Tag: Galway
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Gavin’s gameplan is utterly sensible and player orientated – like himself
You’re tasked with putting a group of people together to right the wrongs of the world. The only stipulation being that those thereon must be of reputable standing and commanding of respect among those with whom they will be working with and the wider audience pertaining to those people as well. Who do you pick?…
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Selections for Galway – Sept. 10th 2024
3.35: TRINITY COLLEGE (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 4.05: MONASTERBOICE (COLIN KEANE/NOEL MEADE) 4.35: SYLKIE – EW – (COLIN KEANE/DANNY HOWARD) 5.10: TAMAM – EW – (BILLY LEE/EOGHAN O’NEILL) 5.45: KINDA TINY – EW – (AMY J. HAYES (7)/TIM DOYLE) 6.15: BEECHWOOD – EW – (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 6.45: MOUTARDE (ROBERT WHEARTY/GAVIN CROMWELL) 7.15: RUBIES ARE RED…
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Two more great examples to be ignored
On the face of it, objective analysis of a refereeing performance is probably highly difficult to arrive at. Neither of the competing teams could be expected to engage open mindedly. Neither are the whistler’s own kinfolk likely to overly critical. Furthermore, it’s difficult to escape the inclination RTE commentators and pundits are contractually forbidden from…
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Reality bites but if you look for it there’s hope there…
MEATH… 0-12 DUBLIN… 3-19 It’s 2:49am, and the wind and rain are beating off the window like a night in November. But it’s literally midway through April. And Meath’s quest for a Leinster SFC crown now officially gone into a 15th year. It simply doesn’t feel right. Not the result – there could be absolutely…
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Drowned sorrows and a half pallet from the chipper
It has probably been mentioned in this space over the years that the 2001 All Ireland Football Final between Galway and Meath was one of two occasions during which tears were shed in Croke Park. The other being 6 years prior to that when Dublin well and truly stuffed us in the Leinster Final. The…
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Selections for Galway – Oct. 29th 2023
12.41: MISS AUGUSTA (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 1.16: AFFORDALE FURY (SAM EWING/NOEL MEADE) 1.51: NATURAL LOOK (SHANE FITZGERALD/DECLAN QUEALLY) 2.26: TAKARENGO – EW – (MICHAEL O’SULLIVAN/TOM MULLINS) 3.01: FREE FLOWING – EW – (TP HARNEY (7)/NORMAN LEE) 3.36: ALVAREZ ECLIPSE – W/O FAV – (JAMES O’SULLIVAN (3)/DECLAN QUEALLY) 4.10: THEONEWEDREAMOF – EW – (RICKY DOYLE/GAVIN CROMWELL)…
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Selections for Galway – Sept. 12th 2023
3.50: GANDOLFO (COLIN KEANE/NOEL MEADE) 4.20: ADELAISE (WAYNE HASSETT (7)/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 4.55: SAN AER – EW – (BEN COEN/TOM MULLINS) 5.25: VASULA RYDEN – W/O FAV – (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 5.55: STORM ERIC – EW – (JAMES RYAN/JAMIE FLYNN) 6.25: AMUSEMENT – EW – (GAVIN RYAN/DONNACHA O’BRIEN) 6.55: CHATTERBOX – EW – (SCOTT MCCULLAGH…
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Selections for Galway – Aug. 6th 2023
1.50: LOW LIE THE FIELDS – EW – (MICHAEL O’CONNOR/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 2.20: SUMMER TIDE – EW – (PHILIP BYRNES (5)/CHARLES BYRNES) 2.55: SAINT SAM (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.30: ROSEYS HOLLOW – EW – (SIMON TORRENS/JONATHAN SWEENEY) 4.00: SOARING MONARCH – EW – (BEN COEN/PETER FAHEY) 4.30: KIKI ROBERTS – EW – (CHRIS HAYES/NOEL MEADE)…
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Selections for Galway – Aug. 5th 2023
1.55: ENFRANCHISE – EW – (DANNY GILLIGAN (5)/JOHN HANLON) 2.30: BUGS MORAN – EW – (A. N. OTHER/NOEL MEADE) 3.05: NAVY SEAL (SEAMIE HEFFERNAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 3.40: SIMPSONS PARADOX (SHANE FOLEY/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 4.15: JAKAJARO (LUKE MCATEER/DAVID MARNANE) 4.50: HALF NUTZ – EW – (ADAM CAFFREY (5)/ADRIAN MCGUINNESS) 5.25: RAZDAN – EW – (ADAM CAFFREY (5)/CHRIS TIMMONS)…
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Selections for Galway – Aug. 3rd 2023
2.10: JUNGLE PROSE – EW – (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.45: HERCULE DE SEUIL (MARK WALSH/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.20: SARAQAEL – EW – (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/PETER FAHEY) 3.55: KEEP IN TOUCH – EW – (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 4.30: WHAT PATH (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 5.05: PARTY CENTRAL – EW – (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLOTT) 5.40: GRAPPA NONINO – EW…