Dr Siobhán Doyle

TU Dublin

Dr Siobhán Doyle is a researcher in Museum Studies and Commemoration at the Graduate School of Creative Arts and Media at Technological University Dublin

Why are GAA goal celebrations so low-key?

The traditional instinct is to let the goal speak for itself and leave elaborate celebrations to other sports

GAA • 10 Aug

Is it time to bring Gaelic games back to the Olympics?

Rope climbing, underwater swimming, painting and sculpture have also disappeared from the Games

Olympic Games • 16 Jul

The summer Garth Brooks didn't come to town

The infamous five in a row fiasco at Croke Park in 2014 was a turning point in the megastar's complex relationship with Irish music fans

Garth Brooks • 09 Jul

The winner takes it all: when losing streaks come to an end

As Liverpool finally end a 30 year wait for a Premier League title, a look at some other notable losing streaks in sport

Sport • 26 Jun

The stories behind 12 great GAA nicknames

Whether they like it or not, some players' nicknames are better known than the names on their birth certificates

Nicknames • 20 May

Answering Ireland's call: Is it time for a new national anthem?

Changing a national anthem is a complicated affair that affects all of us who identify with a nation

National Anthem • 28 May

9 times your favourite sports stars lost their cool

A rogue's gallery of temper tantrums, hissy fits, freak outs, screaming matches, throwing incidents and physical rows in sport

Sport • 20 Apr

The mighty world of GAA fashion, beards and championship haircuts

From collars to crewnecks, flatcaps to helmets and Ciarán McDonald to Brian Cody, the GAA has a fashion history all of its own

Fashion • 15 May

A short history of GAA cancellations and postponements

This will not be the first time the GAA has had to deal with epidemics and emergencies playing havoc with the fixture list

Coronavirus • 31 Mar

Match off: High profile sports and cancellations

The Six Nations' game between Ireland and Italy is not the first sports' event to be cancelled due to unforeseen events

Sport • 26 Feb