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Enda McEvoy

Brian Duignan and Darragh Power 22/2/2025

Enda McEvoy: Offaly the good news story, but still no getting away from Limerick

It has been an indifferent Allianz Hurling League, but not one without high points.

Sat, 22 Mar, 2025

Tipp manager Babs Keating with players 26/8/1988

S Enda McEvoy: When Kilkenny were laughing at Tipp in the league at Nowlan Park

Here’s a tale of two Tipp trips to Nowlan Park 20 years apart.

Sat, 08 Mar, 2025

Cork v Kilkenny - Allianz Hurling League Division 1 Group A

S Enda McEvoy: Once were pharaohs - Cork and Cats now relics of the past

A combined 30 years without a single MacCarthy Cup triumph, it’s as though Shelley’s traveller from an antique land encountered not one but two massive dilapidated monuments.

Fri, 28 Feb, 2025

Limerick v Cork - GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Semi-Final

S Enda McEvoy: Cork to win hurling All-Ireland before the decade's end? Probably, but caveats exist

Cork are in the zone. Winning Liam MacCarthy has to happen sooner rather than later.

Sat, 22 Feb, 2025

Wexford v Cork - Allianz Hurling League Division 1A

S Enda McEvoy: Timeouts, scoring zones and a ban on the roll lift - does hurling need rule changes too?

Enda McEvoy canvassed a panel of the finest hurling minds to see what they'd change about the game

Sat, 01 Feb, 2025

John Kiely 7/7/2024

S Enda McEvoy: Limerick need a refresh, and Kiely to find a balance between loyalty and ruthlessness

When you eliminate the impossible, two probable Allianz Hurling League winners remain, Kilkenny and Galway

Sat, 25 Jan, 2025

Limerick v Clare - 1994 Munster Senior Hurling Final

S Enda McEvoy: It's 1995. Wouldn't it be fun if Clare or this Daly chap could do something?

Enda McEvoy turns back the clock three decades to take hurling's pulse. Any parrallels with today?

Sat, 18 Jan, 2025

Manchester City v Arsenal FC - Premier League

S Enda McEvoy: Supercomputer says no but expect a bumpy year for Pep and the rest

The top division in England may become more and more predictable but this season could see the soap opera take a dramatic twist.

Sat, 17 Aug, 2024

Rhasidat Adeleke on her way to finishing fourth 9/8/2024

S Enda McEvoy: Why did it take us so long to get good at Games?

But here’s a question there’s no harm in posing amid the loud cheers and tobacco spits. How did it take us this long to get good at the Olympics? And here’s another. Why did it take us this long?

Sat, 10 Aug, 2024

Enda McEvoy: How about having the Olympics every month?

S Enda McEvoy: How about having the Olympics every month?

More fresh topics for us to pontificate about. More ways of saving us from ourselves.

Sat, 03 Aug, 2024