Tag: Offaly GAA
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Dry ground and quick ball show Meath at their best
MEATH…5-16 OFFALY…0-09 Meath took their goal tally in this year’s Electric Ireland Leinster MFC to 18 when bagging another handful at Glenisk O’Connor Park, Tullamore, this (Tuesday) evening. Now read on… Don’t let the final score fool you, however. Trevor Giles’s side led by 0-08 to 0-02 at the break but when the home side…
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Same force head for the Faithful County
Having hit a dozen goals in their last two outings, Meath’s Minor footballers face into their third consecutive game on the road with an unchanged ensemble from that which defeated Hugh Kenny’s Wicklow in Aughrim seven days ago. Hence Syddan’s Tomas Dillon retains his place at left corner forward having started as a late replacement…
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A giant step on a journey still in its early stages
MEATH…2-22 OFFALY…0-18 This day seven years ago was obviously Easter Sunday. The day Meath defeated Fermanagh in Pairc Tailteann to seal a return to Div. 1 of the National Football League. The reason I know it had to be the chocolate holiday is because I was in Fairyhouse getting updates via WhatsApp as Andy McEntee…
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Going out the same way they came in?
Hardly surprisingly, the Meath senior football management have decided to stick with the winning formula which sees them within touching distance of getting out of Div. 2 of the National Football League for the first time since 2019. So, in a manner of speaking, you could say they’re hoping to go out the same way…
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Willie Lynskey 1926-2026 – A Tribute
With a quiet degree of confidence, it will be put that, with the passing of Mrs Annie McEnroe and her late husband Johnny, Mr William Lynskey assumed the mantle of being the oldest resident the locality. Alas, the title is up for awarding once again as news emerged on Monday evening that gentleman Willie will…
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Experience trumps ingenuity but still positives to take
MEATH… 0-15 OFFALY… 2-13 First off, nobody likes losing any game, and the Meath camp would have loved the opportunity to get more top level mileage into the legs of their younger recruits. But, chances are, in the overall context of the season the Royal entourage will probably lose far less sleep about tonight’s outcome…
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Hate to say we told you so!
“We asked you not to hold onto the hand rail; We told you not to spit over the side”. Just then, the stairway to Heaven was retracted and Bart Simpson slips down the greasy pole to the warm place. Hardly surprising. Now read on… After the first day’s action at the most recent incarnation of…
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A change between the posts
Manager Joe Cowley has made one to the team which defeated Longford two weeks ago ahead of tonight’s Leinster MFC last eight encounter against Offaly at Pairc Tailteann. In what is, in fairness, a rare occurrence, Seneschalstown’s Charlie Finnegan takes over between the posts with Kian Campbell of Clonard making way. The young Royals will…
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With Captain Mainwairing’s torch we can see the light
MEATH…1-25 OFFALY…0-21 When under the black cloud that is depression, sometimes something as simple as a comedy on the television can start the engine running to start the wheels turning again. However, where people of a certain age group might go for an episode of Friends or The Big Bang Theory or, Lord help us…
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Only enforced change for Meath
Aaron Lynch replaces the luckless Jack Kinlough in the only change to the Meath team which saw off the challenge of an accurate Carlow side last Sunday. There are those who would deem the Faithful County favourites for tomorrow’s Leinster SFC encounter, not a difficult stance to understand given the fact that they have just…