GAA Talk

Wednesday, December 3.
Darren O’Sullivan has admitted that he would relish the chance to take over the Kerry captaincy from Paul Galvin.
O’Sullivan is in line to take the honour following Mid Kerry’s county final win over Kerins O’Rahilly’s on Sunday, with the champions entitled to nominate the county captain for the 2009 season.
However, O’Sullivan will have [...]

Ireland regained the Cormac McAnallen Trophy with a 57-53 [97-102 agg] win over Australia in a thrilling second Test at the MCG on Friday 31st October.
Ireland claimed the series by five points on aggregate after taking a one-point lead into the second Test, and it was Benny Coulter, an injury doubt all week, who came [...]

Sunday last was a busy day on the club scene with many county finals taking place in both hurling and football codes.
Ballyhale Shamrocks claimed the three-in-row in Kilkenny with a 2-11 to 0-12 win over James Stephens at Nowlan Park on Sunday.
In the Clare SHC, Clonlara claimed a famous win over Newmarket-on-Fergus, winning out [...]

Munster atoned for last season’s final defeat to Ulster, by making it a double victory over the Northern province in the M Donnelly Interprovincial Football Championship semi-final at Fermoy on Saturday afternoon.
Munster 1-5
Ulster 0-5
In atrocious conditions for football with heavy rain all through, a superb 41st-minute goal by Cork’s Nicholas Murphy proved the difference between [...]

Tomorrow morning, Irish time, the charade that poses as The International Rules Series between Ireland and Australia starts in Perth. The First Test is from past experience more about the Irish amateur stars staying alive on the pitch rather than playing a bastardized version of both countries national game.
What benefit actually accrues to the GAA [...]

All-Ireland club champions St Vincent’s were sensationally dethroned by Kilmacud Crokes in the semi-final of the Dublin SFC at Parnell Park on Sunday.
Mark Vaughan scored 0-9 [0-1 from play] to lead Crokes to a surprise 2-11 to 1-7 win which will see them face St Oliver Plunkett’s/Eoghan Rua in Thursday’s final.
Crossmaglen were crowned Armagh county [...]

Pat O’Shea has resigned from his position as Kerry football manager, citing family reasons for his decision.
What nonsense! It proves that perhaps Paudi O’Shea was right when in 2002 he described the Kerry supporters as “animals”, so hard was it to please them.
Pat O’ Shea didn’t resign - he was kicked out for the crime [...]

It was a bumper weekend of club action around the country with no fewer than seven county titles down for decision - five in football and two in hurling.
In football, Castledaly secured their first ever Westmeath senior football title on Sunday when they got the better of Garrycastle at Mullingar.
The club from just outside Moate [...]

Pat Gilroy has been confirmed as the new manager of the Dublin senior football side for an initial two-year period.
After fellow St Vincent’s man Brian Mullins withdrew from the race on Monday, 36-year-old Gilroy quickly grew in relevance as a candidate, after barely being in the betting previously and the county board ratified his appointment [...]

County Championship round-up
A busy weekend of club action saw familiar faces capture county honours in Cork, Galway and Donegal, while there was a new name on the Fermanagh SFC trophy.
Nemo Rangers were successful in winning a fourth successive Cork Senior Football Championship title. Last year’s beaten All-Ireland finalists were too good for Douglas, romping home [...]