Kieran Shannon
Freelance Journalist at Irish Examiner
Journalist at Freelance
Irish Examiner sports columnist. Author. Aimee’s and Andrew’s dad
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1 week ago |
irishexaminer.com | Kieran Shannon
The last time Clare’s year finished this early, the only current player of theirs who’d have even been alive was John Conlon. He would have been a month shy of his second birthday when they exited that 1991 championship after a three-point first-round defeat to Limerick in the Gaelic Grounds in front of less than 15,000 people.
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2 weeks ago |
irishexaminer.com | Kieran Shannon
There can hardly be a county in hurling that is as thankful to another for the coaches it has provided as Waterford’s debt to Cork. Other than the gratitude Offaly owe Kilkenny for Diarmuid Healy, none really comes close. For decades Waterford had ceased dreaming of Liam MacCarthy but that all changed with the arrival of Gerald and Justin McCarthy. Subscribe to access all of the Irish Examiner.
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2 weeks ago |
irishexaminer.com | Kieran Shannon
A Cork team has been here before. This time 15 years ago Conor Counihan’s footballers were the most fancied and talked-about side in their sport, just as Pat Ryan’s hurlers would have been up to a couple of days ago. Subscribe to access all of the Irish Examiner.
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2 weeks ago |
irishexaminer.com | Kieran Shannon
It was for a day like this that he made it back so rapidly and it was a day like this that showed why Limerick wanted him back in such a hurry. Was masterful picking out and pinging his half-forward line while his save on Patrick Horgan on 23 minutes was the moment we all realised there was going to be no hope or way back for Cork.
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3 weeks ago |
irishexaminer.com | Kieran Shannon
It’s a long time since they were last here. Entering the All Ireland series without the title of Leinster champions. Going into a championship match as underdogs against someone other than Kerry. Subscribe to access all of the Irish Examiner.
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