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
All Ireland football champions Dublin will welcome Monaghan to Croke Park (presumably) in the opening round of the NFL, it was revealed this evening as some details of the fixtures in the perceived secondary competition were released on Friday afternoon. The Farney Army have caused the all conquering Dubs more problems than most over the… Read More A snippet of the opening round fixtures in the Allianz Leagues
Summerhill (Meath)…1-09 Tullamore (Offaly)…1-07 The records will show that a late Kevin Ryan goal and an even later point from Eoghan Frayne were the deciding factors in this attritional but entertaining Leinster Club SFC encounter, but unfortunately it is likely to be overshadowed by the chaotic conclusion to proceedings which culminated in Dublin referee Barry… Read More Frayne keeps ‘Hill in the frame amid chaotic conclusion
On the night Colm O’Rourke appeared on the Tommy Tiernan Show last February, his Meath charges had just been soundly stuffed by Derry in the third round of the National League at Owenbeg. Now, hindsight has proven that to be not that big of a deal because, were it not for a horrendous decision by… Read More Be careful what you wish for but don’t stop believing
Ireland… 13 South Africa… 8 One of the strange curiosities of the four match saga between Meath and Dublin in the Leinster SFC of 1991 was, after all the hype and coverage had subsided, it was only a first round encounter. The victors still had several hurdles to cross before they could even contemplate silverware.… Read More A game for the ages but ‘only’ an ordinary win
When I was a young fella, one of the things that fascinated me about Donegal footballers was that a large majority of them appeared to have the same haircut. Whether it was a similar scenario to Tyrone when they made a pact regarding beards a decade later is unknown but the similarities were striking. Brian… Read More He might win matches but does he have a magic wand?
Meath… 1-11 Down… 1-09 Meath and Down both have very decorated chapters in the history of the GAA. From Down’s record of having only lost one All Ireland SFC final, to Meath being the last county to win the old Sam Maguire and the first to collect the new. There are further stanzas which could… Read More The sum of the collective delivered by the individual parts
With Guest Contributor Paraic Farrelly (@FarrellyParaic1 on Twitter) The more things change, the more they stay the same. Laois defeating Meath in the first round of the 1992 Leinster SFC is as fresh in the mind today as the shock was when it happened. To an impressionable 11-year-old, this wasn’t supposed to happen. For the… Read More Another go at solving the unanswerable question
Meath… 0-15 Laois… 0-05 Take Kevin De Bruyne, Ruben Dias and Erling Haaland out of the Manchester City team, they don’t win their fifth Premier League title in six years. Send Limerick out shorn of Declan Hannon, Gearoid Hegarty and Aaron Gillane and they wouldn’t know Liam Mac Carthy as well as they do. Now… Read More Return of three jewels boost hopes of holding onto the crown
“Somewhere far away a lonely bell is ringing, and it echoes through the canyon like the disappearing dreams of yesterday. On a Sunday morning sidewalk…” Over the last decade or so, enduring and getting used to scenarios which at one stage would’ve been utterly unthinkable has become an unfortunate addendum to supporting and/or writing on… Read More Strange Sundays – Part II