Tag: Camogie
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Aoife’s busy summer to roll on as Meath stun Rebels
Meath…3-11 Cork…1-11 It was difficult not to feel the camogie players of Antrim and Tipperary missed a trick by rowing back on stated protest plans prior to Saturday’s All Ireland SCC quarter final at Croke Park. As Ursula Jacob said on The Saturday Game Live That was the day to go all out. In the…
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There’s only one form of protest they understand
When St Peter’s College, Dunboyne opened in 1994, I was involved in the formation of the first Gaelic football teams to represent the school. In the first matches the school ever played, both lads and ladies teams took to the field decked out in red t-shirts procured hastily from Dunnes Stores. By the time both…
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Hotshot Horgan leaves Meath in Heartbreak Hotel
Meath…0-13 Kerry…0-14 The half time decision of the Kerry mentors to transfer free taking duties to centre forward Jackie Horgan was ultimately their salvation and Meath’s undoing in this Very Ireland NCL Div. 2A Final at Croke Park. To add insult to injury, thanks to the unjust system which appears to prevail in both Camogie…
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Camogs head for Croker
Meath…1-09 Derry…0-10 For as long as this hack has been on the GAA ‘circuit’, Derry teams have had something of an Indian sign over Meath. The All Ireland SFC semi final of 1987 was before my time and throughout Sean Boylan’s long tenure with the county team I am fairly certain we never overcame the…
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Meath make it a fruitless short trip for Cavan
Meath…0-11 Cavan…1-07 While the county’s lady footballers came up short in Ballinlough against Waterford yesterday, 24 hours earlier, Brendan Skehan’s county Camogie team had better luck over the road in Moylagh when they edged out Cavan in their National League Div. 2B encounter. Meath face Derry in their final regulation game at Donaghmore/Ashbourne in what…
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Minogue majors get Meath back on track
Meath… 2-13 Westmeath… 1-06 Don’t let anybody tell you the day of the dual player is no more. Anybody who has been following the progress of Meath’s Aoife Minogue could disprove that theory in a heartbeat. The talented Dunderry lady has been a breakthrough player on the Meath Ladies football team in recent months but…
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Camogie crew to tackle neighbours revealed
Meath Camogie manager Brendan Skehan has announced his lineup prior to his charges tackling neighbours Westmeath in Round 3 of the National League. Having overcome Laois in their opening outing, the Royal County – who are adjusting to life without recently retired stars Jane Dolan and Sinead Hackett – will be hoping to bounce back…
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Watch “Fixture chaos for lady dual players” on YouTube
Back with another video update after far too long (again, I know) having been held up with a bad run of injuries and illness. The main focus of this offering centres on the unacceptable conundrum faced by dual players of Camogie and Ladies Football and how everyone – individual players and teams alike – suffer…
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Oh Mary these fixtures are an absolute farce
During my long stint as PRO/Assistant PRO of our club, during the summer months in particular, it wouldn’t be unusual for myself and da to be at 10, 11 or a dozen matches in a week. Not that anything was ever thought of it because it was very much a labour of love and never…
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John was at the heart of everything good about Dunboyne
Where do nicknames originate? Every town, village and city in the country has them to identify characters of note in the locality. If the individual or their kinfolk are long enough established or well enough known in an area, it becomes the case that they become more recognisable by their ‘other’ title than their Christian…