Category: CAMOGIE

  • Hotshot Horgan leaves Meath in Heartbreak Hotel

    Hotshot Horgan leaves Meath in Heartbreak Hotel

    Meath…0-13 Kerry…0-14 The half time decision of the Kerry mentors to transfer free taking duties to centre forward Jackie Horgan was ultimately their salvation and Meath’s undoing in this Very Ireland NCL Div. 2A Final at Croke Park. To add insult to injury, thanks to the unjust system which appears to prevail in both Camogie…

  • Camogs head for Croker

    Camogs head for Croker

    Meath…1-09 Derry…0-10 For as long as this hack has been on the GAA ‘circuit’, Derry teams have had something of an Indian sign over Meath. The All Ireland SFC semi final of 1987 was before my time and throughout Sean Boylan’s long tenure with the county team I am fairly certain we never overcame the…

  • Meath make it a fruitless short trip for Cavan

    Meath make it a fruitless short trip for Cavan

    Meath…0-11 Cavan…1-07 While the county’s lady footballers came up short in Ballinlough against Waterford yesterday, 24 hours earlier, Brendan Skehan’s county Camogie team had better luck over the road in Moylagh when they edged out Cavan in their National League Div. 2B encounter. Meath face Derry in their final regulation game at Donaghmore/Ashbourne in what…

  • Minogue majors get Meath back on track

    Minogue majors get Meath back on track

    Meath… 2-13 Westmeath… 1-06 Don’t let anybody tell you the day of the dual player is no more. Anybody who has been following the progress of Meath’s Aoife Minogue could disprove that theory in a heartbeat. The talented Dunderry lady has been a breakthrough player on the Meath Ladies football team in recent months but…

  • Camogie crew to tackle neighbours revealed

    Camogie crew to tackle neighbours revealed

    Meath Camogie manager Brendan Skehan has announced his lineup prior to his charges tackling neighbours Westmeath in Round 3 of the National League. Having overcome Laois in their opening outing, the Royal County – who are adjusting to life without recently retired stars Jane Dolan and Sinead Hackett – will be hoping to bounce back…

  • Oh Mary these fixtures are an absolute farce

    Oh Mary these fixtures are an absolute farce

    During my long stint as PRO/Assistant PRO of our club, during the summer months in particular, it wouldn’t be unusual for myself and da to be at 10, 11 or a dozen matches in a week. Not that anything was ever thought of it because it was very much a labour of love and never…

  • Sports Wordle No. 5

    Sports Wordle No. 5

    This Cork camogie player had a glittering career on the pitch and has developed an equally successful one off it. https://mywordle.strivemath.com/?word=csruj

  • Oddities and unfairness – that’s the GAA folks!

    Oddities and unfairness – that’s the GAA folks!

    As most or all of you will know by now, I lost my da on June 10th. Six months into his 92nd year. Don’t let anyone ever tell you you’re ready for it, you never are. When the inevitability of what was ahead became obvious a day or two before he actually passed, this corner…

  • The mother and father of good weekends!

    The mother and father of good weekends!

    Debate and rancour surrounding GAA fixtures has a lifespan as flexible as time itself. No matter what new systems are trialled – and no matter how convoluted they seem to be – the business end of club competitions in most counties seems to boil down to this time of year. Which leads to the type…

  • Culture construction will only take matters so far

    There’s a story which has by now become folklore pertaining to when #SeanBoylan took over as #Meath senior football manager. The gist of which was, that certain senior individuals within the group of players – who shall remain nameless – informed the #Dunboyne man that if he stuck around long enough, they’d make a manager…