Tag: Fianna Fail
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Fields of Gold – Previously posted in 2006
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…
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John was at the heart of everything good about Dunboyne
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…
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Selections for Tramore – Apr. 10th 2022
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…
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Boylan Sports Wordle No. 16
He never lost the faith and is always in the swing of things. https://mywordle.strivemath.com/?word=hcnuj
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Kelly falls on his sword after holding poisoned chalice
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…
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A century on, have things really changed much?
If certain heartbreaking developments hadn’t happened during the summer, I can only imagine the debate myself and Myles Fahey would have had on Monday night. It would surely have got feisty but would just as certainly have wound up being adjourned over a pint or three. Now read on… Monday night pints were always my…
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Selections for Dundalk – Nov. 24th 2021
2.00: LADY BEAR – EW – (NIALL MCCULLAGH/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 2.30: HOT BELL (JAKE COEN (7)/ANDY SLATTERY) 3.00: ROSIE ROCK (RONAN WHELAN/ADRIAN MCGUINNESS) 3.30: SANGRIA (MIKEY SHEEHY (3)/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 4.00: PILLAR – EW – (SORCHA WOODS (7)/KEITH WATSON) 4.30: YAMATO (RORY CLEARY/JOHN MCCONNELL) 5.00: SEATTLE CREEK (WAYNE LORDAN/LUKE COMER) 5.30: BORA BORA (SAM EWING (5)/DERMOT WELD)
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Selections For Killarney – July 13th 2021
4.20: FICTITIOUS LADY – EW – (BILLY LEE/WILLIE MCCREERY) 4.55: PUNAKHA (BILLY LEE/WILLIE MCCREERY) 5.25: CHUMMIE – EW – (CHLOE BYRNE (10)/TED WALSH) 5.55: WEE PABLO – EW – (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE (3)/PAT MARTIN) 6.25: JEFF KIDDER (COLIN KEANE/NOEL MEADE) 6.55: LORD OF THE MANOR (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 7.25: MAGIC CHEGEGA – EW – (OISIN…
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Turkeys devouring the feast oblivious to the guillotine above their heads
Though this might seem preposterous, this corner has managed to derive some positives out of the ongoing chaos laying siege to the world. It was a case of having to or allow oneself to become snowed under in a blizzard of bad news, poor outlooks and, most dangerous of all, very little hope left in…