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RTÉ News
23-05-2025
- Sport
- RTÉ News
Kildare now contenders to win Joe McDonagh
Jackie Tyrrell believes Kildare are now genuine contenders to win the Joe McDonagh Cup and play Leinster round-robin hurling for the first time. The Lilywhites, managed by Tyrrell's former Kilkenny team-mate Brian Dowling, will be guaranteed a place in the final if they can beat bottom side Down on Sunday. That follows successive sensational away victories over Carlow and Laois over the last two weekends. Dowling's men beat the McDonagh favourites by 11 points - 4-20 to 1-18 - on their home turf of O'Moore Park and Tyrrell warns against assuming that Laois or Carlow would turn things around in a decider. Those two play each other in the final round this weekend, meaning only a draw between them and failure to defeat Down could deny Kildare. "Brian is doing an exceptional job," nine-time All-Ireland winner Tyrrell told the RTÉ GAA podcast. "The last two results, particularly Laois at the weekend, and the manner in which they won, has propelled them into a great position. "The goals they scored over the weekend, they are playing a really good brand of hurling. "If Kildare are to get into a Joe McDonagh final from where they came from two games ago… they could potentially win it at that stage because they are just playing with such confidence and momentum. "Laois had been flying it up to that point so I'm there will be a few more twists there." Down are in a three-way fight to avoid relegation, however, and could stay up even in defeat if Westmeath can win in Kerry. "Down had a big win over Kerry last weekend to give them a chance of staying up," said Tyrrell. "It might be important for them to stay up considering their league success [ promotion to Division 1B ]. "So huge jeopardy there in terms of the final weekend. "If you look at the league standings, three of them on six [points] and three on two, there is such parity in Joe Mc. "It continues to be an outstanding competition of guys of a similar level, really in putting a huge amount. "It's not like the Tailteann Cup, where some teams kind of pick and choose, no-one looks at the Joe McDonagh and doesn't really go after it."
Irish Examiner
16-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Christy O'Connor: Limerick driven by a fear that Cork can take over
Limerick looking to harness the hurt At the end of the Cork-Limerick All-Ireland semi-final last July, as the Cork players celebrated together with The Frank and Walters' classic 'After All' booming out around Croke Park, the Limerick players were gathered in separate groups around the pitch, gazing blankly at a completely unfamiliar setting, scenes that they were normally part of, but suddenly weren't. Players hugged each other. Softly spoken words were exchanged. For what appeared like an age, the Limerick players didn't seem to know what to do next before finally moving together in unison, gathering in a group close to the Hogan Stand, before applauding their supporters still in the ground. The players looked almost concussed in the moment but there was bound to be a concussive element to whenever Limerick's incredible winning run was halted. The shock factor was all the greater again when Limerick's shot at five-in-a-row immortality had suddenly slipped through their grasp. How do you forget that painful memory? You don't. In his autobiography, Jackie Tyrrell wrote about how deep the cut of losing the five-in-a-row to Tipperary in 2010 still felt the following year. Kilkenny never liked Tipperary anyway but the memory of losing that final drove them crazy in 2011. 'We were agitated,' wrote Tyrrell. 'We were completely pissed off. A lot of that frustration may have had nothing to do with Tipperary but we dialled it up to ensure that we always believed it had. I was nearly so paranoid that winter that I'd have blamed Tipperary for starting the Great Famine.' Much of that paranoia stemmed from a deep-seated fear, within Tyrrell anyway, of Tipp having the potential to beat Kilkenny again. And how another defeat could open up a potential apocalyptic vista of the future. 'Tipp had the capacity to take over,' wrote Tyrrell. 'If they did, we believed it would have detracted from what we had achieved as a team, that it would have completely diluted our achievements. We felt (before the 2011 All-Ireland final against Tipp) that we were playing for more than just that All-Ireland. Our heritage, our modern legacy, was all on the line.' There has been a similar theme around this championship, and Cork's projected future dominance. Cork have the capacity to take over. Yet Limerick also firmly believe, like Kilkenny did in 2011, that they can derail that train. That Kilkenny team often traded on fury and anger and perceived grievances to fuel the machine and turn into a wrecking ball to lay waste to all before them. This Limerick side are different. Unleashing fury is an essential part of this group's collective personality, but everything they stand for is reflected in their mentality; controlled, deliberate, clinical, cold, temperate. The process guides their path, but the process will set the temperature gauge slightly different for Limerick now than it would have for Kilkenny in 2011. Kilkenny were meeting Tipperary in an All-Ireland final, 12 months after the same team had stopped them from achieving the five-in-a-row in an All-Ireland final. Sunday's Cork-Limerick game is a monumental event but it may yet be the first of three clashes between the two sides in this championship. In that sense, this match doesn't carry the same risk and trepidation bound up in that 2011 final for both Kilkenny and Tipperary. The other key difference between the context of what Tipp did back then and what Cork did last year (stopping a team winning the five-in-a-row) is that Tipp's victory secured a precious first All-Ireland in nine years. All Cork's win guaranteed was a place in an All-Ireland final, which they lost to Clare in heartbreaking circumstances. After beating Limerick in Páirc Uí Chaoimh and Croke Park last year, the challenge for Cork now is to win in the Gaelic Grounds. Another victory would imbue Cork with even more confidence in believing that they have Limerick's number. As well as getting into Limerick's psyche, a third successive win would also prove that Cork are primed to win an All-Ireland. Yet Cork still have to go and win that All-Ireland. And Limerick are hell-bent on, not only winning another All-Ireland, but on making sure that Cork don't lift the Liam MacCarthy – especially when they appreciate how much that could prove to be a springboard for future Cork dominance. Cox back on familiar territory When Billy Morgan and Tomás Ó Sé were working together with the UCC Sigerson Cup team a few years back, Morgan told Ó Sé that he couldn't understand why one of the UCC players, Conor Cox, wasn't involved with Kerry. Having played with Cox for a period in 2013, Ó Sé felt that Cox's talent was never in doubt but that he fell victim to the raft of forwards coming off the Kerry underage production line. Ó Sé also believed that a decision to go travelling in 2014 put Cox on the back foot. 'If you want to be a Kerry footballer you break your backside trying to get in there,' said Ó Sé. 'And there's always forwards in Kerry. The attitude possibly would be that there are three or four Conor Coxes there.' Having won three All-Ireland Junior medals with Kerry, starring in the 2017 final against Meath when kicking 1-8, Cox lined out for Kerry seven times in the league before accepting that any chance of an inter-county future lay elsewhere. With his father Martin from Roscommon, Cox transferred to the Connacht county in December 2018 under the 'parentage rule'. Cox, who last played a senior match for Kerry in the 2016 league, kicked 1-54 in the 2019 league and championship and was absolutely central to Roscommon's Connacht title success that summer. When Cox spoke to Ó Sé in an interview for Benetti Menswear in 2020, he said he never looked back in anger about going to the US in 2014, which potentially cost him an All-Ireland medal. "I have absolutely no regrets about it,' said Cox. When asked by Ó Sé if he felt that decision cost him his chance of a future career with Kerry, Cox shrugged his shoulders. "I suppose you can only really ask the management,' said Cox. 'It's fine if that did come against me. You know yourself the standard of footballers in Kerry and the top-class players that are there. Anyway, I'm delighted to be up in Roscommon.' On Saturday, Cox comes up against Kerry in the championship for the first time. And, like Karl O'Dwyer for Kildare in the 1998 All-Ireland semi-final, it's a chance for Cox to show Kerry what he could have done for his own county. Tipperary desperate to change home record When Tipperary beat Limerick in the 2016 Munster semi-final to march into a fourth Munster final in six years, the comprehensive nature of that win also underlined how hard Tipp were to beat in Thurles in the first half of the last decade. In their previous 11 championship games at the venue, Tipp had only lost once. And that defeat – to Limerick in the 2014 Munster semi-final – was the first time Limerick had beaten Tipp in the championship in Thurles since 1973. Almost a decade on though, and Tipp's championship record in Semple Stadium has never been as poor. In the 14 games they've played in Thurles since that 2016 Munster semi-final, Tipp have only won four. Only two of those wins have come in the Munster championship, both of which were in 2019, against Waterford and Limerick. And Waterford were all over the place that summer, while Limerick didn't have to win that game. Some big records have fallen too in that time. In 2018, Clare beat Tipp in the championship in Thurles for the first time in 90 years; Waterford's victory there two years ago was their first ever championship win against Tipp in Semple Stadium. Having failed to beat Waterford in the championship since that 2019 meeting, and with progress or elimination on the line, a victory has never been more important for Tipperary. Especially in Thurles.
The Irish Sun
12-05-2025
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
Dublin overcome fast Meath start to secure latest Leinster title on the back of Hannah Tyrrell brilliance
DUBLIN produced a stirring final-quarter display to deny Meath and claim their 12th consecutive Leinster SFC title. The game took place as part of a double-header with And this was a drama-filled contest as well. Four points adrift, Dublin registered an unanswered haul of 0-8 in the closing 15 minutes to keep a firm grip on the provincial prize. Earlier, Emma Duggan, with two, Vikki Wall, Marion Farrelly and Ciara Smyth all found the target as Shane McCormack's Meath pulled five points clear in a blistering start. Dublin finally got up and running through the reliable Hannah Tyrrell — who finished with 1-4 — just shy of the first-quarter mark. Read More On GAA And while Meath responded with a pair of Duggan frees, Tyrrell had Dublin back in contention when she hit the back of the net on 21 minutes. After a second goal from Eilish O'Dowd, Wall and Caoimhe O'Connor traded scores. Raiding corner-back Niamh Donlon then kicked an excellent 29th-minute point to hand the Jackies a slender 2-3 to 0-8 interval cushion. Dublin introduced Carla Rowe and Kate Sullivan on the resumption to join first-half sub Sinead Goldrick. Most read in GAA Football But it was Meath who made the brighter start to the second period as Niamh Gallogly smashed home a superb 32nd-minute goal. Although Niamh Hetherton and Sullivan did find the range at the opposite end, a Duggan point from play in between both efforts ensured the Royals were in the ascendancy. Henry Shefflin hilariously dabbles in Gaelic football punditry as RTE's Saturday Game debuts format change The dynamic Dunboyne duo of Duggan and Wall were dovetailing to excellent effect. They combined for three points to help the Royals establish a 1-12 to 2-5 buffer moving into the final quarter. But Dublin were determined to hold on to their provincial crown. And after Tyrrell kicked three points on the bounce, Rowe restored parity from a free on the stroke of 50 minutes. 1 Dublin captain Carla Rowe lifts The Mary Ramsbottom Cup after her side's 2-13 to 1-12 victory The momentum was now with the defending champions — and thanks to successive points from play by Hetherton, Goldrick, Rowe and Sullivan, they pushed on to retain their title. DUBLIN: A Shiels; J Tobin, L Caffrey, N Donlon 0-1; H McGinnis, M Byrne, L Magee; E O'Dowd 1-0, G Kos; C O'Connor 0-1, C Darby, S McIntyre; H Tyrrell 1-4, 2f, N Hetherton 0-2, A Timothy. Subs: S Goldrick 0-1 for McGinnis 19mins, K Sullivan 0-2 for Darby h-t, C Rowe 0-2, 1f for Timothy h-t, N Crowley for Donlon 41, R McDonnell for McIntyre 60. MEATH: R Murray; A Sheridan, MK Lynch, K Newe; A Cleary, S Wall, K Kealy; O Sheehy, M Farrelly 0-1; M Thynne, N Gallogly 1-0, C Smyth 0-1; E Duggan 0-7, 5f, V Wall 0-3 1f, K Cole. Subs: K Bermingham for Farrelly 20mins, E Moyles for Smyth 45, M Collins for Cole 54. REFEREE: B Redmond (Wexford)
The Journal
11-05-2025
- Sport
- The Journal
Dublin overrun Meath in stirring final quarter at Croke Park
The 42 Dublin 2-13 Meath 1-12 DUBLIN PRODUCED A stirring final quarter display at Croke Park on Sunday afternoon to hold off a strong challenge from Meath and claim their 12th consecutive TG4 Leinster Senior Football Championship title. Four points adrift in a game that took place as part of a double-header with the Leinster men's decider featuring Meath and Louth in GAA HQ, Dublin registered an unanswered haul of 0-8 in the closing 15 minutes to keep a firm grip on the provincial prize. Supplementing a brace of scores from Emma Duggan, Vikki Wall, Marion Farrelly and Ciara Smyth all found the target as Shane McCormack's Meath pulled five points clear in a blistering start to the contest. Yet Dublin finally got up and running through the reliable Hannah Tyrrell just shy of the first quarter mark and while Meath responded with a brace of successful Duggan frees, Tyrrell had Dublin back in contention when she rattled the net off her right foot on 21 minutes. Ramsey Cardy / SPORTSFILE Ramsey Cardy / SPORTSFILE / SPORTSFILE In fact, after a second goal from Eilish O'Dowd followed traded scores between Wall and Caoimhe O'Connor, raiding corner-back Niamh Donlon kicked an excellent 29th minute point to hand the Jackies a slender 2-3 to 0-8 interval cushion. Advertisement Dublin introduced Carla Rowe and Kate Sullivan on the resumption to join first half substitute Sinead Goldrick, but it was Meath who made the bright start to the second period as Niamh Gallogly smashed home a superb 32nd minute goal. Although Niamh Hetherton and Sullivan did find the range at the opposite end, a Duggan point from play in between these efforts ensured the Royals were in the ascendancy. The dynamic Dunboyne duo of Duggan and Wall were dovetailing to excellent effect and they combined for three points to help the Royals establish a 1-12 to 2-5 buffer moving into the final-quarter. However, Dublin were determined to hold onto their provincial crown and after Tyrrell kicked three points on the bounce, Rowe restored parity from a free on the stroke of 50 minutes. The momentum was now suddenly with the Jackies once again and thanks to successive points from play by Hetherton, Goldrick, Rowe and Sullivan, they pushed on to retain their title. Meanwhile, Waterford are through to the Munster Senior Football Championship final after an impressive win over Cork, 3-12 to 1-9, at Dungarvan GAA Club. Two goals in two minutes early in the second half were the key scores as the home side have reached the decider for the first time since 2019. Lauran McGregor and Karen McGrath got the all-important green flags to seal the win for the home side. It finished honours even, 1-6 apiece, in Austin Stack Park as Aishling Moloney inspired Tipperary to a share of the spoils against Kerry in the TG4 Munster SFC. In Connacht, Galway beat Mayo 2-13 to 0-9. A powerful first-half performance from Galway saw them put Mayo to the sword Tuam Stadium in a contest which was essentially decided by half-time. Kate Slevin and aisling Madden were Galway's goalscorers. Scorers – Dublin: H Tyrrell 1-4 (0-2f), E O'Dowd 1-0, N Hetherton, K Sullivan 0-2 each, C Rowe 0-2 (1f), N Donlon, C O'Connor, S Goldrick 0-1 each. Meath: E Duggan 0-7 (5f), V Wall 0-3 (1f), N Gallogly 1-0, M Farrelly, C Smyth 0-1 each. DUBLIN: A Shiels; J Tobin, L Caffrey, N Donlon; H McGinnis, M Byrne, L Magee; E O'Dowd, G Kos; C O'Connor, C Darby, S McIntyre; H Tyrrell, N Hetherton, A Timothy. Subs: S Goldrick for McGinnis (19), K Sullivan for Darby, C Rowe for Timothy (both h-t), N Crowley for Donlon (41), R McDonnell for McIntyre (60). MEATH: R Murray; A Sheridan, MK Lynch, K Newe; A Cleary, S Wall, K Kealy; O Sheehy, M Farrelly; M Thynne, N Gallogly, C Smyth; E Duggan, V Wall, K Cole. Subs: K Bermingham for Farrelly (20), E Moyles for Smyth (45), M Collins for Cole (54). Ref: Barry Redmond (Wexford). Written by Daire Walsh and originally published on The 42 whose award-winning team produces original content that you won't find anywhere else: on GAA, League of Ireland, women's sport and boxing, as well as our game-changing rugby coverage, all with an Irish eye. Subscribe here .
The 42
11-05-2025
- Sport
- The 42
Dublin overrun Meath in stirring final quarter at Croke Park
Dublin 2-13 Meath 1-12 DUBLIN PRODUCED A stirring final quarter display at Croke Park on Sunday afternoon to hold off a strong challenge from Meath and claim their 12th consecutive TG4 Leinster Senior Football Championship title. Four points adrift in a game that took place as part of a double-header with the Leinster men's decider featuring Meath and Louth in GAA HQ, Dublin registered an unanswered haul of 0-8 in the closing 15 minutes to keep a firm grip on the provincial prize. Supplementing a brace of scores from Emma Duggan, Vikki Wall, Marion Farrelly and Ciara Smyth all found the target as Shane McCormack's Meath pulled five points clear in a blistering start to the contest. Advertisement Yet Dublin finally got up and running through the reliable Hannah Tyrrell just shy of the first quarter mark and while Meath responded with a brace of successful Duggan frees, Tyrrell had Dublin back in contention when she rattled the net off her right foot on 21 minutes. Ramsey Cardy / SPORTSFILE Ramsey Cardy / SPORTSFILE / SPORTSFILE In fact, after a second goal from Eilish O'Dowd followed traded scores between Wall and Caoimhe O'Connor, raiding corner-back Niamh Donlon kicked an excellent 29th minute point to hand the Jackies a slender 2-3 to 0-8 interval cushion. Dublin introduced Carla Rowe and Kate Sullivan on the resumption to join first half substitute Sinead Goldrick, but it was Meath who made the bright start to the second period as Niamh Gallogly smashed home a superb 32nd minute goal. Although Niamh Hetherton and Sullivan did find the range at the opposite end, a Duggan point from play in between these efforts ensured the Royals were in the ascendancy. The dynamic Dunboyne duo of Duggan and Wall were dovetailing to excellent effect and they combined for three points to help the Royals establish a 1-12 to 2-5 buffer moving into the final-quarter. However, Dublin were determined to hold onto their provincial crown and after Tyrrell kicked three points on the bounce, Rowe restored parity from a free on the stroke of 50 minutes. The momentum was now suddenly with the Jackies once again and thanks to successive points from play by Hetherton, Goldrick, Rowe and Sullivan, they pushed on to retain their title. Meanwhile, Waterford are through to the Munster Senior Football Championship final after an impressive win over Cork, 3-12 to 1-9, at Dungarvan GAA Club. Two goals in two minutes early in the second half were the key scores as the home side have reached the decider for the first time since 2019. Lauran McGregor and Karen McGrath got the all-important green flags to seal the win for the home side. It finished honours even, 1-6 apiece, in Austin Stack Park as Aishling Moloney inspired Tipperary to a share of the spoils against Kerry in the TG4 Munster SFC. In Connacht, Galway beat Mayo 2-13 to 0-9. A powerful first-half performance from Galway saw them put Mayo to the sword Tuam Stadium in a contest which was essentially decided by half-time. Kate Slevin and aisling Madden were Galway's goalscorers. Scorers – Dublin: H Tyrrell 1-4 (0-2f), E O'Dowd 1-0, N Hetherton, K Sullivan 0-2 each, C Rowe 0-2 (1f), N Donlon, C O'Connor, S Goldrick 0-1 each. Meath: E Duggan 0-7 (5f), V Wall 0-3 (1f), N Gallogly 1-0, M Farrelly, C Smyth 0-1 each. DUBLIN: A Shiels; J Tobin, L Caffrey, N Donlon; H McGinnis, M Byrne, L Magee; E O'Dowd, G Kos; C O'Connor, C Darby, S McIntyre; H Tyrrell, N Hetherton, A Timothy. Subs: S Goldrick for McGinnis (19), K Sullivan for Darby, C Rowe for Timothy (both h-t), N Crowley for Donlon (41), R McDonnell for McIntyre (60). MEATH: R Murray; A Sheridan, MK Lynch, K Newe; A Cleary, S Wall, K Kealy; O Sheehy, M Farrelly; M Thynne, N Gallogly, C Smyth; E Duggan, V Wall, K Cole. Subs: K Bermingham for Farrelly (20), E Moyles for Smyth (45), M Collins for Cole (54). Ref: Barry Redmond (Wexford).
