Month: September 2021

Former Kilkenny All-Ireland winner and ex-Limerick senior commit to Kildare hurlers for 2017

John Mulhall and David Reidy are the new additions to the Lilywhites. Source: INPHO FORMER KILKENNY ALL-Ireland winner John Mulhall has returned to inter-county hurling and will play for Kildare in the 2017 National League and Christy Ring Cup competitions. It is expected that an ex-Tipperary hurler will also join Joe Quaid’s Lilywhite revolution in…

By HearthstoneYarns September 17, 2021 0

Late-bloomer Michael Fitzsimons taking nothing for granted

SUCH IS THE competition in Dublin’s all-conquering squad, even a man-of-the-match performance in last year’s All-Ireland final replay doesn’t guarantee Michael Fitzsimons a spot in Jim Gavin’s 2017 starting line-up. Far from it. Nobody understands that more than Fitzsimons. Source: INPHO/Ryan Byrne A late-bloomer, he never made an underage Dublin squad, let alone the first XV.…

By HearthstoneYarns September 17, 2021 0

‘I still have dark days when it’s up and down but I won’t give in to anything, not even depression’

WHATEVER YOUR PRECONCEIVED opinions are, leave them here. Wherever your allegiances lie, put them to one side. As a person, Ashling Thompson — the Cork camogie captain and the sport’s teak-tough poster girl — deserves a fair trial at the very least. Although, that said, it doesn’t really bother her what people think. She couldn’t…

By HearthstoneYarns September 17, 2021 0