Tag: GAA
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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…
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Scoring diversity the biggest plus as winning run goes on
MEATH… 3-15 LONGFORD… 0-12 Meath repeated their victory of 12 months ago over Longford in Newtownforbes – the home of Clonguish GAA – to complete the group stages of their Dalata Hotels Group Leinster U-20 FC campaign unbeaten. The upshot of which is that they stay on the main road and thereby the shortest route.…
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As you were for Minors
Meath Minor football manager Trevor Giles has kept the faith with those who lost out to Louth by the narrowest of margins and played amid horrendous conditions 12 days ago ahead of tonight’s Round 2 outing against Kildare at Fr McManus Park, the home of Skryne GFC. There are, however, a number of alterations to…
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If you’re comparable to Graham Taylor, you’re losing
There was a line in an old Irish soap opera that, although it was filmed less than two miles from my front door, had come and gone before my time. The Riordans, which turned out to be a forerunner to Bracken and, eventually, Glenroe. Anyway, the only line I’ve ever heard from show out at…