People would cycle from the remotest parts of Munster to watch the two greatest hurlers of their era take to a playing field. In an extract from his new book, Arthur James O'Dea explains how Mackey's Limerick shaped the first hurling boom.
The GAA have been accused of misogyny this week as the row about integration with Ladies Gaelic Football and camogie rumbles on but Paul Flynn argues that the heart of the row is something else.
Every generation had its own explanation for why Mayo couldn't ever quite get over the line at Croke Park. Andy Moran's team ignored them all and wrote an ending few believed was possible.
As I walked out of Croke Park after the hurling final, I wondered if football's showpiece would follow the same script: one outstanding team proving simply too good. I still think it will.
Winning used to be routine for Dublin. Now it feels important again. Paul Flynn explains why Sunday's upset over Donegal has transformed how the team—and the public—view every result.
For years we complained about predictability. We knew who the contenders were and by the semi-finals onwards we were usually left with the same names. Nobody can say that now.
Away from television cameras and big-match hype, Dublin's players will be left with a simple question this weekend: how badly do they still want it?
The GAA’s disciplinary process has long been a source of ridicule. And despite everything, the suspicion still lingers that a suspension is not a punishment, but the opening move in a negotiation.
From Westmeath’s breakthrough to Kerry-Donegal intrigue, the football championship is becoming something you can’t afford to miss.
Paul Flynn has been asking himself a simple yet profound question: Could hurling be the reason Dublin football is falling from its previous heights?
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