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# 2000: Revisited

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'I was filled with so much emotion, I ran down to meet them all and it was absolutely magic'
Ted Walsh on his greatest winning run as a racing trainer and celebrating with his family.
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May 3rd 2020, 7:36 PM
'Incredible hurlers, the best two I've ever come across to demand the ball when the pressure was on'
Newtownshandrum’s Pat Mulcahy on the 2000 breakthrough that was the start of a decade of success for club and county in Cork hurling circles.
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May 3rd 2020, 10:00 AM
'The collarbone, winning the All-Ireland and then breaking my jaw, it was probably a rough enough time'
Mayo great Cora Staunton reflects on the 2000 All-Ireland ladies football final and her county’s golden era, which was built on ‘torturous’ training and pure hard work.
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May 2nd 2020, 11:30 AM
When a 20-year-old kid from Tallaght joined 'one of the best teams in the world'
As part of our year 2000 week, we look back on Robbie Keane’s ill-fated move to Inter Milan.
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May 1st 2020, 8:00 PM
'Mayhem, absolute mayhem... It was just bedlam in Thomond Park that day'
Declan Kidney’s Munster broke new ground in Europe in the 1999/2000 season.
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May 1st 2020, 5:00 PM
'Passing tourists in Kildare can shout in the windows at people: 'Ye can’t score''
We reflect on the year Kildare were last kings of Leinster.
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May 1st 2020, 8:30 AM
'In terms of what was achieved, it’s a year that I certainly wouldn’t want to change'
The events of 2000 kickstarted Matt Holland’s career as a Premier League and international footballer.
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Apr 30th 2020, 8:00 AM
Listening to Johnny Cash with Páidí Ó Sé, trash talk in Irish and lifting Sam Maguire on the pitch
The Millennium All-Ireland final was decided by a replay where Kerry got the better of Galway.
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Apr 29th 2020, 8:00 PM
'Tiger had pinned a note to his locker: Congratulations... but you'll always be a fat f**k'
The42 remembers Darren Clarke’s matchplay win over Tiger Woods at La Costa in 2000, which ushered in a golden era for Irish golf.
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Apr 29th 2020, 7:30 AM
'I was told, 'You'll be going in now'. I nearly turned pale, I was thinking, 'Oh no Brendan, will you get up'
Eoin Kelly on his hurling year in 2000 that saw him play for three Tipperary teams and win an All-Ireland for a Kilkenny side.
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Apr 28th 2020, 7:50 PM
From Bizet to O'Brien: How Stand Up and Fight became a Munster anthem
An old song with an older tune is the soundtrack of modern Munster.
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Apr 28th 2020, 12:00 PM
'Here I am at the Olympics, halfway through the 1st round, and I'm thinking: 'What the 'f*** is going on?''
Ireland’s only boxer at the 2000 Olympics, Cork’s Michael Roche, reveals why his 16-year dream turned into a nightmare, and how it followed him home from Sydney.
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Apr 27th 2020, 8:03 PM
'Otto won Euro 2004 with Greece - big deal, I'd have taken them to a World Cup'
A new century led to a new dawn in League of Ireland football as teams began to punch above their weight in Europe.
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Apr 27th 2020, 7:30 AM