Observations. Satire. Politics. Interviews.
Lynn Hunter Harvey’s introduction to boxing was anything but orthodox. Apart from a single season playing football at 13, she had never been into any sports. Let alone combat sports. At the age of 30, Lynn stepped into a gym for the first time. The results, as we shall see, are nothing short of remarkable….
If I had to describe Derry’s Catherine McFadden in a word, it would be trailblazer. She was not only the first female Brazilian Jiu Jitsu blue belt in the county, but she also fought in Derry’s first female MMA fight. Throughout my conversation with this lively and vivacious woman, it was obvious it is important…
I shall be telling this with a sigh, Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, And That has made all the difference – Robert Frost In 2009, at the age of 25, Samantha Evans boarded a one-way flight to Tanzania. She travelled alone. Forsaking…
Steve Earle of The Waterboy’s fame wrote ‘ The Galway Girl’ at the turn of the last century. He recorded it for his ‘Transcendental Blues’ album in 2000 with Sharon Shannon. A signature Galway anthem was born. If Ben Davis, Head Coach at Shaolin MMA gym in Galway and husband to amateur MMA fighter Indra…
In the midst of all the high jinks surrounding Daniel Cormier’s iffy weigh-in in the run up to UFC210, I was going through my twitter feed when I happened upon a couple of striking photographs of Jessica Kruger. ‘ Now that’s what a MMA fighter should look like’ I thought to myself. A few clicks…