Kieran McCarthy Sports Editor
  • Cork
  • The Southern Star

Kieran is Sports Editor at The Southern Star. He is the author of Something in the Water, which was shortlisted for 2019 Irish Sports Book of the Year.

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The Southern Star

Focus Areas

  • Sport
  • West Cork
  • GAA
  • Rowing
  • Soccer
  • Rugby
  • Gaelic Football
  • Cork
  • Hurling

663 Articles
7 months ago
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Haven and Clon prepare for county premier senior football quarter-finals on West Cork soil

Both West Cork teams will play in their own division, instead of Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

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8 months ago
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GAA CLUB NOTES: Barryroe U13 camogie teams wins West Cork final

Barryroe: Hard luck to the U12 girls, who lost by 1-10 to 0-12 against Inniscarra in the U12A camogie final at Castle...

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8 months ago
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Trailblazer Sean Daly lauds Randal Óg’s role in his rise

Sean Daly’s rise and subsequent success epitomises the phrase ‘it takes a village to raise a child’.

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8 months ago
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‘There were a lot of bad days this summer,’ admits McElhinney

After missing out on the World Athletics Championships Darragh McElhinney chats to Kieran McCarthy about how his summ...

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8 months ago
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Brady brothers add European medals to huge collection

World junior kickboxing champion Oisin (18) and his younger brother Olan (16) have enjoyed incredible success in the ...

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8 months ago
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Usual suspects start Premier Division campaign on the front foot

Three of last season’s top four got their new PremierHiSpecCars.com Premier Division campaigns off to winning starts ...

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8 months ago
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Carbery Rangers are in charge of their own destiny, insists manager Seamus Hayes

His Carbery Rangers team has their fate in their own hands heading into their final Group A game with relegation-thre...

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8 months ago
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Golden wonders Paul and Fintan defend world crown!

THE Skibbereen dream team of Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy defended their crown at the 2023 World Rowing Champio...

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8 months ago
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‘It’s a quarter-final for Dohenys,’ says Colm O’Shea

He lives and breathes it, and has his finger on the GAA pulse. That’s one of the reasons he has slotted seamlessly in...

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8 months ago
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Twomey: It has been the highlight of my sporting life

‘IT has been the highlight of my sporting life’ – that is how Matthew Twomey has described his two-year reign as Cork...

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8 months ago
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Sarah Lavin breaks Phil Healy’s 100m Irish record

PHIL Healy was quick out of the blocks to laud Ireland’s new 100m record holder Sarah Lavin

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8 months ago
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Rising star Katie Kingston finishes memorable year in style

It was a dream end to a medal-laden season, as Caheragh teenager Katie Kingston represented Ireland for the first time.

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