Tag: #GAA2025
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Meath Football Championships Update
And breathe! That was some weekend of club championship action in the Royal County. In the interest of fairness and transparency, it will be stated that, due to having to deal with some very trying personal circumstances, I was unable to get to any of the matches, but, thanks to the media miracles that are…
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An all too familiar feeling for Dunboyne
St Peter’s, Dunboyne…1-21St Colmcille’s…2-20 (A.E.T.) Dunboyne produced some wonderful phases of play at times in the latest clash between the familiar foes in the All County IFC semi final at Tony Callaghan Park, Duleek on Sunday evening but, in a scenario that has been an all too familiar one for the club’s teams this season…
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The sunny side of the street?
A very long time ago, a well travelled Gael, who was, shall we say, a bit of a negative Norman, stated, in his own self promoting ‘learned’ way, “Townie teams are generally soft-centred, rugged country teams bowl them over and muscle them out”. Naturally, being a disciple of a ‘townie’ outfit myself, the retort was…
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Main Meath football championships knockout draws
At Monday evening’s Meath Co Board meeting in the county’s centre of excellence in Dunganny, the draws took place for the knockout stages of the main adult men’s club football championships. David Sheehan brought us the unfolding drama live on LMFM too, which was great to hear too. Literally and in other ways too. As…
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The mirror houses the sternest jury
At the outset, let me be very clear here – when you only win one game out of three, two of which were against teams who failed to rise a gallop last season, you can really blame nobody but yourself. When you have parity at worst going down the stretch in the two defeats and…
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Gavin’s genius wasted behind the trees in the Park
My late father seemed to have a saying and/or one liner for nearly every scenario in life, and in my mind’s ear I could almost hear him muse “It’s very easy to be a busy fool” when news emerged that Fianna Fail were considering asking former Dublin football Messiah Jim Gavin to be their nominee…
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Jack ag fanacht ina bhosca timpeallaithe ag saibhreas
From a neutral perspective, half of you would be saying ‘Damn it, Jack O’Connor is staying put with Kerry for another two seasons at least, knocking them off their f***ing perch isn’t going to be easy’. On the other hand, though, of course he is. Frankly, he’d be insane to vacate the manager’s sideline box…
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Seconds bring some cheer on rollercoaster day
St Peter’s, Dunboyne…2-10 Summerhill…0-14 As was the case in the first stanza of the club football championships, Dunboyne’s Intermediate side lifted the spirits in the camp after the seniors had suffered another disappointing reversal earlier in the day against the same opposition, also at Pairc Tailteann. In keeping with the two matches which preceded it…
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Brennan gets the blue baton
And so, the worst kept secret in Irish sport is out. Ger Brennan has indeed succeeded Dessie Farrell as Dublin senior football manager. The St Vincent’s man – a two time Celtic cross winner in 2011 and 2013 – has initially been handed a three year term in charge of the metropoles. You’d have to…
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Try a little Tender(ness)!
For once, at the moment within Meath GAA, breaking news off the field will quite possibly and rightly overshadow anything going on between the lines this week. The Ladies’ qualification for another All Ireland SFC Final obviously excepted. With signs that, at long last, things may be moving towards a physical manifestation of the redevelopment…