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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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The best for last but all in vain
St Peters…2-15 Kilbride…0-11 Whilst writing the match report for Dunboyne’s SFC opening round draw against Rathkenny the point was made that their failure to close out the job on that evening would come back to bite them in the backside. And, though they produced their best display of the entire season against the other side…
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Selections for Cork – Sept. 9th 2026
4.10: ZOAR (PADDY HARNETT (3)/DONNACHA O’BRIEN) 4.40: TIMUCUA GOLD – EW – (COLIN KEANE/NOEL MEADE) 5.10: NOUVEL ESPOIR – EW – (SHAY WALLACE (7)/JIMMY BARCOE) 5.45: FLAMBE FLEUR – EW – (RONAN WHELAN/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 6.15: GREEN KITE – EW – (COLIN KEANE/KEVIN COLEMAN) 6.45: ALMEIYDA (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD/ 7.15: SHERKIYA – EW – (CHRIS…
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Selections for Galway – Sept. 8th 2026
3.43: CITY OF GOLD (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 4.18: LADY ARWEN (BILLY LEE/CONOR O’DWYER) 4.53: NAZARIO – EW – (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 5.30: KATIRAYA – EW – (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 6.00: LONGSEOIR (COLIN KEANE/MICHAEL GRASSICK) 6.30: SNAPRETEND – EW – (SCOTT MCCULLAGH/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 7.00: CANON LAW – EW – (KEITHEN KENNEDY/BRENDAN W. DUKE) 7.30: ZADAWA (CHRIS…
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Dunboyne do Major amount to secure victory in first half
ST PETERS…5-14 SKRYNE…1-09 Despite there being a crestfallen cloud engulfing the black and amber camp after the senior team produced their best display of the season against Kilbride all to no avail, those in reserve for that one also put in a clinical shift to advance to the All County IFC semi final. With the…
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Meath Football Championships Knockout Fixtures
Following Sunday evening’s conclusion of the group stage action across the various grades on the club scene in the Royal County, the draws for the quarter finals and semi finals – those concerning both promotion and/or advancement in the SFC or those trying to avoid the relegation trap door. There’s no doubting the standout pairing…
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Selections for Galway – Sept. 7th 2026
4.07: IT’S TIME FOR A RUN (DONAGH MEYLER/EMMET MULLINS) 4.38: INTHENICKOFTIME – EW – (SIMON TORRENS/ENDA BOLGER) 5.09: BLOOD DESTINY (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 5.41: CLONE CROSS – EW – (KEVIN HEALY (7)/SIMON CAVANAGH) 6.11: JOURNEY SO FAR – EW – (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 6.41: NDAAWI (DANNY GILLIGAN/GORDON ELLIOTT) 7.11: JUSTATAN (DONAGH MEYLER/EMMET MULLINS) 7.41: BRICKFIELD…
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Privilege comes in many ways as golden girl gets fairytale finish
People of Mayo, your stage will need an extension because your magnificence of late July now has company as the greatest sporting fairytale this country has ever seen. Both at the same venue within weeks of each other. No doubt there will be those scoffing at such odd comparisons. Fear not. They are not mentioned…
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Lynch pins last eight spot as Trim topple Tara
Trim…0-19 Skryne…1-13 Coming into the final round of group games in the race for the Keegan Cup, Trim’s Aaron Lynch had nabbed top spot in the scoring charts in the Fairyhouse Steel Meath SFC. Now read on… Here, the diminutive corner fo
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Selections for Navan – Sept. 5th 2026
1.30: ROEILLAUN (COLIN KEANE/NOEL MEADE) 2.00: LADY PATRONA – EW – (SHANE FOLEY/JESSIE HARRINGTON) 2.35: IRISH RUMOUR – EW – (ORLA TYNAN (7)/JENNIFER A. LYNCH) 3.10: GOTTA CATCHEM ALL – EW – (SIOBHAN RUTLEDGE/HARRY ROGERS) 3.45: DIVINE LEGEND – EW – (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 4.20: NEPHIN MOUNTAIN – EW – (TERRY CASEY (7)/MICK MULVANY) 4.55:…
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