Two ‘wee ball’ games and one ‘big ball’ game. The kingpins of Tipperary are back this weekend as Loughmore-Castleiney play Drom and Inch in the Tip senior hurling quarter finals. Last year the club made history, going on an incredible run in both the hurling and the football, showing the rest of the country what […]

3 years ago

Some of these are truly amazing. Sport can create some very complex feelings, and Gaelic football in particular has the power to have you crying your eyes out with frustration, to crying your eyes out with sheer delirious joy. So much is going on in such a short space of time that you can sometimes […]

4 years ago

Noel McGrath had been on the receiving end of an off-the-ball belt from Paddy Leavy when a minute later, he made his way back to the Ballygunner man to settle a score. McGrath was clever enough not to use a hurl just a shoulder to hit Leavy back but the Ballygunner man went down and […]

4 years ago

He had the breakfast eaten and the dancing shoes on as, a day after winning the double with Loughmore-Castleiney, Noel McGrath was on his way to the pub. It’s a big weekend next weekend but that’s then and this is now. Wednesday will be time enough to pick up the footballs again and it’ll be […]

4 years ago

When he became Clough Ballacolla hurling manager, it meant that, for the first time in his life, Declan Laffan was involved with a club that wasn’t Loughmore-Castleiney. They say it’s hard to be a prophet in your own land but in Loughmore, Laffan made a good go of it. He took over his native club’s […]

4 years ago

The man, the myth, the legend. Not satisfied with being a hero in Tipperary hurling, John McGrath has ensured legendary status with his club on the football pitch now as well. Clonmel Commercials were on the brink of sealing their third Tipperary Senior Football title in a row when John McGrath produced a moment that […]

4 years ago