AIB Club Football Championship Team of the Year

After another unbelievable season of AIB GAA Club Championship action, we've selected our football team of the year. Some really tough calls, but a huge well done to the 15 selected. 

 

 

 

 

Colm O'Neill: What You Don’t Know About Being a Forward

Colm O'Neill: What You Don’t Know About Being a Forward

Colm shares his thoughts on how football has changed over the last few years and about what it's like to play in his position.

AIB Club Championships: Fixtures and Previews 5th/6th November

AIB Club Championships: Fixtures and Previews 5th/6th November

Each weekend brings with it novel stories and anecdotes. New match-ups, recent or old rivalries. Check out the fixtures and previews for this week. 

Padraic Joyce: Club Players Association long overdue

Padraic Joyce: Club Players Association long overdue

Strong words from Padraic Joyce on the new Club Players Association.

 

 

AIB GAA & Camogie Club Championships Talking Points, 22nd/23rd October

AIB GAA & Camogie Club Championships Talking Points, 22nd/23rd October

Another big weekend of club action! Check out our previews and fixtures.

 

House of Pain: The teams who have suffered more heartbreak than most in the world of GAA

House of Pain: The teams who have suffered more heartbreak than most in the world of GAA

It takes a brave team to keep walking out chin up when they've hit so many obstacles along the way. Let us know who you would like to add to the list. 

From the same blood spills much glory

From the same blood spills much glory

Ahead of the All-Stars, we've analysed the top All Star Football and Hurling clubs across the country. 

 

What clubs have provided the most All-Ireland winning Hurling captains?

What clubs have provided the most All-Ireland winning Hurling captains?

Check out our list. You might be surprised to see which club comes out on top. 

 

AIB GAA & Camogie Club Championship - Talking Points 15th/16th October

AIB GAA & Camogie Club Championship - Talking Points 15th/16th October

Ahead of the busy weekend of fixtures, we took a look at the key talking points around the games. 

Toughest Trade Ep1

Toughest Trade Ep1

Watch the first episode of this year’s Toughest Trade featuring Brendan Maher and Steve Harmison.

 

The Old Dogs for the Hard Road

The Old Dogs for the Hard Road

We’ve compiled a list of players who are still covering every blade of grass at club level and are still fighting for #TheToughest titles.

 

Toughest Trade Ep2

Toughest Trade Ep2

Watch the second episode of this year’s Toughest Trade featuring Aidan O’Shea and Roberto Wallace.

 

Anna Geary makes #TheToughest Journey

Anna Geary makes #TheToughest Journey

For Anna Geary, the now retired Cork camogie captain and long-serving Milford club servant, the quest for another All-Ireland title continued in 2016. 

 

What’s in a Name?

What’s in a Name?

In the first part of our series on “What’s in a name?”, we find out how pubs, the strut of a woman, colours and war all make an impact. 

 

Cushendall’s journey to Croke Park

Cushendall’s journey to Croke Park

For the first time in GAA Club history, Cushendall contested the AIB All-Ireland Senior Club hurling final in 2016 after they demolished Galway champions Sarsfields. 

Cahir Camogie and their Journey to Croke Park

Cahir Camogie and their Journey to Croke Park

Here is the story of how they made their way to the AIB All-Ireland Intermediate Club final. 

 

Video: Ballyboden St. Enda's

Video: Ballyboden St. Enda's

A big Club with an even bigger heart! Ballyboden St. Enda's GAA did it the hard way and made it all the way to the All Ireland Final.

 

A Club on the Verge of Success after Years of Heartbreak

A Club on the Verge of Success after Years of Heartbreak

Few GAA clubs in the country have endured as much heartbreak as Ardnaree Sarsfields in recent years. Since 2009, the Mayo side have lost four county finals in five years including 2012 when they led by five points before losing in extra time.

 

Rockcorry and their journey to the All-Ireland Semi-Final

Rockcorry and their journey to the All-Ireland Semi-Final

Rockcorry GAA club had never known a year like 2014. A chronic spate of injuries saw their senior football team decimated. In desperation, long-retired stalwarts had to be cajoled from retirement to field team and to try and turn things around for the club.

#TheToughest AIB Leinster Club Final

#TheToughest AIB Leinster Club Final

Oulart the Ballagh entered the 2015 Leinster Hurling Club Final having never reached the holy grail of a Leinster Final victory.

 

#TheToughest Accuracy Challenge with Pauric Mahony and Shane Dowling

#TheToughest Accuracy Challenge with Pauric Mahony and Shane Dowling

To be the best club side in Munster you need to have deadly accurate forwards so what better way to challenge a player’s skill set than #TheToughest accuracy challenge.

#TheToughest Road Back with Colm Cooper

#TheToughest Road Back with Colm Cooper

On the 15th February 2014, while playing for his club Dr.Crokes in the semi-final of the AIB GAA Club Championships against Castlebar Mitchels, Colm Cooper ruptured his ACL and fractured his knee.