Tag: Pairc Tailteann
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Motive and opportunity to be a proper Club(ber) fan
Anyone who has ever waited for a phone call regarding the well being of a loved one in hospital – which is surely all of us at some stage – knows that convulsion of emotion between relief, joy and utter terror. Now consider that the said post prodecure phone call was three hours after the…
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When you’re neither up nor down
Meath…0-09 Kerry…2-18 A Kerry-bred friend of mine residing in these parts posted a photo on social media this (Monday) morning of his young daughter with the great Tom O’Sullivan on the Pairc Tailteann pitch after Kerry had done what most people expected them to do. Albeit with far too much ease than was comfortable for…
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‘Tis not the defeat but the manner of it which hurts the most
MEATH…0-09 LOUTH…3-10 Of course it had to happen sometime. And when it did, there could be no qualms about it. Louth were much the better side and thoroughly deserving of their win. Indeed, considering their Blitzkrieg start, the Wee County would be entitled to feel a little underwhelmed that they didn’t kick on to a…
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From slide rule passes to egg and spoon races
Meath…1-16 Derry…1-10 There’s something earthy, indefatigable, primal almost about rural GAA teams. The smaller the club, the more raucous and enormous their support will be. When all of the above are in sync, the bigger potential banana skin they become for often ‘softer’ ‘townie’ outfits. Ballinlough have tripped up as many as anybody in Meath…
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Meath Primary Schools Football Final 1991
See future Meath team mates David Gallagher and Seamus Kenny take each other on in the 1991 Meath Primary Schools Div. 1 Final as Dunboyne BNS beat St Oliver’s Navan
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Kildare need to do what they must to save Private Ryan
“Farmer, farmer, put away that DDT, I don’t care about spots on my apples, leave me the birds and the bees”. One of the verses from Joni Mitchell’s Big Yellow Taxi there. Which I have always interpreted as ‘stick to what you know, even with whatever faults or flaws may be present. Because, as Mitchell’s…
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Bench boost works the oracle as Meath finish strong
MEATH… 0-12 KILDARE…0-09 Stirring contributions from substitutes Danny Dixon, Aaron Lynch and Ruairi Kinsella catapulted Meath to a vital victory after a typically riveting encounter against their Leinster rivals. You can be sure Meath were keen to lay down a marker early, and duly did so courtesy of quick scores from Eoghan Frayne and Mat…
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Hickey holds onto his spot
After playing a significant role in the comeback victory against Louth last week, Cathal Hickey holds onto his spot in Meath’s starting 15 for tomorrow’s Leinster derby against Kildare at Pairc Tailteann. Dunshaughlin’s Ruairi Kinsella is the man making way and while the locals are entitled to approach the encounter with confidence, they will surely…
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Selections for Punchestown – Feb. 21st 2024
1.45: FAULTY – EW – (SAM EWING/NOEL MEADE) 2.15: DR EGGMAN (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.45: GALA MARCEAU (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.15: ATLANTICEXPRESS – EW – (JJ SLEVIN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 3.50: CHER WHY NOT – EW – (DAVID DOYLE (7)/TIM DOYLE) 4.25: SHANNA CLOON (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 4.55: COLCANNON (FINN TERGETMEIR (7)/NOEL MEADE)
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Wholesale changes for rapid rematch
Meath manager Seoirse Bulfin has made wholesale changes to his side ahead of Sunday’s National League Div. 2A opener against Kildare. Which is of course a rapid rematch of the Kehoe Cup Final of just a week ago. As a result of the reshuffle, mainstays of the team such as Charlie Ennis,Simon Ennis, James Toher,…