IN normal circumstances, in a world that never heard tell of Covid-19, this week’s column would be up to high-doh in anticipation of a trip... Read More
Hurler on the ditch
From the gutter to the stars
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COLUMN: HURLER ON THE DITCH, by Donal Campbell ON Thursday last, near the Olympic Park in Rio, a mugger on a motorbike tapped on... Read More
READERS of a similar vintage to Hurler, or older, will recall the halcyon days when the choice of television viewing was restricted to half a... Read More
Thoughts on a Black Sunday LET’S begin with Paul Durcan. Genuine GAA folk reading this column can skip the next couple of paragraphs as they... Read More
An absolute privilege to be in Croker THERE was a moment meandering down the road from Dublin on Sunday night when Hurler realised that it... Read More
THIS week’s column comes to you hot on the heels of the confirmation that all five Garth Brooks concerts, due to take place in Croke... Read More
Put Gaelic Games on the School curriculum
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Hurler was driving by the Scarvey at noon on Tuesday and passed a crowd of young fellas from Scoil Mhuire heading down to the pitch.... Read More
And so it begins. Last week Jim McGuinness met with his backroom team and players and, as he put it himself, “got the ball rolling... Read More
Hurler was seated beside the brother in law in Carrick-on-Shannon at the end of July when Donegal beat Laois in the All-Ireland qualifier. Down below... Read More
It’ll roll around soon enough – the day the best players in the county report for the first training session of a new campaign. It... Read More
