All Star Gazing: Eileen and Moira Dunne explore a 50-year evolution in Irish society
Dunnes' father Mick was one of the creators of the idea on a wet day in Belfield
Kilkenny legend Liam ‘Chunky’ O’Brien dies, aged 72
1975 Hurler of the Year won four All-Irelands and club All-Irelands with James Stephens
Foot-and-mouth and mouthfuls of drink: Cork’s 1941 odyssey
Rebels met Limerick along the way in a year with parallels to the current time
It was 50 years ago... remembering the first-ever GAA All Star awards
The inaugural event was devised by sports writers and sponsored by a tobacco company
The trailblazing All Star tourists who beat Kerry 50 years ago
A trip to San Francisco in 1971 paved the way for the All Star trips of the last 50 years
Longford football team of 1968 still deserve special mention
They came within a score of reaching the All-Ireland final, a remarkable achievement
The abolition of the Ban just one of the many landmark GAA events in 1971
The first official All-Ireland club finals took place and the beginning of the All Stars
Seán Moran: Marking the departure point in the making of a Rebel double
Cork's 1990 football and hurling double gave the GAA a landmark in a challenging year
Seán Moran: Fr Tom Scully, the leader of Offaly football
Inspirational figure who paved the way for 1971 and ’72 success died last week aged 89
Cork v Kilkenny: Hurling’s longest drama hits the stage
The most revisited All-Ireland rivalry of all is back in the limelight at Croke Park
Seán Moran: Echoing down the decades – the GAA 50 years ago this week
Some familiar concerns and other coincidences from May 1969
Eamonn Cregan and memories that span the unforgiving decades
Cregan has been a central figure in three of Limerick's five All-Ireland finals since 1973
One day in September 1980: Galway’s day of deliverance
Victory over Limerick signalled Galway’s arrival as an enduring hurling force
First day of the Super 8s reawakens memories of 1992
League quarter-finals of 26 years ago featured same double bill as this weekend
GAA weekend that was: Talking points from the weekend’s action
Seán Moran reviews the second round of the football and hurling leagues
Are we facing into a retail apocalypse?
What will happen to our high streets if everyone goes online to shop?
A most eventful rivalry: 33 years of the Dublin-Tyrone files
This weekend sees the counties meet for the eighth time in championship
Seán Moran: Provision of free televised games not a priority for the GAA
Broadcasting rights is seen as an instrument by the GAA rather than an end
History repeats itself as Cork end drought and Tipperary lick wounds
Tipp’s inability to retain an All-Ireland since 1965 inevitably comes into renewed focus
Seán Moran: After 30 years the club championships are still on track
It was 1987 when Croke Park on St Patrick's Day was finally closed to the Railway Cup
Seán Moran: After 45 years GAA All Stars still carry a certain cachet
Over the years the Gaelic games’ awards scheme became the most iconic in Irish sport
Improved discipline a long-standing aspiration for the GAA
As Tralee last weekend proved, Seán Ó Síocháin’s plea of 50 years ago is still relevant
Former Kerry footballer DJ Crowley passes away
Rathmore player was regarded as best player in 1969 All-Ireland final
International Rules: They wanted a good start – they got a battle
The GAA’s 1984 experiment with the AFL didn’t have the most auspicious of starts
Semple Stadium likely venue for Munster hurling final
Lack of suitable grounds in province should make Thurles best option
International Rules living on borrowed time
This one-Test series likely to be swansong of a sport that never really existed
John Duffy snaps up second chance to contribute to Donegal’s cause
Ballyshannon man back in the Donegal dressing room – a familiar place but a different world now
Keeping on top of Tipp: the JBM files
With just one defeat in eight championship matches the Cork manager has at times been the difference between the counties
Football is about the horizon, not the rear-view mirror
End-game in sight: you can’t always get what you want so make the best of what you have
Ghosts of Wexford’s triumphant past stirred
Hurling nostalgia is different in a county that has had heady days but epic victory over All-Ireland champions brings back memories
‘De Park’ – Cork’s oval-shaped coliseum on the banks of the Lee
Cork’s iconic GAA ground is part stadium, part museum piece now and there are just two big days for it left
Limerick hurling: home to hope and hardship
It has been 41 years since Limerick hurlers won the Liam MacCarthy Cup and some of their near misses have been tremendously painful – no more so than 1994
Twenty years a growing, hurling stays ahead of the crisis
The million euro for development counties just the latest initiative for the national game during Liam O’Neill’s presidency
McKenna confident that pitched battle can be easily won
Fifth Brooks concert leaves just four days to prepare for All-Ireland quarter-finals
Life, coaching and the philosophy of football
Fifty years ago this weekend Mickey Whelan starred in Dublin’s 1963 All-Ireland win but that was only the beginning of his contribution to the county and football
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