Tag: Crossmaglen Rangers
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Evolution of Jimmy Ball decides the finalists but the architect misses out
There was something very fitting about Rian O’Neill emerging from under the crossbar at the Canal End seconds before David Gough blew for full time. Armagh football pedigrees don’t come more purebred. McConville. Crossmaglen. Besides that though, nobody has typified Kieran McGeeney’s Armagh model more than the fair haired forward. Remember the piece which appeared…
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The call is from heroism, who will accept?
Perhaps if one had been around for the glorious yet curious duopoly between Dublin and Kerry in the 1970s and early 80s, it might be easier to reason with Dublin’s domination for the last decade and a half. Just to be clear, that is not in any way a criticism of those who are currently…
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A chastening night in the Orchard
MEATH… 0-10 ARMAGH… 2-16 Armagh – for a place yours truly has only been on four separate occasions during the four and a bit decades rolling around this world – causes a serious emotional tumult. From the time of my first excursion up the reunite with the Blair family in Crossmaglen whom we’d met in…
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The half day of the underdog
Maybe it’s the pondering of the thing about faraway hills always being greener, but, for a certain time every year, the occupant of seat does wonder what it’d be like to have been domiciled in the catchment area of one of the serially successful clubs. A St Vincent’s or a Kilmacud Crokes or a Corofin…
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Just when you thought the GAA couldn’t frustrate you anymore…
David Clifford is a phenomenon. The best ever to play Gaelic football? That’s a subjective issue but he’s certainly in the vanguard thereof. Though only via video in my case, comparable in style and class to Matt Connor and – perhaps more aptly in this case – Maurice Fitzgerald. But, as I always say in…
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League Final Reviews
What to look forward to on http://www.boylantalkssport.com in the very near future.
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Selections for Thurles – Mar. 13th 2023
1.20: GALI FLIGHT – EW – (NIALL MOORE (7)/PHILIP FENTON) 1.55: LONGHOUSE STAR – EW – (PAT KING (5)/SAM CURLING) 2.30: THE GUNNER YEATS (BRIAN HAYES/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.05: FLASHTHELIGHTS – EW – (LIAM MCKENNA (5)/STEPHEN MCCONVILLE) 3.40: WALK OUT – EW – (DEREK MCGRATH (7)/JOHN KIELY) 4.15: RIGGS – EW – (BEN HARVEY (5)/JOHN MCCONNELL)…
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Selections for Thurles – Mar. 9th 2023
1.55: BRAWLER – EW – (PHILIP ENRIGHT/PAT FOLEY) 2.30: HAPPY VICTORY (HARRY SWAN (5)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.05: THE GUNNER YEATS (DANNY MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.40: FLASHTHELIGHTS – EW – (LIAM MCKENNA (5)/STEPHEN MCCONVILLE) 4.15: WALK OUT (DEREK MCGRATH (7)/JOHN KIELY) 4.50: ROBYNDEGLORY (KEVIN SEXTON/DECLAN QUEALLY) 5.25: ZAIDI (JAMIE CODD/GORDON ELLIOTT)
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Wintry Sundays while the sun’s still shining
I only saw Brian Mullins playing once. It will probably come as a surprise to many that the once blonde colossus was seen at all. It just happened to be my second year going to matches and, as far as can be recalled, it was Brian’s final match. Tiernach and Robbie Gilbert have been family…
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Watch ‘An Overdue Catch Up’ on YouTube
This video does exactly what it says in the title. The only thing which will be added is that a genuine effort will be made to post on YouTube more often. Even if that means sharing content across multiple platforms in an effort to attract the widest audience possible.