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Tag: All Ireland S. H. C.

  • Two contrasting epics, one mouthwatering outcome – Act I

    Though it seems a lifetime ago now and maybe even a tad unbelievable, Brian Cody actually lost his first All Ireland SHC Final as Kilkenny manager in 1999. In possibly the worst such contest this writer can recall. Not that it mattered a jot to Cork. It doesn’t matter how you win once you win.…

  • Harte procedure sees Galway advance

    Galway……3-23 Tipperary…..2-24 Sometimes, special games require unusual interjections from unlikely heroes to send the verdict one way or the other. Think of Seamus Darby’s goal in 1982, Eamonn Taaffe coming on, hitting the winner for Clare in ’95 and then going off again. Shane O’Donnell notching a hat-trick in the 2013 replay. You can now…