Tag: Dunboyne
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Wintry Sundays while the sun’s still shining
I only saw Brian Mullins playing once. It will probably come as a surprise to many that the once blonde colossus was seen at all. It just happened to be my second year going to matches and, as far as can be recalled, it was Brian’s final match. Tiernach and Robbie Gilbert have been family…
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Exploring off the lead
Elvis has entered the Cowpark! Mr Dog’s first time off the lead while out walking. Starting recall training and checking out Tara Farms newly sown Wheat while he was at it.
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A town divided in celebration!
After the euphoria conveyed in the last offering in this space relating to Dunboyne’s victory in the Junior Hurling Championship, in a way, this is chapter two of the same story. Initially, one had felt quite low at Act II coming to fruition. Not out of bitterness or begrudgery, just because of feeling removed from…
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Irish eyes smiling with longing happiness!
It’s almost impossible to quantify the magnitude of what Meath undertook in 1968 when – as ‘outgoing’ All Ireland Champions – the headed for Australia. To be honest, not a whole lot is known about the expedition but – and if the following is incorrect please advise – what is known (I think!) is that…
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Selections for The Curragh – Sept. 25th 2022
1.25: DARK SIDE (SHANE CROSSE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 1.55: HASIYNA – EW – (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 2.30: FREEDOM FALLS (RONAN WHELAN/JACK DAVISON) 3.05: JUST BEAUTIFUL (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 3.40: KEEP IN TOUCH – EW – (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 4.15: CLEVELAND – EW – (SHANE CROSSE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 4.45: SEMBLANCE OF ORDER (BILLY LEE/ANDY OLIVER) 5.20: ZOFFMAN (DYLAN B.…
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One step forward, at least four back
The inner sanctum of the GAA at any given time and its surviving elders are about as receptive to change as one would be to a fart in a space suit. To that end, it’s actually quite astounding that initiatives like the Back Door, the introduction of red and yellow cards and the belated adoption…
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Selections for Fairyhouse – Sept. 19th 2022
3.20: APPROACHING BEAR (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 3.50: NATIVE QUEEN (MIKEY SHEEHY/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 4.20: MULLACASH BUZZ (JACK CLEARY (4*)/THOMAS DOWLING) 4.50: ONE SMALL STEP – EW – (WAYNE LORDAN/KEVIN COLEMAN) 5.20: THUNDERBEAR (LUKE MCATEER (3)/JACK DAVISON) 5.50: CORALLILLO (CHRIS HAYES/E&P HARTY) 6.20: ALOYSIUS LILIUS (COLIN KEANE/GER O’LEARY) 6.50: SECRET ROAD (COLIN KEANE/GERRY KEANE)
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Workin’ on the Railroad – Harvest 2022
In this video, yours truly makes it 37 consecutive years with at least one day out Harvest Spotting. Here, the Castlefarm Partnership tackle a massive crop of wheat adjacent to Dunboyne Railway Station. Three generations of the Clarke family hard at it with a Claas Lexion 760TT, a Fendt 720, a Fendt 718, a Massey…
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Selections for Gowran Park – Aug. 10th 2022
4.20: ESCULENTA -EW – (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 4.50: BARRETSTOWN – EW – (CHARLIE O’DWYER (7)/CONOR O’DWYER) 5.20: DIDNTHAVEMUCHTODO (SHANE CROSSE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 5.55: VICTORIA ROAD (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 6.30: MASSAMAN – EW – (RONAN WHELAN/JACK DAVISON) 7.05: ENDLESS SEASON – EW – (RONAN WHELAN/MICK HALFORD) 7.35: FASTMAN – EW – (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOHN MCCONNELL) 8.10: INUIT…
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A different kind of excitement
As I begin typing this, it’s 2:19am. Insomnia and a galloping mind rule the roost yet again. To completely extract the urine out of this writer, the song I can’t get out of my head is Lou Reed’s Perfect Day. Now read on… It most certainly is not. The old man not being about for…