Tag: Dunshaughlin GAA
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Poignant double for Donoghue as gentleman Andy remembered
Local jockey Keith Donoghue recorded a poignant double on Saturday afternoon’s Navan card. The rider sported a black armband in memory of his grand uncle Andy Lynch who was laid to rest this afternoon. Dunsany’s Andy was himself a highly distinguished and universally popular member of the local horse fraternity. Through his role as whipper-in […]
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River men’s free running style sees them sail to success
Boyne Valley… 2-11 Tara… 0-07 A varied and attractive style of football – something synonymous with Cathal O’Bric-trained teams – held sway as the Walterstown/Bective/Rathkenny/Slane were deserving winners of the inaugural Regional Football Championship Final in Ashbourne on Sunday. At this point, this writer would like to place on record sincere thanks to Coiste Na […]
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The best advertisment for the Regionals so far
Tara… 3-12 Blackwater… 2-13 Thirty scores between two teams in what was meant to be a ‘meaningless’ match certainly knocked the theory of it being so on the head. Instead, acting as the best advertisment the Regional Championships have had to date. Factually speaking, both teams did indeed know their fate before the ball was […]
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The harp’s sweet tune gets Tara over the line
Tara…2-11 Moyfernagh…0-12 Second half goals from Declan Smyth (Dunsany) and Tommy Kinsella (Dunshaughlin) completed a fine turnaround for Ger Robinson’s ensemble representing the most sacred place in Meath against Moyfernagh. The latter basically encompassing qualifying clubs (Junior and Intermediate) in the greater Trim area. With the men from where once a harp regaled the halls […]
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Goals the major difference as new tournament throws in
Lough Crew… 4-12 Bru Na Boinne… 0-12 At the outset here, an admission will be made that yours truly wasn’t in Dunganny this evening due to the inclement weather. Thus, players and scorers mentioned hereafter are courtesy of Fergal Lynch. The first thing to note was that the novelty of the new Regional Championships has […]
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Johnny Cash was right about Sundays!
If you’re involved in GAA – or most likely any sport – it’s a fairly safe wager that you’ll experience more defeat than victory. In both 1997 and 2002, the number of finals Dunboyne teams lost hit double figures. Undoubtedly the most painful loss of the lot, however, was actually in the Junior Hurling Championship […]
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I’d gladly clean the toilets just to feel part of it
One night what’s a long time ago now, in Brady’s of Dunboyne, which sadly is more a memory for me than the mainstay it blessedly once was, the diesel tank in this seat was a little too full. At the time, Sean Boylan’s position as Meath senior football manager was up for ratification. For so […]
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One day a year dreaming of living somewhere else
O’Donovan Rossa from Cork against the great Eire Og team representing Carlow is the first All Ireland Club SFC Final this corner can remember. If the memory box serves me correctly, the hurling final that day was between Galway side Sarsfields and Dunloy Cuchulainns from Antrim. That football final in particular is now recalled with […]
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Kealy comes home as Dunshaughlin bid to bounce back
Everybody remembers Graham Geraghty’s last ditch goal against Louth 20 years ago. Even more memorable were the mercurial forward’s celebration after the heroic act and his dash to catch the Kepak helicopter. He was part of a wedding party down in Wexford. Now read on… Less heralded, though equally as crucial and dramatic was the […]
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Meath appoint impressive lineup to oversee bid for more Minor glory
Current All Ireland Minor Football Champions Meath have appointed an entirely new management team to oversee their bid to retain the Tom Markham Cup. 2020 Leinster MFC winning boss John McCarthy will shortly take charge of the Royal County U-20 outfit while the man who masterminded that glorious day last August, Cathal O’Bric, is slated […]