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Podcast Episode: Aug. 3rd 2026
Pip: Mayo end a seventy-five-year wait, Eddie Howe exits on his own terms, and Glen Hansard leaves a silence that no one quite knows how to fill — Brendan has been busy. Mara: This episode moves through two stretches of territory: sporting legacy and what happens when a good manager gets caught in someone else’s…
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Good guy Howe deserved to step off stage before being pushed
Apart from my own GAA club here in Dunboyne (Ireland) who haven’t won the Meath Senior Hurling Championship in 112 years, it’s quite likely that one of the longest chasms anywhere between sporting successes came to an end when Mayo won the All Ireland SFC on Sunday last for the first time in 75 years.…
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Podcast Episode: July 29th 2026
Pip: Mayo. All-Ireland champions. Sentences I genuinely thought I’d be filing under “theoretical” for another decade at least. Mara: Brendan has been writing about exactly that — the weight of what just happened, what it means for a county that’s carried this particular burden longer than most of its supporters have been alive. That’s the…
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Only a stone wouldn’t cry as faith restored in life
I don’t know if (m)any of the Mayo entourage would ever have heard of the legendary American colleges basketball coach, the late Jimmy Valvano, but, they are the living epitome of his mantra – “Don’t give up, don’t ever give up”.
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Selections for Wexford – July 23rd 2026
4.00: GAME POINT (DONAGH MEYLER/RAY CODY) 4,35: ARE YOU AROUND (BRIAN HAYES/WILLIE MULLINS) 5.10: COSTANUCI – EW – (OLIVE QUEALLY (7)/JOHN QUEALLY) 5.45: JURY FOREMAN – EW – (ALAN O’SULLIVAN (5)/PAUL NOLAN) 6.20: CLEVER COURT – EW – (SHANE O’CALLAGHAN (3)/PHILIP ROTHWELL) 6.55: HATTFIELD HAMMER – EW – (ALAN O’SULLIVAN (5)/PAUL NOLAN) 7.30: SYOSSET –…
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Podcast Episode: July 21st 2026
Pip: Limerick just won their sixth All Ireland hurling title in a decade, and apparently the secret is wearing last season’s jerseys to the final. Mara: That is actually one of the details Brendan unpacks on Boylan Talks Sport — how the small, barely visible choices a team makes reveal exactly where their heads are.…
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Boylan Talks Podcast – July 18th 2026
Pip: There is a particular kind of sports fan who watches another county’s All Ireland run and thinks, quietly, that should have been us. Brendan at Boylan Talks Sport has been having that week. Mara: This episode covers two stretches of GAA territory — the retirement of one of the game’s defining players, and the…
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Podcast Episode: July 11th 2026
Pip: There’s a certain type of sports fan who watches a match, clocks the final whistle, and immediately starts thinking about curses. Brendan, writing for Boylan Talks Sport, is that fan — and honestly, the evidence is hard to argue with. Mara: This episode covers two stretches of ground: Clare’s long, hexed relationship with All-Ireland…
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Selections for Bellewstown – July 4th 2026
5.15: BEAUVALLON (BRIAN HAYES/WILLIE MULLINS) 5.48: PRESS THE BUTTON (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 6.18: BECAUSE – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 6.48: ARDEEN JOY (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 7.18: HITTHEHAYSON – EW – (JOSH WILLIAMSON/IAN DONOGHUE) 7.48: BURNING ABILITY – EW – (GARY NOONAN/EOIN MCCARTHY) 8.18: FORTYSIXNCHANGE (HARRY SWAN/GORDON ELLIOTT)
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Selections for Naas – July 4th
1.22: CONCORDE LANDED (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 1.57: KEKE (BILLY LEE/EDDIE LYNAM) 2.33: CARRY THE FLAG (RONAN WHELAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 3.08: HARRY’S HILL – EW – (SHAY WALLACE (7)/MARTIN HASSETT) 3.44: RANTING LIMA – EW – (DIEGO LIMA/DIEGO DIAS) 4.18: MAI DAHLIA (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 4.53: CADREVILLE – EW – (NEEVE BENNETT (7)/JARLATH FAHEY) 5.30: SIR…