PROVIDENCE — The fastest game on grass? Not soccer. Not baseball. It’s hurling — with an “h,” a stick-and-ball sport not to be confused with curling, an ice-and-broom sport. Hurling’s ...

Kerry face Cavan while Dublin take on Cork at Croke Park. Prior to that, the Dublin hurlers will take on Limerick, while ...

Almost all the refereeing that had to be done across the two games was in Croke Park and it took a bit of handling from ...

CLARE hurling legend Davy Fitzgerald has said he is “proud” of his son for facing up to his gambling addiction and seeking ...

With the wind, Cork tend to go long and carry less. That won’t be as influential a factor in an All-Ireland final.

It was replaced by a smaller replica in 2004, and in Croke Park on Sunday, Kilkenny won the new Bob O’Keeffe Cup for the ...

My late, great friend and fellow Independent/Herald scribbler George Byrne mischievously coined the terms “bogball and stick ...

Whilst Kenny was happy to stick with hurling, other talented stick men opted to go down the football route. It's a tale as old as time in football dominated counties. "Shane Boland, our corner ...

Like the "Riverdance of Sport" - hurling - that original seven minute performance lifted Irish art to a higher ground ...