Category: GOLF
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Often, the real story lies away from the headlines
Around this time last year, a piece which would have been considered unusual to emanate from these quarters was produced. It pertained to the then impending sale of a piece of property with which there was an especial family connection. Now read on…
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Plenty of patents for Day’s patience paying off
On a map pertaining to strategic military positions relating to the #1916 Rising, General Sean #Boylan was highlighted as a figure of considerable importance in this locality. At this point, let it be made abundantly clear that – and this is a cause of considerable regret which will in the near future be rectified –…
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Momentum delivered in the short and long term
There’s something about seeing a loved one growing older. Mindsets change. More acutely so if ill health is part of the equation. Certain things become susceptible to being shut off. A cupboard is kept locked. Books remain unopened, shelves undisturbed. It’s as if it’s going on but there’s an inability or unwillingness – or both…
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Measurement of value ought to be in entertainment
That Con Houlihan will forever stand as the greatest influence on my own writing hardly requires further elaboration. Thus, the Waiting For Houlihan documentary broadcast shortly after the king of Castle Island had filed into the press room in the sky and only recently tracked down again now ranks among the most treasured items in…
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Not all talk of destiny is folly
Whether this is exclusively an Irish custom or otherwise cannot be vouched for, but, weddings and funerals tend to be settings for people whose acquaintance may have drifted to bridge the gaps in their respective stories since their last encounter.
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Lost for words to articulate a remarkable story
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]t the time Pat Spillane and, in particular, Colm O’Rourke, sustained their knee injuries, the general consensus would’ve been that they would have been career ending injuries. Thankfully for the sports viewing public, that gloriously wasn’t the case as both went on to confirm themselves as two of the greatest exponents of Gaelic football there…
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Future generations may have to quote the old ‘Smokey’ hit
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]eople’s views of situations in life are understandably shaped by context. Feelings on a given matter will depend on the level of interest therein. For example, in relation to the two abiding passions in the life of yours truly, nothing stirs the emotions in a positive manner more than the purr of a combine harvester…
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Opinion often leaves a distorted view of class
As youngsters, we surely all had a few little model racing cars. Which, when raced around the table or wherever it was, had us all believing we were Ayrton Senna or Nigel Mansell or Damon Hill or Eddie Irvine. All sports have their devotees, of course, but, in the case of Formula One, for many…
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Unique situations sadly under-appreciated
Irish team manager Paul Earley recently began collective training for the forthcoming International Rules Series. No, unless you’re one of us who forlornly champion the case for the seemingly soon to be shamefully extinct hybrid game, you probably didn’t know. Chances are, though, a trip to one of the sessions in Donaghmore/Ashbourne GAA Club would…
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The trouble with having beliefs is sticking to them
Sport is pickled with long-running rivalries, many of which have taken on lives of their own in the fullness of time. Arkle and Millhouse, Dublin against Kerry in Gaelic football, Tiger and Phil Mickelson in golf – maybe that has now graduated to Rory McIlroy and Rickie Fowler. Manchester United and Liverpool or Phil Taylor…