Tag: GAA
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Bell tolls for Moyfenragh men as Boyne make another Final
BOYNE VALLEY…2-12 MOYFENRAGH…0-12 It doesn’t happen too often but it is nice when judgments arrived at through the one seeing eye here get vindicated. In the case you will read hereafter, the class of David Bell as a footballer and why the St Colmcille’s clubman is worthy of a call up to the Meath senior…
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Yes, referees are important – but so is accountability
A few years ago now, emerging Meath referee Keith Sheerin approached me prior to throwing in the ball at a match in Dunshaughlin. For once, I knew I couldn’t have said or done anything to pi** the whistler off. Not that it could or would be just him. One is accutely aware that with at…
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Murphy bows out once more
Meath’s prospects – and that of every other team in Div 1 of the National Football League of getting a result against Donegal increased quite a bit this evening that Michael Murphy has again announced his retirement from inter county football at the age of 37. The great man from Glenswilly had originally bowed out…
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Provisional National League Fixtures released
After much waiting and speculating, Meath’s forthcoming fixtures for their return to Div 1 of the Allianz National Football League have finally been released. Now, the word ‘Provisional’ has been appended to the announced list, though it’s unlikely there will be any change to the intended schedule unless the weather intervenes. The first thing to…
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Regional Football Championship – Round 1 team news – Game 2
Updated – 2/11/26 (5.05pm) Boyne Valley manager Joe Cowley had senior sides Seneschalstown and Rathkenny and St Colmcille’s and beaten county finalists Donaghmore/Ashbourne among his deck of cards to pick from as his side set out to win their third Richie Barry Cup title in the four years since the championships inception. Therein they would…
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Regional Football Championship – Round 1 team news
(Updated 1/11/2026, 9.27pm) The team news is in for the curtain raiser of the Brady’s Automotive Regional Football Championship with Moyfenragh taking on Tara at Devenish Park Dunganny. The match has a 12 noon throw in. Moyfenragh manager Joey Farrelly and his selectors have put together a strong starting 15 with nine different clubs represented…
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Regional Football Championship 2026 Panels – Moyfenragh
Ahead of the forthcoming weekend’s commencement of the 2026 Brady’s Automotive Meath Regional Football Championship, the momentum behind the event has continued to gather pace ahead of Sunday’s opening double header of fixtures with Moyfenragh manager Joey Farrelly announcing his 25-strong panel for the coming weeks. As was covered extensively in this space recently, the…
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Whatever about a storm, Andy’s arrival will certainly cause a stir in the midlands
Is it just me or are there an phalanx of former footballers after getting management jobs at inter county level. Yes, to a certain extent all managers tend to be former players at a very high level but there have been very notable exceptions too. None greater than our own Sean Boylan. Who was lest…
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Maeve flying the flag for town, county and country
UPDATED 12.55PM 20/10/2026 Maeve Clince of Warrenstown, Dunboyne – aka The Back Road – will become the latest sports star from the locality to take to the International stage when she lines out under the tricolour in the Camogie/Shinty clash with Scotland in Cork on Saturday next. The game having a 4pm throw in time.…
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The most frustrating time of the GAA year
The Downs retained their Westmeath SFC title on Sunday last. A fine achievement for any team at any time, but, in the one seeing eye of this neutral observer it becomes even more significant when you factor the travails experienced by the mercurially talented Luke Loughlin both in terms of sporting injuries and the difficulties…