Tag: 1996
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Sean McManus – A Tribute
It’s one of the lesser spotted potholes on the road to dealing with the loss of a loved one but, for me at least, was one of toughest aspects of dealing witb my own father’s passing. Going through the personal effects and deciding what to keep and what to let go of. To that end,…
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Land of minnows and millions – Part I
“Ah here now, before you start onto me about the state of our dressing rooms, what about that ould hut ye had with the leaky roof”. It’s the late summer or early autumn of 1996. The buzz is back in Meath football as Sean Boylan’s side hurtle towards what must be regarded as the county’s…
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One brave warrior’s special day exposes GAA bluff
Early April, 1999, but it’s more like a day in November. Wind and rain sheet into the old disabled viewing area in Croke Park. The corner where the Nally Stand and Hill 16 meet. The kindly old Steward, Bobby, who da and I had got to know from years of being in and out, says…
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Drowned sorrows and a half pallet from the chipper
It has probably been mentioned in this space over the years that the 2001 All Ireland Football Final between Galway and Meath was one of two occasions during which tears were shed in Croke Park. The other being 6 years prior to that when Dublin well and truly stuffed us in the Leinster Final. The…
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Fair play should not be at the expense of the system
At the outset here, it will be admitted that the length of suspension meted out to Gerry McEntee in the wake of his sending off in the 1988 All Ireland SFC Final Replay is unknown to me. However, what is known is that were far less means of appeal back then – if any at…
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Sideline Cuts 28 – Sometimes the most obvious answer is the right one
In the dark old days of the National Leagues before each division (rightly) was seen as a separate competition which their own Final, trophy and the like, the knockout stages went in such a way that whoever qualified from Div. 1 played whatever team came out of the fourth tier. Thus, it went that whoever…
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Selections for Kilbeggan – June 5th 2022
2.05: CALL HER NOW (SHANE O’CALLAGHAN (4)*/LORNA FOWLER) 2.45: LEVEL NEVERENDING (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.20: DYCEY RYLEE – EW – (KEITH DONOGHUE/GILLIAN CALLAGHAN) 3.55: RUN LIKE FADA (GARY NOONAN (7)/EOIN MCCARTHY) 4.25: WATCH HOUSE CROSS – EW – (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 4.55: JACK HACKETT (MARK MCDONAGH (7)/CIARAN MURPHY) 5.25: UNCLE PHIL (JODY TOWNEND (5)/WILLIE…
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The Cottage remains shrouded in mystery
Covid-19 has done many things to many people. Around the world, families have lost loves ones, those who survived their tangle with the dastardly thing remained ill for months thereafter. Businesses have gone under, entire business sectors narrowly avoided doing so. Yet for all the challenges it has drummed up for so many, it has…
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Second Meath legend burgled
Martin O’Connell has become the second Meath footballing legend to have part of his medal collection – amassed over a stellar career in green and gold – stolen. Earlier this year, Graham Geraghty, who is currently recuperating following major surgery three weeks ago, had has All Ireland and Leinster SFC mementos, among others, burgled from…