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  • Siobhán Doyle

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    Dr Siobhán Doyle is a historian, author and researcher who works in the National Museum of Ireland. Her first book A History of the GAA in 100 Objects is published by Merrion Press.

    4 August 2025; Brendan Cummins of Tipperary competing in the Senior Hurling competition during the M. Donnelly GAA Poc Fada All-Ireland Finals at Annaverna Mountain in the Cooley Peninsula, Ravensdale, Louth. Photo by Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

    A short history of the All-Ireland Poc Fada competition

    It's a piece of GAA history and tradition spiritually and culturally rooted in the wild foothills of the Cooley mountains

    Poc Fada • 07 Aug
    The Fonthill Vase: 'the first credibly documented piece of Chinese porcelain in Europe'. © National Museum of Ireland

    'A flukey purchase': the curious story of the Fonthill vase

    Here's how one of the rarest pieces of Chinese porcelain in the world ended up in the National Museum of Ireland

    History • 31 Jul
    'A dhaoine uaisle, tá an-áthas orm an corn seo a ghlacadh ar son foireann...'

    'See yiz in Coppers': how to make a memorable GAA victory speech

    Some tips for iconic Hogan Stand speeches for Gavin White and Patrick McBrearty ahead of Sunday's All Ireland football final

    GAA • 26 Jul
    Paul Mescal, the Co Kildare minor lad who brought Gaelic football to audiences worldwide via Normal People

    How the GAA has influenced Ireland's pop culture

    Gaelic games have become embedded in popular culture in ways that we may not even consciously realise

    GAA • 22 Jul
    A game of Gaelic football at Stafford Jail in England in 1916. Photo: GAA Museum

    The All-Ireland behind barbed wire: a history of GAA in prisons

    There has been consistent engagement in Gaelic Games in prisons going right back to the period after the 1916 Rising

    Sport • 04 Jul
    Mayo , Ireland - 3 February 2024; Mayo players Paddy Durcan, left, and Stephen Coen are interviewed by RTÉ after the Allianz Football League Division 1 match between Mayo and Dublin at Hastings Insurance MacHale Park in Castlebar, Mayo. (Photo By Stephen

    Blood, sweat and milk: the changing world of GAA interviews on TV

    From unruly dressing room visits to celebratory pitchside interviews, GAA TV interviews have evolved over the years

    GAA • 05 Jun
    Cullenstown handball alley by the beach in Co Wexford. Photo via Áine Ryan/Irish Handball Alley mapping project http://www.irishhandballalley.ie/

    Here are 10 landmark GAA sites to visit in 2025

    A bucket list of GAA destinations to explore, all offering unique social insight and powerful historical connections to Gaelic games

    GAA • 23 May
    Will we see any controversies on the Eurovision stage in Basel this week? Photo: EBU

    8 Eurovision controversies you probably didn't know about

    From allegations of bribery and drug use to political demonstrations, the Eurovision has never been just about the songs

    Eurovision • 14 May
    "At the advent of camogie in the early 1900s, women who played camogie were forced to put modesty over practicality." Photo: Camogie Association

    The changing fashions of camogie kits over the years

    Through 121 years of Camogie history, here's how kits have evolved and become stagnant

    Camogie • 08 May
    The Leinster Senior football final generated huge excitement on both sides and it was described as 'the chief topic of discussion'. Photo: Irish Newspaper Archives

    When Meath were Leinster football champions for 30m in 1911

    Thousands witnessed the first and last time Meath and Kilkenny would meet in a Leinster Senior football final - but the match almost didn't happen

    Leinster Football Championship • 28 Apr
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