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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.

    The most famous goal in Gaelic football history: Seamus Darby takes off for a jig after his goal against Kerry in the 1982 All Ireland final

    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 20
    Garth Brooks at Croke Park in 2014: he really should have called Jim Gavin about the drive for five

    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 • 14 Jul 21
    Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp who oversaw the club's first league title win since 1990

    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 20
    The Ireland team during the playing of the national anthem ahead of the Women's Six Nations Rugby Championship match between Ireland and France in 2019. Photo By Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile via Getty Images

    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 20
    John McEnroe and the most famous four-word catchphrase in the civilized world of tennis: "you cannot be serious!"

    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 20
    The Wexford team who won the delayed 1956 All Ireland hurling final

    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 20
    Lights off at the Aviva; Ireland's Six Nations' match against Italy has been cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak

    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 20
    A mural featuring murdered journalist Lyra McKee in central Belfast. Photo: Paul Faith / AFP via Getty Images

    Why spontaneous shrines do more than remember the dead

    Those who create spontaneous memorials address and articulate ideas that go beyond remembering the deceased

    Shrines • 13 Feb 20
    Members of the Royal Irish Constabulary being inspected before duty at the Derry by-election in 1913 Londonderry. Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty Images

    Why commemorating the enemy is so contentious

    The row over Government plans to commemorate the RIC and the Dublin Metropolitan Police shows the continuing complexity of historical conflicts

    Brainstorm • 07 Jan 20
    Is this the real Roy Orbison or a hologram? "Perhaps the most haunting aspect is the possibility of bringing artists back for an on-stage life after death experience"

    Why do we keep resurrecting the dead in popular culture?

    There is money to be made in the afterlife and the dead are not going away anytime soon

    Pop Culture • 15 Aug 19
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