Tag: GAA 2022
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Oh Hurling, don’t ever change!
David Dunne, Gareth Ghee, Mickey Cunniffe, Eamon Devlin and Gerry Keegan all share a common bond. Yet few outside of their realm will have even heard of them. They either are, or have been, the most recognisable hurlers in Louth, Longford, Roscommon, Tyrone and Kildare respectively throughout my lifetime. They undoubtedly have contemporaries in every…
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McEntee shakes things up for Championship opener
Meath manager Andy McEntee and selectors Colm Nally, Paul Nestor and Mark Brennan have announced their chosen ones for tomorrow’s Leinster SFC opener against Wicklow at Pairc Tailteann (2pm). There are a number of interesting alterations with Oldcastle’s Jason Scully redeployed at wing back while James McEntee moves in the opposite direction, accompanying his Curraha…
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Boylan Talks Podcast – Jan. 2022
In our first output in this arena of 2022,I discuss a weekend of mixed fortunes for Meath team as the GAA season got going in earnest. There were victories for the Meath and Trim footballers and reversals for the Dunboyne lady footballers and Meath hurlers. Finally for this episode, there are details of how you…
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Early season joy and false dawns
A well travelled sage of the inter county football scene once dubbed a certain team ‘Kings of the challenge match”! The meaning was clear, and franked by the fact they once beat a team by 2-16 to 0-00 at a pitch opening. A few months later, those who had been whitewashed sat atop the pile.…
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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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Newman calls time on Royal service
Kilmainham’s Mickey Newman tonight announced his retirement from inter county football. The languid, accurate forward previously stepped away in 2020 in an effort to recover from a succession of injuries which blighted his career but returned to the fold last season. Very similar to Brian Stafford in style of play and place-kicking, Newman was part…
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Pat playing to the gallery as per usual
Many a GAA Congress ago, it became apparent that to instigate change, one needed the ice-veined patience of Paul Carberry and the staying power of Tiger Roll. Think of all the alterations which have been applied eventually but had to negotiate several swings and roundabouts before they took effect. From kicking frees and sideline balls…
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Continuity assured as Andy gets green light
Andy McEntee will continue as Meath senior football manager for a sixth season. The St Peter’s, Dunboyne clubman got a resounding endorsement (46-27) from the county’s club delegates in the Knightsbrook Hotel. This comes after the ‘Powers That Be’ had decided to vote against the incumbent doing the third of his three years term. The…