Dunboyne and surrounding areas were already enveloped in an air of deep sadness after another week of indescribable shock and heartbreak following the sudden passing of Mrs Eimear Gilligan but on Friday evening there was profound poignance in the air as leading Local and National figures in the Fianna Fail party gathered in the town.… Read More Poignance prevails at Fianna Fail meeting
My late father always reckoned Tom Yourell was one of the best judges of character he ever came across. In other words, if the nearest I ever knew to a grandfather got a vibe about someone, time would usually prove him to be right. It’s something I’d like to think I’ve inherited from the old… Read More Damien P. O’Reilly 1983-2023
3.10: VILLAGE VOICE (SHANE FOLEY/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 3.45: VERACIDAD – EW – (CONOR STONE-WALSH (7)/KEN CONDON) 4.20: RATHBRANCHURCH (WESLEY JOYCE (4*)/MICK MULVANY) 4.55: ARTEMIS JONES – EW – (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 5.25: SPANISH ROSE (BEN COEN/NATALIA LUPINI) 5.55: VELVET SKIES (WESLEY JOYCE (7)/MICK MULVANY) 6.25: MANSA MUSA (CHRIS HAYES/DIEGO DIAZ) 6.55: ES VEDRA – EW –… Read More Selections for Fairyhouse – Sept. 18th 2023
Did you ever encounter somebody in your life who, over time, ended up feeling more like family than some of those who actually are? There are many ways in which such bonds are formed and manifest themselves and there should be no need to justify how they came about to anybody. Coming at the same… Read More A while in Joey’s company was good for the soul
This corner has often opined that an idle mind is a dangerous thing. Speaking wholly from personal experience, it can be a grave threat to one’s mental stability. On that score, An Fear Rua never had any such worries. Now read on… Liam Cahill slipped quietly out of the world last week. From what I… Read More This Lad owes his spot in the Press Box to AFR
FOGRA: The below was the first non-GAA related piece I ever sent to the late Liam Cahill for his much loved and sadly missed website http://www.anfearrua.com Never for a minute thinking he would print it. But he did, and not only did it open up a whole new avenue of writing for me, it stands as a… Read More Fields of Gold – Previously posted in 2006
Where do nicknames originate? Every town, village and city in the country has them to identify characters of note in the locality. If the individual or their kinfolk are long enough established or well enough known in an area, it becomes the case that they become more recognisable by their ‘other’ title than their Christian… Read More John was at the heart of everything good about Dunboyne
2.15: HIDE AND SEEK (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 2.47: LIFE IN THE PARK (MIKEY O’CONNOR (2)/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 3.22: KILBARRY CHIANTI – EW – (MIKEY O’CONNOR (5)/CON O’KEEFFE) 3.57: FIGHTER ALLEN (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.30: RAGNAR LODBROK – EW – (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 5.00: GOLDEN FERRET – EW – (CONOR MAXWELL/PAUL STAFFORD) 5.30: GLORY LISS… Read More Selections for Tramore – Apr. 10th 2022
He never lost the faith and is always in the swing of things. https://mywordle.strivemath.com/?word=hcnuj
It had been very quiet on the political scene in Ireland. Apart from the usual dross – general and understandable disdain for Eamon Ryan, Sinn Fein whinging about something or other and rumblings in certain quarters about a desire to replace Micheal Martin (also not difficult to fathom) but nobody with the cajones to do… Read More Kelly falls on his sword after holding poisoned chalice