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Cork's Greatest Records: Conal Ó Gráda and his influential 1990 album, The Top of Coom The Ballincollig man drew heavily on Cúil Aodha influences for a record named after the highest pub in Ireland  Conal Ó Gráda recorded The Top of Coom over five days at Tadhg Kelleher’s Sulán Studios in Baile Mhúirne.  Wed, 03 Feb, 2021 - 20:00 Pet O’Connell Irish traditional musicians take many winding roads to learning, but picking up tunes from a whistle-player who is steering a car with his elbows is a route less travelled now than it might have been in the 1970s.

Former senior stars and Dublin club winning boss part of Wexford U20 management Ex-Dublin manager Joe Fortune is getting involved with his native county. By Fintan O'Toole Wednesday 27 Jan 2021, 12:20 PM Jan 27th 2021, 12:20 PM 7,464 Views 0 Comments FORMER SENIOR HURLER David Redmond and Dublin senior club winning boss Joe Fortune will both be involved with the Wexford U20 hurling management for the coming season. James Sheil, who guided We...

The 2018 World’s Strongest Man champion Hafthor Björnsson has officially competed in his first boxing match — an exhibition bout against Steven “Quiet Man” Ward. The fight took place on Jan 15. 2021 in Dubai, but was streamed for free on Jan. 16, 2021. Because this was an exhibition, neither man was declared a winner or loser. This was simply a showcase of both men’s skills, though all eyes were on Björnsson for this one. That’s because on Sept. 18, 2021, Thor and 2017 WSM winner Eddie “The Beast” Hall are duking it out in Las Vegas in what’s being billed as “the heav...

The FBI superspy who took down Real IRA leader Michael McKevitt said he hopes his death brings "solace" to the lives destroyed by the dissident chief's reign of terror. David Rupert, who infiltrated the Real IRA before turning State witness in one of the biggest undercover agent operations in history, added that peace was "the only way forward" for those still hurting from McKevitt's violence. The 71-year-old former terror leader after a long battle with cancer. Read More He was diagnosed with the terminal illness while still serving a 20-year prison sentence in the Republic for direc...

Aodh Ó Coileáin has said that his 17-year-old nephew, James Harrison, died on Sunday as he had lived: "on the edge of the world, searching for new frontiers". Aodh and his brother, Micheál, this week led tributes to their nephew after James's Sunday-afternoon walk with his adoring family turned to tragedy at Ceann an Daimh (Bull's Head), between the townlands of Cinn Áird and Na Dúnta (Doonties) in Lios Póil, Co Kerry. It is believed that James slipped and then fell out over a cliff at the scenic, coastal location popular with walkers and much-loved by James and his family.