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Ceann Creige’s Hurlers get off to a flying start
CEANN Creige came out on top in a fiercely contested clash against Wolfe Tones of Liverpool, edging the tie by just two points in a match that showcased precision versus power.
Stephen Treacy
Aug 11 min read
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Talking about the art of dialogue
IN 1991 the sensation that was The Commitments arrived in our cinemas and on our bookshelves. The soundtrack of the movie was a number one album and sold in its millions internationally.

Dr David McKinstry
Aug 17 min read
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Harps crowned Intermediate League Champions after epic battle
IF THE Senior Men’s League Football Final was a spectacle, then the Intermediate equivalent the following day—also held in Dawson Park in Dundee—was no less exciting.
Gerard Gough
Jul 313 min read
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Canon Hannan was a man on a mission
TO COMMEMORATE the founding of the club on August 6, 1875, Hibernian FC has prepared an exhibition in the very place and on the very same day that the club was founded 150 years ago.
The Irish Voice
Jul 314 min read
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Homeplace has quite a history
ON THE road from Derry to Belfast you’ll see a sign for ‘Seamus Heaney’s Homeplace.’ It’s in Bellaghy, County Derry, which is about five miles north of Magherafelt.

L J Sexton
Jul 305 min read
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Connollys take the Senior League spoils... just!
SCOTLAND GAA’s current footballing powerhouses, Glasgow Gaels and Dunedin Connollys, locked horns once again in the Senior Men’s League Final at Dawson Park in Dundee, with the Edinburgh side winning out by the slimmest of margins after a fiercely contested game.
Michael Brady
Jul 303 min read
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Renaming of Easter Road stand ensures Pat Stanton is immortalised
A HIBS legend and a living link to the foundation of the club, no-one better embodies the history and spirit of the Edinburgh club, and now Pat Stanton has been honoured with the renaming of the East Stand at Easter Road.
Michael Brady
Jul 292 min read
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A journey that engages all the senses
IT'S 8AM on William Street in the heart of Derry’s Bogside. Rain clouds loom overhead but nothing dampens the excitement as we check out of the B&B and climb into our hire car. The Wild Atlantic Way awaits.
Liam Kelly
Jul 294 min read
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Make Cape Clear Island your home
THE manager of a co-operative for a small island off the south-west coast of County Cork is appealing to families among the Irish diaspora to follow his lead and make it their new home.
Gerard Gough
Jul 283 min read
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Society set the stage for Hibs
AS HIBERNIAN FC approaches its 150th anniversary on August 6 2025, the club’s current custodians have arranged a number of special events to celebrate the sesquicentennial.
Brian Duffy
Jul 287 min read
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Tired of the same old line about our train network
Twenty years ago, I was with colleagues in Dublin for a once -per-term meet-up of participants in a postgraduate psychotherapy course. It was organised across Northern Europe with students from Britain, Denmark, Iceland and Ireland.

Phil MacGiolla Bháin
Jul 273 min read
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Girls enjoy fun of the Féile
A very excited group of 21 Scotland LGFA Under-15 girls, along with their coaches and a dedicated band of parents, set off from Edinburgh Airport recently. Their destination—the Under-15 Féile in Derry.
Suzanne Dillon
Jul 272 min read
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Catriona takes us on a special journey From Grief to Gratitude
IT'S NOT often I’d say someone feels like a long lost soul sister before actually meeting them, but that’s exactly how I felt when I read From Grief to Gratitude, a beautifully honest and heartfelt memoir written by Catriona Whyte, documenting her life journey and experiences of grief and loss and her subsequent road to healing.

L J Sexton
Jul 264 min read
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A day to remember for St Roch’s Marching Band
AN INFLUX from Scotland is not unusual when Donegal have business at Croke Park, but this year’s football semi-final at the home of the...
Dan McGinty
Jul 263 min read
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Tá an samhradh linn!
BHUEL, a chairde, tá súil agam go raibh samhradh iontach agaibh go dtà seo. Bhà tús an-mhaith agamsa don samhradh ag obair ag Campa Samhraidh Chonradh na Gaeilge Glaschú.

ÉimhÃn Ó Dunaigh
Jul 253 min read
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United start season with European test
DUNDEE United will begin their 2025-26 season in earnest playing European football against UNA Strassen of Luxembourg.

Robert McGlone
Jul 243 min read
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Hibs looking to dispel third place curse
A NEW season is about to get underway for Edinburgh’s Green and White, and I, like every other Hibs fan on the planet, wait with bated breath to see if the team can carry on the momentum from last season’s largely excellent campaign.

Ian Colquhoun
Jul 243 min read
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Celtic ready for another big season ahead
CELTIC'S pre-season efforts have been something of a sign that there is more to come from this team.
Dan McGinty
Jul 234 min read
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All set for a final of contrasts
WHEN the ball is thrown in at 3.30pm this Sunday in Croke Park, it won’t just be the All-Ireland title on the line—it’ll be a referendum on the future of Gaelic football.

Colly Clerkin
Jul 234 min read
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It was a festival of traditional music that left us all Reeling!
THE first full weekend of June once again played host to one of Scotland’s biggest traditional music weekends as the Reeling Festival celebrated its biggest and best year yet.

Paddy Callaghan
Jul 23 min read
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