Tag: Ballinlough GFC
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Peter Darby: 1938-2022 RIP
Anybody who has been perusing my output for long enough will surely know of the central role Brady’s Pub in Dunboyne has always played in my life. A minute part of me wanted to document that in the past tense but I refuse to countenance, let alone accept, that certain parts of my ‘old’ life…
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Lough cruise into final four
Lough Crew… 3-15 Darnley… 1-08 It almost turned into an Oldcastle v. Dunderry shoot out in Tuesday’s second Regional Football Championship encounter under the Dunganny lights. Guaranteeing that at least half of the new competition’s final four will be representing the north of the county. Davy Nelson’s side dug and poured the foundations for their…
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CJH ensures Lough Crew top the poll on the first count
Lough Crew…1-11 An Tuaisceart…0-13 A goal after three minutes from Oldcastle’s CJ Healy was ultimately the decisive factor as the Ballinlough/Moylagh/Oldcastle/St Brigid’s combination ensured their opponents blinked first in the battle of the unbeaten teams in the Dioralyte Regional Football Championships at Dunganny on Tuesday night. After his sparkling display last week, Sean Meade was…
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Goals the major difference as new tournament throws in
Lough Crew… 4-12 Bru Na Boinne… 0-12 At the outset here, an admission will be made that yours truly wasn’t in Dunganny this evening due to the inclement weather. Thus, players and scorers mentioned hereafter are courtesy of Fergal Lynch. The first thing to note was that the novelty of the new Regional Championships has…
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Passion, enthusiasm and the knowledge to back it up
If you’ve ever been physically or emotionally invested in a sporting occasion, chances are the seminal moment in a given event may pass you by. Simply owing to being caught up in either joy or despair of whatever has just occurred. The point was made to somebody only recently that in the chaos that was…
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Royal County Continuing To Put Best Foot Forward
Meath…2-14 Sligo…2-09 For the third week in a row, it is a wonderful position to be in, writing about a Meath team in an All Ireland Final. Following on from the U-20 hurlers – for whom two James Murray goals got them over the line against Derry – and the almost unfathomable manner in which…
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Goals prove major as Meath add to Minor haul
Meath…3-08 Dublin…1-03 If, like me, you are superstitious in nature, the prospect of garnering a 13th Leinster MFC title in the county’s history will have been approached with quite a degree of trepidation. We should have feared not, now read on… To the utmost joy of many and the betterment of the county’s present and…