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Kilkenny v Clare - GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Semi-Final

PM O'Sullivan: Cats and Clare complete trilogy with game that showed where each county stands

The Banner return to the All-Ireland decider but reflection is required is on Noreside. Kilkenny are currently playing far too much unKilkenny-like hurling.

Sun, 07 Jul, 2024

Kilkenny v Cork - All-Ireland Hurling Championship Final

S The Powers Interview: 'I don’t want the gambling angle, the juice, to obscure that this is a hurling book'

Are the Powers unique? Has any other hurling father with a Celtic Cross had two sons who repeated the feat? The achievement is there in football, as with the Brogans. But in the other code?

Sat, 11 Nov, 2023

Kilkenny Press Night ahead of 2009 GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Final

S PM O'Sullivan: Richie Hogan could whistle at mostly unknown frequencies

Bloom always precedes blossom, if you know where to look.

Fri, 01 Sep, 2023

Henry Shefflin and Derek Lyng 30/4/2023

S PM O'Sullivan: Munster triumphalism travels as poorly across the Shannon as across the Nore

A prominent opinion got taken for a walk by Clare and pushed over the Cliffs of Moher (aka TUS Gaelic Grounds).

Mon, 01 May, 2023

'As much part of Nenagh life as the sky above us' - tributes for gentleman and Tipp great Mick Burns

'As much part of Nenagh life as the sky above us' - tributes for gentleman and Tipp great Mick Burns

The Premier County legend passed away on Wednesday.

Thu, 23 Feb, 2023

Cian Kelly and Noel McGrath 12/2/2023

PM O'Sullivan: Noel McGrath pulled strings like a Roald Dahl character, expressionless and lethal

McGrath orchestrated matters from his starting-berth on the 40.

Mon, 13 Feb, 2023

Kilmallock v Na Piarsaigh - Limerick County Senior Club Hurling Championship Final

PM O'Sullivan: The split season remains an atomic topic

Halloween is dusted for another year. That odd moment when fears and scares are met with a certain glee? This dynamic will persist in GAA circles over the coming months

Tue, 01 Nov, 2022

Kilkenny v Limerick - oneills.com GAA Hurling All-Ireland U20 Championship Final

PM O'Sullivan: Derek Lyng always thrived so well because he strove so hard

Derek Lyng counts not as one of those guys born to play in stripes

Thu, 04 Aug, 2022

Brian Cody celebrates with Eoin Cody 2/7/2022

PM O'Sullivan: Kilkenny are operating with more flexibility and craft. What took them so long?

The day after Kilkenny beat Clare, I received a message from a friend who is an officer in the Laois County Board. He hopped a neon ball: “Do you need a lift over to Cody’s house to apologize?”

Sun, 17 Jul, 2022

Brian Cody arrives 2/7/2022

PM O'Sullivan: The mood music in Kilkenny altered significantly over the last four weeks

The Senior panel are said to have trained out of their proverbial skin for the last few weeks.

Sat, 02 Jul, 2022