Tag: GAA
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The best for last but all in vain
St Peters…2-15 Kilbride…0-11 Whilst writing the match report for Dunboyne’s SFC opening round draw against Rathkenny the point was made that their failure to close out the job on that evening would come back to bite them in the backside. And, though they produced their best display of the entire season against the other side…
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Dunboyne do Major amount to secure victory in first half
ST PETERS…5-14 SKRYNE…1-09 Despite there being a crestfallen cloud engulfing the black and amber camp after the senior team produced their best display of the season against Kilbride all to no avail, those in reserve for that one also put in a clinical shift to advance to the All County IFC semi final. With the…
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Glory to the hill with Aussie generosity?
Bellewstown racecourse is one of my favourite places to write about. And visit. Though it has been far too long since the latter happened. In the company of the late, great and desperately missed Paul B. Garvey. The Hill Of Crocafotha is actually a writer’s dream. The history, the stories and the views which wouldn’t…
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Whatever about attendances, circus acts are alive and well in other ways
By pure coincidence recently, I came across the bereavement notices of the leading lady of the Irish circus industry, Marion Faucett, and her male counterpart Tom Duffy, within a few days of each other. Now read on. . . Every one of us was surely brought to a circus at least once in our lifetime.…
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English League Cup Round 3 Draw
Caraboa Cup holders Manchester City will face Norwich City of the Championship in the first defence of the title they annexed last March. Their cross city rivals United will take on a Brighton side who have caused those currently under the direction of Michael Carrick more problems than a lot of others over the years.…
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Rugged rurals often set the stiffest exams
Sadly, however, that was only a fraction of their worries as, shortly before the break, exciting attacker Sean Delaney crumpled with a ghastly looking knee injury and only minutes after the resumption, wing back Cian Smith similarly had to be assisted off the field.
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A counterproductive need to mess
One of the click bait driven websites ran a story this morning in which the opening line was “Things are falling apart down in Kerry”. They hardly are. The only certainties in life are death, taxes and Kerry winning All Irelands. Reference was being made to the fact that two more Kingdom starlets, Daniel Kirby…
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There’s back handed comfort but mostly frustration in knowing it’s not just us
In conversation with a publican friend of mine in Co Longford over the weekend, maybe naturally, talk drifted to the multiple tragedies which had occurred during the past week. Besides the unspeakable grief and heartache which those effected have been left to navigate forever more, the point was made that we Irish and rural Ireland…
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Nearly shooting the light out of the sky
St Peter’s B…6-09 Moynalvey…4-10 While a lot of places were agog with talk about solar eclipses, astrology and the likes and a few bored souls switched the indignation metre to uber righteous because a few kids wanted to get selfies and/or autographs during a once in a lifetime opportunity in Croke Park, the Minor footballers…
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Fine comeback gets Dunboyne off on a winning note
St Peter’s…4.15 St Ultan’s/Cortown Gaels…2-14 Having lost out narrowly to long standing rivals St Colmcille’s in the Div. 1 MFL Final, the black and ambers will have justifiably high hopes of being right in the mix of contenders for the Delaney Cup a little further on down the road. However, while a seven point victory…