Tag: GAA
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An ongoing journey of development… To be continued
It’s very easy to arrive at conclusions that seem obvious. It doesn’t always work out as such though. So it was in MacHale Park Castlebar on Saturday evening last. The dismissal of Ronan Jones was hoisted as Exhibit A in the dissection of where matters went wrong for Meath in the west. Yes, it was…
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A heart breaking gut punch but has it been coming?
MEATH…2-13 MAYO…0-22 Gut feelings are seldom wrong. Unfortunately. Perhaps the old adage about things being too good to be true holds true more often than we might care to admit. Just as they had done in matches against Louth and Cork throughout the season, Meath were off the starting blocks in Bolt-like fashion. With Ciaran…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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 –…