Tag: #BoylanTalksSport
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A man with admirable old fashioned qualities on young shoulders
Tipperary’s sensational All Ireland MFC victory of 2011 has a spot ingrained in the memory bank of yours truly. For a start, their tilt thereat only came about after Meath were absolutely robbed by Derry referee Barry Cassidy in their quarter final tie against the Premier County in Portlaoise on the August Bank Holiday Monday…
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Outside the golden harvest looking in
There was a juncture, about half way through the second half of Mayo’s consignment of Louth back down to earth with a thump when the thought struck that it could – maybe should – have been us. Facing into the most glorious two weeks devotees of any county team may ever be fortunate enough to…
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Put the word ‘Cup’ in the description and excitement is guaranteed
Life is predicated on a never ending cycle of swings and roundabouts. Sporting or otherwise. For example, if the appointment of Harry Whelehan hadn’t brought down Albert Reynolds’s Government, John Bruton never would have been Taoiseach. If the Irish World Cup squad of 2002 had had the balls to stand behind their captain instead of the…
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Selections for Curragh – June 26th 2026
4.33: TREAN (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 5.05: BANG BANG – EW – (COLIN KEANE/NOEL MEADE) 5.35: TOFINO – EW – (JACK KEARNEY (3)/GAVIN CROMWELL) 6.10: SMOKE THEM OUT – EW – (SADHBH TORMEY (7)/TOM MCCOURT) 6.45: NODOFAPPROVAL – EW – (KEITHEN KENNEDY (5)/JESSIE HARRINGTON) 7.20: TOKYO TOWER – EW – (OISIN MURPHY/JACK FOLEY) 7.55: KILMEADEN –…
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Milner one of a nearly extinct breed
James Milner brought the curtain down on a highly commendable career in professional football today. One of almost two and a half decades. Modern football speak might term the 40-year-old a journeyman pro, but to box him off in that category would do him a great disservice. Therein belong media-driven spoofers like Gary Neville and…
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Selections for Fairyhouse – May 28th 2026
2.12: JOGA BONITA (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 2.42: GLORIOUSLY GLAM (ADAM CAFFREY/ADO MCGUINNESS) 3.17: STONE BEAR – EW – (SIOBHAN RUTLEDGE (3)/ROSS O’SULLIVAN) 3.47: EL FENTONARO – EW – (RONAN WHELAN/JARLATH FAHEY) 4.17: FORTUITY – EW – (SHANE FOLEY/JESSIE HARRINGTON) 4.52: SMITHFIELD (SAM COEN (2*) /GAVIN CROMWELL) 5.27: MAI DAHLIA (JOEY SHERIDAN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN)
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There’s no need for such cruelty
MEATH… 1-16 KILDARE… 2-13 * *Kildare win 5-3 on penalties There’s no need for such cruelty to be used to decide games of such magnitude on penalties. Another case of the GAA hierarchy bowing to the whingers. ‘Fixing’ something that wasn’t even broken. Right here, right now, let it be made abundantly clear, these misgivings…
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Harvest in the hills all in vain
MEATH…2-18 DONEGAL…1-16 No matter what competition structure a governing body in any code put together, there will always be somebody left feeling hard done by if they end up on the wrong side of a tight margin call. Whether their umbrage is justified or not. Think of Thierry Henry’s disgraceful handball against Ireland that Stevie…
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Patsy Farrell – A Tribute
In any community, there are people who are both beloved and relied upon for the skills they have which lead to the betterment of all and sundry. Whether that skillset is their ‘official’ job or a hobby which in turns renders them an invaluable asset to others. In our locality, that calls to mind the…