Archive for gaelic sports

Aussie thugs mar rampant victory

By Alastair McDermott | November 5th, 2006

[tag]International Rules[/tag], a mix of [tag]Aussie rules[/tag] football and our [tag]gaelic football[/tag], was graced by a crowd of 82,000+ at Croke Park today. I’m sure that many of them were just as disgusted with the goings on there as I was. The second, third and fourth quarters were marked by superb Australian domination of the [...]

Dublin's easy start to the Championship

By Alastair McDermott | May 19th, 2005

I joined 38,800 people on a beautiful sunny Sunday afternoon here in Dublin, as the Boys in Blue literally had a walk in the park against Longford in the first round of the Leinster GAA Championship. Their 2-23 to 10 points victory was described in one paper as “ritual slaughter, mortification, a complete cakewalk”. It's [...]