Tag: Down
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Tailteann Cup opening round jousts
The draw for the opening round of matches in the 2026 Tailteann Cup was made on Monday lunchtime and have thrown up some potentially interesting clashes to look forward to. Foremost among them the clash of Clare and Offaly. The most surprising nugget pertaining to that forthcoming fixture being that it will mark the Banner …
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Meath’s NHL Div. 2 Fixtures 2025
New Meath senior hurling manager Johnny Greville will have his first day in the dugout at St Loman’s Park in Trim when his charges take on Donegal in the opening round of the Allianz National Hurling League Div. 2 on January 26th. Such is the way their division is structured this term that the Royal…
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Good auld GAA – always one false move away from shooting itself in the foot
I think David Hosie from the Navan O’Mahonys club was the first player who can be recalled playing adult football at 15 years of age. Ballivor’s Mairtin Doran wasn’t far behind him. From a hurling perspective, there’s no doubt that one of our own – the one and only Paul Fagan – was the youngest…
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Mixed emotion wintry Sundays
Adam Screeney and Rory Beggan were probably never mentioned in the same sentence previously, but such is the magic woven by the AIB All Ireland Club Championships that here we are. Now read on… There are 10,000 reasons why hurling is the greatest sport in the world, but among the most basic is it really…
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New York leave Leitrim on the wrong side of history
Start spreading the news, they’ve finally done it. After scaring the living daylights out of several teams over the years, the New York footballers recorded their first ever Connacht SFC victory in the early hours of Sunday morning. Nobody can say it hasn’t been coming. Diaspora from this part of the world can be very…
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Three superstars, a plethora of penalties and fairytales not finished yet
A winter’s day, in a deep and dark December. A scenario (Ladies) teams in Meath have got used to. Early Christmas presents. In Meath’s case, an All Ireland IFC win. On the club scene, that meant our history making ladies capturing the Leinster Club SFC this time last year. This year, December action from a…
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There’s loyalty in them there hills
“Sam’s for the Hills” were the immortal words uttered by Anthony Molloy and now etched into Irish sporting folklore after he lifted Sam Maguire on behalf of Donegal for the first time in 1992. It also went on to be the title of a book co-written by Damien Dowds thereafter. The victory, sensationally fashioned by…
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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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There’s no show like a (late) Joey show!
Meath…1-10 Offaly…1-10 A goal deep into stoppage time by Ratoath’s Joey Wallace snatched a draw from the jaws of defeat for Meath and ensured they inched just a tad closer to safety in Allianz NFL Div. 2 following this arm wrestle at Bord Na Mona O’Connor Park, Tullamore. The diminutive corner forward – who along…
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Morris makes his point to get Meath off the mark
Meath…2-06 Down…2-06 At the outset here, it will be admitted that yours truly wasn’t match fit for today’s outing to Pairc Tailteann. Having been blessed to come through the worst of the Covid-19 unscathed and battled Celulitis for the last month, Storm Franklin had whipped up too bad a day to lock horns with. However,…