Tag: Drogheda Indepedent Sport
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Home is where the heart is as old boys reunite
We’re in that strange time of the GAA year, when club competitions around the country are winding down, but the restart of the inter county fare still feels a long way off. Or does it?… As you will (hopefully) have seen on these pages during the week, the Meath Regional Football Championships kicked off in…
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O’Reilly makes it alright on the night for Blackwater
BLACKWATER…1-13 AN TUAISCEART…0-13 Brian O’Reilly from the St Michael’s club underlined just why he is considered to be one of the brightest prospects in the county when producing a top drawer performance to inspire Blackwater to their first ever win in the Regional Football Championship in Moynalty last night. There was never much between the…
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Tully’s three pointer sets holders on road to repeat victory
BOYNE VALLEY… 1-08 TARA… 0-09 Football in Slane is on the up once again as evidenced by the emergence of players like Tadhg Martyn and Brayden Colfer on county underage teams and the fact was underscored still further when the Louth-border club’s Matt Tully turned in an outstanding display in the opening round of the…
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Selections for Dundalk – Oct. 20th 2023
4.40: COMFORT LINE – EW – (ADAM CAFFREY (2*)/ADRIAN MCGUINNESS) 5.15: KITTY MCFEE – EW – (RONAN WHELAN/JOHN O’DONOGHUE) 5.45: MARTINSTOWN (SEAMIE HEFFERNAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 6.15: UNCLE ALBERT – EW – (RONAN WHELAN/KIERAN COTTER) 6.45: VON KROLOCK – EW – (WAYNE HASSETT (7)/TIM DOYLE) 7.15: MULLACASH BUZZ – EW – (JACK CLEARY (7)/THOMAS DOWLING) 7.45: QUEEN…
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Enjoy it – it takes longer than you think
Repetition is one of the greatest foibles in this business. Balancing such worries, though, is the reality that, if a point retains credence, it’s worth ploughing up again. Now read on… Again, we return to the task of tending to some of da’s stuff. Specifically, a few GAA photos – including the one of the…
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Shake the tree hard enough and eventually the fruit will fall
The bit of set dancing engaged in by Meath and Mayo in the early stages of the 1996 All Ireland Final replay has to be the most exaggerated piece of shadow boxing in public discourse since Bertie Ahern told Gay Mitchell he was a waffler and the current Taoiseach chided a certain Donegal politician about…
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Herald the young heroes writing their own history
Dunboyne… 2-13 St Colmcille’s… 2-12 AFTER EXTRA TIME Life is indeed like a box of chocolates. You never do know what’s coming next. And if been wheeling around this big old ball for four and a bit decades has taught me anything, it’s that such being the case is one of life’s simplest yet greatest…
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Moyles and Ronan to assist at Regionals
Brady’s Garage have come on board as sponsors for the Meath Regional Football Championships, details for which were announced earlier this week. Last year’s inaugural incarnation of the competition – in which teams compete for the Richie Barry Cup – was extremely well received by clubs, players and fans alike with – fittingly – the…
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Sideline Cuts – 29
SLEEPING GIANTS AWAKEN For very poignant reasons, on several occasions this year, the All Ireland winning Meath team of 1967 were brought to mind. This time round however, their mention is in a brighter context. Now read on… Peter McDermott’s team way back then were – unthinkable as it might seem now – backboned by…
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Selections for Fairyhouse – Sept. 18th 2023
3.10: VILLAGE VOICE (SHANE FOLEY/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 3.45: VERACIDAD – EW – (CONOR STONE-WALSH (7)/KEN CONDON) 4.20: RATHBRANCHURCH (WESLEY JOYCE (4*)/MICK MULVANY) 4.55: ARTEMIS JONES – EW – (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 5.25: SPANISH ROSE (BEN COEN/NATALIA LUPINI) 5.55: VELVET SKIES (WESLEY JOYCE (7)/MICK MULVANY) 6.25: MANSA MUSA (CHRIS HAYES/DIEGO DIAZ) 6.55: ES VEDRA – EW –…