John McGrath on storming back to form in a season to remember: ‘I probably was frustrated having not seen game time’
Having started a first championship match in two years, McGrath’s goal scoring drove Tipperary to a memorable All-Ireland
Hurling
Follow our interviews, analysis, match reports and liveblogs from the 2023 provincial championships before the cream of the crop battle it out for Liam MacCarthy in the 2023 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.
The day Galway reorganised hurling’s top table
Fifty years ago this weekend, the westerners burst from obscurity by defeating Cork
Sarah McInerney’s Liveline: A broadcaster who knows when to speak, when to listen
Radio: Arena’s send-off for Seán Rocks has the same depth and range which he made the programme’s playbook for so many years
‘Not a single complaint’: Smiles and raised fists as Tipp fans celebrate All-Ireland hurling win
Cork supporters ‘gutted’ after side’s ‘complete collapse’ in second half at Croke Park
Cork’s oldest All-Ireland medal winner recalls cycling to a final at Croke Park in 1943
Jimmy Lynam (99) played on two All-Ireland winning Cork teams in the 1950s, and says Tipperary won’t be an easy match on Sunday
‘The skill is awesome’: How an Italian became one of Cork hurling’s biggest fans
Turning the TV on one rainy day on holiday saw Riccardo Rinaldi become hooked on GAA
The frenzied search for All-Ireland hurling final tickets in Cork
‘It’s been 20 years since Cork won the All-Ireland so everyone wants be there’
Listen: Will Tipperary or Cork triumph in the All Ireland hurling final?
In the News podcast: Nicky English and Joe Canning join host Malachy Clerkin to look ahead to Sunday’s match
TV View: Hurling’s Bruce Springsteen sings Cork’s praises before Tipperary’s glory day
Liam Sheedy’s jacket pays glowing tribute to everyone
I am still that small tearful boy waiting for Dublin’s next sacred hurling final
Ballyboden St Enda’s, Cuala, Kilmacud Crokes and Na Fianna have produced magnificent hurlers. A lot is to do with the gene pool, blood and inheritance
Joe Canning: Everything is coming together for Tipperary at the right time
For the first time since 2023, Tipperary have momentum. Galway will need to come up with something to stay in the championship
SHC preliminary quarter-final previews: Dublin to overcome bad memories
Tipperary can be relied on to demolish Laois in Saturday’s early throw-in at O’Moore Park
Hurling’s history of violence: ‘Some of the belts I got were criminal. My skull was fractured. It was madness’
Revulsion at scenes in Páirc Uí Chaoimh before Cork and Tipperary’s championship tie a fortnight ago reflect how the game’s values have changed - incrementally
Nicky English: Clare on the edge as Munster reaches sudden death
Tipp can exploit Clare’s injury problems but it’s finely balanced
GAA head of hurling William Maher: ‘A colleague said he never got an opportunity to hold a hurl. That’s just crazy’
‘If you can build hurling in Dalkey, you can build it anywhere,’ says man appointed by GAA to increase participation in the sport
Former Limerick hurler felt ‘emasculated and mentally destroyed’ after workplace accident, High Court hears
Mark Keane, who is taking High Court action against Johnson & Johnson, has not worked since sustaining injuries
Documentary on GAA referee abuse lets players, coaches and fans off the hook
Television review: GAA referee David Gough provides fascinating insights but overall this film needs to dig deeper
Gaelic Players Association’s support of amateur status cannot be guaranteed, Parsons warns
Report finds intercounty players are incurring average expense loss of €4,602
Ciarán Murphy: Return of jeopardy breathes new life into hurling league
Plenty of realistic scope among Division 2 counties to aspire to a higher level
Seán Moran: Hurling may regard the FRC as an irrelevance but history suggests otherwise
Football has had most of the problems but its solutions have often been universal
GAA Sunday as it happened: Galway and Kerry secure wins over Mayo and Derry
Carlow cause shock of the day beating Waterford in the Allianz Hurling League, while Tipp get the better of Wexford at Semple Stadium
Na Fianna beat Sarsfields in All-Ireland club hurling final: As it happened
Dublin champions deserved winners after a superb display at Croke Park
GAA appoints Tipperary’s Willie Maher as new national head of hurling
GAA president Jarlath Burns welcomed the appointment on Thursday
Peter Queally’s Waterford reign to begin with charity game against Cork in Dungarvan
Clash between keen Munster rivals in aid of former Déise stalwart Brian Greene, who is undergoing treatment for lung cancer, and Waterford Hospice
Clare take home six hurling All Stars at the end of a memorable year
Clare’s Shane O’Donnell and Galway’s Paul Conroy are named players of the year at awards ceremony
Back to the future for Thomastown, as Farrell celebrates late career highs
Experienced centrefielder has been a huge influence as the club strikes echoes of its past
‘He turned, a ball of rage, preparing to floor me’: Richie Hogan on Kilkenny, Shefflin and tense exchanges with Cody
Former Kilkenny hurler talks about his new autobiography, being part of Brian Cody’s dressingroom and life after playing intercounty
‘It’s a whole different ball game’: Hurling Shinty International promises to be an old-school throwback
Twelve counties represented in Irish team for Saturday’s game against Scotland in Ennis
Joe Canning: ‘The drinking shouldn’t have happened ... but to then run the crap out of us was madness’
Galway hurler Joe Canning writes about the ‘off-the-wall intensity’ of Ger Loughnane’s training regime, how the game takes players to the rawest of places and the infamous story of the Dew Drop 15 in this extract from his new book
Should penalty shoot-outs in hurling get the bullet?
Ronan Sheehan’s Down won the first shoot-out in 2020. He would prefer an alternative means of resolution
Bonner Maher the ‘bread winner’ for a talented Tipperary generation
Patrick ‘Bonner’ Maher retires after a career that yielded three senior All-Irelands
Hurling Development Committee must aim for small, meaningful wins to end sport’s inertia
A 2015 report stated the GAA has been “doing the game of hurling an injustice for a long time”
GAA to appoint a Head of Hurling as part of plan to grow the game
New job’s brief is to be centred on the overall strategic development of the game
Micheál Donoghue set for return as Galway senior hurling manager
Donoghue had been managing Dublin for the past two years but unexpectedly stepped down
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