The smell of football is so enshrined you can imagine it as a recipe: 200g of fried onions, one tablespoon of cigarettes and a pinch of urine. Less is said about the feel of the game, maybe because so ...

Growing up in a house with a strong tradition of Gaelic games, being brought to matches was a regular feature of my childhood. As was the customary practice at the time, I was lifted over the ...

THE EARLIEST GAA match programmes were never intended to be a souvenir, or take the form of a collector’s item. They were designed to fit inside a coat pocket and were actually considered useless once ...