GAA Talk

Saturday, December 20
In ominous news for every hurling county except Kilkenny, Brian Cody says the thought of retiring from the management business has not yet crossed his mind.
Cody has just led The Cats to their third consecutive senior All-Ireland hurling Championship and overseen the development of one of the most talented [...]

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 withstood a strong second-half fightback to defeat Ulster in Saturday afternoon’s M Donnelly Interprovincial Hurling Championship semi-final at a rain-lashed Fermoy venue.
Reigning champions Munster had their hopes boosted from an early juncture in this game as they registered two goals inside the opening 12 minutes.
M Donnelly Inter-provincial Hurling Championship: Munster 2-14 Ulster 1-12
The first [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Westmeath are on the lookout for a new hurling manager after Johnny Dooley resigned from the post after just one year in charge.
Tullamore-based Dooley led the Lakeside County to National Hurling League Division Two honours in April but could only look on as Westmeath lost out to Carlow in the Christy Ring Cup final in [...]

Clare hurling has been dealt a sad blow with the news that Frank Lohan has retired from inter-county action.
The 33-year-old was the most experienced player on the panel this year for The Banner County having won the All-Ireland back in 1995.
After taking his time to consider whether or not he would feature in this summer’s [...]

As part of the GAA’s Games Development Programme a number of significant new resources were launched in the theatre of the GAA Museum on Tuesday, September 30th.
Céim ar Aghaidh/Step Ahead – Junior Cycle Resource
Céim ar Aghaidh/Step Ahead is a comprehensive cross-curricular resource based on the theme of the GAA and integrating all subjects of the [...]

Not surprisingly, reigning All-Ireland champions Kilkenny are responsible for 14 of the 45 nominations for this year’s Vodafone GAA All Stars.
Martin Comerford is the only member of the Cats’ all-conquering three-in-a-row winning side to lose out while 2007 captain Henry Shefflin is on course to equal DJ Carey’s record haul of nine awards after garnering [...]