Kieran Shannon
Freelance Journalist at Irish Examiner
Journalist at Freelance
Irish Examiner sports columnist. Author. Aimee’s and Andrew’s dad
Articles
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1 week ago |
irishexaminer.com | Kieran Shannon
THE noise. When they think back on what was probably their day of days, what they remember most, even more than the colour and that magnificent clash of blue and red, is the noise. Take us with you this summer.
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1 week ago |
irishexaminer.com | Kieran Shannon
There is a reason why the biggest sport in the world has chosen penalties as a tiebreaker: it’s one guaranteed way that someone scores the decisive goal. Any goal. The first shootout I can remember watching was the 1980 European Cup Winners Cup final. Two glamorous teams – Arsenal and Valencia – featuring glamorous big-name players – Kempes and Brady. The game was dreadful, so much so the mediocrity extended to the penalty shootout and Kempes and Brady.
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2 weeks ago |
irishexaminer.com | Kieran Shannon
On local radio which has helped him enjoy a reborn appreciation akin to a veteran act that steals the Sunday afternoon at Glastonbury, cheering in that part of the press box isn’t just tolerated, it is mandated. And so Martin Carney, informed by the industry maxim ‘You’re your audience’, is happy to give Mid-West Radio’s listeners what they want: unashamed partisanship. Subscribe to access all of the Irish Examiner.
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2 weeks ago |
irishexaminer.com | Kieran Shannon
Before we look at what it means going forward, let’s first see where Cork-Limerick last Saturday sits with the past.
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2 weeks ago |
irishexaminer.com | Kieran Shannon
Barely put a foot wrong bar going down prematurely for Aidan OâConnorâs batted goal â which he atoned for by getting down to Tom Morrisseyâs penalty at precisely the right time. 8 Warrior. Has had his challenging times since winning his last Munster final but this was reward for and a measure of his resilience.
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Never before has a team scored more in a Cork-Kerry game, or a Dublin-Meath game or a Galway-Mayo game or an Ulster final and still lost as in 2025. Hardly coincidental. Today's column https://t.co/9fwGgG06c6
Caught up with Brian Fenton who filled us in on what life is like now outside the Dublin bubble; being kept in the dark by mates still in it; the one time he thought Dublin during the 6 in a row were beat; and his dislike yet regard for Mayo and Kerry https://t.co/VofywXfknz
RT @irishexaminer: Kieran Shannon: From porous to proud - Cork’s defensive grit signals a new era https://t.co/xQNcIYlk4Q