A WEEK OF BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS IN MEATH This corner has an admission to make – the current incarnation of the Split Season has been a lot easier on the mental health than was the case with its maiden voyage. Why exactly that is can’t actually be defined but, of late, the processes of putting things… Read More Sideline Cuts – 32
It is said the definition of stupidity is repeatedly doing the same thing expecting different results. Thankfully, the majority of society has copped onto that reality. The farmer that mows hay when there’s rain forecast generally won’t do it again, the player who goes out to partake in a match donning brand new boots absolutely… Read More Are they capable of learning? – SIDELINE CUTS 31
WHAT’S SELDOM IS WONDERFUL It is said that self praise is no praise. Very seldom does the opportunity to point out that one actually called something right crop up. But, thanks to the continued rejuvenation of Kilbride GFC, what’s seldom is wonderful! Leo Turley’s team engineered a fine win over a St Brigid’s combination who… Read More Sideline Cuts – 30
SLEEPING GIANTS AWAKEN For very poignant reasons, on several occasions this year, the All Ireland winning Meath team of 1967 were brought to mind. This time round however, their mention is in a brighter context. Now read on… Peter McDermott’s team way back then were – unthinkable as it might seem now – backboned by… Read More Sideline Cuts – 29
What you will read hereafter is in the above category solely due to breadth of material likely to be covered. Quite simply because there was a compulsion to write something. But not about anything in particular, if you get me. Unlike, say, last week, when a tumultuous week for Meath GAA meant things more or… Read More SIDELINE CUTS – 28
It’s the hope that kills you. At the start of every season, it’s in the DNA of a GAA fan to get a new transfusion of hope. Regardless of whether it’s club or county, whether new players have come in or you’ve actually lost some. There’s something woven into the GAA psyche which plants This… Read More Neither of them have gone away – Sideline Cuts (27)
For some reason which has never quite been figured out, this corner has always had something of a hidden soft spot for the Cavan Senior Football team. The nearest to an explanation which can be arrived at is that – for a while – during my school years, our jerseys were blue and white replicas… Read More Cavan are the template others must follow – SIDELINE CUTS (26)
A poignantly fitting winner in the ‘Battle Of Cross’ The GAA often finds itself attracted to flak like flies are to cow sh***. Much of it self inflicted, and more often than not, deserved. Credit where it’s due, though, the National Leagues have often been their redemption and, you, suspect, will only become even more… Read More SIDELINE CUTS – 25
Before the cat jumps all the way out of the bag of its own accord, let’s provide the last nudge. I have returned to meaningful involvement with my local GAA club after a 15-year-hiatus. Part of which was enforced, another element thereof is old ground which doesn’t need to be ploughed up again. There may… Read More Statements in Manchester and Munster, now it’s over to Meath
Katie Taylor was crowned RTE Sportsperson Of The Year for the third time on Saturday night as another terrific twelve months of sporting success at local, national and international level was rightly commended. The history-making Bray lady remains undefeated 22 bouts into her professional pugilism career, adjacent to spectacular success in the amateur ranks which… Read More Taylor takes top gong again but there were unlucky ones