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2018 Interviews and Articles about The First Sunday in September

19 December 2018

This is my last post of 2018 and it’s been some year. My first book The First Sunday in September was published in August by The Mercier Press. I’ve been busy, finishing the editing process for the book and reading and writing as much as I could. Thanks to everyone who supported me, I’m so grateful. Thanks to everyone who read my blog over the year and special thanks to those who took the time to follow, like and comment on the posts. Not to mention those who bought my book and read it. Some who read it were even good enough to contact me with kind words. You have no idea how much that means. Onward and upwards to 2019. I’ve a draft of a crime novel on the go and I’m now working on a book of essays on sport. The next few months will see a lot

Peter The Great: Beyond Perfect and into Myth

20 November 2018

Peter The Great: Beyond Perfect and into Myth. Piece in The Irish Examiner about Peter O’Mahony’s impossible performance against New Zealand in a rugby test match. Ireland beat the All Blacks for the first time ever on Irish soil and the win could not have been possible were it not for O’Mahony’s Homeric deeds. Click here to read.

Fertile Retelling of Homer’s Epic Poems is Revived

3 November 2018

Joint Review of The Silence of The Girls by Pat Barker and Country by Michael Hughes in The Irish Examiner. Both these books are retellings of Homer’s epic poem, The Iliad and both are very successful in different ways. Click here to read.

We were all enriched and renewed from the experience

26 September 2018

Piece in The Irish Examiner about the late Liam Miller tribute match, played in Páirc Uí Chaoimh between veteran Manchester United and Glasgow Celtic teams, in support of his family and some charities. A moving day, a wonderful communal day. Click here to read.

Hurling is in the quiet, not the noise

21 August 2018

A piece in The Irish Examiner about two photos I saw on Twitter after the All-Ireland Hurling Final when Limerick beat Galway to win their first All Ireland senior title in 45 years. This article was described by Vincent Hogan as ‘utterly, utterly beautiful’ (*blushes*). Click here to read.

Taking a seat for a Páirc Uí Chaoimh passion play

24 October 2017

A piece in The Irish Examiner on the official opening of Páirc Uí Chaoimh in 2017 after a complete rebuild. This coincided with the 2017 senior Cork county finals in both Football and Hurling. Click here to read.

Why Do We Flock to the Four Great Sundays in September?

22 September 2017

A piece in The Irish Examiner on the four Sundays on September when the All Ireland Hurling, Camogie, Men’s Football and Women’s Football are all played, one Sunday after the other. Ironically, in 2018 they moved the men’s finals, so that was that! Click here to read.

Tadhg Coakley

Irish Examiner