There was something strangely apt about Ireland putting in another abomination of a performance against The Netherlands just hours after Meath’s Rathkenny exited the Leinster Club IFC at the penultimate hurdle via penalty shootout as Scoill Ui Chonaill of Dublin advanced. Now read on… During his 1994 show ‘Live At The Olympia’ the late, great… Read More Brave Rathkenny undone by cruelty of the modern world
Dublin… 1-15 Kerry… 1-13 Unless Meath are involved and regardless of who else is, I hate All Ireland Final days. They are the last days of summer. Thereafter, evenings get shorter, sport to actually attend becomes scarce and – as has blessedly been the case for our lads this year – any progress made is… Read More It may be the end but it doesn’t have to be
There are certain side effects to my disability which rarely if ever make it into discourse here. Today, however, will be an exception. And, yes, it will be a case of going from the frying pan into the fire. But it will be brief and reason for doing so will become obvious as this particular… Read More One book to absolutely not judge by the cover
What you will read hereafter is in the above category solely due to breadth of material likely to be covered. Quite simply because there was a compulsion to write something. But not about anything in particular, if you get me. Unlike, say, last week, when a tumultuous week for Meath GAA meant things more or… Read More SIDELINE CUTS – 28
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