Mayo reach the Promised Land – what Con might have said: Kobe McDonald and Jordan Molloy celebrate. I rarely write about sporting events, but yesterday was exceptional. A few years back after an epic All Ireland Hurling final, I imagined what the late, great sports journalist, Con Houlihan, might have said about it and I wrote an article in his style. This will be something similar: Were Con to have described yesterday’s game, I have no doubt that he would have started the ar

Micheal in position in Thurles before a Munster Final. When you consider the icons of the GAA, the names that immediately come to mind would be Christy Ring, Mick Mackey, Eddie Keher, John Doyle, DJ Carey and Henry Shefflin in hurling; Mick O’Connell, Mick O’Dwyer, Kevin Heffernan and Sean Purcell in football. There are also many more modern-day great players who will in time take their place in the pantheon. But did any of them do as much as Micheal O’Muirecheartaigh to publ