Tag: #BoylanTalksSport
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Greville gives things a shake up before heading into the west
Johnny Greville has made three to his Meath team ahead of tomorrow (Saturday) ‘s NHL Div. 2 encounter away to Mayo. Into the side come Anthony Healy, Lorcan O’Connor and Sean Doyle. With Conor Levey (injured), Joey Cole and Damien Healy making way. Furthermore, there are a number of highly significant positional alterations. The experienced…
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Parity of esteem? Particles of it more like
It’s curios how tastes change as life goes on. Literally and in terms of life in general. When I was younger, coleslaw, potato salad, Branston Pickles or beetroot wouldn’t be touched with a barge pole. On the other hand, though, now, at the appropriate time of year, a feed can’t be had without some or…
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Beware the pride of wounded lions
IRELAND…42 ENGLAND…21 If the forthcoming production was in relation to association football, one would automatically assume it was an England team to whom reference was being made. Given that they have three of the members of the feline family as the crest on their jersey. Now read on… But no, the wounded Lions in this…
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Come on Ireland – must do better
If you were to stick to the rudiments of teams and individuals representing the nation in major sporting events, with the exceptions of Katie Taylor, Kellie Harrington, Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry and the horse racing set, the above headline remains wholly applicable. Admittedly, the idea of sports persons being ‘role models’ has always been hogwash…
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Selections for Fairyhouse – Feb. 16th 2026
1.50: FANCY GIRL – EW – (DANNY MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.20: WESTOFTIGNESS – EW – (CONOR STONE-WALSH/JOHN MCCONNELL) 2.50: JIGORO (JAMES SMITH (5)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.20: PLAIN OR BATTERED – EW – (SHANE O’CALLAGHAN (5)/PHILIP ROTHWELL) 3.50: LYNCH’S KNOCK (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.20: OLE OLE (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 4.50: MISS LIA (TIERNAN POWER-ROCHE (3)/PHILIP ROTHWELL)
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Goals make major difference as Shiel secures a winning start
MEATH…2-09 WESTMEATH…1-06 New Meath Intermediate camogie manager Stephen Shiel saw his reign get off to a winning start when his charges produced a stirring second half to gain the upper hand on the neighbours in the opening round of the Very Ireland National Camogie League in Mullingar on Saturday afternoon. The locals opened the brighter,…
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Same clubs, same methods, no solutions
Nobody must have informed Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis about Einstein’s proclamation that the definition of stupidity was repeatedly doing the same thing and expecting a different result. Except, for the time being, that would be tantamount to closing the stable door when the horse has already bolted. Because, you see, the grumpy Greek has…
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Selections for Dundalk – Feb. 11th 2026
1.38: DUSTY ROCK (JOEY SHERIDAN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 2.08: HERO OF THE HOUR – EW – (SADHBH TORMEY (10)/TOM MCCOURT) 2.38: TATATEO (JOEY SHERIDAN/DENIS HOGAN) 3.08: GREEN INTERLUDE – EW – (DECLAN MCDONOGH/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 3.38: APIARY (NICOLA BURNS (5)/KEVIN COLEMAN) 4.08: LAND OF THE GIANTS – EW – (ADAM CAFFREY/ADO MCGUINNESS) 4.38: BEAT THE DEVIL (COLIN KEANE/PADDY…
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Selections for Navan – Feb. 8th 2026
1.50: GOOD DEAL – EW – (EOIN WALSH/PADDY MAGEE) 2.20: SOPELANA – EW – (JORDAN GAINFORD/CIAN COLLINS) 2.50: STAFFORDSHIRE KNOTm (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.2N – EW – (LIAM MCKENNA (5)/ARTHUR MOORE) 3.50: GOLD DANCER (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.20: CHOCCABLOC – EW – (BRIAN HAYES/ANDY MCNAMARA) 4.50: BEGORRA MAN – EW – (DECLAN LAVERY/GAVIN CROMWELL)
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Youthful Dunboyne fall short
St Peter’s, Dunboyne…1-11 Gaeil Colmcille…2-13 Despite a vastly improved second half showing, a youthful Dunboyne side had to give best to the Kells side who had a good quantity more of established names on show in this Feis Cup opening round encounter at Grangegodden on Saturday afternoon. The home side had most of the heavy…