Tag: Conor Quigley

  • Motive and opportunity to be a proper Club(ber) fan

    Motive and opportunity to be a proper Club(ber) fan

    Anyone who has ever waited for a phone call regarding the well being of a loved one in hospital – which is surely all of us at some stage – knows that convulsion of emotion between relief, joy and utter terror. Now consider that the said post prodecure phone call was three hours after the…

  • Statements in Manchester and Munster, now it’s over to Meath

    Statements in Manchester and Munster, now it’s over to Meath

    Before the cat jumps all the way out of the bag of its own accord, let’s provide the last nudge. I have returned to meaningful involvement with my local GAA club after a 15-year-hiatus. Part of which was enforced, another element thereof is old ground which doesn’t need to be ploughed up again. There may…

  • Sloppy Meath hang on for dour stalemate

    Sloppy Meath hang on for dour stalemate

    Meath… 2-10 Laois… 0-16 Colm O’Rourke’s first home game in charge saw his troops hang on for a draw after seeing a decent lead whittled away in front of an enthusiastic crowd at Baltic Pairc Tailteann. By my reckoning, Meath made 13 changes from the side which defeated Carlow on Wednesday night. Naturally, in such…

  • Strong second half gives new look Royals encouraging start

    Strong second half gives new look Royals encouraging start

    Meath… 0-16 Carlow… 1-09 Meath got their 2023 football season off to a winning start at a windy and wet Netwatch Cullen Park tonight. New manager Colm O’Rourke gave debuts to seven newcomers for his first match in charge. And in truth, it took the new Royal combination quite a while to settle. Mostly because…

  • Trim take Meath back to Croker on another All Ireland day

    Trim take Meath back to Croker on another All Ireland day

    Trim (Meath)…1-11 St Faithleach’s (Roscommon)…0-11 Sixty years ago, Peter Darby lifted the Keegan Cup as Trim sat atop the pile within the realms of Meath football. The town town club have endured many peaks and troughs in the intervening half century and more. They were defeated in Meath SFC Finals in 1997 and 2002 and…