Tag: Kells
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English League Cup Round 3 Draw
Caraboa Cup holders Manchester City will face Norwich City of the Championship in the first defence of the title they annexed last March. Their cross city rivals United will take on a Brighton side who have caused those currently under the direction of Michael Carrick more problems than a lot of others over the years.…
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Youthful Dunboyne fall short
St Peter’s, Dunboyne…1-11 Gaeil Colmcille…2-13 Despite a vastly improved second half showing, a youthful Dunboyne side had to give best to the Kells side who had a good quantity more of established names on show in this Feis Cup opening round encounter at Grangegodden on Saturday afternoon. The home side had most of the heavy…
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The only way is up
MEATH…0-08 GALWAY….0-16 It is symbolic of a team’s current status and ambitions when one hears open mention of the fact that top flight survival will suffice as far as priorities for a National League campaign. Of course there’s always the possibility that such a non-fussed approach could come back and bite you in such a…
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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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Davy Russell Bereaved
Mr Jeremiah (Jerry) Russell, father of three time Irish National Hunt champion jockey, Davy, passed away over the weekend. He was 85. The deceased ran a farm and a garage business in his native Youghal, Co Cork and was an avid supporter of the pony racing, point-to-point and racing under rules scene. All the routes…
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Irish eyes smiling with longing happiness!
It’s almost impossible to quantify the magnitude of what Meath undertook in 1968 when – as ‘outgoing’ All Ireland Champions – the headed for Australia. To be honest, not a whole lot is known about the expedition but – and if the following is incorrect please advise – what is known (I think!) is that…
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Selections for The Curragh – June 24th 2022
5.00: SPIRIT GENIE (SHANE FOLEY/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 5.35: NEVER ENDING STORY (RYAN MOORE/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 6.08: ICE COLD IN ALEX – EW – (JOEY SHERIDAN (3)/KEN CONDON) 6.43: GEAR UP – EW – (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 7.18: TUDOR CITY – EW – (JAKE COEN (2)*/TONY MARTIN) 7.53: GRAPPA NONINO – EW – (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 8.28:…
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Selections for Tipperary – Oct. 4th 2021
2.05: DARK NOTE (SHANE CROSSE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 2.35: ESSENTIAL PART (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 3.05: IN FROM THE COLD – EW – (BEN COEN/MICK MULVANY) 3.35: CARRYTHEONE (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 4.05: PLUNKET – EW – (BILLY LEE/PAUL FLYNN) 4.35: HOT BELL – EW – (JAKE COEN (10)/ANDY SLATTERY) 5.05: JON RIGGINS (SHANE CROSSE/EDDIE LYNAM) 5.35: NOTORIOUSLY RISKY…
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Selections for Punchestown – Dec. 11th 2020
12.25: CAPTAIN GUINNESS (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 1.00: THE BIG GALLOPER – EW – (KEVIN BROUDER/CHARLES BYRNES) 1:35: HE’S A HARDY BLOKE – EW – (SEAN FLANAGAN/NOEL MEADE) 2.10: TRIXIE MC (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/TOM GIBNEY) 2.45: ABOVE THE CITY – EW – (EOIN WALSH (5)/DES MCDONOGH) 3.18: THE BANGER DOYLE (FINNY MAGUIRE/KEITH WATSON)