Tag: Tipperary
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Even silage sides wouldn’t save some of the load from being a problem this time
July 11th last marked a dozen years since Joe Sheridan scored the most controversial goal ever recorded in Croke Park. A guess would be hazarded that even at this stage Meath supporters are sick talking about it. Yet in recent days, once again, it has been returned to for comparative purposes. You see, only weeks…
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Selections for Tipperary – July 17th 2022
1.50: HIGHSTREET ROLLER – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/TOM GIBNEY) 2.22: DON DIABLO – EW – (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.57: REBELLIOUS GALE (PETER CARBERRY/TONY MARTIN) 3.32: MICA MALPIC (JOHN SHINNICK (4)*/ENDA BOLGER) 4.07: L’IMPERTINENT (SIMON TORRENS/ENDA BOLGER) 4.41: FANCY FOUNDATIONS (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 5.16: PAT’S PICK – EW – (JJ SLEVIN/STUART CRAWFORD)
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McCormack is the Premier Iron Man as Tipp stun Brave Faithful
Tipperary… 1-17 Offaly… 1-16 Leo O’Connor must absolutely hate being involved in All Ireland Finals at this stage. It was he, Cantona-esque, with collar up, who essayed over Limerick’s final score in the 1994 decider before Offaly manufactured a resurrection to rival anything produced by Our Lord on a Friday long ago. Yesterday, he was…
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Selections for Tipperary – June 30th 2022
5.00: POETS COTTAGE (BRYAN COOPER/NOEL MEADE) 5.35: JAKE’S DREAM – EW – (RICHIE CONDON (7)/MICK WINTERS) 6.10: SAINT ROI (MARK WALSH/WILLIE MULLINS) 6.45: GLENGLAS – EW – (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 7.20: GUIRI – EW – (CHARLIE O’DWYER (7)/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 7.50: LILY LIGHT FOOT – EW – (NICOLAS TERRASIN (7)/E&P HARTY) 8.20: GAOTH CHUIL (DEREK O’CONNOR/TED…
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Selections for Tipperary – June 29th 2022
4.40: MOSS TUCKER (SHANE FOLEY/KEN CONDON) 5.10: THE ANTARCTIC (RYAN MOORE/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 5.40: ECCLESIASTICAL – EW – (JAMES RYAN/TOM MCCOURT) 6.10: LE DOLCE VITA (GAVIN RYAN/DONNACHA O’BRIEN) 6.40: SHANGHAI DRAGON – EW – (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 7.10: FLASH OF DAWN – EW – (KEVIN MANNING/JIM BOLGER) 7.40: ROCK YA BOY YA – EW – (JAMES…
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Selections for Tipperary – May 31st 2022
5.15: FOX LEICESTER – EW – (SEAN BOWEN (7)/DENIS HOGAN) 5.45: KALIYSTA (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 6.15: OPEN MARKET (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 6.45: UN BACIO ANCORA – EW – (DECLAN MCDONOGH/E&P HARTY) 7.15: MOSS TUCKER (BILLY LEE/KEN CONDON) 7.45: SEQUOIA SPIRIT – EW – (ADAM CAFFREY (10)/RAY HACKETT) 8.20: SHAJAK (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH)
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A few people having to sit up and take notice…
Meath…1-14 Dublin…1-27 Regardless of what transpired between the lines, what you are about to read hereafter was always going to be a story of two halves. However, even if there was a semblance a script in mind it could be torn up before the chariot conveying yours truly had docked on the fourth floor of…
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Selections for Wexford – May 14th 2022
1.55: GOOD AS HELL (BRIAN HAYES/PHILIP FENTON) 2.30: IMPERIAL RULER (KEITH DONOGHUE/DERMOT MCLOUGHLIN) 3.05: ALLEZ GEORG – EW – (DONAGH MEYLER/JIMMY BARCOE) 3.40: SO SCOTTISH (BRIAN HAYES/EMMET MULLINS) 4.15: GENOIS (MARK WALSH/ENDA BOLGER) 4.50: ROCK OF TUSKAR – EW – (SEAN O’KEEFFE/PAUL NOLAN) 5.25: HOPEFORARUN – EW – (RAY BARRON (7)/CHARLES BYRNES)
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Seeing too much of yourself in others
My mind often fluctuates in thought regarding how Meath’s greatest ever team – that at their zenith between 1986 and 1991 – would fair out in the Gaelic football of today. Part of me thinks they wouldn’t last jig time owing to a combination of snowflakes having the game sanitised to a point of no…
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Get the tiers in quick to avoid more tears
At some point during Pat Comer’s excellent video diary of Galway’s 1998 All Ireland SFC win – A Year ‘Til Sunday, then Tribesman wing forward Shay Walsh said that the season was going “A whole lot better than being beaten by crap teams in Tuam”. Now read on… A few people who were very dear…