Tag: #BoylanTalksSport
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Sport poignantly does its thing yet again
A guess would be hazarded with a fair degree of confidence that this corner is not alone in admitting that, aside from Al Paccino’s Inches speech, not a thing is recalled of the American Football based movie, Any Given Sunday. That’s all a soul would need though. Not only to get a proper grasp on…
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Donegal All Ireland winner tragically passes away
BREAKING NEWS Some desperately sad news emerging tonight – former Donegal footballer James McHugh has tragically lost his life in a road traffic accident in Co Cavan. His wife Noreen has been airlifted to Beaumount Hospital in Dublin, such were/are the seriousness of her injuries. A third person involved in the collision was brought to…
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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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Dunboyne rise and follow Charlie to scrape late draw
St Peter’s Dunboyne… 1-14 Rathkenny… 1-14 Charlie Gallagher’s booming free two minutes into stoppage time rescued a draw for Dunboyne at the end of this exciting Fairyhouse Steel SFC encounter at Dunsany on Thursday evening. The towering teenager was his side’s principal source of scores throughout the contest, but, having burst into a 1-04 to…
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Selections for Naas – Aug. 3rd 2026
2.17: FOCACCIA (GAVIN RYAN/FOZZY STACK) 2.47: SPODO KOMODO – EW – (RONAN WHELAN/JOHNNY FEANE) 3.17: TAWAAZON – EW – (TERRY CASEY (7)/ANDREW KINSELLA) 3.47: DYNAMIC FORCE – EW – (SADHBH TORMEY (7)/TOM MCCOURT) 4.17: HAMIYAN (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 4.47: LIVENKA (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 5.20: NEVER THE SAME (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN)
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Glen Hansard – RIP
“Imagine, it’s your last day on earth, it’s a Paddy’s Day, and you might have had a drink, just the one”! “Then, Brendan Behan’s song strikes up and you’re reminded you’re in the most special place on earth”. That was my introduction to Glen Hansard. On a YouTube video of a concert at the Royal…
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Selections for Galway – July 29th 2026
5.05: JEROBAUM MACHIN – EW – (DONAGH MEYLER/EMMET MULLINS) 5.35: HEES DYNAMITE – EW – (PADDY O’BRIEN (5)/ERIC MCNAMARA) 6.05: TWO PAIR – EW – (CONOR STONE-WALSH/PAUL NOLAN) 6.40: JESSE EVANS – EW – (SAM EWING/NOEL MEADE) 7.15: ABBOTSFORD (FINNY MAGUIRE/DERMOT WELD) 7.50: JOHNNY SODA – EW – (ADAM CAFFREY/ADO MCGUINNESS) 8.20: RAKKI – EW…
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A man with admirable old fashioned qualities on young shoulders
Tipperary’s sensational All Ireland MFC victory of 2011 has a spot ingrained in the memory bank of yours truly. For a start, their tilt thereat only came about after Meath were absolutely robbed by Derry referee Barry Cassidy in their quarter final tie against the Premier County in Portlaoise on the August Bank Holiday Monday…
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Outside the golden harvest looking in
There was a juncture, about half way through the second half of Mayo’s consignment of Louth back down to earth with a thump when the thought struck that it could – maybe should – have been us. Facing into the most glorious two weeks devotees of any county team may ever be fortunate enough to…