nothing to manufacture outrage about

Sir —The discussion of whether we should use the term ‘Northern Ireland’, instead of ‘The North’ or ‘The Six Counties’, constitutes more manufactured unionist indignation, most recently from Ian Paisley Jr.

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John Mullane Opinion Rebel leaders must take a look in the mirror and change to save their season

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Ciarán Whelan Opinion Cork may not test it, but Kingdom’s mental strength is a concern

Jack is back in the Kingdom with just one job to do – bring the Sam Maguire back to Kerry. No pressure then.

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Roy Curtis Opinion Waterford stepping into Limerick’s lair feels like a moment of truth – for both the Déise and the hurling summer

Limerick, undistracted, cold, certain, overpowering, ravenous, can resemble a team who have drawn down a curtain on any prospect of defeat.

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Munster SFC preview: Kerry’s dominance means it’s all about the battle to be second best

When the GAA toyed with sidelining the provincial championships last year, it was in a bid to make the championships more equitable.

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Philly McMahon Opinion You have to trust in ‘The Process’ – just don’t reveal what it actually is to the public

One of the unforeseen benefits of the GPA/GAA stand-off is the absence of those awful player interviews customary for this time of year.

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Cork football boss Keith Ricken to take break from role ‘for the foreseeable future due to health reasons’

KEITH RICKEN has stepped down as Cork senior football boss “for the foreseeable future”, with health reasons cited for his sudden departure less than a year into his tenure.

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Letters to the Editor Opinion Putin knows he won’t face justice for his war crimes

Reports of war crimes committed by Russian forces in Ukraine are shocking and probably accurate. Nothing justifies such atrocious acts.

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Rory’s story as thriving Wexford stay unbeaten

Perverse times. A decent game that might easily have been a listless exchange between teams already qualified for National Hurling League semi-finals, yet solemn-faced silence from the protagonists afterwards, as if to engage with the conventional courtesies would be to swallow down pure hemlock.

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Cork’s rehabilitation goes on with controlled victory over Galway

Cork’s rehabilitation after their embarrassing All-Ireland hurling final defeat continued in Páirc Uí Chaoimh, where this win over Galway secured qualification for the knock-out phase of the Allianz Hurling League for the first time in five seasons.

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How backroom changes and player improvements helped Cork overcome All-Ireland final pain

The construction of Cork’s first goal after 19 minutes of their Allianz Division 1A league match against Limerick in the Gaelic Grounds last Sunday had a little bit of everything a team would want from a game plan.

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John Kiely backs ‘hurting’ Limerick to bounce back after Rebels run riot

A game that promised much but delivered little due to one team’s inertia and the other performing at a different tempo entirely.

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Cork craving a win to show Limerick aren’t leagues apart

Three post-match statements from Kieran Kingston that sum up the monumental task – and often the misery – of tackling one of the most remorseless machines in modern hurling history.

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Cork boss Kieran Kingston elevates one of the county’s brightest young prospects to senior team for League opener

CORK manager Kieran Kingston has wasted in no time in elevating one of the county's brightest prospects to senior hurling as he announced his first competitive team of the season.

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Key men, fixtures and critical questions for hurling’s Division 1A contenders

One of the features of Dublin’s six successive All-Ireland football titles was the constant shift in personnel from year to year.

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‘We'd love to see him come back in’ – Keith Ricken hopeful of having Mark Collins in Cork footballing panel

Keith Ricken remains hopeful that veteran forward Mark Collins will recommit to the Cork footballers this season.

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Kerry put on show to outclass Rebel rivals

Fans responded to their first day of ‘freedom’ by turning up in their thousands in Killarney to watch the 2022 McGrath Cup final, and Kerry won in a canter.

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Frank Roche Opinion Limerick’s Gang of 12 complete a miserable end of year for Rebels as Cork get an All-Star snub

The shock and awe of Limerick’s first-half dalliance with perfection in the All-Ireland hurling final has now been replaced by something equally shocking and awesome.

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All-Ireland medal and Rose of Tralee winners – how the TG4 Underdogs still endures

Perhaps unsurprisingly, given their penchant for bold programming, it was TG4 who first jumped on the idea that would become known as ‘Underdogs’.

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Former Cork ladies football manager Ephie Fitzgerald appointed as manager of Waterford men’s team

Former Cork ladies football manager Ephie Fitzgerald is the new Waterford football manager.

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Martin Breheny Opinion Tyrone tops but how bad was the standard in 2021?

Just because there’s no way of finding a definitive answer to a question doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be asked, so here goes: how poor was the standard in this year’s football championship?

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Cork GAA refused planning for latest Páirc Uí Chaoimh works

Cork GAA has been dealt a blow by a decision from the local City Council to refuse planning permission for a series of works around Páirc Uí Chaoimh.