Tag: Donegal
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Selections for Leopardstown – June 11th 2026
5.30: STAR GLORY (COLIN KEANE/NOEL MEADE) 6.00: CROMAC QUAY (SHANE FOLEY/JESSIE HARRINGTON) 6.30: SHOOT TO KILL – EW – (PADDY MCGETTIGAN (5)/NOEL KELLY) 7.00: EAST HAMPTON (LUKE MCATEER/DAVID MARNANE) 7.30: ABBEY ACTRESS (PADDY MCGETTIGAN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 8.00: ELECTRIC BEAUTY – EW – (WESLEY JOYCE (3)/MICK MULVANY) 8.30: RODEO BLUES (DECLAN MCDONOGH/JOSEPH O’BRIEN)
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Selections for Navan – Apr. 25th 2026
1.20: POLAR BEAR – EW – (DARRAGH O’SULLIVAN (7)/JESSIE HARRINGTON) 1.55: WEST OF EDEN (RYAN MOORE/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 2.30: CHARLES DARWIN (RYAN MOORE/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 3.05: EMIT (JOEY SHERIDAN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 3.40: THUNDERING ON (JOEY SHERIDAN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 4.15: HUFFNPUFF – EW – (BILLY LEE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 4.50: SEARCOG – EW – (WAYNE LORDAN/PADDY MAGEE) 5.25: KOOL ONE –…
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A Lifetime in The Pairc – Part 2
In the opening instalment of this sojourn down memory lane, no secret was made of the fact that my ‘relationship’ with Pairc Tailteann got off to the most disastrous start possible. Between ‘Gate gate’ in 1991, my own personal flag disaster of county final day of 1990 and my initial viewing of a Meath match…
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Royal Famous Five Recognition And Opportunity (edited 26/9/25, 11.00am)
The Meath quintet of Sean Rafferty, Ciaran Caulfield, Mat Costello, Ruairi Kinsella and Jordan Morris have all been included in the PWC/GAA All Star Nominations. Their shortlisting represents due recognition for the significant progress achieved during Robbie Brennan’s first season as manager of the Royal County. What the acknowledgement of the lads’ excellence also does,…
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Not every picture tells a true story
MEATH… 0-15 DONEGAL… 3-24 A picture might be worth a thousand words but that’s damn all good if the majority of the words are bullsh** which completely distort the reality of a given situation. There is no way Donegal are 20 points a better team than Meath. They’re not that far ahead of anybody. Indeed,…
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Fan na gCorn sa bhaille tar eis deireadh seachtaine specialta
Chuir Bhulf Ton agus Clan Na nGael fogra ar cumann na Mi go leir roimh craobh club na Mi nuair a bhi an bua acu i gComortas Peile Na Gaelteachta a bhi ar suil i Rath Chairn agus Baile Gibb an deireadh seachtaine seo caite. Criochnaigh fir an chontae bhaille nios fearr na foireanna as…
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Two sides to every story? You don’t always hear both
So Aoibhin Cleary is the latest Royal County star to be recruited to play Austalian Football League or AFLW, as it’s known in the Ladies sphere. Following Conor Nash, Cian McBride, Vikki Wall, Orlagh Lally and Eamonn Armstrong. Of those, only Cian and Vikki – temporarily – have returned to give something back. Granted, Eamonn…
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Seamie finally gets accreditation for what we’ve always known
I’ve tickets to see Nathan Carter in concert next weekend at the TLT in Drogheda. One of my favourite venues and one of the most wheelchair friendly spots about. Wagon Wheel might have been the track which launched the Sheffield crooner into the bigtime, but, if he doesn’t sing The Homes Of Donegal it’ll be…
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Meath’s NHL Div. 2 Fixtures 2025
New Meath senior hurling manager Johnny Greville will have his first day in the dugout at St Loman’s Park in Trim when his charges take on Donegal in the opening round of the Allianz National Hurling League Div. 2 on January 26th. Such is the way their division is structured this term that the Royal…
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Sideline Cuts – 36
Anton is the ladies new man One of the finest Meath hurlers I have seen in my lifetime, Kilmessan’s Anton O’Neill has been confirmed as the new manager of the county Intermediate camogie team. Our top adult team in other words. O’Neill takes over from Gary Cole and Tom Moloney after they themselves stepped in…