Category: CHRONICLE COLUMNS
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There’s only one way to describe it – G.U.B.U.
There’s only one occasion – prior to a most recent weekend – that I can recall sit down protests taking place on a GAA pitch. That being the 1998 All Ireland SHC semi final between Clare and Offaly when Galway referee Jimmy Cooney played two minutes short of regulation time.In comparison, the complaints of the…
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There’s only one form of protest they understand
When St Peter’s College, Dunboyne opened in 1994, I was involved in the formation of the first Gaelic football teams to represent the school. In the first matches the school ever played, both lads and ladies teams took to the field decked out in red t-shirts procured hastily from Dunnes Stores. By the time both…
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Sometimes you just have to ignore well meant advice
A fairly safe guess could be made that we were all told when we hit a certain age “Never discuss politics or religion in a pub”. Fairly sound advice and certainly the latter was never going to be an issue here. The former, however, is a different matter entirely. A fervent interest in politics was…
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It’s their world, we just live in it
The tragic and untimely passing of young Jack De Bromhead last autumn shook the nation and well beyond to the core. No matter who you are, or whether you have any knowledge of or interest in racing, the thought of a kid dying – in any circumstances but especially doing something he knew and loved…
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Watching, admiring, hoping
Did you ever watch somebody, sporting or otherwise, and just get an inkling straight away they were destined for stardom? Off the top of my head I could name a plethora, quite a few of them close to home. Graham Geraghty and Emma Duggan are two that jump off the page. On a larger scale,…
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Focus on the games – not who’s going to broadcast them
Donal Og Cusack is an interesting character, to put it mildly. One of the truly great hurling goalkeepers of the modern or perhaps any era. A trailblazer on and off the pitch. An inspirational figure to many in how he dealt with aspects of his personal life in a world far less understanding than is…
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Condescending ignorance is not passionate defence
Some people just can’t help themselves. Just as certain individuals should never end up in certain positions, but due to their inflated valuation by others do so. Now read on… No secret has ever been made of the admiration there is for Donal Og Cusack in this seat. Only in some ways, mind you. His…