Tag: Billy Sheehan
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Sloppy Meath hang on for dour stalemate
Meath… 2-10 Laois… 0-16 Colm O’Rourke’s first home game in charge saw his troops hang on for a draw after seeing a decent lead whittled away in front of an enthusiastic crowd at Baltic Pairc Tailteann. By my reckoning, Meath made 13 changes from the side which defeated Carlow on Wednesday night. Naturally, in such…
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Selections for Thurles – Feb. 10th 2022
1.45: GENTLEMAN DE MEE (MARK WALSH/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.20: NELLY’S MONEY (JACK FOLEY (5)/ROBERT TYNER) 2.55: ADAMANTLY CHOSEN (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.30: ASH TREE MEADOW (DAVY RUSSELL/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.00: RAJSALAD – EW – (CHARLIE O’DWYER (7)/CONOR O’DWYER) 4.30: SOMETHING SWEET – EW – (IAN POWER/ROGER MCGRATH) 5.00: O’MOORE PARK (CHARLIE MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS)
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Not ideal but it would certainly add to the excitement
Genoa, Italy, June 1990. An utterly forgettable game of football at that summer’s World Cup is completely overshadowed by an occurance which merits accreditation as surely the most dramatic Irish sporting moment of all time. A nation did indeed hold its breath as David O’Leary of Arsenal blasted Ireland into the last eight of the…