FOR THE 18TH year, Sportsfile have produced a book chronicling the story of the GAA season in images. Here’s a collection of some of the best images from this year’s ‘A Season Of Sundays’ and there’s more details available here if you consider it for a last minute stocking filler.
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1. Smash! Colm Cronin’s hurley comes off second best in Dublin’s Leinster final loss to Kilkenny
2. Monaghan’s Fintan Kelly isn’t letting go of Armagh’s Stefan Forker in March’s league game
3. A young Cork hurling fan in action
4. Bang! Tipperary James Barry cracks the hurley of Cork’s Paudie O’Sullivan in Croke Park
5. Down fans Eugene Killen and Eddie Caughey enjoy a cuppa before May’s clash with Tyrone
6. Release the Faithful – the Offaly hurlers wait for ground steward Mick Dunne to unlock the gates before January’s Walsh Cup game against Galway
7. The damaged Nowlan Park stand is the backdrop as Brendan Maher and Lester Ryan shake hands
8. Club officials in Freshford remove straw from the car park after January’s Walsh Cup semi-final between Kilkenny and Galway
9. The Offaly hurlers stand for a minute’s silence before battling Antrim in Ballycastle in June
10. A tearful Alan Brogan leaves the pitch with his son Jamie after the defeat to Donegal
11. Armagh youngsters waiting to play at half-time react as the county senior side miss a chance against Monaghan
12. Wexford goalkeeper Mark Fanning laughs with a young supporter at half-time in their June clash against Dublin
13. Manager Eamonn Ryan hoists the Brendan Martin Cup with the victorious Cork ladies footballers
14. Nicely done Joe – Galway are rescued by Canning to force a draw against Kilkenny in Tullamore in June
15. Anthony Rainbow gets a kiss from his daughter Robin, aged three years, after Carlow’s championship exit at the hands of Clare
16. The Wexford players break from the team photo to get set for battle against Dublin
17. Selfie time for the triumphant Dublin All-Ireland U21 winning football team in May