Life And Sport From An Armchair View
Manager Cathal O'Bric has announced his starting 15 for tonight's Leinster U-20 FC opening round encounter against the Lake County. The game will be streamed live on Clubber.TV Naturally, the selection is dominated by many of those who also worked with the Wolfe Tones clubman when the All Ireland MFC title was annexed three seasons... Continue Reading →
It's probably an understatement to point out that Meath's defeat of Dublin in the 1975 NFL Final was a major turn up. With it being well before my time, I'm not sure what division of the league Meath were in at the time. What is of course known is the fact that Kevin Heffernan's side... Continue Reading →
1.48: PIRATE ISLAND (NIALL MOORE (7)/PHILIP FENTON) 2.23: THE BANGER DOYLE (ADRIAN HESKIN/JOHN QUEALLY) 2.58: THE LITTLE YANK (JOHN SHINNICK (7)/JOHN RYAN) 3.33: ALEISH OSCAR (LOUIS BURKE-OTT (7)/MICK WINTERS) 4.08: GLADY MAX (J. HURLEY (2)/JOHN HANLON) 4.43: EARLY DOORS (DEREK O'CONNOR/ENDA BOLGER) 5.18: BACKMEORSACKME (JOHN GLEESON (5)/EMMET MULLINS) 5.51: AIR OF ENTITLEMENT (JOHN GLEESON (5)/HENRY... Continue Reading →
2.10: REDSTONE (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 2.40: BATMAN GIRAC - EW - (DANNY MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.15: O'MOORE PARK (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.50: THEDEVILSCOACHMAN (MARK WALSH/NOEL MEADE) 4.20: SAINT SAM (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 5.00: INTENSE RAFFLES (JJ SLEVIN/TOM GIBNEY) Tom Gibney can land another Irish Grand National 5.40: ST DENISS WELL (JACK KENNEDY/IAN DONOGHUE) 6.10: REDEMPTION DAY... Continue Reading →
1.10: TRANQUIL SEA (SEAN FLANAGAN/PAUL NOLAN) 1.45: SIR GERHARD (SEAN O'KEEFFE/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.20: SMILING BESS - EW - (JORDAN GAINFORD/KEVIN PRENDERGAST) Kevin Prendergast has a rare runner over hurdles 2.55: FORTUNEDEFORTUNATA (JORDAN GAINFORD/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.05: ANY ROAD - EW - (MARK MCDONAGH (3)/EDDIE O'GRADY) 4.40: LOVELY REACTION (SIMON TORRENS/TOM MULLINS) 5.15: JACKSON WOOD (CHARLIE MULLINS... Continue Reading →
1.25: RATH GAUL BOY (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.00: PAX - EW - (AIDAN KELLY (5)/COLM MURPHY) 2.35: JETARA - EW - (JACK KENNEDY/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 3.10: DEE CAPO (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.45: WESTERN DIEGO - EW - (BRIAN HAYES/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.20: CADATHARLA (BRIAN HAYES/COLM MURPHY) 4.55: SPILLANE'S TOWER (MARK WALSH/JIMMY MANGAN) 5.30: WERE RED AND BLUE... Continue Reading →
2.10: MCLAUREY - EW - (BRIAN HAYES/EMMET MULLINS) 2.45: BOSS ROBIN (RAY BARRON (5)/JOHN F. GLEESON) Top amateur jockey Ray Barron has a couple of decent chances in Fairyhouse 3.20: INSTIT (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.55: READ TO RETURN (MAXINE O'SULLIVAN (5)/TONY MARTIN) 4.30: NATIVE SPEAKER - EW - (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 5.05: COMFORT ZONE... Continue Reading →
1.15: NATIONAL LADY (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 1.45: STILL ROLLING -W/O FAV - (RORY CLEARY/JIM BOLGER) 2.20: UNCLE ALBERT (DECLAN MCDONOGH/KIERAN COTTER) 2.55: SCHOLARSHIP - EW - (SCOTT MCCULLAGH (3)/GER O'LEARY) Curragh-based trainer Ger O'Leary 3.30: THE HIGHWAY RAT - EW - (BILLY LEE/ANDY OLIVER) 4.05: MONTONE (RORY CLEARY/JIM BOLGER) 4.40: GOAL EXCEEDED - EW -... Continue Reading →
Meath U-20 football manager Cathal O'Bric and his selectors David 'Lar' Callaghan, Eoin Joyce and Marcus Brennan have announced their panel ahead of the commencement of their Championship campaign next week against Westmeath. Unsurprisingly, the group is comprised of many of those who, under the same management, won the All Ireland MFC three years ago.... Continue Reading →
Meath... 1-06 Kildare... 1-18 In the final race at one of the smaller National Hunt tracks in the UK on Wednesday evening, the name of one of the participants jumped off the screen at me on Wednesday evening - I Play County - now read on... There's not a young lad or young lady in... Continue Reading →