
Kieran McCarthy
Host at The Southern Star (Podcast)
Sports Editor at The Southern Star
Sports Editor, The Southern Star. Author of Something in the Water, shortlisted for 2019 Irish Sports Book of the Year.
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southernstar.ie | Kieran McCarthy
BUILD it and they will play – that is the belief of Kilmacabea GAA Club as it prepares to officially open its new astroturf pitch this Friday evening. Since the club introduced ladies football teams in 2022, it has seen its numbers swell, and Kilmacabea GAA hierarchy feel it’s important to have the facilities to match its members’ ambitions. ‘We needed this astro pitch,’ chairman William Williamson says of the new 60x32 sized-pitch.
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southernstar.ie | Kieran McCarthy
'THE ultimate aim of this group is to get up to the very top and we’re a good bit off it now. How long that takes and whether you can get there or not is another matter,’ John Cleary mused after Cork lost the 2022 All-Ireland quarter-final to Dublin on June 25th that season.
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southernstar.ie | Kieran McCarthy
BALTIMORE were crowned West Cork League Championship winners, and recently got their hands on the trophy at a special presentation at the Baltimore Road. Our photographer Paddy Feen was in Skibbereen to capture the special moment! Enjoy!
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southernstar.ie | Kieran McCarthy
BALTIMORE’S Championship-winning campaign has come at a cost for one player. Kieran O’Driscoll had a bet with manager Seanie McCarthy that he would score at least five goals or get five assists this past season – but he came up short. There’s a price to pay. ‘He has to dress up as a crab on either a bank holiday weekend in Baltimore or some busy weekend, and stand in the square!’ laughs Jason Minihane, the choice of costume a nod to Baltimore FC’s nickname, the Crabs.
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southernstar.ie | Kieran McCarthy
IT wasn’t the fairy tale ending that David Harte had hoped for, but his status as a SV Kampong legend is assured. The plan was for Harte to bow out on a high, as his 13 years with Kampong came to an end, but Amsterdam H&BC didn’t read the script, winning the Tulp Hoofdklasse title after a penalty shoot-out. For Harte, it hurt.
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Huge game for @ScorchersGAA in Clonakilty tonight as they are in county confined junior B football semi-final action. (€) https://t.co/NtFkX7aZNy

They're back, but in different boats! Skibbereen's back-to-back Olympic champions Paul O’Donovan & Fintan McCarthy will both race at the World Rowing Cup in Lucerne later this month, but not together. Fintan McCarthy will team up again with Konan Pazzaia (Queen’s University https://t.co/DCTgyysYCe

'This is something that I have wanted to play in for years' Enya Breen is starting to get excited about the Women's Rugby World Cup, as @IrishRugby preparations crank up. With @accesscu_irl FULL CHAT WITH ENYA ➡️ https://t.co/rFqU0fNqeE https://t.co/YoDOZ6BaBG