Category: Front Row Seat

A look at some of the biggest and most unusual moments in Irish sport covered by Sportsfile

Front Row Seat – Life as the FAI Photographer

Sure, he earned 57 International Caps playing for the Republic of Ireland. He managed the national team for 68 games over two terms, and was planning to get Ireland back to the Euros before his tenure ended early in unforeseen ...

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Front Row Seat – Pearse Park not Croke Park

There’s an old posting on adverts.ie for a match programme from 2006. Longford v Dublin, 4th of June 2006. Pearse Park in Longford. It was sold for a fiver. The photo on the ad is upside-down and the text a bit hard to read, but it ...

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Front Row Seat – Life as the Leinster Rugby Photographer

He could have been in the Stade Vélodrome – but instead he’s staying at home. Marseille was supposed to be hosting the Heineken Champions Cup Final last night, and the Heineken Challenge Cup Final the evening before that, but as we ...

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Front Row Seat – Soccer at Croker

Soccer, football, Fußball, or the beautiful game– use whatever term is familiar to you. But on this day in 2007, the Republic of Ireland team had the use of something unfamiliar to them. Croke Park. For the first time since the ...

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Front Row Seat – Welcome to the Club

Today should have seen Donegal make the trip to Kerry for an Allianz Football League Division 1 game, but with sport on hold we’ve asked our own Kerryman Brendan Moran to take a trip down memory lane for a look back at the time the two sides ...

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Front Row Seat – Kerry Cricket

Front Row Seat A look at some of the biggest and most unusual moments in Irish sport covered by Sportsfile Kerry and Cork. Well it’s a bit of a bitter rivalry really. The history, the geography. Trying to get one up on ...

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Front Row Seat – Leinster Reign in Spain

Jonathan Sexton of Leinster celebrates victory over Racing 92.Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile Photos by Ramsey Cardy and Stephen McCarthy and Brendan MoranWords by Piaras Ó Mídheach The rain in Spain falls mostly in Bilbao by the looks ...

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On this day in ’99 Ulster claim the European Club Rugby Cup

30 January 1999; Ulster’s Jan Cunningham celebrates with one of the Ulster substitutes. Heineken European Cup Final, Ulster v Colomiers, Lansdowne Road, Dublin. Picture credit: Brendan Moran / SPORTSFILE   On this day in 1999 Ulster became ...

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Dave Maher – 26 Years Covering the Republic of Ireland

Ahead of Euro 2016, Sportsfile staff photographer Dave Maher looks back over his memories and notable pictures from twenty-six years covering Republic of Ireland teams at close quarters. From 1991 up until the recent friendly against Belarus in ...

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Sportsfile at the All-Ireland Final

The Sportsfile team after another successful All Ireland Final. Back row, from left, David Maher, Stephen McCarthy, Brendan Moran, Pat Murphy and Dáire Brennan. Front row, from left, Piaras Ó Mídheach, Ray McManus, Ramsey Cardy and Paul ...

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