Thursday 11 August 2022
Shane O’Donnell’s arrival on the scene in the All-Ireland senior hurling final replay was quite the whirlwind.
Bernard Brogan was the difference yesterday, but the green and red will fly again.
“Mayo have the air of champions-in-waiting,” writes Ciaran Murphy, but they need to walk the walk to beat Dublin.
Murph was very impressed by the football on display from Dublin and Kerry yesterday.
Mayo are different, but supporters have been trained to expect the worst.
Jimmy Barry-Murphy and Davy Fitzgerald were the two managers that best convinced their players of their title credentials.
We were treated to a thriller by Cork and Dublin. But one team pushed everyone else to this level.
The spirit of the game is too vague a concept to have expected the Tyrone star to do anything other than commit his infamous foul.
It has been another frustrating year for the Tribesmen, with both the footballers and the hurlers seeing their involvement in the championship ended this weekend.
But with Cork next up, no one’s getting carried away, writes Ciarán Murphy.
Can anyone end Kilkenny’s summer, once and for all?
But this doesn’t have to be the high point of the summer for the Blues, writes Ciarán Murphy.
Galway’s hurlers might have a season to remember but it’s more modest aims for the county’s footballers this year.
The ground-breaking Carlow v Laois game this Friday night is a good idea, badly handled, according to Ciarán Murphy.
Donal Óg Cusack is right; GAA chiefs have to move the game on, writes Ciarán Murphy.
The hurling championship was blown wide open in the sunshine yesterday, writes Ciaran Murphy.
The infrequent rate at which the best GAA sides play each other is unfair on the paying public, writes Ciaran Murphy.
The reigning champions are defying an unwritten rule of success, writes Ciaran Murphy.
TheScore.ie’s columnist made his 2013 debut yesterday and it wasn’t pleasant viewing in Pearse Stadium.
It was another long afternoon at Croke Park for Ciarán Murphy.
Hailing from from Milltown in North Galway has given TheScore.ie columnist Ciaran Murphy plenty insight into the football psyche of neighbours, Mayo.
The battle between the game’s greatest player and the challenger to his title enthralled Ciaran Murphy in yesterday’s All-Ireland hurling final.
TheScore.ie columnist and Galway native Ciaran Murphy on how his county’s unique GAA dividing lines are becoming more blurred as their supporters awaits next Sunday’s showdown in Croke Park.
Mayo fans were rewarded for their faith with an exceptional performance against Dublin yesterday. Now they will face their biggest challenge yet, writes Ciaran Murphy.
The composure, athleticism and hunger of the Donegal players proved critical in seeing off Cork yesterday, writes Ciaran Murphy.
Ciaran Murphy watched Anthony Cunningham’s side book their place in next month’s All-Ireland decider.
Ciaran Murphy re-evaluated his list of Sam Maguire favorites in the wake of Cork’s victory over the Lilywhites.
Ciaran Murphy was ringside as four of the country’s top hurling counties fought for their lives in Thurles.
Ciaran Murphy reckons he saw the All-Ireland champions elect this weekend.
Work commitments at the Connacht final brought Ciaran Murphy back home for the weekend.
He was on duty in Páirc Uí Chaoimh and the Gaelic Grounds this weekend watching triumphant Cork teams but events in Croke Park overshadowed everything for Ciaran Murphy.
Meath showed a cockiness in their Leinster SFC semi-final win over Kildare, writes Ciaran Murphy.
Patience was needed when the Taoiseach showed up in Castlebar yesterday.
“We’re a footnote in the story of Euro 2012,” sighs Ciaran Murphy.
Ciarán Murphy sends this piece from his flat in Poland on a tear-drenched laptop computer.
“The Croke Park press box is without doubt under the spell of some micro-climate, which makes it 5-7 degrees colder there than it is anywhere else in Ireland.”
“We could have picked worse days to be three and a half hours early, and the summer sunshine gave the whole day a lazy, relaxed feel.”
Long drives on a Sunday, dinner before noon and Ciaran Murphy chasing managers. It’s summer alright.
“You couldn’t have asked for better drama, or a more thrilling denouement,” writes Copper Face Jack’s gold card member Ciaran Murphy.
“I love the fact that I went into a pub in town and a man I have never heard talk about the GAA was urgently asking me whether the Dubs are going to do it.”
