Monday 17 June, 2013
Murph’s Sideline Cut: Hurling must change to truly be our national sport
Donal Óg Cusack is right; GAA chiefs have to move the game on, writes Ciarán Murphy.
Monday 10 June, 2013
Murph’s Sideline Cut: the craic is 1990s as hurling gets back to the future in Limerick
The hurling championship was blown wide open in the sunshine yesterday, writes Ciaran Murphy.
Monday 3 June, 2013
Murph’s Sideline Cut: Top teams’ dominance makes for invariably dour viewing
The infrequent rate at which the best GAA sides play each other is unfair on the paying public, writes Ciaran Murphy.
Monday 27 May, 2013
Murph’s Sideline Cut: Nothing added to Donegal except more McBrearty brilliance
The reigning champions are defying an unwritten rule of success, writes Ciaran Murphy.
Monday 20 May, 2013
Murph’s Sideline Cut: ‘All of Galway is going to have to wear this one for a long time’
TheScore.ie’s columnist made his 2013 debut yesterday and it wasn’t pleasant viewing in Pearse Stadium.
Monday 1 October, 2012
Murph’s Sideline Cut: Kilkenny’s remorseless code-breakers leaves Galway still waiting for Liam
It was another long afternoon at Croke Park for Ciarán Murphy.
Wednesday 19 September, 2012
“No All-Ireland final has thrown up a pairing as emotive and unique”
Hailing from from Milltown in North Galway has given TheScore.ie columnist Ciaran Murphy plenty insight into the football psyche of neighbours, Mayo.
Monday 10 September, 2012
Murph’s Sideline Cut: “You take the two stars and you see the game through their eyes”
The battle between the game’s greatest player and the challenger to his title enthralled Ciaran Murphy in yesterday’s All-Ireland hurling final.
Wednesday 5 September, 2012
North and south unite to support Galway’s drive for hurling success
TheScore.ie columnist and Galway native Ciaran Murphy on how his county’s unique GAA dividing lines are becoming more blurred as their supporters awaits next Sunday’s showdown in Croke Park.
Monday 3 September, 2012
Murph’s sideline cut: ‘This is the biggest thing to have happened to these counties, politically, socially, or spiritually, in 2012’
Mayo fans were rewarded for their faith with an exceptional performance against Dublin yesterday. Now they will face their biggest challenge yet, writes Ciaran Murphy.
Monday 27 August, 2012
Murph’s Sideline Cut: “Tomás Ó Sé said last week that you can’t train yourself for a match against Donegal – you have to experience it.”
The composure, athleticism and hunger of the Donegal players proved critical in seeing off Cork yesterday, writes Ciaran Murphy.
Monday 13 August, 2012
Murph’s Sideline Cut: reeling in the years as Galway back at the top table
Ciaran Murphy watched Anthony Cunningham’s side book their place in next month’s All-Ireland decider.
Tuesday 7 August, 2012
Murph’s Sideline Cut: “Cork steamrollered their way to the list of favourites for the All-Ireland.”
Ciaran Murphy re-evaluated his list of Sam Maguire favorites in the wake of Cork’s victory over the Lilywhites.
Monday 30 July, 2012
Murph’s Sideline Cut: old friends are best as Cork and Waterford serve up another shoot-out
Ciaran Murphy was ringside as four of the country’s top hurling counties fought for their lives in Thurles.
Monday 23 July, 2012
Murph’s Sideline Cut: Donegal are the best team in the championship, and they’ll win Sam
Ciaran Murphy reckons he saw the All-Ireland champions elect this weekend.
Monday 16 July, 2012
Murph’s Sideline Cut: Mayo and nuns on Midwest Radio
Work commitments at the Connacht final brought Ciaran Murphy back home for the weekend.
Monday 9 July, 2012
Murph’s Sideline Cut: Celebrating the rising of the Tribesmen
He was on duty in Páirc Uí Chaoimh and the Gaelic Grounds this weekend watching triumphant Cork teams but events in Croke Park overshadowed everything for Ciaran Murphy.
Monday 2 July, 2012
Murph’s Sideline Cut: A Royal fascination
Meath showed a cockiness in their Leinster SFC semi-final win over Kildare, writes Ciaran Murphy.
Monday 25 June, 2012
Murph’s Sideline Cut: Haunted by Enda at McHale Park
Patience was needed when the Taoiseach showed up in Castlebar yesterday.
Monday 18 June, 2012
Murph’s sideline cut: Mayo v Leitrim starting to sound like heaven after Sopot madness
“We’re a footnote in the story of Euro 2012,” sighs Ciaran Murphy.
Monday 11 June, 2012
Murph’s sideline cut: home thoughts from abroad as Galway result filters through
Ciarán Murphy sends this piece from his flat in Poland on a tear-drenched laptop computer.
Monday 4 June, 2012
Murph’s Sideline Cut: Braving the big freeze at Croker
“The Croke Park press box is without doubt under the spell of some micro-climate, which makes it 5-7 degrees colder there than it is anywhere else in Ireland.”
Monday 28 May, 2012
Murph’s Sideline Cut: footloose and fancy free in Carlow
“We could have picked worse days to be three and a half hours early, and the summer sunshine gave the whole day a lazy, relaxed feel.”
Monday 21 May, 2012
Murph’s Sideline Cut: We’re back, baby!
Long drives on a Sunday, dinner before noon and Ciaran Murphy chasing managers. It’s summer alright.
Monday 19 September, 2011
Murph’s Sideline Cut: A fitting conclusion to a marvellous summer
“You couldn’t have asked for better drama, or a more thrilling denouement,” writes Copper Face Jack’s gold card member Ciaran Murphy.
Monday 12 September, 2011
Murph’s sideline cut: welcome to my world
“I love the fact that I went into a pub in town and a man I have never heard talk about the GAA was urgently asking me whether the Dubs are going to do it.”
Monday 5 September, 2011
Murph’s sideline cut: is this sweetest victory a swansong for legends?
“Did we see a glorious redressing of the balance in Croke Park yesterday, or the last hurrah of the greatest team of all time?”
Monday 29 August, 2011
Murph’s sideline cut: The case for Donegal’s defence
Jim McGuinness’ tactics have been the subject of much criticism after yesterday’s attritional game with Dublin. But Donegal have no questions to answer.
Monday 22 August, 2011
“For the best footballer in Ireland, ‘the Gooch’ seems short of regal status”
Colm Cooper impressed – as did Galvin’s top button performance – at Croker yesterday.
Monday 15 August, 2011
Sideline Cut: In defence of the noble GAA pundit
GAA analysts entertain and inform, writes Newstalk’s Ciaran Murphy, so why do they get such a bad rap?
Monday 8 August, 2011
Murph’s sideline cut: forward-thinking Dubs singing in the rain…
‘Another member of that Vincent’s team was of course Pat Gilroy, and I would’ve spent quite a bit of time in Pat’s company…’
Monday 1 August, 2011
Murph’s sideline cut: ‘There’s no doubt the sport we watched this weekend is a different game’
Croke Park was the stage for some high drama this weekend. Our man Ciaran Murphy was front row centre once again.
Monday 25 July, 2011
Murph’s sideline cut: leaning on Dalo
“I’m endeavouring to get a word with Dublin manager Anthony Daly. ‘Jaysus Murph, give me a minute’ he tells me, and I can see he’s dazed, confused, elated and emotional.”
Monday 18 July, 2011
Murph’s sideline cut: enjoying some northern exposure
This week the multi-platform Ciaran Murphy has been mostly watching football.
Monday 11 July, 2011
Murph’s sideline cut: “There is nothing on earth scarier to a culchie than a Dublin kid engaging you in conversation”
Newstalk’s Ciaran Murphy reflects on the disappointing Dubs and the rest of the weekend’s GAA action.
Monday 4 July, 2011
Murph’s sideline cut: ‘He was in no position to know that he’d gravely insulted me on my birthday’
Cans with a hurling legend, insults from a former bainisteoir and self-examination on our train network; it’s another weekend of GAA broadcasting for radio’s own Ciaran Murphy.
Monday 27 June, 2011
Murph’s sideline cut: behind enemy lines…
This week our man ventured north to Mayo to watch his home county lose out to their provincial rivals in Castlebar. And other short stories.
Monday 20 June, 2011
Sideline cut: Murph gets up close and personal with the Rebels
“Frank Murphy was there of course, and the man knows how to wear a trench-coat, I’ll give him that. It immediately gives him an air of style and quiet sophistication, far removed from the O’Neill’s jackets sported by your regular county board apparatchik.”
Monday 13 June, 2011
Sideline cut: Ciaran Murphy’s pitchside perspective
Murph packed it in again this weekend with an enjoyable trip to the sunny south-east followed by a journey to Carrick-on-Shannon in the rain yesterday.
Monday 6 June, 2011
Sideline Cut: Ciaran Murphy’s pitchside perspective
This weekend saw Murph front row centre at a wedding rather than in the best seat in the house at Croker.
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