Michael Hogan, nephew of Tipperary footballer Mick Hogan who was shot in Croke Park on 'Bloody Sunday', talks about the past.

Sports Hero's; Pictures viewed from top left show action from the Tipperary versus Galway all Ire quarter final, action from the National Coursing meeting in Clonmel, athletes compete in the Clonmel A C 4 mile road race, snooker legend Steve Davis takes on local players in a challenge match, action from the Munster Downhill Moutain Bike Championships, the closing stages of a race at Clonmel race course, Clonmel Boxer Shauna O Keeffe in training at their club, St Michael's F C players being consoled by the opposition Fairview after losing the F A I Junior cup final

The hare gives the dogs the slip during a snow storm at the National Coursing Meeting in Clonmel

Punters in the betting ring during the National Coursing Festival in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary

Tales by The Fire; Sister's Nora May and Maureen Hayes from Tralee catch up on local news after many years apart

A young hurler practises his skills against the hurling wall in Clonmel

A Mountain Biker shows off his skills in the woods on Slievenamon Co Tipperary

A family relax on a typical summer’s day at the Ahenny Vintage Rally in Co. Kilkenny.

Action from the National Coursing Meeting in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, as the greyhound makes eye contact with the hare.

Paulina Orlikowska from Poland sheds a tear on her first day attending the Presentation Primary School, Clonmel, Co Tipperary, in September 2005

The father and two brothers of a bride to be pass the time in the O'Reillys' kitchen in Clonmel on the day of the wedding in 2003

Boatmen breaking ice at Gortglass Lake, Clare, for the annual Christmas Day swim as a man cycles his bike on the frozen lake surface.

A tranquil morning scene with a hint of Spring in the air at Lough Derg near Killaloe in East Clare.

A rider comes a cropper while taking part in a New Year's Day hunt at Kinvara, South Galway.

The Supermoon Moon takes over where the sun lets off as seen over Woodstock Hill, Ennis, Co. Clare.

Patrick Hussey, Colm O Connor and John Joe Hussey competing during the All-Ireland Currach Regatta at Doonbeg, Co Clare.

Young Ennis lad Kayden Moloney gives off his best at the Clare Senior Hurlers open evening in Cusack Park

Susanna Kelly helps Lorraine Hughes prepare her baby for the first baptism for 500 years in the old abbey ruins on Canon Island, Co. Clare

Aoibheann O Dwyer of Ennis with her "environmentally friendly" headgear during the annual Clarecastle regatta, in County Clare.

Jockey BJ Foley parts company with his mount in the first race during the County Clare Hunt's Point To Point at Quakerstown Boston, Co. Clare.

Smokers take advantage of any opportunity to light up.

Emma Clancy gets to grips with another Horrid Henry story at Kilnaboy National School.

Scariff’s Seamus Noonan is covered in mud following their Munster Junior Cup game against Dolphins

Clare's Fergal Lynch breaks his hurley against his Wexford opponent, during the All-Ireland Quarter Final.

John Thomas McNamara and Gee Dee part company at the Clare Hunt point to point, at Dromoland.

Fetch Boy, Fetch! A sensible dog looks on as a boy tumbles into the water at Cappa,Kilrush, Co. Clare.

The Lismorahaun Singers perform during the annual Burren Ramble in Poul Barron, near Fanore, Co Clare, in 2006

Special Apostle A Ooladukun baptises a member of the Eternal Sacred Order of Cherubim & Seraphim Church of Noah's Ark at Ennis swimming pool, Co Clare, in May 2002

Young Emma Troy looks out the train window on the West Clare Railway line from Moyasta junction as Private Gerard Troy and Blainagh Daly share a celebratory kiss after their wedding at Monmore church in 2001

The actor-director Peter Kennedy prepares for his role in an Ennis Musical Society production of "The Inmate" in 2000

A competitor runs his own race at the rear of the field during the Clare Community Games finals in Ennis in June 1999