Tag: Dunshaughlin
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Trying to convince myself to never say never
In the summer of 2015, my brother gave a local farmer a dig out for about two months in total actually. From the time they started the spring ploughing and sowing until the first cut silage and hay was all done. Some 23 years after they had originally parted ways. For me, this was as…
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Don’t Panic! Corporal Jones promoted to Captain!
“Permission to speak, Sir?” was how the excitable Lance Corporal Jack Jones would prevail on the often mithered Captain Mainwaring to allow him go off on one of his meandering rambles, urging calm by imploring all and sundry to “Don’t Panic”! even though he was doing the polar opposite of his own advice himself. If…
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Katie’s homecoming chaos rumbles on as Serrano showdown shelved
Her adoring public’s long wait to see Katie Taylor fight at a home venue rumbles on after the rematch against her closest rival, Amanda Serrano, was postponed. The Puerto Rican pugilist is currently the undisputed Champion in the Featherweight division having beaten mandatory challenger Erika Cruiz. Her withdrawl at this time is another blow to…
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Selections for Cork – Jan. 7th 2023
12.27: DUBAI CLOVER – EW – (CONOR MCNAMARA/JOHN MCCONNELL) 1.02: VICEREGENT (PHILIP BYRNES (5)/CHARLES BYRNES) 1.37: HANS GRUBER – EW – (KEITH DONOGHUE/IAN DONOGHUE) 2.12: JIVING JERRY – EW – (CATHAL LANDERS/JIMMY BARCOE) 2.47: HARD RAIN (PHILIP ENRIGHT/JAMES DULLEA) 3.22: WA WA – EW – (BRYAN COOPER/DERMOT MCLOUGHLIN) 3.57: FANCY GIRL (PATRICK MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS)
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He’s only gone and done it again
It’s hard to know which is the most surprising, that the bookies let Lord Lariat go off at 40/1, or that yours truly forgot to put a few bob thereon having had the pleasure of spending an evening in the company of the steed’s wonderful trainer, Dermot McLoughlin. Sometimes though, it’s not about the punting.…
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Selections for Tipperary – Oct. 4th 2021
2.05: DARK NOTE (SHANE CROSSE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 2.35: ESSENTIAL PART (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 3.05: IN FROM THE COLD – EW – (BEN COEN/MICK MULVANY) 3.35: CARRYTHEONE (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 4.05: PLUNKET – EW – (BILLY LEE/PAUL FLYNN) 4.35: HOT BELL – EW – (JAKE COEN (10)/ANDY SLATTERY) 5.05: JON RIGGINS (SHANE CROSSE/EDDIE LYNAM) 5.35: NOTORIOUSLY RISKY…
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Paths crossed in poignant healing
One of the greatest things garnered from 11 years on the Executive Committee of St Peter’s, Dunboyne were the friendships formed with people from nearly every club in the county. And plenty outside of Meath as well. Now read on… Yes, there are a few clubs in particular with which special affinity will forever be…
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Niall hangs up the Boots and goes for the Slippers after decorated career
One of the formative chapters in the construction of a large portion of my life revolving around horse racing came to an end today when Niall ‘Slippers’ Madden hung up his riding Boots and went for the Slippers after a wonderfully decorated career in the plate. From Irish racing’s ‘footwear family’ – Dad Niall ‘Boots’…
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Taylor atop the entire world
In the life of a sports writer and/or fan, there are seminal moments which outshine and resonate longer than all others. Like finding a real diamond ring in an already delicious barm brack. For this corner, Kevin Foley’s goal against Dublin on July 6th, 1991 will forever spearhead any such compilation. Closely followed by the…