Sunday Times jnlst. Wrote The Bloodied Field, Kings of September, Harte, The Children of Croke Park. Co-host of Over the Bar, a GAA history podcast.
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GAA History Podcast Alert📣! Starting a new series with Ciaran O'Hara called Over the Bar, exploring hidden and half-forgotten GAA stories. Today: why did the GAA take an All-Ireland final to New York?Listen, share, subscribe, follow @gaaoverthebar. Enjoy! open.spotify.com/show/0yPSnM…
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This is beyond belief.
The 1920 AI semifinals: Dublin v Cavan; Tipperary v Mayo.
The 2020 AI semifinals: Dublin v Cavan; Tipperary v Mayo.
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1. 104 years ago today, at 3.25pm on Nov 21, 1920, police opened fire on a crowd of 15,000 people at Croke Park watching a football game between Dublin and Tipperary. These are the 14 that went to a game and never came home.
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This mighty little man joined us last night at a minute past midnight, ushering out one difficult year while reminding us of the possibilities the future always holds, however bleak the present might seem. Life always goes on. Happy new year everyone!
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1.A hundred years ago today, at 3.25pm on Nov 21, 1920, police opened fire on a crowd of 15000 people at Croke Park watching a football game between Dublin and Tipperary. These are the 14 that went to a game and never came home. #B100dySunday
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There’s 155 members in Mullinalaghta. Barely 100 adult members. They can just about field a full minor team with Abbeylara. Conan Brady, the corner back, has been commuting from the uk to play matches for 8yrs. Just inspirational stuff.
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Must be said, Jon Snow had a stinker tonight. Spent most of the night flying about. Got lost. Crashed a dragon. Needed his aunt-girlfriend to bail him out. Tried to reach Bran. Failed. Ended up curled into a ball before deciding to fight a dragon by roaring at him. Roaring, like.
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1. Thread for anyone interested on the 14 who died in Croke Pk on Bloody Sunday, this day 97yrs ago: 1. Mick Hogan, Tipp player. 24, farmer from Grangemockler. Shot trying to reach the fence on the modern Cusack Stand side.
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Just testing out a reference here, if I said Statler and Waldorf to you in terms of people sniping/criticising, do they ring a bell? No googling!
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Our eldest lad got a couple of euros from the tooth fairy last night and has decided how he wants to spend it. A small reminder for us at home to look after what these little ones see and hear in times like these, and to talk as well.
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1. 103 years ago today, at 3.25pm on Nov 21, 1920, police opened fire on a crowd of 15,000 people at Croke Park watching a football game between Dublin and Tipperary. These are the 14 that went to a game and never came home.
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Cork 5-11 Kerry 0-14. I've seen the future tonight. Just booked the hotel suite in Dublin for the (checks google) last Sunday in July. Best three grand I'll ever spend.
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Four years on and I still don't have the words to fully express what it was like to be in Croke Park on that night. To see Croke Park in darkness apart from the flames and Brendan Gleeson telling the stories of the 14 is a feeling I'll take to the grave.
21st November 1920. In 90 seconds, 14 people lay dead and mortally wounded on the field and banks of Croke Park and on the streets outside. Today, 104 years on, we pause to remember them all: the 14 who went to a match, and never came home. #GAABelong
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1. 101 years ago today, at 3.25pm on Nov 21, 1920, police opened fire on a crowd of 15000 people at Croke Park watching a gaelic football game between Dublin and Tipperary. These are the 14 that went to a game on what became known as Bloody Sunday, and never came home.
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Credit also the people who filmed the last minute wherever they were, just in case a big dose of crazy goes down.
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A day when hope and history rhymes for @TipperaryGAA but this generation of footballers have been writing their own story for a decade. Absolutely magnificent achievement.
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1. Short thread on aertel. In late 97 I was broke. Properly broke. We lived in a flat above a brothel with a connecting door to a very weird neighbour, and one of those electricity meters you fed £2 coins into. I was totally out of bread when Eamon Farrell came to our college.
RTÉ will close Aertel next week after over three decades in service. The teletext service, which has been running since 1986, will be switched off on Thursday 12 October
rte.ie/news/ireland/2023/100…
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For the day that’s in it, the stories of the 14 Bloody Sunday victims killed in Croke Park this day 99 years ago.
1. Thread for anyone interested on the 14 who died in Croke Pk on Bloody Sunday, this day 97yrs ago: 1. Mick Hogan, Tipp player. 24, farmer from Grangemockler. Shot trying to reach the fence on the modern Cusack Stand side.
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Waterford in the AI hurling final. If Mayo make the football final nphet will have us all in underground caves just in case the incredible actually happens.
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Carl Frampton is bidding tonight to become the first Irish boxer to win four different world title belts. We’re witnessing the greatest irish boxer of all time but it’s barely registered down south, partly because a dumb media ban has created its own hard border. Real shame.
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It's absolutely brilliant. The amount of information/context actually couched in the emotional delivery, the perfectly pitched reaction as she crossed the line. You get one shot at those moments, and they're rare in Irish athletics. Just terrific.
Superb commentary here by @gregallenRTE - absolutely nailed it
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Honoured and humbled by this award from @officialgaa. I've stood on the shoulders of many people telling the Bloody Sunday story, to @cianrpmurphy and others I'll be forever grateful, particularly the families who held the memory of the 14 victims with such dignity for so long.
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15mins left people are leaving. Less than a year after an AI final was played in front of an empty stadium, and after the carnage of this week hunting tickets for a stadium at half capacity. Some things never change.
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Got shivers watching that back. One of the points ever scored in Croke Park, before you even start drilling into the detail of what went on before.
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In my time watching fball I can’t recall being so exhilarated by the prospects for one player. The only comparison is gooch in 02, but it feels like something bigger might be unfolding. Seeing Clifford now must be like seeing O’Connell or Ring at the start.Infinite possibilities.
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The sun is shining and the streets are quiet in Dublin today. If you’re in the city, it’s exactly the same weather as Bloody Sunday morning.
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Dara O Se for John Egan. You couldn’t make it up. #ENGIRL
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Tiger’s comeback is incredible, but does it beat Nikki Lauda coming back from being burnt alive in an F1 car to win the drivers cship the following yr? Or Ben Hogan surviving a near death car crash to win 6 majors? A two drink minimum conversation I reckon.
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Between the homecoming tmrw, a night in the club and touring the schools in the parish, Tiger’s gonna be in fairly rough order by the time he pucks his next golf in Paris.
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I can't recall a more accomplished post match interview than Amber Barrett's there. A lot of players in that squad absolutely born role models.
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Some nights stop you in your tracks, seeing jnlsts filing match reports on the final whistle, banging out player ratings, quotes pieces, colour and analysis, ghostwriting columns, thousands of words all under incredible deadline pressure. Buy a paper today. Any paper. #DubVKerry
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And just to put it out there, plenty of AI semifinals back around 1920 were played outside Croke Pk. Cavan v Dublin in 1920 was played in Navan, for example. Crowds aren’t going to be an issue. Has to be an argument to take at least one of these games on the road.
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So Mayo will meet Tipp or Cork in the AI semi-final in a few weeks. Last time Tipp won an AI football semi-final they beat Mayo to make the 1920 final, where they beat Dublin.....
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So...just to get it straight. The Cork-Tipp footballers play next Saturday night in Thurles at the same time as the CL final. The Cork-Tipp hurlers play next Sunday afternoon in Thurles. There’s surely a tidier way to do this....
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Hurling continuing tonight with its mission to make every other sport on the planet appear almost completely lifeless. That was manic and brilliant and flawed and completely compelling. #ClareGalway
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Any assessment of Eamon Fitzmaurice as a mgr should include the fact that he took over at a difficult moment for Kerry, won an AI rooted in good mgt and produced the only team to beat Dublin in a national final since 2011. He endured a lot and achieved a lot.
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This reminds me of the difference between Cork beating Kerry a couple of times in the Munster cship, then meeting them in Croke Park. Different gravy. #NZLvIRL
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I love rugby jargon. I’d swear Jamie Heaslip just praised the Argentinian who caught a high ball for ‘identifying’ the ball. You’d worry for his future if he mistook it for anything else.
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I have a vision of John Mullane being helped from the booth by two helpers at the end of every game like James brown at the end of a gig, Waterford tracksuit top draped on his shoulders, shattered but having to be restrained from grabbing the mike again, just for one more roar.
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An emotional chat with @BrianFenton08 explaining his decision to retire, the joys and demands of an all-time great career, hanging with Clifford and the Kerry boys and finding the edge that turned Dublin from era-defining team into footballing immortals.
thetimes.com/article/dacaec6…
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6. So farewell, Aertel. You kept a rickety roof over my head for a few weeks and nearly gave me my first nervous breakdown. Price of an education.
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Huge admiration for @KildareGAA and the players/mgr on this Croker issue. If they turn up in newbridge and no game, they’ll set fire to their season on a point of principle that affects everyone as much as them. I cant think of many teams who have gone out on a limb like this.
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Lifelong thanks to @TwopairFilms for taking on a topic that demanded everything of them for four long years, and delivering a documentary that informs, enlightens, challenges and deepens our feelings and understanding around Bloody Sunday. #BloodySunday100
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Case closed. A pity it came to this, but an epic effort from Cahair.
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There was a lot of this around the stadium. A whole generation of parents who knew what these nights felt like have been turning up, enduring the hardship and willing one to happen for their kids. Now, they understand why we do this thing we do. The torch is passed!
A mate sent on this fantastic video of Troy Parrott’s first goal on Thursday. Hopefully it finds its way to the father and son who got to celebrate the moment together.
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Last minute and utterly shameless plug for this book. It in doubt this Xmas, give it a go.
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Witnessed that David Clifford goal for East Kerry tonight. Keeper never moved. Net lifted off the ground on impact. Exquisitely brutal. What’s already left to say about this kid?
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Shane Ross says women’s hockey has just had their Ronnie delany breakthrough moment?Two points: no irish track Olympic gold since. Delany retired injured in 62,came home broke.Every great thing he did as an athlete and subsequently in life came from within himself. More spoofing.
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Quite the day in longford. 23 substitutions for Dublin. A dub fan picking a fight on the terrace with a local and ranting about the Black and Tans and the ref nearly getting lynched as he left the field. Thought the game was being played in 1920 at one stage.
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Offaly v Kerry on RTE2. Christ what a game. Even take the finish out of it, still a classic. Nearly 40yrs later it stands up really well.
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Seen it a billion times, but this 60 secs is flawless in every way.
BBC Grandstand
January 1973
Now I know it’s not Football, but this is one of the iconic sporting moments of the 1970s.
The commentary is outstanding from Cliff Morgan who was a late replacement for the ill Bill McLaren.
Sit back and enjoy Gareth Edwards try for the Barbarians.
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I’ve had plenty of chats and contact with many @TipperaryGAA football people over many yrs. I can safely say they’re some of the most genuine, passionate, entertaining and resilient sportspeople, trying to keep football going in a frequently cold climate. Delighted for them.
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An enormous thank you to @officialgaa for this honour and to the many people who have helped share and spread the stories of the 14 victims, especially the GAA's @cianrpmurphy, whose absolute devotion to properly preserving and the memory of the 14 was always truly inspirational.
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Quick scan of the sports grants: 64 six figure sums to clubs in Dublin, 31 received 150k - the highest amount. 29 six figure sums went to clubs in the rest of the country, 2 clubs outside Dublin received 150k.
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Yes my mam worked in the phone exchange. My dad worked in Mallow sugar beet factory, many’s the big money media job was brokered at 10 o’clock tea waiting for Mrs Foley’s deep fried sausages.
The great thing about Ireland is that people entirely devoid of talent or ability can get jobs as newspaper columnists
The not so great thing is it’s dependent on mummy and daddy’s connections
The lesson kids you ask? Pick your parents wisely
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Absolutely magnificent footballer, maybe the most natural, instinctive forward Cork have had in the last 20yrs. And the courage to come back from such crushing injuries. One of the best.
'Unfortunately due to medical advice I have been left with no option but to retire from inter county football' - Cork forward O'Neill calls it a day the42.ie/4130189
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This is a book I've wanted to write for a long time. The last part of this Bloody Sunday journey for me, hopefully the stories of Jerome O'Leary, JW Scott and William Robinson will help open up this period of history for a younger generation.
🖊️ Cover Reveal 🖊️
The Children of Croke Park by award-winning author of The Bloodied Field, @MickFoley76.
Cover illustration by @Jon_Berkeley.
Gripping historical fiction, coming April 2023. Age 9+
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6. Michael Hogan, Tipperary player. 24, farmer from Grangemockler. Right-corner-back in his second year on the Tipp team. Shot as he crawled to the fence on the modern Cusack Stand side and died on the field. Immortalised by the naming of the Hogan Stand in Croke Park
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The fury at the Oasis/Ticketmaster prices, Ticketmaster have been operating dynamic pricing for 2yrs. As far as I recall Swift, Styles, Coldplay all used the same model. Blue collar hero Bruce didn't mind some tickets selling for $5k either. Only sure thing today was a gouging.
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In keeping with gaa traditions, Kerry boys in the Italian end are now asking around 'is it extra time lads or a replay?' #ITASPA
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Listened to Cork footballer Orla Finn yesterday listing off the sports she played as a kid: athletics, badminton, basketball, tennis, gaelic football, horse riding.Proof again that kids trying lots of sports is great for their development, regardless of what sport they settle on.
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One of my favourite stories from the 1982 AI football final. On the Monday the Kerry lads were in Mulligans having a few.Con Houlihan was in his usual spot.Presumably seeking some consolation, Pat Spillane asked Con who was the best team he had seen in 1982. 'Italy,' Con replied.
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I swear to God one of these months I’m going over to the Uk and calling to every house, just to say: it’s pronounced Daw-her-tee.
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Oh God, this oul guff. Warriors. It’s just a game. And there’s plenty of dishonesty in it, like every other sport on the planet.
'I asked a coach with Dublin hurlers who came from a football background what the difference was between the hurlers and footballers.
'He said: "Hurling is just a warrior's game." There's an honesty to it'
You can forget about the black card | #OTBAM
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Just happened on a BBC2 doc about Tyrone. They’ve just won the 98 AI minor final. So poignant to hear them talk about Omagh, Paul McGirr, to see Laois’s guard of honour, Cormac McAnallen lifting the Cup and a young Michaela Harte with her dad. Extraordinary fballers and people.
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2. Jane Boyle, 29. From Dublin. Butcher shop employee. Shot and trampled at the halfway line on the Cusack Stand. Attended the game with her fiancé Daniel Byron. They were to be married the following week, Jane was buried in her wedding dress
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More terrific journalism from @marktigheST and @paulrowantree in the @SunTimesIreland tmrw. The last month shows why we need a strong, resourced and vibrant newspaper industry complimenting every other form of media.
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My first journey into writing for children, hopefully it will help open up the Bloody Sunday story for a new generation. The Children of Croke Park is the story of William Robinson, Jerome O'Leary and JW Scott. On sale wherever you get your books.
obrien.ie/the-children-of-cr…
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1. A short thread about what Cork-Kerry means to me, and I guess what sport hopefully means to lots of people. In 2010 my dad was in intensive care, basically gone. Family called etc. We spent the wk with him, waiting, when he started to rally. By Sunday he was still alive.
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Donncha O’Connor’s career a model for Cork fball itself, and any fballer: battled his own lack of self-belief early on but overcame that and built himself into one of the best forwards in the game at his peak. Magnificent player who never gave in.
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Heard the siren behind me in heavy traffic on the road this morning, pulled in to let by what I assumed was an ambulance. It was the Kilkenny team bus and its Garda escort. Voluntarily giving way to a Kk team, I felt a certain shame.
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You'd miss Jerry Kiernan putting all this into occasionally withering context for us. #Olympics
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And always amazing to me how the 2 ads always stream perfectly when you refresh the page to try and get the actual channel working again. The RTE frickin player....
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2. Jane Boyle, 29. From Dublin. Butcher shop employee. Shot and trampled at the halfway line on the Cusack Stand. Attended the game with her fiancé Daniel Byron. They were to be married the following week, Jane was buried in her wedding dress
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One of the most incredible sporting events I have been blessed to see, mere words don't seem enough to capture what we witnessed tonight. Absolutely phenomenal stuff and now talk of a rematch in Croke Park. Here's something from Madison Square Garden.
thetimes.co.uk/article/ab9e6…
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Eamonn Sweeney: GAA should abandon this summer's championship for magical year of club action
ow.ly/joAC50yZjDz
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6. Michael Hogan, Tipperary player. 24, farmer from Grangemockler. Right-corner-back in his second year on the Tipp team. Shot as he crawled to the fence on the modern Cusack Stand side and died on the field. Immortalised by the naming of the Hogan Stand in Croke Park
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8. James Matthews, 38, labourer from North Cumberland St. Went to the game with a friend and was shot climbing a wall to safety. His friend got away. His youngest daughter Nancy lived to see a gravestone erected for her father in 2016
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Please. Stop.
Applications for Operation Covid Nation are now open rte.ie/lifestyle/living/2020… via @LifeStyleRTE nitter.app/rte/status/12429456221…
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The Irish football team won two competitive games this year. James McClean scored a single goal. #RTESportsAwards
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Bought a copy of @kerryman_ie in Macroom today. Bundled it in with some pornography so I wouldn’t have to explain myself.
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5. A minute later he had dredged the deleted page from somewhere and put it back up. I think he was one of the boss's sons but I prefer to think he was some techie cherub angel sent from aertel heaven. I was not shocked when I wasn't called in for another shift ever again.
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12. Tom Ryan, 27, Viking Road, Stoneybatter, originally from Glenbrien, Wexford. Gas company worker. Shot as he whispered a prayer into Ml Hogan’s ear. An IRA volunteer who was part of a group involved in the attacks on alleged spies that morning. Their target wasn’t home
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Who would have imagined the Munster cship would make playing of the entire football cship worthwhile?
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A lot of GAA news pinballing around this morning, but in case this gets lost in the traffic. What a magnificent footballer.
Retirement Announcement - Conor Sweeney
Get all the latest news on the Tipperary GAA app member.clubspot.app/club/tip…
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Hopefully the BBC schedule this documentary over the coming days. I remember it as being really terrific. The clips I've seen today only confirm that.
Shane MacGowan has died, aged 65. In a 1997 BBC documentary, he and his parents reflected on life in Carney Commons, County Tipperary, where he spent some of his childhood.
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Just a quick note on the Bloodied Field Podcast. Want to thank everyone for the terrific support. He's not on Twitter but massive credit to my brother Andrew who made the podcasts sound like they do. Humbled by his work. Episode one for anyone starting out open.spotify.com/episode/2E6…
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