Life And Sport From An Armchair View
Galway... 2-08 Derry... 1-06 At the throw in here, let it be known categorically that the headline is not aimed at the victors. It is not in the Galway DNA to play unattractive football. On the contrary, the Tribesmen play a most pleasing variant from a viewing perspective. An emphasis on high fielding and kicking.... Continue Reading →
Fr Dougal is trapped on the explosive milk float, Ted has the lads from the neighbouring island over to help come up with a plan to rescue the dimwitted Curate. After all sorts of tomfoolery, it finally dawned on some of them to put a brick on the accelarator. Enabling Dougal to get off the... Continue Reading →
MEATH... 2-11 DERRY...1-16 Both sides were left wondering what might have been though it was Rory Gallagher's Derry side who came away from Pairc Tailteann with the spoils. If also the biggest portion of regret as well. Meath were left to rue not only letting a good lead slip against the Oak Leaf County today... Continue Reading →
Meath...0-10 Clare...0-09 If the GAA ever ask each county to nominate their prototype for an impact sub, it is most likely Meath would look to either Mattie McCabe or Jody Devine. However, the name of James 'Banty' Conlon can now be added to any such ensemble. The diminutive corner seldom fails to make an impact... Continue Reading →
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Ronan Jones is a surprise addition to the Meath substitutes bench for tomorrow's NFL Div. 2 encounter with Down at Pairc Tailteann. The St Peter's, Dunboyne clubman has been plagued by a succession of shoulder, arm and ankle injuries for some time now which greatly curtailed his contribution to his club's run to the Meath... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
With three Meath teams in Championship action, spread-eagled across the country within a few hours of each other, the decision was taken to wait until all the business was done before keyboarding this piece. It ended up being a day of ups and downs for all concerned but at the end of it all the... Continue Reading →
A real mixed bag this week, with plenty of topical subjects relating to what's been going in the sporting world of late.
When one's life has revolved around sport as much as it has in this seat, tying down a single favourite sporting moment - or indeed a compilation thereof - would be akin to asking Elvis Presley which one of his Number One records were his favourite. Were pressure put on the occupant of this seat... Continue Reading →