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August
August 2024
Analysis column
Real ambition or vanity project? What Davy Fitz's move to Antrim can bring
Sixth county job brings a whole new set of challenges for experienced manager.
July
July 2024
Ben Crealey
'I couldn’t live with the guilt of it, missing games' - Rally driver to All-Ireland winner
All-Ireland Final
Armagh's utter joy and day of deliverance from the weight of their own expectation
A day of emotion and tenderness as persistence is finally rewarded.
Swimming with the tide
'The best scenario would be two golds' - Daniel Wiffen exudes a rare confidence
driving on
'Anything that fella is involved in, I want to be involved in it' - Donaghy on joining McGeeney
Player by Player
Player guide: The Armagh side seeking to bring back Sam Maguire for the first time since 2002
MEET THE FORKER
'I've been daydreaming about it from when I was eight years old' - Armagh captain Aidan Forker
Geezer needs excitement
'You mightn't like what I tell you, but I’ll tell you what I think' - Kieran McGeeney unleashed
The Armagh manager’s life has always had the iron rod of truth running through it.
Orchard energy
'As players you have to live off that buzz, that emotion' - Armagh's Rory Grugan on the final
Match reaction
'Often goals are made by the defender rather than yourself’ - Tony Kelly on that goal
A day of days
'Just an outpouring of emotion that’s 10 years in the making' - The gift of a game
Clare and Cork played out an epic. It’s only a pity it didn’t go to a replay.
the curse
Debunking the myth of the Curse of Biddy Early on the Clare hurlers
Biddy Early lived a remarkable life as a faith healer and wise woman, a feminist and surrounded by people of every class. Unfortunately she is best known through nonsense.
Squeaky Bum Time
The great sliding doors moment in Clare-Cork history - that Domhnall O'Donovan point
Clare looked to have been caught at the death by a late Patrick Horgan point, but one final play was all is needed to squeeze a replay out of an epic.
Profile
'His low catch used to get all the "Aboy Lohan!” cheers in Clare'
Banner county manager has done things the hard way, through a stoic indifference to pain.
Analysis All-Ireland Hurling final
Player guide: The Clare team aiming to win a first All-Ireland senior title since 2013
Tribesmen
'He wasn’t just a manager, he was a friend who would support you' - Galway salute Johnno
On a week when they bade farewell to one of their most treasured adopted sons, Galway look to their footballers on Sunday to bridge a 23-year gap.
A star is torn
Tyrone blood, formed in Kerry but a little bit of his heart belongs to Armagh - Kieran Donaghy
