Tag: Brian Farrell

  • Ratoath grab the headlines again with Galvin acquisition

    Ratoath grab the headlines again with Galvin acquisition

    No, not the racehorse, the other lad. You have to admire entities, sporting or otherwise, with their ambitions pointed in the right direction and the b***s to go after them. On that score, Ratoath are never found wanting. Since first making their breakthrough on the Meath club football scene in the early 2000s, they have…

  • Mrs Joyce Farrell (Nobber) – R.I.P.

    Mrs Joyce Farrell (Nobber) – R.I.P.

    Sincere sympathy is extended to the family and friends of the late Mrs Joyce Farrell of Nobber Co Meath who passed on away yesterday (Thursday). The deceased, a native of Kingscourt in Co Cavan, was the wife of former Meath Minor and U-21 (now U-20) manager and senior selector Dudley Farrell and the mother to…

  • Scores like buses as Tara secure title tilt

    Scores like buses as Tara secure title tilt

    Tara…2-02 An Tuaisceart…0-07 Whether Tara manager Ger Robinson and his fellow mentors have somebody like renowned statistician and analyst Ray Boyne working with them is unknown. If they have, I would love to be a fly on the wall for the de-brief after last night’s Regional Football Championship semi final against Brian Farrell’s An Tuaisceart…

  • CJH ensures Lough Crew top the poll on the first count

    CJH ensures Lough Crew top the poll on the first count

    Lough Crew…1-11 An Tuaisceart…0-13 A goal after three minutes from Oldcastle’s CJ Healy was ultimately the decisive factor as the Ballinlough/Moylagh/Oldcastle/St Brigid’s combination ensured their opponents blinked first in the battle of the unbeaten teams in the Dioralyte Regional Football Championships at Dunganny on Tuesday night. After his sparkling display last week, Sean Meade was…

  • Second half goal salvo sees Tuaisceart on top

    Second half goal salvo sees Tuaisceart on top

    An Tuaisceart…4-10 Darnley…0-08 In last night’s other fixture at wet and windy Dunganny, the Brian Farrell-managed An Tuaisceart – comprising players from Nobber, Meath Hill, Drumconrath, Kilmainhamwood, Syddan and Castletown – netted four times after half time to ease past the Darnley combination which represent the Clan Na nGael, Dunderry, Cortown and St Ultan’s clubs.…

  • Talent academy will need a new director as county gets plenty of scouts

    Talent academy will need a new director as county gets plenty of scouts

    Whoever pulls the levers in the control tower above generally has to close one door in order to open another. Now read on… Thus, one of the greatest talent academies in the county for Gaelic football must acquire a new director of operations after it was tonight confirmed the head of talent procurement will give…

  • Another “Attack on democracy”

    Another “Attack on democracy”

    It’s often said you learn something new every day. Quite rightly so too. Even if the manner in which information is imparted has altered seismically during my lifetime. Depending on the day of the week, my late father bought a minimum of two newspapers a day. Extras on a day the Irish Farmers Journal or…