Tag: Cork

  • Selections for Punchestown – June 10th 2023

    Selections for Punchestown – June 10th 2023

    1.55: SOMETHING ABOUTHER (AIDAN KELLY (7)/PADRAIG ROCHE) 2.30: KILDORRERY (SHANE O’CALLAGHAN (7)/TED WALSH) 3.05: OCEAN LEGACY (CONOR MAXWELL/DERMOT MCLOUGHLIN) 3.40: SUMMER GALE (CONOR SMITHERS (7)/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 4.15: THE SHORT GO (HUGH MORGAN/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 4.50: FERMOYLE (NEIL RYAN (7)/NOEL MEADE) 5.25: LITTEL FLOUR – EW – (SHANE FITZGERALD (3)/DECLAN QUEALLY) 6.00: I WILL BE BAIE…

  • A product is only as good as how it’s manufactured

    A product is only as good as how it’s manufactured

    Anyone who has been perusing material in this space for long enough will undoubtedly have seen reference made to the Corner House. That being my father’s ancestral family home. A book could and maybe one day will be produced on how beloved the old place was to me. Its appearance here today pertains to the…

  • Selections for Cork – Apr. 21st 2023

    Selections for Cork – Apr. 21st 2023

    1.58: SEA GARDENS (DECLAN MCDONOGH/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 2.33: YOU OWE ME MONEY (DYLAN CURRAN (7)/DARREN BUNYAN) 3.08: TERM OF ENDEARMENT (WAYNE LORDAN/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 3.43: NATIONS CALL (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 4.18: SERIOUS CHALLENGE (LUKE MCATEER (3)/JIM BOLGER) 4.50: DUBAI SPECTRE (SHANE FOLEY/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 5.23: TIMOURID (JAMIE POWELL (5)/PAUL FLYNN)

  • Selections for Cork – Apr. 10th 2023

    Selections for Cork – Apr. 10th 2023

    1.50: SIR ARGUS (KIERAN CALLAGHAN (7)/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.25: ITSALLABOUTEVE – EW – (AMBROSE MCCURTIN/BENNY WALSH) 3.00: TAKE ALL – EW – (AMBROSE MCCCURTIN/JOHN HANLON) 3.35: MA HONEY (BRIAN LAWLESS (7)/EOIN MCCARTHY) 4.10: TOHELLORTOCONNACHT – EW – (BRIAN LAWLESS (2*) /EOIN MCCARTHY) 4.45: ULTIMATE OPTIMIST (BARRY O’NEILL/DAVID CHRISTIE) 5.20: WHATS UP DARLING (HARRY SWAN (5)/GORDON ELLIOTT)…

  • Selections for Cork – Apr. 9th 2023

    Selections for Cork – Apr. 9th 2023

    1.10: LUMINOUS LIGHT – EW – (SEAN FLANAGAN/ANTHONY MCCANN) 1.45: ALL ABOUT LUCY – EW – (RICHIE DEEGAN/EOIN MCCARTHY) 2.20: SOLE PRETENDER (MICHAEL O’CONNOR (5)/NORMAN LEE) 2.55: LARGY DEBUT (DONAGH MEYLER/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 3.30: FERONILY (DONAGH MEYLER/EMMET MULLINS) 4.05: FLYING SCOTSMAN – EW – (JODY MCGARVEY/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 4.40: ATLANTIAN – EW – (PETER CARBERRY/TONY MARTIN)…

  • Selections for Cork – Mar. 23rd 2023

    Selections for Cork – Mar. 23rd 2023

    2.05: CALICO (SAM EWING/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.40: KNOCKRAHA LASS – W/O FAV – (AMBROSE MCCURTIN/BENNY WALSH) 3.15: CROWSATEDAPPLETART (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/MICK WINTERS) 3.50: FRANCISCAN ROCK (RICKY DOYLE/MICHAEL MORRIS) 4.25: KINGSTON KID – EW – (MAXINE O’SULLIVAN (5)/EUGENE O’SULLIVAN) 5.00: PURE NOTIONS (JODY TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 5.30: BLIZZARD OF OZ (PATRICK MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS)

  • Dempsey departure GAA peculiarity at its finest

    Dempsey departure GAA peculiarity at its finest

    Temptation was to begin this piece with reference to people starting things and not finishing them and having form for same. Perhaps best to leave that parked though. If only because Ray Dempsey could hardly have started much in Limerick and today he departed after just five league games. Ironically only days after getting their…

  • Oh Mary these fixtures are an absolute farce

    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…

  • Two changes for Clare clash

    Two changes for Clare clash

    The Meath team to play Clare in tomorrow’s Allianz NFL encounter at Pairc Tailteann shows two changes from that which started in Cork last week. Two of those who impressed when introduced during the very impressive victory – Adam O’Neill and Diarmuid Moriarity – are rewarded with starting berths. MEATH: Harry Hogan; Adam O’Neill, Michael…

  • Selections for Down Royal – Jan. 24th 2023

    Selections for Down Royal – Jan. 24th 2023

    12.40: DOCTOR BRAVO (DAVY RUSSELL/GORDON ELLIOTT) 1.15: MARELLY (RICHIE DEEGAN/EOIN MCCARTHY) 1.50: CIRCUS ACT – EW – (GAVIN BROUDER/JAMES NASH) 2.25: LIMERICK LACE (LUKE DEMPSEY/GAVIN CROMWELL) 3.00: FINNIANS ROW (PADDY O’HANLON (5)/DERMOT MCLOUGHLIN) 3.35: ANGELS DAWN (CIAN QUIRKE (7)/SAM CURLING) 4.10: MACDERMOTT (PATRICK MULLINS/WILLIR MULLINS)