The only thing worse than the dark was the rain. The only thing worse than the rain was the cold. The only thing worse that the cold was the slowly-relenting […]

First, the good news. Both teams turned up for the game. The reverse game had been arranged earlier in the summer between the Archives and Wicklow, for which the latter […]

For a while it looked as though fire might stop play in the first of the Archives’ two losses in this year’s Handbags. However, in the end it was Merrion’s […]

On a lovely evening in the picturesque setting of the St Columba’s and after a good win the week before, The Archives (notwithstanding a somewhat unfamiliar line-up) felt confident against […]

The last time there was this much Archive-on-Archive action was when we played Ashford in 2021. But this time the opposition was the Law Library or ‘Bar’ XI. Such has […]

In the end, Captain Dunphy had all the miracle workers he needed. We were in Kildare. St Brigid’s old stomping ground. It would have been only marginally less surprising to […]

According to the website Walnuts International, walnuts were used by the Ancient Greeks to ease headaches and are said by some (perhaps not very rigorous) scientists to “prevent depression”. While this […]

After the drama and excitement of last season’s two epic battles between the Archives and Malahide, this was a match distinguished by three Archive’s debutants. This was the Archives first […]