Tag: Dunboyne
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Willie Lynskey 1926-2026 – A Tribute
With a quiet degree of confidence, it will be put that, with the passing of Mrs Annie McEnroe and her late husband Johnny, Mr William Lynskey assumed the mantle of being the oldest resident the locality. Alas, the title is up for awarding once again as news emerged on Monday evening that gentleman Willie will…
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Selections for Fairyhouse – Nov. 29th 2025
11.36: JACOB’S LADDER – EW – (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 12.09: MYSTICAL GODDESS – EW – (MIKE O’CONNOR/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 12.49: DON’T GO YET – EW – (DANNY GILLIGAN/EDDIE CAWLEY) 1.19: MURCIA (BRIAN HAYES/WILLIE MULLINS) 1.53: GIN TONIC – EW – (EOIN STAPLES (7)/PAUL NOLAN) 2.25: DYSART DOLOMITE (BRIAN HAYES/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.00: JORDANS – EW –…
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Blow or blessing?
Every sport has its curious idioms. In GAA for example, the quirk by which, even though they may be getting hockeyed all over s pitch, a corner forward will nearly always be the first to be hauled ashore. If a horse runs a bad race or two, either the jockey gets dropped or the animal…
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Selections for Dundalk – Oct. 3rd 2025
5.20: RIFT VALLEY – EW – (NICOLA BURNS (7)/SEAN DAVIS) 5.55: VALIANT FORCE (WAYNE LORDAN/ADRIAN MURRAY) 6.30: SIRIUS A – EW – (JACK MITCHELL/JAMES HORTON, IN GB) 7.00: A LA DURE – EW – (JAMES RYAN/JACK DAVISON) 7.30: STRAIGHT UP (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 8.00: OCEAN MANIFEST – EW – (SEAMIE HEFFERNAN/STEPHEN THORNE) 8.30: AVIATRICE (LUKE…
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Search for missing Dunboyne man reaches tragic conclusion
Daire Lynch, who, at 39-years-old, disappeared in Houston Texas in December of 2021,will be laid to rest in his hometown of Dunboyne, Co Meath, next weekend. The deceased, who was a year behind this writer in school, had been living in the Lone Star state for some time having moved to the land of stars…
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Meath men on the move
The wheel of the sporting year turns again as one segment closes off with the playing of the All Ireland SHC Final, and those in men’s and Ladies football and Camogie imminently awaited, while in other sports things haven’t even kicked off. Quite literally. In recent week’s we’ve seen the brightest star in Irish Basketball,…
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Selections for Ballinrobe – July 21st 2025
5.30: BUCCANEER’S SPIRIT (JAMES RYAN (3)/JACK DAVISON) 6.00: MIGHTY DAY – EW – (LUKE MCATEER/JAMES BARRETT) 6.30: EAGLES DREAM (SHANE FOLEY/JOHN MURPHY) 7.00: DEUTERONOMY (NICOLA BURNS (7)/ROBBIE BURNS) 7.30: SHAOOL (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 8.00: JAZZY ROCK – EW – (SAM COEN (4*)/FRANCIS CASEY) 8.30: YOUNG CHURCHILL (CHRIS HAYES/NOEL MEADE)
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Tom Dunne – A Tribute
Take your parachute and jumpYou can’t stay here foreverWhen everyone else is goneBeing all alone won’t seem that cleverTake your parachute and goThere’s gonna have to be some dangerTake your parachute and jumpYou’re gonna have to take flightIf the wind don’t catch you, I will, I willIf the wind’s not there, I’m here Coincidentally or…
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If you thought Septic football disappeared with Blatter… Think again.
Do you ever cast your mind back to the world before Netflix? Before specialised channels on the Sky platform. Like the individual discipline channels. History, Arts, Golf, Movies, Racing, Cricket, Documentaries, True Crime. You name it. Now, I’m sure the non sporting genres listed previous always got their run out, it was just that they…
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What a difference a day makes… If your name is Josh Keeley
Did you ever notice how one occurrence in life can often lead your thoughts to somewhere else entirely? Recently, the mind here was drawn to when my sister had a set of football goals in her garden when her ‘kids’ were, well… Kids. You know the type, plastic, collapsable, built in such a way that…