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Ciarán Murphy: Camogie and women’s football should take August for themselves

Ciarán Murphy: Camogie and women’s football should take August for themselves

Supporters of women’s sport are making deeper connections than just the big day out at Croke Park

Thu Aug 07 2025 - 06:00

Ciarán Murphy: Kerry have pointed us to Gaelic football’s bright future

Ciarán Murphy: Kerry have pointed us to Gaelic football’s bright future

To attend the All-Ireland final was to get a reminder of what makes this sport so important

Thu Jul 31 2025 - 06:00

The obvious way Donegal can be beaten by Kerry is ... David Clifford

The obvious way Donegal can be beaten by Kerry is ... David Clifford

Perhaps winning a final requires something different, that deciders are the exception and call for a distinct approach

Thu Jul 24 2025 - 06:00

Ciarán Murphy: At 42 I took up hurling, the world’s most frustrating and beautiful sport

Ciarán Murphy: At 42 I took up hurling, the world’s most frustrating and beautiful sport

If this sounds suspiciously like a midlife crisis, it at least had the advantage of being a lot cheaper than a sports car

Thu Jul 17 2025 - 06:00

Ciarán Murphy: It’s fundamental to the sport that Kerry win this All-Ireland

Ciarán Murphy: It’s fundamental to the sport that Kerry win this All-Ireland

It could be written in the stars that both counties battle it out in the All-Ireland final

Thu Jul 10 2025 - 06:00

Ciarán Murphy: Football’s best forwards are being rewarded for their genius and it’s a joy to behold

Ciarán Murphy: Football’s best forwards are being rewarded for their genius and it’s a joy to behold

Quarter-final weekend provided irrefutable evidence that the game is back in the best of health

Thu Jul 03 2025 - 06:00

Ciarán Murphy: Nostradamus would have been proud of my tip. I should have shouted it from the rooftops

Ciarán Murphy: Nostradamus would have been proud of my tip. I should have shouted it from the rooftops

Unscrambling the reality of match predictions teaches us that it’s something of a mug’s game

Thu Jun 26 2025 - 06:00

Ciarán Murphy: Keeping cool in front of goal is key to landing All-Ireland

Ciarán Murphy: Keeping cool in front of goal is key to landing All-Ireland

That said, Peter Canavan goal in the 2005 All-Ireland final basically cheated us out of one of the simple joys of life

Thu Jun 19 2025 - 06:00

Ciarán Murphy: Kildare looked preconceived notions in the eye and decided to ignore them

Ciarán Murphy: Kildare looked preconceived notions in the eye and decided to ignore them

The Lilywhites’ Joe McDonagh Cup triumph represents one of the most heartwarming GAA stories of the year

Thu Jun 12 2025 - 06:00

Cork may be willing to lose the Munster battle to win the All-Ireland war

Cork may be willing to lose the Munster battle to win the All-Ireland war

Gunning for their seventh successive Munster title Limerick look the hungrier of the two sides

Thu Jun 05 2025 - 06:00

Ciarán Murphy: Tyrone’s ability to stand the heat as Donegal emptied the tank was as compelling as it gets

Ciarán Murphy: Tyrone’s ability to stand the heat as Donegal emptied the tank was as compelling as it gets

Breathless closing stages in Ballybofey again showed us why football is returning to full health for the first time in years

Thu May 29 2025 - 06:00

Ciarán Murphy: Dublin’s leaders prove an old lion is still a lion - and Limerick are roaring now too

Ciarán Murphy: Dublin’s leaders prove an old lion is still a lion - and Limerick are roaring now too

Limerick and Dublin last weekend, with 14 All-Irelands between them in the last 15 years, were case studies in greatness

Thu May 22 2025 - 06:00

Ciarán Murphy: Provincial finals exist as their own entity and are deemed worth winning in their own right

Ciarán Murphy: Provincial finals exist as their own entity and are deemed worth winning in their own right

Only in Munster could it be reasonably stated that no one was too upset or too ecstatic about how the provincial championship went

Thu May 15 2025 - 06:00

Ciarán Murphy: Daft scheduling leaves GAA fans channel-hopping between games in biggest Saturday of season so far

Ciarán Murphy: Daft scheduling leaves GAA fans channel-hopping between games in biggest Saturday of season so far

Some matches should have been moved to Sunday to give players the viewership they deserve

Thu May 08 2025 - 06:00

Ciarán Murphy: Potential ‘group of death’ leaves me wondering if Connacht final is worth winning

Ciarán Murphy: Potential ‘group of death’ leaves me wondering if Connacht final is worth winning

The draw for the group stage shouldn’t happen until after the provincial finals are played

Wed Apr 30 2025 - 17:54

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