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belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Colm Keys
There are very few decades over the last century, especially when Kerry or Dublin – or both – have not topped the list of All-Ireland football winners. It stands to reason. They are by some distance the two most successful counties, so they are never going to be too far off the top in any 10-year stretch. Even as this decade moves into its second-half, Dublin currently lead on two.
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independent.ie | Colm Keys
A team has really taken shape in the Mourne County over these last few weeks ahead of Sunday’s All-Ireland SFC preliminary quarter-final at Páirc EslerThere are very few decades over the last century, especially when Kerry or Dublin, or both, have not topped the list of All-Ireland football winners. It stands to reason. They are by some distance the two most successful counties, so they are never going to be too far off the top in any 10-year stretch.
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independent.ie | Colm Keys
‘There was a lot of soul-searching done over the winter’ – Tipperary star Jake Morris on how Premier restored prideTipperary forward Jake Morris: "The manner of some of the defeats last year wasn’t acceptable." Photo: SportsfileJake Morris and Liam Cahill may have been in different parts of Nowlan Park that afternoon last July but they both came away with the same sentiment. Delight and pride, first and foremost. But embarrassment too.
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independent.ie | Colm Keys
Evergreen Paul Geaney on his latest injury setback, why he is relishing new rules and Kerry’s energy issuesPaul Geaney hopes to be back in action for Kerry against Cavan this weekend. Geaney was pictured at the national launch of the All-Ireland SFC Series at the National Botanic Gardens in Dublin. Photo: Sam Barnes/SportsfileEarlier in the same year that he made his championship debut against Cavan, when the counties last met in 2013, Paul Geaney underwent back surgery.
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independent.ie | Colm Keys
Attendances for Gaelic football group stages rise 21pc on back of new rules as Jarlath Burns defends CCCCFans watch on as Donegal got the better of MayoAttendances at games in the four All-Ireland football championship round robin groups over the last month were up 21pc year-on-year, a further sign of the uplift the new rules have provided. At the weekend Central Council heard that there was a 24pc increase in gate receipts from the Allianz leagues, football and hurling combined.
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Armagh win authority and now guaranteed to top their group. But made easy by Dublin's shooting - 18 wides, four more dropped short. Never figures you'd associate with them.
Draw in Derry now means an Armagh win v Dublin would put them through as group winners with nothing to play for in final game. Which suits Galway.
Quite the response from Mayo. More direct, ambitious approach taken - few reverse gears - and it suited them, typified by Davitt Neary. But it was always coming down to Donegal game anyway.
