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This is Michael Collins talking to Kilkenny hurlers before the 1921 Senior Hurling Championship match against Dublin at Croke Park. Dublin beat Kilkenny 4-4 to 1-5 in front of 17,000 spectators. Michael Collins threw in the ball to start the game. The Irish Independent (Monday, 12 September 1921) reported that: "Mr. Frank Walsh, the American representative, asked during the game what he thought of it remarked naively: "It is too fast to follow". This was a fitting description of the first…

Dublin forward Diarmuid Connolly has lost his appeal against his 12 Week Ban imposed by the CCCC for a push on Linesman Ciaran Brannigan in the Leinster SFC quarter final against Carlow in O’Moore Park on the 3rd of June. Over the weekend it was reported Connolly wasn’t appealing the suspension, but news broke on […]

Having defended their All-Ireland title, making it four wins since 2011, Jim Gavin's Dublin confirmed their reputation as the greatest Dublin team in the GAA's history...

Jim Gavin’s Dublin side can set yet another new record with victory over Longford in Croke Park today in their Leinster Championship Semi.

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All Ireland champions Dublin got their season up and running in earnest last night in Croke Park and Jim Gavin’s side recorded a comfortable victory over near neighbours Kildare thanks in no short measure to the red hot performance from man of the match Brian Fenton.

Michael Darragh Macauley and Colm Basquel inspired Ballyboden to a secon half comeback against St Judes to secure a place in the Dublin SFC final.

He’s been missing in action since the the fifth round league tie against Kerry where he suffered a dislocated shoulder, but Cian O’Sullivan is moving ever closer to a return to the Dublin team.

Did you know that Ireland has its own sports? Paul Flynn, pictured above, plays Gaelic Football (a sort of hybrid between football and rugby) for Co. Dublin. Every year the All-Ireland final is played in Dublin's famous Croke Park stadium, another historic landmark in this great city!