Tag: Brady’s Of Dunboyne
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The standard Dunboyne initiation that gave so much more in return
From as far back as when I was in Primary school, my powers of recall were often a topic of discussion. Especially if the subject matter was either sport or farming related. Even though to some of the assembled audience, mention of either would constitute fountains of useless information. Be that as it may, I…
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Drowned sorrows and a half pallet from the chipper
It has probably been mentioned in this space over the years that the 2001 All Ireland Football Final between Galway and Meath was one of two occasions during which tears were shed in Croke Park. The other being 6 years prior to that when Dublin well and truly stuffed us in the Leinster Final. The…
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Selections for Gowran Park – Jan. 26th 2023
1.05: SIXHANDSINMYPOCKET – EW – (CHARLIE O’DWYER (7)/CONOR O’DWYER) 1.40: HANDS OF GOLD – EW – (AINE O’CONNOR (3)/ARTHUR MOORE) 2.15: TEAHUPOO (DAVY RUSSELL/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.50: COKO BEACH – EW – (BEN HARVEY (5)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.25: SIR GERHARD (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.55: LADY RITA – EW – (RICHIE CONDON (2*) /LOUISE LYONS) 4.25: ANKUD (HARRY…
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Boylan Talks Podcast – Jan. 11th 2023
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Peter Darby: 1938-2022 RIP
Anybody who has been perusing my output for long enough will surely know of the central role Brady’s Pub in Dunboyne has always played in my life. A minute part of me wanted to document that in the past tense but I refuse to countenance, let alone accept, that certain parts of my ‘old’ life…
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Get the tiers in quick to avoid more tears
At some point during Pat Comer’s excellent video diary of Galway’s 1998 All Ireland SFC win – A Year ‘Til Sunday, then Tribesman wing forward Shay Walsh said that the season was going “A whole lot better than being beaten by crap teams in Tuam”. Now read on… A few people who were very dear…
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Selections for Gowran Park – Jan. 28th 2021
1.15: BIG DEBATES – EW – (PHILIP ENRIGHT/ROBERT TYNER) 1.45: GELEE BLANCHE (JODY TOWNEND (7)/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.20: DARASSO – EW – (MARK WALSH/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 2.50: PRINCESS VEGA (CONOR MCNAMARA/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.25: COKO BEACH (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.00: JUNGLE JUNCTION (ROBBIE POWER/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 4.30: PERCEVAL LEGALLOIS – EW – (DEREK O’CONNOR/GAVIN CROMWELL)