Tag: Meath
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Justice for Meath and Cork out of Tyrone’s misfortune
They say whoever runs the control tower far away never closes one door without openning another. This evening, confimation of the postponement of the second All Ireland semi final between Kerry and Tyrone owing to a spate of Covid-19 cases has had a silver lining from a local perspective. It was wholly unjust that the…
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Wall’s strike a winner as Royals roll on
Meath.. 1-18 Tipperary… 0-07 Vikki Wall’s second half goal sealed a comfortable victory for the Royal County as they continued their ascent through the ranks of Ladies Football continued. Their victory was a measure of compensation for the defeat by the Premier County in the All Ireland IFC final a couple of years back and,…
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Brave Display Points To Better Days Ahead
Meath…..1-13 Dublin……2-16 Tears. The first reaction that comes to mind. Emotion for very personal reasons, immense pride at a performance woven thick with the acrylic of the famed Meath never-say-die attitude and then finally heartache at what felt like one that certainly got away. Items two and three are what need to be focused upon…
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Kepak queens continue upward curve
Meath… 2-16 Kerry… 1-09 Meath’s ascent through the ranks of Ladies Football’s elite continued at Croke Park this evening when Eamonn Murray’s charges booked their place at the top table in the Lidl National Football League. At the end of the week which marked the 30th anniversary of the first occasion on whhich a team…
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A Video Like No Other
As the title suggests, nothing like this has ever appeared here peviously, but then, as an uncle of mine pointed out the other day, how would anybody know how to deal with a situation which they have never encountered previously encuntered. Necessary amendments have been carried out and normal service will resume post haste. Please…
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Frailties ruthlessly exposed by evolving Kildare
Kildare…1-14 Meath… 0-14 Sometimes it is as simple as it looks. Gaelic football, like everything in life, constantly changing. Evolution, though, often means things have been known to end up back where they once were. Now read on… If you were to look at footage if the Dublin-Kerry games from the 1970s – lauded as…
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Good and bad during dry run in the west
Meath…… 2-12 Mayo…… 3-17 Let’s get the ugly business out of the way first. Meath conceded far too many scores, with a worrying degree of generosity. The case for the defence has plenty going for it however. Whether by accident or design, Andy McEntee made eight changes from the announced line up, but those given…
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Dunboyne’s Vikki Wall is the 2020 TG4 Intermediate Players’ Player of the Year
The Meath Ladies shone brightest as the award ceremonies for the 2020 season contiuned over the weekend, with seven members of Eamonn Murray’s side making the Intermediate Team of the Year list. To put extra icing on an already sweet leftover Christmas cake, Dunboyne’s Vikki Wall was named the 2020 TG4 Intermediate Players’ Player of…
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The debate is part of the attraction
If you click into the ‘Categories’ tab, head for GAA and go through my Football Team of the Year (posted December 26th) there’s not a whole pile of differences between what appeared here and the ‘official’ lineup announced on Friday. But differences there were. In the old world, where we had at least some control…
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A harrowing, emotional illustration of why there’s always hope
Not all that long ago, mention was afforded in this space to the time my dear mother was the winner of a draw run by the local soccer club for which the first prize was two tickets to see Liverpool vs. Manchester United at Anfield. As was referenced in the previous piece, with there being…