Tag: Ally Pally

  • Form holds firmer than fairytales

    I must admit it came as a major shock to me to discover Fallon Sherrock isn’t in the field for this year’s PDC event at the Ally Pally. Initially, my line of that was that was done to the demise of the British Darts Organisation (BDO) when in fact it was down to the player…

  • Irish eyes are smiling as Limerick’s wonderful week continues

    There are times as a sportsperson, or fan, that you expect to wake up and realise what you just experienced was all just a dream. Like Tom Jones “And then I awake and look around me, at four grey walls that surround me, and I realise, yes, I was only dreaming”. On rare occasions though,…

  • Just when we thought it was safe to feel normal…

    Never in my near four decades on this big round ball was it ever envisaged the following words would be uttered here, but, I cannot wait for the GAA season to be over. And I couldn’t care less if it never re-started. Look, it’s only a phase. I know that, and anybody who has spent…

  • Even a genius is only human

    Two ballads by well known Irish performers are reverberating in my head. One very well known, the other possibly not as much so as could be the case. The first being One Day At A Time by Gloria and the other being Christy Moore’s version of Viva Le Quinta Brigada – relating to Irish involvement…