This is my list of the crème de la crème of bowling in a year of exceptional bowling. Healy was the line-to-line winner, but much of the score was on a knife-edge, the atmosphere electric and the bowling brilliant. At number five is Ethan Rafferty’s All-Ireland senior final win over Arthur McDonagh at Castletownkenneigh. Number three is the ultimate vindication, Arthur McDonagh’s total reversal of his All-Ireland final defeat to Ethan Rafferty in the King of the Roads final. She deserves to be on top of the list for capturing her record 12th All-Ireland senior final at the expense of Hannah Sexton at Keady-Tassagh.

Source: Irish Examiner December 24, 2025 21:48 UTC