Tag: David Gallagher
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Regional Championships ready for the off
The Brady’s Skoda sponsored Regional Football Championships are set to thrown in next midweek and anticipation of their second staging is growing with team managements and fixtures confirmed. In a change from last year’s arrangements when all matches in the Regional Championships took place in Dunganny, this time they will actually live up to their…
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Running to stand still… at best
Meath… 0-08 Kildare… 0-13 Before a ball was kicked in Div. 2 of this year’s Allianz NFL, the opinion was expressed in this space that survival therein might represent an achievement in itself. Now however, with the campaign concluded, that feels like an underachievement. If only due to the highly encouraging start achieved in defeating…
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Common sense never lives up to its name
Former Meath and Dunboyne dual player Paul Fagan is now domiciled in Kildalkey. Soon, he will line out for TG4’s Underdogs against Davy Fitzgerald’s Waterford hurlers. Now read on… As far as hurling in Meath goes, P. Fagan has seen and done it all. Indeed, he did his bit for the GAA in London when…
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One day a year dreaming of living somewhere else
O’Donovan Rossa from Cork against the great Eire Og team representing Carlow is the first All Ireland Club SFC Final this corner can remember. If the memory box serves me correctly, the hurling final that day was between Galway side Sarsfields and Dunloy Cuchulainns from Antrim. That football final in particular is now recalled with…
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Kealy comes home as Dunshaughlin bid to bounce back
Everybody remembers Graham Geraghty’s last ditch goal against Louth 20 years ago. Even more memorable were the mercurial forward’s celebration after the heroic act and his dash to catch the Kepak helicopter. He was part of a wedding party down in Wexford. Now read on… Less heralded, though equally as crucial and dramatic was the…
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County Finals Weekend In Meath
Just trying something different, no visual footage but my thoughts on the first part of the biggest weekend of Gaelic football in Meath football for the year. Part two after the couple of small matters in Pairc Tailteann tomorrow are taken care of!
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County Final Weekend Podcast – Part 1
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The most important game in the world – Podcast