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Malachy Clerkin

Ireland

Sports Writer at Irish Times

Irish Times sports journalist. Looking up, not down [email protected]

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  • 1 week ago | irishtimes.com | Malachy Clerkin

    Louth’s Leinster final honeymoon came to an abrupt end earlier when Monaghan beat them in Newbridge. Our man Ian O’Riordan was in the house. [ Monaghan bring Louth crashing back down to earth in NewbridgeOpens in new window ]HALF-TIME: Tyrone 2-7 Donegal 0-11. Langan finishes the half with a smart point after an outrageous dummy. Tyrone will be delighted to get in with a two-point lead. Their match-ups have worked a treat - none of the Donegal starting forwards have scored from play.

  • 2 weeks ago | irishtimes.com | Malachy Clerkin

    The action has been underway since three o’clock - and Meath have played some very polished stuff against Cork in Navan. They lead by 1-5 to 0-5, with talisman Jordan Morris banging home the goal. It was a nervous start for Robbgie Brennan’s men, with six early wides. But they’ve settled better than Cork and carry a goal lead into the break. Welcome to the Saturday football fixtures, the first round for these eight teams in the Sam Maguire Cup.

  • 2 weeks ago | irishtimes.com | Malachy Clerkin

    In Louth this week, the job for Ger Brennan and his squad is to convince themselves that heaven is a hellhole. All around them, the county is shimmering. The people are lighter in themselves, giddy and bubbling still, the memory of a first Leinster title in 68 years so fresh and so clean. And yet somehow, the team has to convince itself that it didn’t really happen.

  • 2 weeks ago | irishtimes.com | Malachy Clerkin

    Anybody seen Dave Brailsford around the place since Wednesday night? You know the guy – small, hairless, always wears those designer specs that seem to have lost the hook around the ear, probably to marginal gains. Looks a bit like a Bond villain who’s been sat on by a bigger Bond villain. Any sign of him at all? It’s never been entirely clear what Brailsford’s job is at Manchester United.

  • 2 weeks ago | irishtimes.com | Malachy Clerkin

    The one saving grace for Mayo might be that almost nobody saw their defeat to Cavan on Sunday. It wasn’t on RTÉ, it wasn’t on GAA+, the official attendance at Castlebar was just 7,387 – a miserable crowd, in every sense of the word. And plenty of them were gone before the final whistle. That’s not how it works though. Particularly not in Mayo.

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Malachy Clerkin
Malachy Clerkin @MalachyClerkin
12 May 25

Annoyingly good.

Declan Bogue
Declan Bogue @DeclanBogue

'Are we learning to enjoy ourselves, I wondered?' Clones and Croke Park get us in the guts, the feels, the heart, the soul https://t.co/hkiQHoKkMS

Malachy Clerkin
Malachy Clerkin @MalachyClerkin
12 May 25

RT @INPHOjames: Louth goalkeeper Niall McDonnell celebrates towards Hill 16 after his side ended 68 year wait to with the Leinster Senior F…

Malachy Clerkin
Malachy Clerkin @MalachyClerkin
12 May 25

RT @MalachyClerkin: That was a lot of fun in Croke Park yesterday. Some second half from Louth to win their first Leinster title since De V…