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1 day ago | 
irishtimes.com | Sean Moran |Seán Moran
In the kerfuffle that surrounded last year’s decision to suspend the preseason provincial tournaments, there was much pushing and pulling. They were suspended by Central Council in September and then thrown back into the fray at the end of October. Even by the standards of the administrative GAA’s notoriously short attention span, this was a bit of turnaround.
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4 days ago | 
irishtimes.com | Sean Moran |Seán Moran
Munster SHC: Clare 3-21 Cork 2-24Sometimes, it just looks impossible. By half-time in Zimmer Biomet Páirc Chíosóg, Cork were doing unto Clare as they had done unto others during the run-in to their first league success in 27 years. Dominant all around the field, they had found plentiful goal opportunities and scored two of them.
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5 days ago | 
irishtimes.com | Sean Moran |Seán Moran
Munster SFC semi-finalsCork v Kerry, Supervalu Páirc Uí Chaoimh, 6.0 [Live, GAA+]This fixture has been quite competitive in the past two years and without Kerry being put quite to the pin of their collar, Cork have finished within a score of their old tormentors against whom they have managed one win in 12 years.
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5 days ago | 
irishtimes.com | Sean Moran |Seán Moran
Munster SHC (All games on Sunday)Clare v Cork, Zimmer Biomet Páirc Chíosóg, 2pmThree years ago, the Munster championship opened with a rerun of the previous year’s All-Ireland final. Limerick went to Cork and showed that the relative hierarchies hadn’t really changed. This weekend, the reunion of All-Ireland champions Clare with the side they edged aside in last year’s final is however expected to signal a decisive shift in fortunes.
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6 days ago | 
irishtimes.com | Sean Moran |Seán Moran
Munster SHCThe drawAll-Ireland champions Clare begin their third successive campaign at home, having lost the previous two year’s opening matches. They have the short straw of favourites Cork arriving in Ennis, six weeks after putting six goals past the home side in their league fixture. Tipperary face Limerick in Thurles, where they have not lost either of the teams’ two previous meetings in the round robin.
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6 days ago | 
irishtimes.com | Sean Moran |Seán Moran
Nickie Quaid has been named to start in Limerick’s first championship match this Sunday in Thurles. This marks an extraordinary comeback for the All Star goalkeeper who sustained a cruciate ligament injury last November. During the league, Limerick selected Jason Gillane and former forward Shane Dowling place of the five-time All-Ireland winner who was a major cog in their defence between his shot stopping and the accuracy of his puck-outs. Dowling is named on the bench.
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1 week ago | 
irishtimes.com | Sean Moran |Seán Moran
An unusual link between football in Armagh and a founding father of Glasgow Celtic soccer club is one element of Thursday’s opening episode of the third season of Scéalta na gCorn. Presented by Gráinne McElwain, TG4’s documentary series explores the history of cups and trophies in the GAA – this week in Armagh. The first item, featuring association president Jarlath Burns, looks at the McKillop Cup, which was presented to winners of the county senior football championship.
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1 week ago | 
irishtimes.com | Sean Moran |Seán Moran
Championship hurling begins next weekend. Its contemporary success, especially in Munster, owes its origins to an initially little-noticed proposal in 2012, suggesting round robin competitions for the provincial championships. The GAA had no reason to harbour warm feelings for such a format. It had been tried in the middle of the previous decade as a vehicle for All-Ireland qualifiers and proved as effective as wet newspaper when it came to igniting interest.
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1 week ago | 
irishtimes.com | Sean Moran |Seán Moran
SaturdayLeinster SFC quarter-final, Kildare v Westmeath, Cedral St Conleth’s Park, 7pm [Live, GAA+]A neat formulation places this as a match between one team lucky to get promotion and another unlucky to be relegated – it is also a Sam Maguire eliminator. There are nuances, of course. Kildare had the second-best scoring difference in the whole league, even if they lost to their closest rivals in Division Three.
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1 week ago | 
irishtimes.com | Sean Moran |Seán Moran
A protest march has been organised by south Antrim GAA this Saturday morning. Planned to coincide with the day of the Antrim-Armagh Ulster championship match in Corrigan Park, it is an attempt to draw attention to the Build Casement Park campaign. The main stadium in Belfast has been closed for rebuilding since 2013 and after innumerable holdups, it secured planning permission four years ago.
