Blackbird column (January 2026)
Hello and welcome back, archers. I do hope that you are all rested and ready for the year ahead. I managed myself an extra few days before I begin in earnest 🙂. And straight out of the fog of Xmas…
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Portlaoise & County Laois: A Week Beyond the Target Field
Well, dear archers, I thought I might prepare this little travel guide for you and your May visit to our great town of Portlaoise. Portlaoise carries its past with quiet assurance. The town began in the mid-sixteenth century as a…
Empowering Women through Archery: A Journey of Passion, Perseverance, and Pride.
Archer Margaret Donnelly gives us a sporting insight into the life of her Dunbrody club mate and WBHC 2025 Bronze medallist Catherine Power From: The Rower Co. Kilkenny Club: Dunbrody Archers Shooting style: Bowhunter Recurve World Bowhunter Championships 2025 South…
Bluebell Shoot 2025
It is now summer, which in Ireland means the weather likes to behave in more of a bipolar manner. Summer in Ireland is different from the other two seasons – I’m convinced we don’t really get Spring, just a mildish…
The Case for Greater Archery
This is an updated version of an article I published a few years ago, about how badly the Olympics and World Archery need to diversify the representation of shooting styles. Given the inclusion of compound, I felt it was appropriate to not only republish it but update it too.
Archers Of Ennis (Onwards and upwards)
Introduction – who we are… We are a dedicated community built on shared passion, friendly competition, and a genuine love for the art of archery – Archers of Ennis isn’t just a place to hone our skills. It’s become the…
Archers Talkin’ Archery – Leeanne Halliday
More quick interviews with archers here in the north and elsewhere. Archers Talkin' Archery is back!
James Byrne column
Draw, Aim, Endure
IFAF Indoor National championship 2025 Saturday morning, and the gods had decided to be kind. No rain, no howling winds, just an uncharacteristically mild February air settling over Waterford like a held breath. Eight degrees Celsius, but let’s leave Anders…
Archers Talkin’ Archery – Michael White
More quick interviews with archers here in the north and elsewhere. Archers Talkin' Archery is back!
Archers Talkin’ Archery – Renee McDowell
More quick interviews with archers here in the north and elsewhere. Archers Talkin' Archery is back!
Archers Talkin’ Archery – Mike Leckey
More quick interviews with archers here in the north and elsewhere. Archers Talkin' Archery is back!
Archers Talkin’ Archery – Ruthie Gilmore
More quick interviews with archers here in the north and elsewhere. Archers Talkin' Archery is back!
Archers Talkin’ Archery – Keith Henderson
More quick interviews with archers here in the north and elsewhere. Archers Talkin' Archery is back!
Archers Talkin’ Archery – Daria Casement
More quick interviews with archers here in the north and elsewhere. Archers Talkin' Archery is back!
ANDREW’S 20 Questions
This is the 22nd interview and this month sees an archer of target/archery Ireland origins but who is becoming a more frequent presence at various field shoots which is great as he is one of the most bubbliest, brightest, and amiable people I've met, even if I really only have got to know him this past year. So this month it is the turn of Wicklow archer Alan Callister, the larger than life character who we should all get to know.
The format of this interview is 20 questions, the first 10 of which are generally the same, specifically around the subjects of archery career and experiences to date, the 2nd set of 10 is usually broader as the interviewee chooses 10 random numbers themselves from 11-60 which dictates what questions I ask them.
The Archery Guild – Slumbering Gods
The first of a series of short stories about The Archery Guild and its members, set in a fantasy world, known as Anordaithe.