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Picture Special All pix: Danny Lahart Freebooters – 3 Deen Celtic – 2

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BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR ALL PIX DANNY LAHART Cork’s Ballygiblin lie in wait AIB All-Ireland club JHC Semi-Final Mooncoin 2-26 Salthill-Knocknacarra 0-11 LIT Gaelic Grounds, Limerick, Sunday January 23rd 2022 The famous ballad would no doubt have been reverberating around the River Suir following Mooncoin’s comprehensive 21-point semi-final victory over Salthill-Knocknacarra last weekend. Willie …

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BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR ALL PIX DANNY LAHART No quarter given as neighbours give it all ahead of National League Walsh Cup Review Wexford 2-25 Kilkenny 2-25 Chadwick’s Wexford Park, Saturday January 22nd 2022 The large crowd in attendance at Chadwick’s Wexford Park last Saturday, were treated to an exhilarating contest between two sides …

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BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR ALL PIX DANNY LAHART TJ strikes at the death to send Shamrocks to Croker AIB All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Semi-Final Shamrocks Ballyhale 2-15 St Thomas’ (Galway) 0-20 Semple Stadium, Thurles, Sunday 23rd January 2022 We’ll come back to the start later. Extra time loomed. The sides were deadlocked. We were …

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BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR ALL PIX DANNY LAHART Connacht champs next up for Ballyhale AIB ALL-IRELAND CLUB SHC SEMI-FINAL Shamrocks Ballyhale v St Thomas’  (Galway) Sunday, January 23rd, Semple Stadium, 3.30pm (Live on TG4)   St Patrick’s Day 2019. This same pairing took to the Croke Park turf in the decider, to see which …

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BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR ALL PIX DANNY LAHART Opportunity knocks for ‘new look’ cats side Walsh Cup Kilkenny 1-27 Laois 0-24 Sunday 16th January 2022, John Locke Park, Callan Kilkenny senior hurlers got their season off to a winning start with a 6-point victory over Laois at John Locke Park, Callan last Sunday. Seamus …

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BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR ALL PIX DANNY LAHART Mooncoin out to prove a thorn in Connacht champ’s side AIB All-Ireland JHC Semi-Final Mooncoin vs Salthill-Knocknacarra (Galway) Sunday, January 23rd, LIT Gaelic Grounds, Limerick, 1:30pm   All roads lead to the LIT Gaelic Grounds in Limerick on Sunday, as Kilkenny and Leinster junior champions, Mooncoin …

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BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR ALL PIX DANNY LAHART Hey diddle diddle – Walsh hits a TREBLE!! AIB Leinster Club Junior Hurling Championship Final UPMC Nowlan Park Mooncoin 4-13 Shamrocks (Offaly) 0-15 Mooncoin were crowned provincial champions last Saturday; following a comprehensive victory over Offaly challengers Shamrocks. The raising of the green flag proved the …

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BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR ALL PIX DANNY LAHART It has been a very strange eighteen months across the world, mostly related to the ‘P’ word. Yes, the pandemic, COVID-19 has cost all of us so much. During these dark times, the GAA has somehow managed to lift our spirits, and through our Hurling, Camogie …

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All photographs Nathan Cafolla Ireland is proud to announce the launch of our Women in Sport Strategic Plan 2021-2024, during the week of the 6th of January coinciding with Nollaig na mBann. This plan is designed to both expresses our commitment to women in sport and our vision of inspiring the nation to be active, …

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