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Fans unite in praise for Liam Griffin after brilliant Laochra Gael season finale April 30, 2021 Liam Griffin and Jim Bolger. ©INPHO/Bryan Keane. Fans heaped praise on Liam Griffin last night after the legendary Wexford manager featured on the series finale episode of Laochra Gael. Griffin famously led the Model County to All-Ireland hurling glory in 1996 and viewers got a trip down memory with last night’s episode on TG4. He had been inspired by the Rackards and their likes growing up, but Wexford hurling was in dire straits when Griffin took over as senior manager in 1995. It went from b...

Foley steps away from Wexford squad April 17, 2021 Wexford manager Davy Fitzgerald will have to plan without infuential defender Paudie Foley this year. The Crossabeg-Ballymurn clubman, who has played every single league and championship game for Wexford since 2018, has decided to step away from the county squad, as reported by the Irish Independent yesterday. In 2019, Foley was a vital figure in the Model County's capture of the Leinster SHC title for the first time in 15 years and the half-back rarely missed getting onto the scoresheet with his long-range scores from placed balls and open p...

‘Loophead Lighthouse’ by Marja Van Kampen 'Then came that March afternoon when we got the call saying we had to close for two weeks, which then turned into two months, which has turned into almost an entire year,' said Larry. While everyone was left to deal with the crisis it wasn't the same for all sectors and as the lockdowns progressed the challenges they presented were different dependent on the particular circumstances people found themselves in. 'People liked to say 'we're all in the same boat' but that wasn't true,' said Larry. 'We were all in the same storm in different boats, and...

Down Memory Lane: The Rackards of Killanne March 07, 2021 Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 5th February 1993 The 1950s will surely be remembered by the unbiased hurling followers (if such a remarkable phenomenon really exists) not for the wonderful games between Cork and Tipperary, superb though they were, which marked the early years of the decade, nor for the thrilling nip-and-tuck clashed between Waterford and Kilkenny that saw out the period. They will be remembered for the meteoric rise and ultimate triumph of the mighty men of Wexford, that grand and gallant band of hurlers who, through ...

Down Memory Lane: The Rackards of Killanne March 07, 2021 Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 5th February 1993 The 1950s will surely be remembered by the unbiased hurling followers (if such a remarkable phenomenon really exists) not for the wonderful games between Cork and Tipperary, superb though they were, which marked the early years of the decade, nor for the thrilling nip-and-tuck clashed between Waterford and Kilkenny that saw out the period. They will be remembered for the meteoric rise and ultimate triumph of the mighty men of Wexford, that grand and gallant band of hurlers who, through ...