Tag: Family Bereavement
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A little bit of history as evolving Meath break new ground
MEATH… 1-13 CORK… 0-12 The last time this writer can recall rain of such torrential proportions falling in Pairc Tailteann was on the occasion of Colm O’Rourke’s last outing for Meath on the home sod. The first round of the Leinster SFC of 1995. Now read on… So bad was it that day that Westmeath…
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Mrs Joyce Farrell (Nobber) – R.I.P.
Sincere sympathy is extended to the family and friends of the late Mrs Joyce Farrell of Nobber Co Meath who passed on away yesterday (Thursday). The deceased, a native of Kingscourt in Co Cavan, was the wife of former Meath Minor and U-21 (now U-20) manager and senior selector Dudley Farrell and the mother to…
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Blocks, logs, stock-cars and generosity of spirit
Have you ever been mistaken for someone famous? Not likely to be an issue in my case, bar the odd Stephen Hawking jibe. My uncle Pat, or “Uncle Zeb” as he will always be to us, was different. He could easily and justifiably be confused with Santa Claus, Ronnie Drew, John Sheahan or one of…
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Our tower of strength could take no more
When news broke in September 2005 that Sean Boylan wouldn’t be seeking a 24th term as Meath senior football manager, the venerated local sports writer Noel Coogan, who’d covered the near quarter-century era and much more besides, wrote of “The cursor flashing blankly on the screen” as he struggled to know even where to begin…
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A Video Like No Other
As the title suggests, nothing like this has ever appeared here peviously, but then, as an uncle of mine pointed out the other day, how would anybody know how to deal with a situation which they have never encountered previously encuntered. Necessary amendments have been carried out and normal service will resume post haste. Please…