Sport

Running Together

By Kathrin Kobus A Saturday morning at the beach, and the runners lined up at Blackberry Lane, nearly 250 joggers and racers this time because it was the 100th event. That’s a steady climb from the beginning almost two years […]

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100th Liffey Swim

The 100th Dublin City Liffey Swim will take place tomorrow, August 3rd, starting with the men’s race at noon and the women’s an hour later. Over 600 swimmers, with 40 participants travelling from all over the world, have signed up for […]

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Billy Gillespie, Goalscorer

By Gavan Bergin Billy Gillespie was born in 1891 in County Donegal. He was raised in Kerrykeel, a tiny village on the north coast that had its own football club, whose grounds happened to be just around the corner from […]

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You gonna need a bigger boat(house)

By Kathrin Kobus There is a five-point recruiting call out which Eimear McCormick, now in charge for public relations at St. Patricks rowing club, came up with. “It wasn’t actually a plan, more like some thoughts I just had and […]

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Clanna Gael Fontenoy: Marking past and present at Clanns

By Felix O’Regan Treble winning hurling team honoured  Twenty of the 1999 Junior Hurling team, along with family and friends, turned out at the club recently to mark the team’s unique achievement in winning all three competitions that year – […]

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Preview of Ireland Euro 2020 Qualifiers/John Delaney latest

By David Prendeville Though Luca Connell has subsequently had to pull out through injury, it was encouraging to see Mick McCarthy include the 18-year old Bolton midfielder in his squad to play Denmark in Copenhagen on the 7th of June […]

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From the blackboard to the backboard:How St Matthews 6th class did it again

From the blackboard to the backboard:How St Matthews 6th class did it again

The basketball teams of 6th class in St. Matthews have, for two years in a row, added new cups and trophies for the glass vitrine in the school. NewsFour looked back over the boys and girls season with coach Mick […]

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Ringsend Rovers vs Ballybrack FC at Ringsend Park: Match Report

Ringsend Rovers vs Ballybrack FC at Ringsend Park: Match Report

Ringsend Rovers 2 Ballybrack FC 3 Leinster Senior League (LSL Saturday Major 1C) Going into this game Ballybrack FC had been probably the most talked about team all season in all of Ireland, albeit for the wrong reasons. That’s not […]

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Archie Goodall The cast-iron footballer

By Gavan Bergin Archie Goodall was born in Belfast in 1864 and grew up in Kilmarnock in Scotland. As a boy he learned to play football along with his brother John, who went on to be an England international player. […]

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A captain’s calling at Railway Union

By Josh Fallon-Doran (Railway Union) Railway Union at Park Avenue is home for a number of sports. On March 9th rugby was the main focus. It truly became a day to remember for the egg ball section. Club captain Aoife […]

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