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There’s only limited merit in assessing greatness
#Dublin #GAA How many of you remember the 1988 film Coming To America? Most specifically, the barber shop scene therein where Akeem – the Prince of Zamunda – happens upon a debate between the proprietor of the premises and several patrons as to who was the better boxer, Joe Lewis or Rocky Marciano.
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Red is the rose in yonder sporting garden above
“My father he gave me the love of it all, when he guided my arms to strike that first ball. A hurley, a football it’s the same thing to me. It’s playing the game that matters, you see”. Those couple of lines are from the GAA incarnation of The Beautiful Game. They surely could be…
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Skill needed to negotiate different species
The idea of bucket lists doesn’t sit well here. Whatever about having lists of ambitions one wishes to accomplish, in the aforementioned form they smack of too much finality. One can entirely see what some people might think of such a viewpoint, however, even though there have been numerous times when such a stance on…
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Logic often has no place in a fickle world
#RACING Seeing young people now switching options subjects in secondary school or – more pointedly – switching courses at the next level up brings back memories. It’s probable that we all had that one subject in school that almost instantly prompted regret at its very uptake.
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Taking comfort in sporting success
Death seems to naturally prompt reflection. Most obviously for the family and loved ones of the deceased but also by those whose lives have been touched by the departed. There’s been too much of it in these parts. Forgive me while I lament awhile. It seems to be the case in this locality these things…
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Change may seem certain but hold the drastic headlines
#GAA There’s been a lot of mention of seminal moments in this space lately. Which is interesting as it’s only a year or so ago your columnist first encountered the word. Whilst ingesting the enjoyable, educational and much missed work of Hugh McIlvanney. His abdication – along with Con Houlihan’s gracing of the press room…
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Any situation is what you make of it for yourself
#OLYMPICS Trying to maintain one’s personal dignity whilst dealing with life’s ‘natural needs’ is one of the most debilitating and often distressing aspects of travelling life’s journey with a disability. Put simply, not being able to go where and do what you want, out of fear of being caught in an upsetting and undignified situation.For…
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Excited optimism tempered by realism
#GAA #MEATH You probably expected this piece to appear here before now. And the truth is it could, and probably should, have. Various reasons necessitated the delay in production, however. It may not necessarily have been a bad thing either. Now read on…
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An unforgettable journey – and that was just for us fans!
#RACING Whilst enjoying what has becoming a regrettably rare visit to a favourite hostelry, my company on the occasion mentioned that he’d recently been in the army base on The Curragh. Mention of the hallowed place eternally evokes memories of the late Lt. Gen Dermot Earley. A gentle giant of a man – in every…
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Often, the real story lies away from the headlines
Around this time last year, a piece which would have been considered unusual to emanate from these quarters was produced. It pertained to the then impending sale of a piece of property with which there was an especial family connection. Now read on…