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Welcome back to Sounds of the Summer, as we look back on the biggest GAA talking points of a sensational summer — and what might come next.
Here, All-Ireland winner with Armagh, Paddy Burns, joined Will O’Callaghan ahead of the All-Ireland football semi-finals back in July to reflect on the Orchard County's year, the heartbreak of that Louth loss and the brutal six-day turnaround that followed.
They dig into the new condensed championship format, why Ulster still matters so much, and how teams are living with constant jeopardy.
Plus: Mayo’s man-to-man approach, the puzzle of stopping this Kerry forward line, and what it’s really like trying to stay switched on while marking David Clifford.
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Welcome to our Sounds of the Summer podcast, a look back, and look forward, to some of the biggest GAA stories which dominated 2026.
Tyrone goalkeeper Niall Morgan joins Colm Boohig and Ger Gilroy on Off The Ball Breakfast, just days after that All-Ireland quarter-final exit to Kerry, to look back on a summer of fine margins and big moments.
Morgan reflects on a slow start to the season, the danger of “moral victories”, and why this Kerry defeat might sting even more than last year.
He also chats about the respect between players, a brilliant GAA-style story involving the goalkeepers’ families, and the league “wedding/holiday saga” that saw him dropped and forced to reset.
Plus, will he be back next year?
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PwC GPA Camogie Player of the Month, Sorcha McCartan speaks with Rachel Sheehan about the All Ireland final, not being able to watch the final minutes, and not knowing who won until she heard the Banks playing on the speakers!

Roscommon’s Saoirse Wynne is the winner of the PwC GPA Women’s Player of the Month awards for Ladies Football for the month of August. She joins Rachel Sheehan to discuss her teams LGFA Intermediate All-Ireland victory.

Welcome to our Sounds of the Summer podcast, a look back, and look forward, to some of the biggest GAA stories which dominated 2026.
Here, Kerry legend Dara Ó Cinnéide joined Gerard Gilroy back in May to talk about his his latest documentary, a gripping murder-mystery sparked by a chance discovery of old books and a trail that leads from West Kerry to Boston and Oklahoma.
He also reflects on club life as chairman of An Ghaeltacht, the pull of local history, and why “nothing beats being there” when it comes to sport and storytelling.
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