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Noise cancelling headphones with Jim Gavin’s mantra on repeat
Anyone from a county with realistic ambitions of doing well in top level Gaelic football who claims to have enjoyed Dublin’s utter dominance during their six in a row spell is either not being true to themselves or delusional. By the way, that observation is not in any way meant a a slight on the…
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Podcast Episode – Sept. 24th: Meath Football Championship Drama
Pip: Welcome to Boylan Talks Sport — where the GAA weekend is never quite over until someone's pondered every last what-if from a parish that probably shares a post office. Mara: Brendan has been across a full slate of Meath SFC action this week — relegation drama, a quarter-final thriller, the defending champions flexing, and…
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The place will certainly be painted red as Fleetwood nab plum draw
Some of you of similar vintage to myself might recall a television advert of a good while back went something along the lines of ‘Would Fleetwood wood, would Fleetwood’? You can be damn sure they would – have taken your hand off for the draw they have nabbed in the fourth round of the Carabao…
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Top operators shouldn’t need to act the bo****
To study the early stages of the fourth and final match of the unforgettable saga between Meath and Dublin in 1991 is to engage in an examination of a masterclass of how to succeed against adversity. Now read on… Consider that, before the ball was thrown in even, Sean Boylan’s side had lost Terry Ferguson…
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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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Podcast Episode: Sept. 1st 2026 – Irish Sport And Circus Life
Pip: If you ever wondered what the off-season in Gaelic games actually looks like, the answer is: exactly like the season, but with more resignations and fewer referees. Mara: Brendan has been watching closely, and this episode covers two distinct territories — the friction building inside county setups and the broader circus of management moves…
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Podcast Episode: Aug. 16th – Tributes And Tragedy In Irish Sport
Pip: Boylan Talks Sport this week is the kind of reading that stops you mid-scroll — the sort where you realize pretty quickly that sport is just the frame, and the people inside it are the whole picture. Mara: That's exactly the territory Brendan covers here — tributes to Irish sports figures who shaped their…
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Mr Liam O’Neill – iar Uachtarain C. L. G. (RIP)
Co bhron a chroi orm nuair a fuair me an nuacht ar bas an tUasal Liam O’Neill, iar Uachtaran Cumann Luthcleas Gael i rith na seachtaine. It was with very deep sadness I learned of the passing of former GAA President Mr Liam O’Neill during the past week. He was 70 and his death came…
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Mrs Margaret McConville – RIP
I have very mixed feelings about Lourdes, the place of Holy pilgrimage in France. At least partly down to my own youthful (as it was then!) naievity. Having been there twice, certainly the second time, when I was just turned 13, muggins here had himself fully convinced there was going to be a miracle and…
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Selections for Roscommon – Aug. 4th 2026
5.25: TUMBLING IN (GARY NOONAN/ERIC MCNAMARA) 6.00: CLAY PIGEONS (BRIAN HAYES/WILLIE MULLINS) 6.30: MR DIBBS – EW – (EOIN STAPLES (5)/GAVIN CROMWELL) 7.00: HASHTAG PRETENDER (SEAN FLANAGAN/BARRY CONNELL) 7.30: ANOTHER CHALLENGE – EW – (PHILIP ENRIGHT/OLIVER MCKIERNAN) 8.00: KILKEE BAY (JOEY DUNNE (7)/ERIC MCNAMARA) 8.30: ROCKY ALFONSO – EW – (DAVID DOYLE (7)/SAM CURLING)