Tag: GAA2022
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Three superstars, a plethora of penalties and fairytales not finished yet
A winter’s day, in a deep and dark December. A scenario (Ladies) teams in Meath have got used to. Early Christmas presents. In Meath’s case, an All Ireland IFC win. On the club scene, that meant our history making ladies capturing the Leinster Club SFC this time last year. This year, December action from a…
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‘Spoggy’s one liner still rings true
For those of you who might not be aware, yours truly walked with a walking aid between 1986 and 1991. That coming about after major corrective surgery on my legs. They had been tangled in an x shape from the time I was born. The manner in which the procedure was carried out was barbaric…
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New places, old faces and not at the races
Another weekend, another illustration of the sheer lunacy the split season in GAA. No, it is not being offered as an excuse for Dunboyne’s defeat on Sunday. We have nobody to blame for that but ourselves and Na Fianna were deserving winners. But a system that sees club players – at all levels – idle…
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Things can always be worse
One would almost feel guilty writing anything about actual sport at the moment considering the unspeakable tragedy and grief which has befallen Clonoulty/Rossmore, Tipperary and the GAA community at large following the passing of 24-year-old Dillon Quirke during a Tipperary SHC encounter at Semple Stadium on Friday evening. Only weeks ago, the young defender was…
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Twice as nice
Meath 3-10 Kerry… 1-07 1949, 1954, 1967, 1987, 1988, 1996, 1999, 2021, 2022. Even looking at it written in front of you is to be struck by awe. Before anyone says anything, the majestic achievements of Eamonn Murray’s charges over the past two seasons merit equal if not greater commendation than the seven All Ireland…
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The baseball cap finally retires to the peg
There are things in life which, even though you know they are coming, you are never quite ready for it. In Meath, that day arrived in September 2005 when Sean Boylan announced he wasn’t going forward for a 24th season as senior football manager. Hindsight, of course, has proven that it should never have come…
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Even silage sides wouldn’t save some of the load from being a problem this time
July 11th last marked a dozen years since Joe Sheridan scored the most controversial goal ever recorded in Croke Park. A guess would be hazarded that even at this stage Meath supporters are sick talking about it. Yet in recent days, once again, it has been returned to for comparative purposes. You see, only weeks…
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Limerick’s greatness indisputable as the road ahead looks mapped out
Limerick…1-31 Kilkenny…2-26 In a game of 60 scores over 74 minutes, it almost feels somewhere between futile and knit picking to start looking for and talking about turning points. Yet though this will doubtless be painful by the banks of the Nore at the minute, there were a few vital things which went against Kilkenny…
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Left wondering how Con would have portrayed it all
Kerry…1-14 Dublin…1-13 If something looks too good to be true, it generally is. Against that, however, the simplest and most obvious explanation is indeed often the correct one. Such was the case in Croke Park on Sunday last. The meeting of Kerry and Dublin was indeed the game of the season, so far, or, for…
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Wheelchair, Weeds And Different Types Of Work
Filming on location today. Waiting on new batteries for the wheelchair, but there’s still plenty of work to be done, both inside and out. Early crop spuds are nearly ready for harvesting, there are winter crops to go in and an ever increasing pile of weeds to be dealt with. On top of all that,…