Tag: David Moran

  • Two greats bowing out with very different tales to tell

    Two greats bowing out with very different tales to tell

    Carlow’s Darragh Foley and James McCarthy of Dublin announced their respective inter county retirements on the same day a few weeks back. One of the national papers carried a piece in the days which followed lamenting how – understandably but nevertheless unfortunately – for one individual, media outlets were festooned with pages of coverage while…

  • Could ‘New Look’ Mayo be viable dark horses?

    Could ‘New Look’ Mayo be viable dark horses?

    A week on and around the dinner table this evening the discussion was still about the short spell a week ago when it appeared Meath might, just might, rock the football world. Alas it wasn’t to be, but as one national media outlet put it in the aftermath of the match that Meath’s valiant effort…