Ciaran Murphy

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Voting for @IrishBookAward closes on Sunday, so one last shout to go to Category 9 and vote for "Old Parish" in the Last Word Listener's Choice Award (you don't have to vote in every category if you don't want to)... GRmíle!🔴⚪️ www.irishbookawards.ie

Ahhh thanks a million Conor!!! Delighted you enjoyed it!

Delighted to be heading back to the Galway International Arts Festival this Saturday for a chat with two heroes of mine - Dr Paul Rouse, the GAA polymath, and @sineadocarroll.bsky.social.

All organised by the wonderful Catriona Crowe, limited tickets still available on www.giaf.ie/festival/eve...

Hahahaha very true

you already can’t be drawn against your provincial final opponent - there’d barely be need for a draw if you added further restrictions!

four 2025 division 1 teams in the connacht winners’ group, and then not even one team that started the year in division 1 in the Leinster winners’ group - bloody hell

I watched the entire 6-min clip the Masters put up this morning, and thought maybe they’d edited out some of the CBS comms. But no! They really did just let the pictures tell the story. Pretty brilliant

Haha yeah I feel I should be posting more GAA on here too!! But then again… maybe it’s not just the website but *the whole idea of posting itself* that I’m now also rebelling against 🤔

Support Gavan Hennigan's Iditarod Challenge on iDonate.ie Gavan Hennigan's Iditarod Challenge for Parkinson's Ireland Galway Branch, created by Gavan Hennigan | iDonate.ie

The Iditarod Trail is one of the great endurance sporting events in the world, and right now Gavan Hennigan is taking it on - with every cent raised going to @parkinsonsireland.bsky.social Galway branch, a charity very close to our hearts. You can donate here -

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ffs 🤦‍♂️

If any old bastards have retired in disgust at how the game has gone over the last few years, you have my permission to DANGLE this column in their general direction... 😂🤦‍♂️

Ciarán Murphy: ‘Solo and f**kin’ go, will ye' - how the new football rules are landing in Junior B The game is slightly better, slightly faster, slightly more vertical, and slightly more fun to play. And all those minor improvements add up to a major impact

This week's column. The verdict from Junior B football is in. These rules... are pretty bloody good www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic...

That’s what I’m hearing too. They are mobilising

Ciarán Murphy: Ye of little counties can have faith in Offaly again Offaly's Adam Screeney will be an adornment to the Leinster championship this year

This week’s column - the BIFFOs might, just might, be back www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic...

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Ciarán Murphy: The most important rule now is we must support clubs that suffered storm damage The destruction of Connacht GAA’s Air Dome in Bekan is a travesty for thousands of kids around the entire province

This week's column - hope that everyone gets back on their feet soon, I know there are plenty in Galway still waiting for their power to return
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Some all-Ireland final themed humour in Salthill

Storm Éowyn can’t destroy Connacht GAA’s ambition – Prenty’s Tenty will rise again The Air Dome is a unique kind of west of Ireland miracle and though John Prenty and his staff stayed until 2.30am on Thursday night to try and save it, the storm ripped through it

Storm Éowyn can’t destroy Connacht GAA’s ambition – Prenty’s Tenty will rise again

Ciarán Murphy: Brothers-in-arms set to have a big impact on final day Canavan sharpshooters Ruairí and Darragh Canavan come up against Cuala’s Con and Niall O’Callaghan with All-Ireland glory the glittering prize

This week's column -

More than one of my brothers have already threatened legal action

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Cheers Ruaidhrí!

This was a very nice message to get - here's the column in question, it was in the paper on St Stephen's Day www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic...

cheers Niall, appreciate the message! I'm fine now... I swear

Ciarán Murphy: Sigerson Cup missed a trick by not playing by new rules In the absence of traditional preseason provincial competitions, high-quality colleges’ fare would have attracted extra interest

It's my first GAA column of the year with @IrishTimes - and you can tell I'm already busting down doors trying to get a look at NEW football (and bemoaning competitions who eschewed the enhancements for possibly valid reasons)

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If you didnt get a chance to see it in Cinemas, An An Cailín Ciúin / The Quiet Girl has its tv premiere tonight on TG4 at 8.

Delighted to have Passing It On: Ballymun Kickhams back on the RTE Player. It's a project that I both directed and produced, working very closely with editor, Jamie Fitzpatrick, and many people from the club. It is available to stream now. Check it out if you can! #documentary #gaa #ballymunkickhams

Thanks for all your messages on Stakeknife so far. Tomorrow’s episodes feature the actual Boston tape recording of Brendan Hughes. Available from 7am

Ciarán Murphy: Are Loughmore-Castleiney and Slaughtneil what all GAA clubs should strive to be? The spectacular dual success of of both clubs suggests that offering both sports is not a hindrance to any club’s potential chances of success

This week's column - the dual club. The likes of Slaughtneil and Loughmore/Castleiney are unbelievable, but they are such outliers we can't feel too bad about everyone else being unable to match their success in 2 codes

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ahh tá sé sin iontach ar fad!

I just want you to be the best minority sport you can be 😉

Ciarán Murphy: The FRC could be a good template for the renewal of hurling Hurling is doing fine in its nine or 10 traditional counties but could there be a way to grow the appeal of the national game beyond the heartlands?

This week’s column - the FRC showed the oil tanker of GAA democracy can get turned around. Now it’s your turn, hurling

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