Author: colinivansheridan

The Mentor

Excerpt of A Day in the Life submission to MBA Quarterly Magazine: 4.44am: I wake to the sound of breaking … More

Mayo and the Crack Up

In the spring as 1936, just as the Mayo senior footballers were preparing to win the first half of a … More

Spring not yet Sprung

In a way, it seems trite and even a little inappropriate to consider writing anything original on the weekend after … More

Leitrim Rising

When the rare opportunity drops to write about Leitrim, you might think the starting point would be John McGahern, and … More

Self Help Guide to NFL

January is the month many turn to celebrity self-help gurus to improve their lives in the hope of making this … More

The Balled of Joey Carbery

There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired” — Nick Carraway, The Great Gatsby Midway through 2018 … More

Alphabet Soup

We get it. Yiz are good at football. But this is getting ridiculous. So ridiculous that Damien Dempsey is struggling … More

The End of the Empire

Jim Gavin’s men may be targeting yet more glory but success is not necessarily a given A few years ago, … More