Category: PERSONAL
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Martin I. Kelly – Dunboyne and Dunshaughlin – RIP
It can probably be fairly safely assumed that it was a parent or a similar leadership figure who first planted the love of sport within. It certainly was with yours truly, and while that initially manifested as da bringing me to internal matches involving my own class mates in primary school. That then evolved to…
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In Memory Of Pongo
If you’ve been frequenting this piece of webspace for any length of time, firstly thank you, but if have, you will also be aware of the amount of occasions upon which yours truly was docked in Brady’s in Dunboyne when major world events were going down. From the Omagh bombing to the Iraq war starting…
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Run Or Roll to make a major difference for the IWA
On Sunday week, the 14th of September, the Irish Wheelchair Association are running their big fundraiser, the Run and Roll’. It’s a massive occasion for the Association and your support can make an incalculable difference to the clients their people look after. IWA staff member and Personal Assistant (PA) Ollie Carey tells me in advance…
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Lure of the line too strong to resist
There are several people who, I have always believed, are the manifestation of what my life would be if all the limbs here were in working order. Take any member of the local farming fraternity you like. As it is, I have and will eternally bust every sinew of of myself to remain involved in…
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Vera
Did you ever get hit by an occurrence in life that absolutely floored you? Of course you have, we’ve all had that life-changing jolt at least once. Though it was felt that nothing could sideswipe me in the manner which the sudden and tragic death of Cllr Damien O’Reilly almost two years ago did. Until…
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How the other half live
MEATH…0-10 DUBLIN…2-16 At the outset here, it will be admitted that the above headline was initially – and still will be to an extent – intended to refer to my own adventures regarding attending All Ireland Ladies Football Finals day at Croke Park. But it could just as easily be applied to the outcome of…
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Two sides to every story on day of Royal drama
What a day. What was supposed to be a ten minute eye screening morphed into a four and a half hour A & E pitstop. Now read on… That, in turn, meant playing catch up on the day’s sport. To a certain extent, that goal was achieved. In that one made it back to HQ…
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The standard Dunboyne initiation that gave so much more in return
From as far back as when I was in Primary school, my powers of recall were often a topic of discussion. Especially if the subject matter was either sport or farming related. Even though to some of the assembled audience, mention of either would constitute fountains of useless information. Be that as it may, I…
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Mick Reilly – A Tribute
At what point did you notice yourself getting old? Or older at least. Personally, seeing ‘older’ relatives pass away back in the years probably have had a different effect than is now the case. You know the way it is when you’re a youngster, ‘grown ups’ seem eons older when the reality may in fact…
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When heroes become best friends time stands still
How exactly the fixation on Colm O’Rourke as my first hero began is unclear. The best guess which can be hazarded regarding same is that the distinctive blue bandage on the wounded left knee and his tendency to kick the ball 100ft up in the air when going for a point were what set him…