BOYLAN TALKS SPORT

Category: HISTORY

  • A century on, have things really changed much?

    A century on, have things really changed much?

    If certain heartbreaking developments hadn’t happened during the summer, I can only imagine the debate myself and Myles Fahey would have had on Monday night. It would surely have got feisty but would just as certainly have wound up being adjourned over a pint or three. Now read on… Monday night pints were always my…

  • The Man Over The Bridge

    The Man Over The Bridge

    I’ve been here before. Different computer, but the same scenario. Cursor flashing ominously on a blank screen. No idea where to begin. The intended subject matter is the same. Albeit in a different context, yet no less emotionally difficult to do. Now read on… Perhaps ironically, it’s nearly 15 years to the day. An occurrence…

  • Lengthy era comes to a poignant but cushioned end

    [dropcap]J[/dropcap]oe Brolly not so long ago outlined the paltry and in my view shameful treatment dispensed to the Tommy Murphy Cup and the teams competing therein by the GAA hierarchy during its all too brief existence a decade or so ago. Yours truly was among an all too small number of fans and champions of…

  • Team not the same without wise old sage

    A while ago, comment was passed in a column about stumbling across a seldom viewed television station and ending up somewhat hooked. CNN was the network referred to at the time and while stations like Discovery and History tend to get an airing a lot more frequently than the American one, it’s admittedly only for…