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Louth captain Sam Mulroy talks about his experience within the education system which saw him go from no CAO filled out to a Masters degree with his own business.
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This was something else ... Sam Maguire and All Ireland champions Jack Carney, Donnacha McHugh and Diarmuid O Connor piped onto Achill Island by local pipe bands. The place was heaving. It was emotional and evocative. The gift that keeps on giving 💚❤️
"Tex look at me and says, 'You know, there's no I in team.' I said 'Tex it's not. It's not an I in team, but it's an I in win.'"
6-time NBA Champion and @Hoophall inductee Michael Jordan did whatever it took to win 💯
Here's how Mayo's dream week was in their own words, Lee Keegan, Cole Boyle, John Casey and others, along with Jarlath Burns' perspective. Free to read!
'We got a picture with Sam on his lap and Ryan O’Donoghue beside him. That's it now. Job done' https://t.co/jUFTcNTFxJ
🗣️"It was a win for Mayo people!"
Stephen Rochford explains why the All-Ireland meant so much to the people of Mayo.
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💚 The Mayo celebrations continue ❤️
Garron Noone has given Westlife's Mandy a Mayo twist, with a heartfelt tribute to Andy Moran after ending the county's 75-year wait for Sam Maguire 🏆🎶🤣
#Mayo#GAA#AllIreland
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'The greatest sports story that any of us are EVER going to cover!'
An absolute MUST-LISTEN as Off The Ball's Tommy Rooney calls the final few seconds of Mayo's HISTORIC day at Croke Park! | 🏆🎙️
Gaelic Football on Off The Ball w/ @MovemberIreland
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At the edge of Scotland, there is a pub you cannot drive to.
No road takes you there.
To reach The Old Forge in Inverie, you either cross Loch Nevis by ferry from Mallaig or walk roughly 16 miles across the Knoydart Peninsula.
That is part of what makes it different.
Most travel now is built around ease. Direct flights or fast transfers. Perfect itineraries. Places that ask almost nothing from you before they give you the view, the meal, the photo, or the story.
Knoydart does not work that way.
You have to check the weather and you have to watch the ferry schedule. You have to understand that the landscape does not care about your plans.
And if you walk in, the trail makes you earn every mile.
Wet ground. Cold wind. Peat bog and silence. Mountains in every direction. The type of place where your phone becomes less useful and your attention starts working again.
Then, eventually, you see Inverie.
A small village by the water.
A white pub near the shoreline.
The warm room you crave after the cold.
That's the Old Forge.
It's known as one of Britain’s most remote pubs, but that is not the whole story.
Knoydart has a hard history, shaped by isolation, the Highland Clearances, and a community that eventually fought to take ownership of the land around them.
When The Old Forge was later put up for sale, residents and supporters stepped in again. They raised the money, brought it into community ownership, and kept the village gathering place in local hands.
That is what makes it worth writing about.
Not just the pint at the end of the journey, but the walk, the ferry, the weather, the history, and the people who decided this place was still worth protecting.
I wrote about the long road to The Old Forge and why some places mean more because they refuse to be convenient.
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This one is for the proper geography nerds. I placed my two walking poles 15 metres apart on a Scottish mountain (Ben Lui) yesterday to illustrate one of the best geography quirks that Scotland has.