Tag: GAA
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The ghosts of All Irelands past
There were obviously old wives’ tales about curses or something of the sort pertaining to the All Ireland victories of both Clare and Dublin and Dublin in 1995. Reason being that both winning captains – Anthony Daly and John O’Leary – made reference to the ghosts of the Biddys – Earley and Mulligan – being…
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Leddy into the half back line
Erin Leddy from Na Fianna retains her berth in the Meath half back line having replaced Trim’s Blaithnaid Hughes at half time against Carlow ahead of today’s All Ireland Intermediate Camogie Championship quarter final at Pairc Gratton in Inniskeen. Therein, Stephen Shiel’s side will be hoping to not only improve the county’s abysmal record on…
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As you were for visiting Royals
Meath manager Wayne Freeman has announced an unchanged team from that which defeated Tyrone last time out for this evening’s TG4 All Ireland LSFC quarter final against old foes Kerry in Tralee. The match has a 5.15 throw in time and will be broadcast live by the competition sponsors. That means that Karla Kealy and…
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An ongoing journey of development… To be continued
It’s very easy to arrive at conclusions that seem obvious. It doesn’t always work out as such though. So it was in MacHale Park Castlebar on Saturday evening last. The dismissal of Ronan Jones was hoisted as Exhibit A in the dissection of where matters went wrong for Meath in the west. Yes, it was…
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A heart breaking gut punch but has it been coming?
MEATH…2-13 MAYO…0-22 Gut feelings are seldom wrong. Unfortunately. Perhaps the old adage about things being too good to be true holds true more often than we might care to admit. Just as they had done in matches against Louth and Cork throughout the season, Meath were off the starting blocks in Bolt-like fashion. With Ciaran…
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Dunboyne left glancing over their shoulder
St Peter’s, Dunboyne…1-09Ratoath…0-15 A fifth defeat in nine league games leaves Dunboyne dangling just above the bacon slicer that is relegation and in a situation where they must get a win from either of their final two matches against Donaghmore/Ashbourne and Skryne respectively. Another narrow defeat will have done little to lift spirits in the…
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Dame Vera Lynn on overdrive!
The iconic late singer’s hopeful prophecy was very much an anthem for British troops going into battle at the time of World War II. As if to say to themselves We’ll Meet Again by way of convincing themselves it would be so. Of course, with actual armed conflict, there are no such guarantees, as the…
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Vineyard masters come up trumps for Brennan’s braves
MEATH…1-24 DERRY…1-20 If the old adage about wine getting better with age has any credence to it, Meath fans will be dreaming of what may be still to come from Donal Keogan and Bryan Menton after the two great warriors of their generation delivered Herculean efforts as Robbie Brennan’s brave lads silenced a lot of…
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If we play as selected we’ve a great chance
Having just typed the above headline, I realise there’s probably as much chance of me walking down for a pint as there is of the said eventuality coming to pass, but, even in light of the cataclysmic loss of Ruairi Kinsella, the listed half forward line has me salivating at what might be possible if…
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Sombre Sunday a painful reality check
They say it’s the hope that kills you. Through a certain lens, that’s a very easy stance to understand. However, from another viewpont, if you didn’t have the hope, would the wheels keep turning? In my case, the answer to the immediately above, the definitive is most certainly no. Though the thing is, we, as…