Tag: Cork
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Selections for Cork – Apr. 19 2025
1.25: TASHIR (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 2.00: ROWDY YEATS (COLIN KEANE/NOEL MEADE) 2.35: ROYAL PIPPEN – EW – (LUKE MCATEER/PAUL FLYNN) 3.10: KASGANI – EW – (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 3.45: CALIFORNIA JETSTREAM (BILLY LEE/ADRIAN MURRAY) 4.20: MONEY DANCER – EW – (JAMIE POWELL (3)/NOEL MEADE) 4.55: WHATS YOUR GAME (COLIN KEANE/ADRIAN MURRAY) 5.30: TATUM (COLIN KEANE/NOEL…
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Selections for Cork – Mar. 20th 2025
1.55: BLAKE – EW – (DONAGH MEYLER/NOEL MEADE) 2.27: CRAMERS VALLEY – EW – (SIMON TORRENS/PHILIP ROTHWELL) 3.02: PROMONTORY – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/SARAH J. CONNELL) 3.37: JACOVEC CAVERN – EW – (NEIL PRENDERGAST (7)/PAUL HENNESSY) 4.12: SIR BOB – EW – (MARK WALSH/ROBERT TYNER) 4.47: CULLIG – EW – (ALAN O’SULLIVAN (7)/PAT FOLEY) 5.22:…
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Meath’s NFL Div. 2 Fixtures 2025
Robbie Brennan will become the third consecutive Meath senior football manager to begin his tenure in the Allianz National Football League with an away fixture against Cork. And, where Colm O’Rourke got his all too brief stewardship of the county’s football fortunes off to a great start with a 3-14 to 0-19 victory in Pairc…
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Selections for Cork – Dec. 12th 2024
12.00: KEL HISTOIRE (MARK WALSH/WILLIE MULLINS) 12.30: MAGIC MCCOLGAN (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 1.05: WARDENS WHISPER – EW – (TIERNAN POWER-ROCHE (4*) /PHILIP ROTHWELL) 1.40: BARNAHASH PRIMROSE – EW – (DEREK O’CONNOR/JONATHAN SWEENEY) 2.12: LILLIAN BLAND – EW – (JOHN SHINNICK (5)/NIALL HENNESSY) 2.47: MAJESTIC FORCE – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 3.22: BANJAXED –…
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Selections for Cork – Nov. 3rd 2024
12.38: JANE EIRE (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 1.10: SLIEVE BEARNAGH – EW – (JOSH HALFORD (7)/CONYNGHAM LODGE) 1.40: ARUNTOTHEQUEEN (DONAGH MEYLER/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 2.10: THE ENABLER (SAM EWING/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.42: JESSE EVANS (SEAN FLANAGAN/NOEL MEADE) 3.15: CAESER ROCK – EW – (GAVIN BROUDER (5)/MICHAEL MORRIS) 3.50: SPRING MEADOW – EW – (CONOR MCNAMARA/ERIC MCNAMARA)
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Selections for Cork – Aug. 16th 2024
4.15: MAGNUM FORCE (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 4.50: GAENARI – EW – (GAVIN RYAN/DIEGO DIAS) 5.22: DANCE NITEANDAY – EW – (COLIN KEANE/ROSS O’SULLIVAN) 5.52: BACK DOWN UNDER – EW – (KEITHEN KENNEDY (7)/PADRAIG ROCHE) 6.22: SHAMIDA (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 6.57: ELANA ROSARIO (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 7.32: LOHENGREN – EW – (COLIN KEANE/EAMONN O’CONNELL) 8.07: STORMY…
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And the band played some NKOTB but the Golden Oldie stole the show
“For to hump tent and pegs, a man needs both legs, no more Waltzing Matilda for me”. The resonance of the above lyrics with yours truly scarcely requires any further elaboration. Their aptness felt most keenly regarding areas such as participation in sport and the inability to board and/or drive any vehicle other than the…
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Selections for Tipperary – Jul. 2nd 2024
1.33: THECOMPANYSERGEANT (DONAGH MEYLER/DENIS HOGAN) 2.03: GREAT BEAR (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 2.33: LIKABLE CHANCER – EW – (DANNY GILLIGAN (3)/DANNY HOWARD) 3.03: ROBIN DE ROOST – EW – (AILEEN O’SULLIVAN (7)/TOM GIBNEY) 3.33: KILMURRAY JJ (KIERAN CALLAGHAN (2*)/TERENCE O’BRIEN) 4.03: JUDICIEUCE ALLEN (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.35: WINDING RIVER – EW – (PHILIP ENRIGHT/OLIVER MCKIERNAN)…
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Selections for Cork – June 14th 2024
4.50: BABOUCHE (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 5.25: DESERT POWER (BEN COEN/EDDIE LYNAM) 5.58: MYMOMENTINTIME – EW – (KILLIAN LEONARD/SUSAN FINN) 6.33: EROSANDPSYCHE – EW – (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 7.08: SUMIHA (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 7.43: ZOFFMAN – EW – (COLIN KEANE/NOEL MEADE) 8.13: ZENATO – EW – (BILLY LEE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD)
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Two more great examples to be ignored
On the face of it, objective analysis of a refereeing performance is probably highly difficult to arrive at. Neither of the competing teams could be expected to engage open mindedly. Neither are the whistler’s own kinfolk likely to overly critical. Furthermore, it’s difficult to escape the inclination RTE commentators and pundits are contractually forbidden from…