Best Gaelic Lessons Podcasts (2025)

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Ep 3369: KENCALL Live, The Race For 10, Boks Clever - 06/10/25 47:49

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“I made a mistake that was not in keeping with my character and the standards I set myself. I am now taking steps to address the matter.” With Jim Gavin pulling out of the race to be the President, we ask GAA man Ciaran Murphy what his community makes of it all. Leinster have conceded 74 points in two games, losing both, while Munster have won two …

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Ep 3368: Don't Push Erling, Ange Fights Bigger Kid, Liverpool's Known Knowns 1:03:47

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Brentford’s Sepp van den Berg showed one way not to defend against Erling Haaland this weekend: start the game by pushing him around in a mildly irritating manner. Don’t make him angry, you wouldn’t like him when he’s angry. Chelsea picked apart Liverpool by exploiting their known weaknesses, as detailed by Marc Cucurella after the match. When does…

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The Prem Becomes Set-Piece Rollerball, Arsenal x The RAF, Ryder Cup Sociology, NFL Lessons For The GAA - 02/10/25 42:47

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The weekend's sport draws to a close, Monday arrives and you get a double shot of Second Captains. The world feels brighter, airier, you walk with an extra bounce in your step. Then comes Tuesday and there's a sudden void in your life. How can you make it six whole days without another dispatch of independent, member-led broadcasting? Well, we've g…

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Ep 3363: Ryder Cup Retained, Shane Saves The Day, US Fans Go Below The Belt - 29/09/25 1:03:54

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It was a wild Ryder Cup weekend at Bethpage Black, for good and for bad. Despite heckling from American fans that managed all at once to be annoying, unoriginal and verging on the obscene, Europe wiped the floor with the US over the first two days of the tournament. And then came Sunday... Malachy Clerkin of the Irish Times is in studio and Joe Cal…

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Ep 3362: Inside Camp Andrews, Emotionless Man, Enzo Gets Dreaded Confidence Vote, Town Square Isak Reaction 1:04:00

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An explosive reaction to Liverpool's first defeat of the season maybe suggests discontent with performances was simmering through the recent series of late wins. Have we seen enough to state boldly that a certain Liverpool-player-of-the-decade and a certain almost-record-signing might not both fit into an effective Premier League team? Maybe not ye…

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Ep 3357: Kate O'Connor's Incredible Silver, Cian McPhillips Goes Forth, Ryder Cup Preview - 22/09/25 1:04:15

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Kate O'Connor's heptathlon silver medal at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo was one of the truly great Irish sporting achievements. To post 5 personal bests in her 7 events, some of them with a knee injury, speaks to a truly elite mental toughness. Derval O'Rourke watched it all, was left by turns speechless and emotional over the course …

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Ep 3356: Arsenal Draw, Maresca's Plank, Pep's Paradigm - 22/09/25 1:02:39

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What must it be like to go to sea on what is expected to be a normal fishing expedition, only for the captain to go mad and start forcing random crew members to walk the plank? The Chelsea players got to find out on Saturday evening as Enzo Maresca’s flurry of first half substitutions sent an already-entertaining game into the realm of farce. We ta…

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Last Minute Liverpool, Amongst Geordies, NFL In Croker, Rome Derby, Big. In Japan 20:01

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The Champions League has been a lot of fun this week with Gurbanov, the madness in Turin, and Liverpool winning late, yet again. We chatted to Neil Atkinson of The Anfield Wrap. Ken tells us about where he was when Newcastle played the mighty Barcelona in 1997. We also chatted to the sports editor of The Nation, Dave Zirin, about the NFL coming to …

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Ep 3351: RIP Ricky, Donovan Beaten In Belfast, Ireland Lose To France In RWC QF - 15/09/25 56:35

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Two-weight world champion Ricky Hatton, who was one of the best-known and most loved fighters of his generation, has died at the age of 46. Gavan Casey of the42 is in studio today along with Mike Costello, who was working at all the big Hatton fights in Vegas. We also analyse Paddy Donovan's rematch against Lewis Crocker in Belfast; despite two kno…

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Ep 3350: Big Erling, Big Nick Energy, Ruben Sticks, Serene Arsenal, Liverpool Figuring It Out - 15/09/25 1:27:18

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Nick Woltemade’s had his critics - some of the biggest Bundesliga beasts of all time popping up to give him a surprise pre-debut kicking in the media - so his winner for Newcastle against Wolves is a nice place to start today. We debate whether Evan Ferguson can learn anything from the advice of Robert Lewandowski, and compare the progress of the t…

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Taking Up Hurling At 42 - Searching For Perfect Failure Or Having A Midlife Crisis? 47:36

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What if, at 42 years of age, having spent your entire life playing Gaelic football, you were to take up one of the fastest sports in the world, one that most experts say you need to take up before the age of 7 or 8 if you’re to master the basics, and then write a book about it? Welcome to the live show launch of Murph's second book, the brilliant O…

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Ep 3345: McIlroy's Magic 2025, Irish Open Roars, Trump At The Tennis - 08/09/25 38:56

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When McIlroy drained a monster eagle putt on the 18th green at the K Club to get into a playoff, the fans at The Irish Open let out a roar worthy of any major; yesterday's dramatic, emotional win in front of his home fans caps off what is arguably the best season of his career. We chat to Joe Callaghan about Rory's roller coaster season, what incre…

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Ep 3344: Ireland Are Still Alive, Ken In Armenia, Damien Delaney On Irish Defenders - 08/09/25 1:06:26

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Ireland 2-2 Hungary - a scoreline that looked highly unlikely after 20 minutes, then looked reasonably likely after 55 minutes, before being greeted with untrammelled delight after 94 minutes. We’re still alive and still fighting for our World Cup place after the first game of this shortened qualification campaign, which actually marks a bit of pro…

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The Guehi Lesson, Irish Vibes Are Smilin', The Jim Gavin Question, Them Cowboys 36:47

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We had a record breaking transfer window with subplots a plenty, World Cup fever has gripped the nation in advance of our qualifiers against Hungary and Armenia, and our star striker is settling in nicely to life in bella Italia. On top of the football, the Ryder Cup is coming soon, the US open is on, and ireland are into a QF at the women's Rugby …

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Ep 3339: Ryder Or Die, Bradley Drops Bradley, Political Will Wilts - 01/09/25 29:02

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The European team was selected today, and even though Ryder Cup legend Shane Lowry missed out on automatic qualification, he was nevertheless Luke Donald’s obvious first pick. If you were to cut USA Captain Keegan Bradley, he would bleed US Ryder Cup Brookline uniform grey, white and wine; so his decision to omit in-form American golfer, Keegan Bra…

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Ep 3338: Lame Arsenal, The Anfield Juggernaut, Newcastle Sources, Lack Of Pep, Chelsea Lemonade - 01/09/25 1:20:44

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On your Monday football show, we talk about why Liverpool deserved to win at Anfield yesterday, and whether Ken is still billing Arsenal as the title favourites. With the Isak saga finally at an end, we survey the credits and debits. Miguel Delaney and Barney Ronay join us to talk about the weekend's football. With three points against Arsenal and …

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Man United Make History, Liverpool Down Toon - 28/08/25 44:50

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We had more midweek football excitement than we had any reason to expect this week, given we're still in August. Welcome to our "best of" show which features reaction to two unbelievably entertaining matches, the Isak derby on Monday night and Man United's loss to lowly Grimsby in the League Cup last night. We also had the league of Ireland academy…

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Ep 3333: Rugby World Cup 2025 Hits Different, Ireland Win In Style, Red Roses Bloom, Becky Lynch In Dublin - 25/08/25 33:57

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The women's Rugby World Cup has come a long way in a short space of time. The opening game of the 2025 World Cup between England and USA had a higher attendance than the whole of the 2010 World Cup put together. At the 2017 event in Ireland the pool games were played in the UCD Bowl. This year there will be 82,000 at the final in Twickenham, and th…

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Ep 3332: The King Of Rome - 25/08/25 1:14:53

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From Napoleon II to Evan I. A new star blazes in the sky of Rome. Did Evan Ferguson score? No - but that, initial reviews maintain, is a mere detail. Are we getting carried away after one game? There will be none of that talk aboard the Trenitalia hype train. From there we look forward to tonight’s hate-fest at St James’ Park, and apportion blame f…

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Jack Of Clubs, Wholesomeness-O-Meter, Football in a State of Emergency, The Golf Community 32:30

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This week we went from zero to 100 on the wholesome-o-meter, from the local kid that taught his town to love again, to the bitter Newcastle - Isak war of words…. it’s been a roller coaster up in here. Question is, are you brave enough to jump on for the ride? It’s a great time to join with The Premier League season up and running, Arsenal plucking …

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Ep 3327: Oasis Backlash, The Miracle Of Ellis Park, Now Who's Being Condescending? 18/08/25 39:50

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''The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function''. Did you know F Scott Fitzgerald was actually referring to Ken Early? After breaking the minds of many of our members with Friday's Oasis podcast, Ken and Branno today react to the backlash. Is it …

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Ep 3326: Viktor Gyökeres, Welcome To The Premier League - 18/08/25 1:16:00

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Not for the first time this weekend, Ken wonders if he is going insane, as English football shows once again that it can never forgive a goalkeeper for getting fouled at a set-piece. We discuss Keith Andrews' harsh introduction to life as a head coach, the varied fortunes of a raft of new super-striker signings, and the Friday night match that led …

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Premier League Preview, Kencall, Oasis Take Over, All Wright On The Night 36:49

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Hold onto your britches folks, cos things went a little wild on the world service this week what with the Premier League hype machine in full flow, daily Isak transfer tittle tattle, Shels getting their hearts broken and most importantly, the official launch of Kencall. And after a weird summer of club world cup dystopia and Ken getting high on X i…

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Ep 3321: Galway Deliver, GAA Gets Spite, Shoulders, Strikes And Shorts - 11/08/25 42:40

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After a month of All-Ireland finals, we finally got a close one - and in the end, we got a surprise winner, too. Cork were going for three-in-a-row, had beaten Galway by 11 points in the League final earlier this year, but had no answer to Galway's fast start, relentless physicality and last-minute heroics. Dublin camogie captain Aisling Maher has …

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Ep 3320: Balancing Grealish and Pep, Summer Soccer Scuppered - 11/08/25 1:23:13

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Jack Grealish has gone to Everton on loan. We hope he finds meaning there. We try to understand why it never worked for him, with reference to some of the things Guardiola said in a surprisingly candid recent interview with GQ. Dion Fanning joins us to talk about the Community Shield, which saw the team with no new signings look more organised and …

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No Prem Ken, High On X, Regulators! 49:45

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The momentum behind "No Prem Ken" is building as our football correspondent put in another stonking performance this week on the world service. Welcome to our best of show! We had Shels' shock win against the champions of Croatia, Man United rolling the transfer dice, football twitter madness, Son’s public display of emotion, the latest instalment …

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Colm Crowley - Little Puckers, Youth Coaching, & Building Grassroots GAA 1:01:04

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🎙️ The Locker Room Podcast – Coaching Series Hosted by: Brendan Delaney (DSS Coaching) Guest: Colm Crowley (Founder of Little Puckers & GAA Coach Developer) 🎧 Episode Title: Colm Crowley – Little Puckers, Youth Coaching & Building Grassroots GAA In this episode of The Locker Room Podcast, Brendan sits down with Colm Crowley, founder and owner of Li…

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Ep 3315: Lions Win Series But Search For Soul, Lightning Illuminates, Woakes Heroics In Vain - 04/08/25 56:51

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The Lions return triumphant from the 2025 tour of Australia with a 2-1 series victory... but was that the bare minimum? Shane Horgan and Gareth Rhys Owen of the BBC's Scrum V are on the show this Bank Holiday Monday to review why the Lions ran out of steam on Saturday's third test. We discuss whether Andy Farrell returns to Ireland with his reputat…

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Jimmy Is Rising, Keith Is The Chief, Day Of The Jackal 37:31

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Welcome to our world service best of show, and what a humdinger of a week it was with Tom Brady and Keith Andrews getting the reality tv treatment at Birmingham and Brentford, Ken chatting to QPR and Ireland's soundest man, Jimmy Dunne, the Lions tour exploding into life, and Jonathan Wilson taking the gloves off for some cricket chat. Plus there's…

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Ep 3310: Tibia Schmibia, Queen Boudica, Thank You Mr Marinakis 53:04

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England have won their second consecutive Euros, a Lionesses XI built out of different types of rocks and hard places ultimately proving too tough for Spain to break down. Today we learn about the lighter side of Sarina Wiegman, look at what England's win signifies in these exciting days for the meaning of Englishness, and reflect on the overall im…

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Ep 3309: Kerry Destroy Donegal, Clutch Cliffords, Fulsome Praise, Eoin Hulks Up - 28/07/25 1:04:31

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The 2025 All-Ireland senior football championship is finished and Kerry are worthy champions, again. Two of the great GAA pundits, Paul Flynn and Oisin McConville, are in studio to discuss this magnificent season of gaelic football 2.0. How did Kerry defuse the Donegal zonal defence? Where did they find their energy after losing to Meath 8 weeks ag…

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Dunphy And The Football Men, Kerry V Donegal, Ken In The Gym, Scheffler's Satisfaction 34:39

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Welcome to our world service best of show, and what a romper stomper its been this week with the Premier League transfer market getting red hot, Ken's north star, Eamon Dunphy, featuring heavily throughout, there's a much anticipated All Ireland football final match-up, the Lions are meowing their way to victory, and Ken has been meeting people in …

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Ep 3304: Tipp Top, Cork Crumble, Maher's Arms - 21/07/25 56:43

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Tipperary are the 2025 All-Ireland hurling champions, and their victory was as dominant and deserved as it was unexpected. As they’ve done all summer, Jamie Wall and Liam Rushe are on hand to pick through the bones of an unforgettable second half. Cork’s inability to adapt to the tactical picture Tipp presented them will haunt them forever. For Tip…

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Ep 3303: Ecco Evan, Respecting Isak, Ratcliffe’s Fishing Trip - 21/07/25 1:12:11

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Evan Ferguson has joined the flood of under appreciated young Premier League players seeking to transform their careers in Serie A. James Horncastle joins us to talk about what awaits Ferguson in Rome - where he will be working under one of Italy's most respected coaches - what a young player like him should be doing (and not doing) to succeed in S…

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What Makes You So Special?, Lions White-Wash Nerves, Nicky English Soccer Style - 18/07/25 29:32

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Welcome to our World Service taster which this week included Ken and Scottie Scheffler on the meaning of life, Patrice Evra brings you inside the dark culture of winning, Tom English of the BBC chasing Lions Down Under and Nicky English remembers his iconic ''soccer style'' goal in that hot summer of '87. Click the player at the top of the page to …

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Ep 3298: Chelsea, The Undisputed...- 14/07/25 1:17:04

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Chelsea are the new FIFA world champions after destroying PSG in another one-sided CWC knockout game. Johnny Infantino's long servile campaign paid dividends as Donald Trump showed up and dominated the extended post-match proceedings. The entire occasion was as though someone had started with the basic concept: imagine the Americans had invented fo…

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Ep 3297: Gaelic Gods And Goats, Return Of The Mc, Taylor Trilogises, Sailor Ken - 14/07/25 1:05:57

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If the price of one absolutely mega All-Ireland football final showdown is two pretty pedestrian semi-finals, then that’s a price we’re happy enough to pay. Paul Flynn and Oisin McConville are on hand to look back at Kerry’s composed win over Tyrone, and Donegal’s devastation of Meath in the weekend’s games. Will this final be a showdown between Da…

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Ep 3292: There Goes That Dream, Musiala Injury, Arsenal's Transfers - 07/07/25 42:54

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There was a period of a few hours over the weekend when it looked as though Mikey Johnston might be going to Brazil to teach them how to dribble. Even Robbie Keane's intervention could not save the move. We talk about the Club World Cup, where Jurgen Klopp's direst predictions of injuries came true for Bayern's best player, Jamal Musiala. Should he…

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Ep 3291: Hot Cork Summer, Scoreboard Mayhem, Stop The World, They Paved Paradise - 07/07/25 53:34

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The Cork hurlers have built up a following which some commentators are comparing with Heffo’s Army or, say, the Pope's visit to Ireland. They travelled from Kent station to Heuston on Saturday with, let’s be honest, a certain cockiness and Dublin’s quick capitulation made for a good day out for the red shirted horde. And then came "its a madhouse a…

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Shane Keegan on "GAA Coaching, League of Ireland, & Youth Player Development" 1:06:49

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The Locker Room Podcast – Coaching SeriesHosted by: Ciaran Deely (DSS Coaching)Guest: Shane Keegan (Head of Coaching & Games, Laois GAA) Episode Title: Shane Keegan – GAA Coaching, League of Ireland, & Youth Player Development In this episode of The Locker Room Podcast, Ciaran sits down with Shane Keegan, one of the most versatile and experienced c…

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Ep 3286: The Meath Miracle, Kerry Class It Out, Kick Out Strategy, Losers Assemble - 30/06/25 1:07:24

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Murph and Mark headed off to Croke Park together yesterday for the MARPH derby. Murph's initial arrogance slowly curdled into horror as he and everyone else in the stadium witnessed the return of the Royals; Meath are back! Mark is on the show today to celebrate on behalf of his people, but otherwise, it's wall-to-wall losers as Dublin and Armagh's…

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Ep 3285: The Worst Idea ever Implemented In Football, Poch Flirts, FIFA's NFTs - 30/06/25 56:17

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Friend of the show David Sneyd sent US Soccer into a tailspin over the weekend with his exclusive report that Brentford interviewed Mauricio Pochettino for the job they ended up giving to Keith Andrews. But doesn’t Poch already have a job? In Ireland we can empathise with the American soul-searching. Meanwhile, certain senior German grandees been e…

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Sin And Win, Italian V American Cuisine, Messi Longevity, Lions Roar 36:49

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Welcome to our weekly World Service taster menu which this week includes the voice of Saipan (trailer), the Joe Duffy era coming to a close and a new door opening, Tim Vickery on Brazilian footballers' ability to sin and win, Messi's secret to longevity, and Ken on the USA V Italy cuisine wars. Plus there's Lions o'clock, climate change, ASMR, and …

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Ep 3280: Dublin Beat Goliath In An All-Time Shock, Galway Give Up, Kilkenny For The Win? - 23/06/25 44:38

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14-man Dublin's win over Limerick on Saturday has been described as the greatest upset in championship history - is that hyperbolic or on the money? Is this the end of an era or can we expect to see a less dominant but still title-contending Limerick going forward? And what are Dublin capable of against Cork in two weeks' time? Jamie Wall and forme…

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Ep 3279: Duff Departs, Energy Vampires, League's Needs, Eoin's Goals - 23/06/25 1:03:28

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Ken is back from holidays and so is Branno. Did they... go on vacation together? Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened... is what Branno's Shels-supporting friends are claiming they are thinking the day after Damien Duff walked out of the club. Today's show is mainly about perhaps the last-ever Duff-LOI Bomba - although it was a di…

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Developing Hurling in Emerging Counties - with Ronan Sheehan 1:17:03

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Hosted by: Ciaran Deely (DSS Coaching) Guest: Ronan Sheehan (Manager, Down Senior Hurling Team) In this compelling episode of The Locker Room Podcast – Coaching Series, Ciaran is joined by Ronan Sheehan, the influential manager of the Down Senior Hurling Team. Since taking over in 2019, Ronan has guided Down's promotion from the Christy Ring Cup, m…

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Ep 3274: McConville's Men Get It Done, Mayo Go Lose By One, And Lots Of Other Football Fun - 16/06/25 49:25

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Another insane weekend of Gaelic football, and finally we have some teams departing the scene - including, most chaotically of all, Mayo. They conceded a last-second score to a team who needed it not even a small little bit, and they, Derry, Roscommon and Clare are gone. Former Galway player Barry Cullinane is on the line to chart his old team's pr…

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Ep 3273: Duffer's Stance On Trance, Komodo And Kalimotxos, ICE And Infantino's Club World Cup - 16/06/25 58:33

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Today's football show contains all the meats of the football stew, from local LOI beefs to the state of the world game. First we chat to David Sneyd about where exactly things stand in the League of Ireland season, a season in which Damien Duff and Stephen Bradley are at each other's throats. Why? Because of Italian trance classic, Komodo by Mauro …

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Coaching the Goalkeeper in Gaelic Games - with Dr. Donal Hughes 1:13:52

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Hosted by: Ciaran Deely (DSS Coaching) Guest: Dr Donal Hughes (Goalkeeping Coach, Academic & Innovator) In this engaging episode of The Locker Room Podcast – Coaching Series, Ciaran sits down with Dr Donal Hughes, one of the most forward-thinking voices in Gaelic football goalkeeping. With a coaching approach shaped by experience, innovation, and a…

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Ep 3267: Cork Take Limerick In Epic, Lilies In Bloom, TV Killed The Podcast Star - 09/06/25 58:46

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Cork won a Munster final that "began at tea-time and didn't finish until bed-time", as Denis Walsh put it on Saturday night - a win on penalties over Limerick after a raucous, controversial, enthralling match that was perfect in its imperfection, as Jamie Wall explains to us. Kilkenny won a sixth Leinster title in a row, but the real headlines from…