Tag: #BoylanTalksSport
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Selections for Gowran – May 5th 2026
5.07: THE PUBLICAN’S SON (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 5.37: KALIR (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 6.07: MOODY (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 6.38: FAIYUM (GARY CARROLL/GER LYONS) 7.08: ALMEIYDA – EW – (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 7.38: BEAU ARMY (REESE HOLOHAN (7)/ADO MCGUINNESS) 8.08: FAMOUS ENOUGH – EW – (BEN COEN/PAT FOLEY)
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When more goals aren’t enough
MEATH… 2-15 KILDARE… 1-20 All anybody wants and should be entitled to is fair play. Meath got nowhere near that from the officials in this Leinster U-20 FC semi final at Cedral St Conleth’s Park. How these referee appointments are arrived at is another topic entirely, but all anbody wants is for the rules to…
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Tailteann Cup opening round jousts
The draw for the opening round of matches in the 2026 Tailteann Cup was made on Monday lunchtime and have thrown up some potentially interesting clashes to look forward to. Foremost among them the clash of Clare and Offaly. The most surprising nugget pertaining to that forthcoming fixture being that it will mark the Banner …
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Help! I agree with Gary Neville
Do not adjust your sets. This is not a drill. But nor does it change the fact that he was one of the biggest imposters to ever milk a living out of Old Trafford. Just as he is currently doing with Sky Sports. In a playing sense, such were his underwhelming contributions, that my late…
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Selections for Down Royal – Apr. 12th 2026
1.55: MISS DOYENNE (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 2.30: PLEASUREOFPRESSURE – EW – (BRIAN BARRY (2*) /PHILIP ROTHWELL) 3.05: HITTHEHAYSON – EW – (CONOR STONE-WALSH/IAN DONOGHUE) 3.35: COPPOLA – EW – (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.07: MEET AND GREET (PHILIP ENRIGHT/OLIVER MCKIERNAN) 4.37: HELLO JACK – EW – (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 5.07: TELL NOBODY NOTHIN – EW –…
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Greek Farmers take to the roads
My brother is currently living in Greece and recently sent me the above footage of Greek farmers blockading traffic in protest at the same economic realities which have forced their Irish counterparts and hauliers to engage in similar protest activities. As an aside, seeing all the old Deutz DX Series tractors stirred an emotional volcano…
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Selections for Fairyhouse – Apr. 6th 2026
2.05: ARSLAN – EW – (ANNA MCGUINNESS (7)/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.40: PROACTIF (MARK WALSH/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.15: TIMELESS TREATY – EW – (JOSH WILLIAMSON (5)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.50: GLEN KILN – EW – (BRIAN HAYES/HARRY KELLY) 4.20: SAINT SAM (DANNY MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) 5.00: FLICKR OF HOPE – EW – (MICHAEL KENNEALLY (5)/MARK FAHEY) 5.40: UNION STATION – EW…
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Selections for Fairyhouse – Apr. 4th 2026
2.05: POETIC TWIST – EW – (DANNY GILLIGAN/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.40: MYSTICAL GODESS – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 3.15: HARBOUR HIGHWAY (MAXINE O’SULLIVAN/EMMET MULLINS) 3.50: PETIT SECRET (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.25: STAR OF THE WEEK – EW – (RICKY DOYLE/ARTHUR MOORE) 5.00: MESSERSCHMIT – EW – (MICHAEL KENNEALLY (5)/NOEL MEADE) 5.35: LIZZIE TWIGG (HARRY…
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Hoping to build on a good start
Having dug out a gutsy victory in their opening round fixture against Kildare in the Leinster MHC, Niall McKeigue’s side welcome Antrim to Trim tomorrow (Saturday), hoping to repeat the victory of our U-20 lads over the same opposition in Kilmessan 13 days ago. Yes, you will note that, yet again, two Meath teams are…
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Make mine a double
Not so long ago in this space, mention was made of the wonderful decision it has turned out to be for each division of the National Football League to have its own final. As a result of same, teams such as Leitrim, Limerick, Longford, Louth, Wicklow, Wexford, Sligo, Fermanagh and Carlow have all got days…