Tag: 1999
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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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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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Mick Reilly – A Tribute
At what point did you notice yourself getting old? Or older at least. Personally, seeing ‘older’ relatives pass away back in the years probably have had a different effect than is now the case. You know the way it is when you’re a youngster, ‘grown ups’ seem eons older when the reality may in fact…
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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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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…