Category: LADIES FOOTBALL
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Gut feeling is seldom wrong
If one was attempting to give GAA President Jarlath Burns the benefit of the doubt – for the 1500th time during his tenure – it could be said in his own misguided mind he may have considered he was responding to Mary McAleese’s strongly worded condemnation of the GAA’s Management Committee in equally coarse terms.…
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Glory to the hill with Aussie generosity?
Bellewstown racecourse is one of my favourite places to write about. And visit. Though it has been far too long since the latter happened. In the company of the late, great and desperately missed Paul B. Garvey. The Hill Of Crocafotha is actually a writer’s dream. The history, the stories and the views which wouldn’t…
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What’s right for some, or even most, can still be upsetting to others
At the outset here an admission – I didn’t see the All Ireland Ladies SFC Final in real time. But, from having watched extensive highlights and analysis, as much as I would have very little time for the individual as a referee, I would have to admit Maggie Farrelly got the big, huge call at…
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Sometimes the painful explanation is the only one
It’s an unfortunate reality of sport that, sometimes, you will encounter an opponent whom your best simply won’t be good enough to win against. Personally, the worst case of same encountered in this seat was the Meath MFC Final when the Dunboyne team with which I was a mentor were trounced by Navan O’Mahonys 0-04…
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As you were for visiting Royals
Meath manager Wayne Freeman has announced an unchanged team from that which defeated Tyrone last time out for this evening’s TG4 All Ireland LSFC quarter final against old foes Kerry in Tralee. The match has a 5.15 throw in time and will be broadcast live by the competition sponsors. That means that Karla Kealy and…
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Amy and Emma return as Royals face daunting task
Amy Gaffney comes in to replace the departed Mary Kate Lynch while Emma Duggan makes a crucial and very welcome return to lead Wayne Freeman’s attack for Sunday’s Leinster LSFC clash with Brendan Martin Cup holders Dublin at Parnell Park. Not only do last year’s beaten showpiece finalists have to win in the lioness’s den,…
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Murray’s Minors Go Again
In their first outing since a gut wrenching defeat against Dublin three weeks ago, Meath Ladies Minor manager Eamon Murray has made just one change to the side ahead of this week’s joust against Kildare. The young Royals have home advantage once again with the all whites making the trip to Carnaross. A big occasion…
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Fringe players state their case
Meath Ladies senior football manager Wayne Freeman has made five changes to his team ahead of the weekend’s penultimate round of the Lidl Ladies NFL in which they will take on a rejuvenated Cork side at the MTU grounds in Bishopstown. While I am loathe to describe any fixture as a ‘dead rubber’ , from…
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Hanging the hat on hope once again
Peter Quinn was the first GAA President of whom there is proper recollection in this seat. Perhaps obviously, because he was the first holder of the office I met. Since then, Jack Boothman, Joe McDonagh, Sean McCague (God rest all three of them), Nicky Brennan, Sean Kelly and Liam O’Neill have all been encountered along…
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Mixed bag for the ladies
Any sportsperson, in an individual pursuit or a team based one, can only work with the hand of circumstances they are dealt. So yes, the Meath Ladies have had to adjust to life without Vikki Wall, Katie Newe, Orlagh Lally, Aoibhin Cleary, Monica McGuirk, Emma Troy, Aoibheann Leahy, Stacey Grimes,Kerrie Cole, Shauna Ennis and Maire…