Tag: Ballygunnar
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The half day of the underdog
Maybe it’s the pondering of the thing about faraway hills always being greener, but, for a certain time every year, the occupant of seat does wonder what it’d be like to have been domiciled in the catchment area of one of the serially successful clubs. A St Vincent’s or a Kilmacud Crokes or a Corofin…
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Just when you thought the GAA couldn’t frustrate you anymore…
David Clifford is a phenomenon. The best ever to play Gaelic football? That’s a subjective issue but he’s certainly in the vanguard thereof. Though only via video in my case, comparable in style and class to Matt Connor and – perhaps more aptly in this case – Maurice Fitzgerald. But, as I always say in…
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Three superstars, a plethora of penalties and fairytales not finished yet
A winter’s day, in a deep and dark December. A scenario (Ladies) teams in Meath have got used to. Early Christmas presents. In Meath’s case, an All Ireland IFC win. On the club scene, that meant our history making ladies capturing the Leinster Club SFC this time last year. This year, December action from a…