Did you ever watch somebody, sporting or otherwise, and just get an inkling straight away they were destined for stardom? Off the top of my head I could name a plethora, quite a few of them close to home. Graham Geraghty and Emma Duggan are two that jump off the page. On a larger scale,… Read More Watching, admiring, hoping
Undoubtedly one of the most famous – or infamous, depending on whicb way you view it – media interactions in the history of the Premier League was when Kevin Keegan absolutely lost the plot during the season in which his Newcastle United were engaged in a protracted title tussle with Manchester United. The Magpies boss’s… Read More Glenn might be left thinking ‘less said, soonest mended’
1.20: NEO SMART (RORY CLEARY/JIM BOLGER) 1.50: NOCHE MAGICA (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 2.25: PADDINGTON (SEAMIE HEFFERNAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 3.00: QUEENIE ST CLAIR – EW – (COLIN KEANE/NOEL MEADE) 3.35: STAR GIRLS AALMAL – EW – (CHRIS HAYES/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 4.10: INSINUENDO (BILLY LEE/WILLIE MCCREERY) 4.45: TRANSCANDENTAL – EW – (ROBERT WHEARTY (4)*/GAVIN CROMWELL) 5.20: MOGWLI –… Read More Selections for The Curragh – May 1st 2023
If any writers, or producers of any media content, have ever experienced the following please drop a line down in the comments. On Sunday morning I started writing a piece relating to the two semi finals of the World Snooker Championship. Specifically, the contrast between the two. The epic encounter between Luca Brecel and Si… Read More Strange Sundays – Part I
A long since deceased friend of my father once said to him “Don’t let anyone tell you about the good old days, the good days are now”. At the time, reference was being made to the agricultural wage of the day and/or what it took to make a living out of farming at the time… Read More Why?
In a nod to a team which has been impressively efficient throughout their campaign to date, John McCarthy has named an unchanged starting 15 for tomorrow evening’s Leinster U-20 FC semi final against Dublin at Pairc Tailteann (6.30). What that means is that both Ciaran Caulfield and Alan Bowden retain their places after the victory… Read More As you were for McCarthy’s men
There are three changes in personnel and a number of positional alterations on the Meath Minor football team to take on Dublin in Round 2 of the ESB Leinster MFC at Pairc Tailteann this evening. Throw in for the latest encounter between the old foes is at 6.30pm. Having impressed when introduced off the bench… Read More Minors shuffle the decks for the Dubs
It’s the hope that kills you. At the start of every season, it’s in the DNA of a GAA fan to get a new transfusion of hope. Regardless of whether it’s club or county, whether new players have come in or you’ve actually lost some. There’s something woven into the GAA psyche which plants This… Read More Neither of them have gone away – Sideline Cuts (27)
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Meath…1-11 Dublin…2-19 When Sean Boylan took over as Meath manager in October of 1982, the Royal County hadn’t beaten Dublin in quite some time. Whether it was quite as long as is the current chasm I am unsure, but, in an effort to re-invigorate his then charges in readiness for the battle with the two… Read More Spuds are only as good as what you serve with them