Tag: Cork
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Tailteann Cup opening pairings revealed
Anybody who questions the GAA’s willingness to and alacrity at the accepting and implementation of change should use the the example of the coalition between Fianna Fail, Fine Gael and the GanGreen Party as a reference point. Now read on… Nobody really wanted it, nobody is sure how it came about but it’s holding steadily…
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Selections for Cork – May 6th 2022
5.30: FURNACE CREEK (LUKE MCATEER (3)/JAMES BARRETT) 6.00: LADIES CHURCH – EW – (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 6.30: POLAR BEAR (SHANE FOLEY/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 7.00: CARRYTHEONE – EW – (SCOTT MCCULLAGH (5)/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 7.30: BRIGHTBURN – EW – (CIARA FLYNN (7)/PAUL FLYNN) 8.00: CHICAGO BEAR – EW – (JAMIE POWELL (4)*/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 8.30: POINT GALLIBRAND (SHANE CROSSE/JOSEPH…
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Selections for Cork – Apr. 18th 2022
1.50: TENZING (KIERAN CALLAGHAN (7)/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.25: RICKY BOBBY – EW – (AMBROSE MCCURTIN (3)/JOHN JOE WALSH) 2.59: WHISKEY WEALTH – EW – (CONOR MAXWELL/EOGHAN O’GRADY) 5.19: LARGY HILL (JODY TOWNEND (5)/WILLIE MULLINS) 5.54: BELLE THE LIONESS (DAVY ROCHE (5)/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) ** I’ve deliberately left the Hunter Chases out of my selections as I…
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Selections for Cork – Apr. 17th 2022
1.10: EVERGREEN AND RED (DENIS O’REGAN/NOEL MEADE) 1.45: VIA ROSA – EW – (AIDAN KELLY (7)/PADRAIG ROCHE) 2.20: CAYD BOY (SIMON TORRENS/LIZ DOYLE) 2.55: THE PRIESTS LEAP – EW – (DONAGH MEYLER/ARTHUR MOORE) 3.30: MINELLA TIMES (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 4.05: CROSSHILL – EW – (JACK FOLEY (5)/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 4.40: SIR BOB – EW –…
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Selections for Cork – Apr. 16th 2022
1.40: TOY (SEAMIE HEFFERNAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 2.15: NAVARROROSSE – EW – (COLIN KEANE/PAT FAHY) 2.50: THAT’S JUST DANDY (SHANE FOLEY/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 3.25: THUNDER KISS (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 4.00: RULER LEGEND (DECLAN MCDONOGH/FOZZY STACK) 4.35: FRENCH CLAIM (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 5.10: SAFECRACKER (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 5.45: ACTION MOTION (RONAN WHELAN/ANDY OLIVER)
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Parrott chimes into Kenny’s uplifting chorus
Rep. Of Ireland… 1 Lithuania… 0 Sometimes things happen in life which, with the fullness of time, emerge as a clear sign of what was to come in its wake. For example, having spent two hours on a soccer pitch in Wales practising it the week before, it was as if Sean Boylan and Meath…
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Selections for Cork – Mar. 24th 2022
2.20: IGRANE (JJ SLEVIN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 2.55: GIBRALTAR (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.25: REBEL RASCAL – EW – (DONIE MCINERNEY/MICK WINTERS) 3.55: FOX LA BEI – EW – (MARK WALSH/LIZ DOYLE) 4.25: BUGS MORAN – EW – (SEAN FLANAGAN/NOEL MEADE) 4.55: MARKHOOL – EW – (HARRY SWAN (7)/DENIS HOGAN) 5.25: TARA RI (JODY TOWNEND (5)/WILLIE MULLINS)
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Selectlons for Down Royal – Mar. 17th 2022
1.55: WRECKING BALL PAUL (SAM EWING/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.35: AUTUMN CRUSADE – EW – (DANNY HAND (4)/DERMOT MCLOUGHLIN) 3.15: O’TOOLE (BEN CRAWFORD (7)/STUART CRAWFORD) 3.55: BIG DEBATES (PHILIP ENRIGHT/ROBERT TYNER) 4.35: SAMCRO (SAM EWING/GORDON ELLIOTT) 5.15: ASK D’MAN (DECLAN LAVERY (3)/DAVID CHRISTIE) 5.50: I AM SHADOW – EW – (EOIN O’BRIEN (7)/CIARAN MURPHY)
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Meath find form and garner crucial two points
Meath…1-18 Cork…1-10 Call it muscle memory, compare it to riding a bike, whatever you wish. Meath produced their best and most complete performance in a very long time this afternoon at Pairc Tailteann. Yes, extenuating circumstances must be taken into account but credit must be given where it’s due too. Cork are at the lowest…
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Another “Attack on democracy”
It’s often said you learn something new every day. Quite rightly so too. Even if the manner in which information is imparted has altered seismically during my lifetime. Depending on the day of the week, my late father bought a minimum of two newspapers a day. Extras on a day the Irish Farmers Journal or…