Back in the day when lads of my own age were involved in GAA at Juvenile level – and for decades before that probably – it wasn’t uncommon for a mentor from one of the competing teams to step in as referee. As when anybody takes up the whistle they are of course admired and… Read More Underage proposals are well intentioned but pointed in the wrong direction
1.20: MR SATURDAY (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 1.55: NOCHE MAGICA (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 2.30: MOSS TUCKER – EW – (BILLY LEE/KEN CONDON) 3.05: RUN FOR OSCAR (SEAMIE HEFFERNAN/CHARLES BYRNES) 3.40: PADDINGTON (RYAN MOORE/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 4.15: CANUTE – EW – (SEAMIE HEFFERNAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 4.50: SAFECRACKER – EW – (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 5.25: DAWN SESSION (RORY CLEARY/JIM BOLGER)
There are certain things in life about which yours truly would be very sporadic. Reading absolutely sitting atop any such ensemble. But there are other occupants. Some of which may well be familiar to regular callers in this space. Watching tennis during Wimbledon, Cricket if The Ashes are on at Christmas, snooker at Crucible time.… Read More Green Machine or wounded lion he’s still the most dangerous
5.30: NAME ME FAMOUS – EW – (SEAN FLANAGAN/EOIN MCCARTHY) 6.00: HURRICANE GEORGIE (BEN HARVEY (5)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 6.30: SHANNON GLORY – EW – (DANNY MULLINS/PAUL POWER) 7.00: TECH TALK – EW – (KEITH DONOGHUE/JIM DREAPER) 7.30: GALI FLIGHT (BRIAN HAYES/PHILIP FENTON) 8.00: GONDOR – EW – (RICHIE CONDON (5)/COLM MURPHY) 8.30: EARTHS FURIES – EW… Read More Selections for Limerick – May 25th 2023
Anyone who has been perusing material in this space for long enough will undoubtedly have seen reference made to the Corner House. That being my father’s ancestral family home. A book could and maybe one day will be produced on how beloved the old place was to me. Its appearance here today pertains to the… Read More A product is only as good as how it’s manufactured
Did you ever watch somebody, sporting or otherwise, and just get an inkling straight away they were destined for stardom? Off the top of my head I could name a plethora, quite a few of them close to home. Graham Geraghty and Emma Duggan are two that jump off the page. On a larger scale,… Read More Watching, admiring, hoping
1.45: BALLYQUIN BAY (KEITH DONOGHUE/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.15: BOHER ROAD (SEAN FLANAGAN/JARLATH FAHEY) 2.45: HORANTZAU D’AIRY (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.15: NAPPER TANDY (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/MATTHEW SMITH) 3.45: CRAFTY GAEL (BEN HARVEY (5)/ROSS O’SULLIVAN) 4.15: REDWOOD QUEEN – EW – (PHILIP BYRNES (5)/CHARLES BYRNES) 4.45: HANOI JANE (SHANE O’CALLAGHAN (7)/TED WALSH) 5.20: BANADA BRIDGE – EW – (DARRAGH… Read More Selections for Punchestown – May 23rd 2023
4.55: MASTER GARVEY (ROBBIE COLGAN/JOE MURRAY) 5.25: PORT LOUIS (COLIN KEANE/NOEL MEADE) 5.55: CHERRY BLOOM – EW – (PADDY HARNETT (4*)/GILLIAN SCOTT) 6.25: DESIGNER CAILIN – EW – (JAMES RYAN (4*) /PAT MARTIN) 6.55: ASTAR (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 7.25: HALLA BAN – EW – (RORY CLEARY/JIM BOLGER) 7.55: MASTER DUNRAVEN – EW – (BEN COEN/JOHNNY… Read More Selections for Roscommon – May 22nd 2023
Meath…0-24 Sligo…0-18 Throughout what has been a very successful season for Seoirse Bulfin’s Meath senior hurlers so far, one of the recurring themes often referenced by yours truly has been their continued ability to amass big tallies of scores. Of course there have been other factors in their fine form but it seems to be… Read More Free scoring Meath earn deserved Final shot
Meath… 3-17 Waterford… 1-14 In the post detailing team news for Saturday evening’s Tailteann Cup Round 2 encounter in Fraher Field, Dungarvan – from which there were three late changes – reference was made to the 1999 All Ireland JFC Final. Which Waterford won with literally the last kick of the ball. While there was… Read More Inside line eventually dismantle dogged Deise