Tag: Cian Lynch
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Seeing too much of yourself in others
My mind often fluctuates in thought regarding how Meath’s greatest ever team – that at their zenith between 1986 and 1991 – would fair out in the Gaelic football of today. Part of me thinks they wouldn’t last jig time owing to a combination of snowflakes having the game sanitised to a point of no […]
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Limerick’s big men make their point
Limerick… 1-25 Waterford… 0-17 Peter Casey’s moment of madness will be the main talking point, but what shone through most was Limerick’s mental and physical strength as they qualified for a third All Ireland Final in four years. The corner forward saw red after becoming involved in a tangle with Waterford’s Conor Gleeson, but, as […]
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A game to define an era?
They say that time nor tide waits for no man or woman or child. However, there are moments in life – and not just sporting ones – that appear to make tlme stand still. The likes of the Moon Landing, 9/11, the Omagh bombing or the election of Barack Obama to the White House, you’ll […]
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Boylan Talks Sport Hurling Team Of The Year
STEPHEN O’KEEFFE – WATERFORD 2. SEAN FINN – LIMERICK 3. DAN MORRISSEY – LIMERICK 4. RONAN MAHER – TIPPERARY 5. TADHG DE BURCA – WATERFORD 6. CILLIAN BUCKLEY – KILKENNY 7. KYLE HAYES – LIMERICK 8. MICHAEL BREEN – Tipperary 9. JOHNNY COEN – Galway 10. JOE CANNING – GALWAY 11. CIAN LYNCH – LIMERICK […]
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Take your points and you won’t need goals
Limerick… 0-30 Waterford… 0-19 All Ireland Hurling Final day in 1999 was atrocious. Windy, wet, and hardly condusive to open, entertaining hurling. Two weeks thereafter, the weather was identically drab, yet Meath and Cork managed to produce a close, exciting encounter worthy of the occasion. Highlighted by brilliant goals by Cork’s. Joe Kavanagh and Ollie […]
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The making of a Christmas cracker – Act II
Grimes, Joe Mc, Pairc Na nGaeil. Synonymous with Limerick. Two legends and an iconic sporting arena. All immortalised in a uniquely Irish sporting way. Facilitating the type of cross over which cements the special place sport commands in Irish life. Namely, having a horse named in their honour by J. P. McManus. There are many […]
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A whole new strange, confusing world
At some point in every year, these pages generally get hit with a flurry of G. A. A. related material within a very short space of time. Either at the end of the National Leagues, towards the conclusion of the All Ireland Championship or as the local club competitions. Now read on… In keeping with […]