Tag: Boylan Talks Sport
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Harry hits the net as Dunboyne top the ‘Hill
ALL COUNTY IFC – Round 1 St Peter’s Dunboyne…1-14Summerhill…0-13 Harry Healy’s first half goal proved that, no matter how much Gaelic football might change and evolve, sometimes the old maxim about goals winning games cannot be disproven. For that’s exactly how it played out in Moynalvey on Sunday morning as Dunboyne’s second string kicked on…
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Selections for Kilbeggan – Aug. 8th 2026
5.18: FACILE OCEAN (EOGHAN FINEGAN (5)/CIARAN MURPHY) 5.48: SYOSSET (MICHAEL KENNEALLY (5)/JOHN MCCONNELL) 6.18: MASTER SYDNEY – EW – (JOSH WILLIAMSON (5)/PAUL FLYNN) 6.48: PETS GEORGINA (JJ SLEVIN/JOHN RYAN) 7.18: ANODANDAWINK (PETER SMITHERS (7)/CIARAN MURPHY) 7.48:
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Selections for Gowran Park – Aug. 7th 2026
5.05: PROFIT SURGE (COLIN KEANE/GERRY KEANE) 5.35: GREYDREAMBELIEVER – EW – (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 6.10: ALFRED TENNYSON – EW – (JOEY SHERIDAN/DENIS HOGAN) 6.45: GLAMAZON – EW – (SHANE FOLEY/JESSIE HARRINGTON) 7.20: SERGEI DHIAGLEIV (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 7.55: GOD OF POWER – EW – (SAM COEN (5)/ANDY SLATTERY) 8.30: MS MESSI – EW –…
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Selections for Roscommon – Aug. 4th 2026
5.25: TUMBLING IN (GARY NOONAN/ERIC MCNAMARA) 6.00: CLAY PIGEONS (BRIAN HAYES/WILLIE MULLINS) 6.30: MR DIBBS – EW – (EOIN STAPLES (5)/GAVIN CROMWELL) 7.00: HASHTAG PRETENDER (SEAN FLANAGAN/BARRY CONNELL) 7.30: ANOTHER CHALLENGE – EW – (PHILIP ENRIGHT/OLIVER MCKIERNAN) 8.00: KILKEE BAY (JOEY DUNNE (7)/ERIC MCNAMARA) 8.30: ROCKY ALFONSO – EW – (DAVID DOYLE (7)/SAM CURLING)
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Good guy Howe deserved to step off stage before being pushed
Apart from my own GAA club here in Dunboyne (Ireland) who haven’t won the Meath Senior Hurling Championship in 112 years, it’s quite likely that one of the longest chasms anywhere between sporting successes came to an end when Mayo won the All Ireland SFC on Sunday last for the first time in 75 years.…
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Only a stone wouldn’t cry as faith restored in life
I don’t know if (m)any of the Mayo entourage would ever have heard of the legendary American colleges basketball coach, the late Jimmy Valvano, but, they are the living epitome of his mantra – “Don’t give up, don’t ever give up”.
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Selections for Naas – July 22nd 2026
5.30: MAN’S BEST FRIEND (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 6.00: BAD BOY RIZZ – EW – (SHANE FOLEY/ROSS O’SULLIVAN) 6.30: CONCORDE LANDED (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 7.00: COCONUT COVE – EW – (JACK MITCHELL/ROGER VARIAN, IN GB) 7.30: FAMOUS ENOUGH – EW – (SADHBH TORMEY (2*)/PAT FOLEY) 8.00: CONTRARY TO LAW (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 8.30: SUZIE SONGS (COLIN…
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Selections for Ballinrobe – July 21st 2026
4.36: BELLS GROVE (KIEREN BUCKLEY/EDDIE BUCKLEY) 5.06: SHARU (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 5.39: MAX MERIDIUS – EW – (DANNY MULLINS/TOM MULLINS) 6.09: LUREKA DE NOYER (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 6.39: FIVEONFIVE – EW – (MARK WALSH/CIAN COLLINS) 7.09: RUN FOR THE BORDER (MICHAEL KENNEALLY (5)/JOHN RYAN) 7.39: WHISKEY SERENADE – EW – (EOGHAN FINNEGAN (5)/TOMMY…
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Boylan Talks Podcast – July 18th 2026
Pip: There is a particular kind of sports fan who watches another county’s All Ireland run and thinks, quietly, that should have been us. Brendan at Boylan Talks Sport has been having that week. Mara: This episode covers two stretches of GAA territory — the retirement of one of the game’s defining players, and the…
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Selections for Down Royal – July 17th 2026
5.05: SANTORINI STORM (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 5.42: BYE BYE NOW (PADDY HARNETT (5)/JOHN MCCONNELL) 6.15: CASHEL QUEEN (GAVIN RYAN/DONNACHA O’BRIEN) 6.50: CAMELOT QUEEN (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 7.24: MASEGO (CONOR CUSACK (4*)/JOHN MCCONNELL) 7.59: TEOLOGIA (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 8.30: SEA OF DUBKA (COLIN KEANE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD)