Tag: GAA

  • Dunboyne ag féachaint anuas ar a nguaillí

    Dunboyne ag féachaint anuas ar a nguaillí

    Naomh Peadar, Dunboyne…1-09Ratoath…0-15 Cúig bhua sa naoi gcluiche sraithe fágtha ag Dunboyne ag crochadh díreach os cionn an sceana mairteola atá i gceist le díbirt agus i staid ina gcaithfidh siad bua a fháil as ceachtar dá dhá chluiche deiridh i gcoinne Donaghmore/Ashbourne agus Skryne faoi seach. Ní bheidh aon bhua eile a dhéanamh chun spiorad a ardú sa…

  • An Bandia Vera Lynn ar overdrive!

    An Bandia Vera Lynn ar overdrive!

    Bhí tairngreacht dóchasach an amhránaí cháiliúil déanach go mór ina h-amhrán do shaighdiúirí na Breataine a bhí ag dul chun catha le linn an Dara Cogadh Domhanda. Amhail is dá mba rud é go raibh siad ag rá leo féin Beimid ag Bualadh Arís trí bhealach iad féin a chur ina luí go mbeadh sé amhlaidh. Ar ndóigh, le fíor-chogadh armtha, níl aon urrús den sórt sin ann, mar an…

  • Vineyard masters come up trumps for Brennan’s braves

    Vineyard masters come up trumps for Brennan’s braves

    MEATH…1-24 DERRY…1-20 If the old adage about wine getting better with age has any credence to it, Meath fans will be dreaming of what may be still to come from Donal Keogan and Bryan Menton after the two great warriors of their generation delivered Herculean efforts as Robbie Brennan’s brave lads silenced a lot of…

  • If we play as selected we’ve a great chance

    If we play as selected we’ve a great chance

    Having just typed the above headline, I realise there’s probably as much chance of me walking down for a pint as there is of the said eventuality coming to pass, but, even in light of the cataclysmic loss of Ruairi Kinsella, the listed half forward line has me salivating at what might be possible if…

  • Sombre Sunday a painful reality check

    Sombre Sunday a painful reality check

    They say it’s the hope that kills you. Through a certain lens, that’s a very easy stance to understand. However, from another viewpont, if you didn’t have the hope, would the wheels keep turning? In my case, the answer to the immediately above, the definitive is most certainly no. Though the thing is, we, as…

  • Good start not enough

    Good start not enough

    St Peter’s,  Dunboyne… 2-13 Nobber… 5-10 For the second Div. 4 FL outing on the spin, Dunboyne’s second string had to give best to a north county outfit’s top team. This time returning from a road trip to Nobber empty handed. Despite Cathal Melia’s early ‘major’, the visitors were unable to establish a foothold on…

  • Patchy display leaves Peter’s pointless

    Patchy display leaves Peter’s pointless

    St Peter’s, Dunboyne…0-13 Wolfe Tones…1-17 Home side Dunboyne got off to a flying start in the basking Tuesday evening heat, opening up a lead of 0-05 to 0-00 before their old rivals in purple and gold completely dominated the remainder of the first half with Caolan and Fiachra Ward and Tomas O’Reilly leading a blitz…

  • It’s the ones that blindside you that sting the most

    It’s the ones that blindside you that sting the most

    MEATH…1-24 CORK…0-30 Reference to being blindsided is not meant in terms of the overall result. These teams are very evenly matched. With never more than a kick of the ball between them. So it was again, with the irony being that John Cleary’s crew didn’t need a goal to pull off a win that –…

  • There’s no need for such cruelty

    There’s no need for such cruelty

    MEATH… 1-16 KILDARE… 2-13 * *Kildare win 5-3 on penalties There’s no need for such cruelty to be used to decide games of such magnitude on penalties. Another case of the GAA hierarchy bowing to the whingers. ‘Fixing’ something that wasn’t even broken. Right here, right now, let it be made abundantly clear, these misgivings…

  • Hoping to reunite with a familiar friend

    Hoping to reunite with a familiar friend

    Trevor Giles and his Meath Minor side will be aiming for a reunion with a familiar friend at Laois Hire O’Moore Park in Portlaoise this evening (7:35 throw in) when they tackle a rematch against Kildare in the Electric Ireland Leinster MFC Final. Should they manage to turn around the result of their initial encounter…