Tag: Cork
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Old Cats for the well travelled road
Kilkenny… 1-25 Clare… 1-22 In the aftermath of Kilkenny’s victory in the Leinster SHC Final against Galway, one photo in particular attracted mass attention. The chap from Bredagh in Co Down who was kitted out as TJ Reid for a stag do, and because of same was able to blag his way past security and…
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Selections for Cork – June 16th 2023
4.15: MYSTERIES (GAVIN RYAN/DONNACHA O’BRIEN) 4.50: BLUE NEWS (BEN COEN/ANDY SLATTERY) 5.25: PARTING GLASS (COLIN KEANE/FOZZY STACK) 6.00: ANO SYRA (BEN COEN/JOHNNY FEANE) 6.35: ROSCARBERY (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 7.10: MORPH SPEED – EW – (CONOR STONE-WALSH (7)/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 7.45: GOLDEN DAYS – EW – (RONAN WHELAN/CONYNGHAM LODGE) 8.15: CATHERINE CHROI – EW – (COLIN KEANE/CLAIRE…
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Selections for Punchestown – June 10th 2023
1.55: SOMETHING ABOUTHER (AIDAN KELLY (7)/PADRAIG ROCHE) 2.30: KILDORRERY (SHANE O’CALLAGHAN (7)/TED WALSH) 3.05: OCEAN LEGACY (CONOR MAXWELL/DERMOT MCLOUGHLIN) 3.40: SUMMER GALE (CONOR SMITHERS (7)/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 4.15: THE SHORT GO (HUGH MORGAN/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 4.50: FERMOYLE (NEIL RYAN (7)/NOEL MEADE) 5.25: LITTEL FLOUR – EW – (SHANE FITZGERALD (3)/DECLAN QUEALLY) 6.00: I WILL BE BAIE…
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A product is only as good as how it’s manufactured
Anyone who has been perusing material in this space for long enough will undoubtedly have seen reference made to the Corner House. That being my father’s ancestral family home. A book could and maybe one day will be produced on how beloved the old place was to me. Its appearance here today pertains to the…
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Selections for Cork – Apr. 21st 2023
1.58: SEA GARDENS (DECLAN MCDONOGH/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 2.33: YOU OWE ME MONEY (DYLAN CURRAN (7)/DARREN BUNYAN) 3.08: TERM OF ENDEARMENT (WAYNE LORDAN/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 3.43: NATIONS CALL (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 4.18: SERIOUS CHALLENGE (LUKE MCATEER (3)/JIM BOLGER) 4.50: DUBAI SPECTRE (SHANE FOLEY/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 5.23: TIMOURID (JAMIE POWELL (5)/PAUL FLYNN)
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Selections for Cork – Apr. 10th 2023
1.50: SIR ARGUS (KIERAN CALLAGHAN (7)/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.25: ITSALLABOUTEVE – EW – (AMBROSE MCCURTIN/BENNY WALSH) 3.00: TAKE ALL – EW – (AMBROSE MCCCURTIN/JOHN HANLON) 3.35: MA HONEY (BRIAN LAWLESS (7)/EOIN MCCARTHY) 4.10: TOHELLORTOCONNACHT – EW – (BRIAN LAWLESS (2*) /EOIN MCCARTHY) 4.45: ULTIMATE OPTIMIST (BARRY O’NEILL/DAVID CHRISTIE) 5.20: WHATS UP DARLING (HARRY SWAN (5)/GORDON ELLIOTT)…
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Selections for Cork – Apr. 9th 2023
1.10: LUMINOUS LIGHT – EW – (SEAN FLANAGAN/ANTHONY MCCANN) 1.45: ALL ABOUT LUCY – EW – (RICHIE DEEGAN/EOIN MCCARTHY) 2.20: SOLE PRETENDER (MICHAEL O’CONNOR (5)/NORMAN LEE) 2.55: LARGY DEBUT (DONAGH MEYLER/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 3.30: FERONILY (DONAGH MEYLER/EMMET MULLINS) 4.05: FLYING SCOTSMAN – EW – (JODY MCGARVEY/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 4.40: ATLANTIAN – EW – (PETER CARBERRY/TONY MARTIN)…
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Selections for Cork – Mar. 23rd 2023
2.05: CALICO (SAM EWING/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.40: KNOCKRAHA LASS – W/O FAV – (AMBROSE MCCURTIN/BENNY WALSH) 3.15: CROWSATEDAPPLETART (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/MICK WINTERS) 3.50: FRANCISCAN ROCK (RICKY DOYLE/MICHAEL MORRIS) 4.25: KINGSTON KID – EW – (MAXINE O’SULLIVAN (5)/EUGENE O’SULLIVAN) 5.00: PURE NOTIONS (JODY TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 5.30: BLIZZARD OF OZ (PATRICK MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS)
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Dempsey departure GAA peculiarity at its finest
Temptation was to begin this piece with reference to people starting things and not finishing them and having form for same. Perhaps best to leave that parked though. If only because Ray Dempsey could hardly have started much in Limerick and today he departed after just five league games. Ironically only days after getting their…
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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…