When the truly legendary, Caherciveen native and roving farm labourer, Mick Murphy won the grueling 1958 Rás Tailteann he was a virtual unknown. He trained and slept in woods outside Banteer in North Cork and he focused, with a single-minded madness for the previous six months, on winning that prestigious race – and he did…
‘HercOileán’ The Island Warrior Challenge which is being organised as a joint venture between An Ríocht Athletic Club and its closest sporting neighbour, Castleisland RFC is nearly all set for October 11th 2014. The idea is based on a military style challenge course of 7.5km in distance. “Think military boot-camp meets childhood fantasy of taking…
There is no ordered, selection process in our weekly Friday Favourite / Postcard from the Past slot here on The Maine Valley Post. I go off on a virtual trip through my archives from time to time and often get lost in there. I could be wrong but I don’t think we’ve featured rugby in any…
Imagine the scene: It’s 2012 and Pa Walsh, Mike Lynch, Willie Reidy and John Lenihan sit by the summit cross on Carrauntohill. Flurries of snow drift past in the chilling wind and all around it’s a cold bleak and barren landscape as far as the eye can see. Yet for all of this there’s a…
