Tag: GAA
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Joyce jolt and Downey downtime could derail Rebel redemption
Without having the Co-Op Superstores Munster Senior Hurling League results to hand, it can still be said with a fair degree of certainty that the hurlers of Cork and Limerick have met three times already this season. It would be a very brave – or foolish – individual who would bet against them having at…
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Tailteann Cup opening round jousts
The draw for the opening round of matches in the 2026 Tailteann Cup was made on Monday lunchtime and have thrown up some potentially interesting clashes to look forward to. Foremost among them the clash of Clare and Offaly. The most surprising nugget pertaining to that forthcoming fixture being that it will mark the Banner …
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Leave Eoghan Frayne alone!
No matter in what facet of life it may be, whenever something goes wrong, there has to be a fall guy or girl, doesn’t there? Whether that be how Brian Cowen and the late Brian Lenihan were vilified and excoriated even though they were forced into signing up to a bailout the country didn’t need…
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GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship 2026
Counties ParticipatingThe following 16 Counties shall be eligible to participate in GAA Football All-IrelandSenior Championship (Sam Maguire Cup) (a) The 8 Provincial Champions and Runners-Up (b) The next 8 highest-ranked teams at the conclusion of the National League Exception to (b): The previous year’s Tailteann Cup Winners, if not alreadyqualified as one of the teams…
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Jones return a needed lift for club and county
St Peter’s, Dunboyne…2-11Moynalvey…2-11 On a weekend when reasons for cheer were as scarce for devotees of Meath football as hen’s teeth, the return to action of Ronan Jones as a second half sub was a telling boost for Dunboyne as they maintained their recent run of momentum in the FL Div. 1 when coming from…
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Nolan calls the tune as Dunboyne cut down the ‘Wood
St Peter’s, Dunboyne…4-12 Longwood…1-14 Darragh Nolan’s left boot laid out the mood music as Dunboyne’s second string made light of the 10am throw in time on Sunday morning to claim the spoils against Longwood in Round 4 of the Div. 4 Football League. The corner forward had the locals in the mood for dancing with…
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Ghosts of the past return to haunt
MEATH… 0-25 WESTMEATH… 4-18 Sometimes knowing too much can come back to kick you in the arse. So often did my late father warn me about the jinx of 1975 that the fear has always there that one day it would come back to haunt as. For those fortunate enough to be too young to…
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Job done, move on, start building
MEATH… 6-22 LAOIS… 0-07 In such no-win situations, there’s only one thing a body can do – win. Tick the box and move on. If you do manage to win, you are only doing as would have been expected and if you don’t well, let’s not go there. So, credit to them, when Trevor Giles’s…
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Two changes going into last chance saloon
Trevor Giles has made two changes to the Meath Minor football team as they this evening head into the last chance saloon that is Laois Hire O’Moore Park for the Electric Ireland Leinster MFC Round 3 encounter against Laois. Na Fianna’s John Killoran, who impressed when introduced against Kildare, comes in at centre field, with…
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A time of opportunity rather than a problem
Transition. Movement. Change. Difference. Essentially, they all describe the same thing. But can have seismically different meanings for different people. Indeed, they can have vastly fluctuating connotations for the same people in differing circumstances. Even for yours truly. For instance, the notion of doing Transition Year after completing the Junior Cert. appeared to be a…