Tag: GAA2023
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After eight number ones Deano decides to stop making records
There’s a scene in an episode of The Simpsons in which Homer thinks he has just died. On his way in the gates of Heaven he encounters Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jnr. Typical Homer, he barges past the triumvirate of musical greats and is quickly chided by the brash Martin for doing…
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Don’t Panic! Corporal Jones promoted to Captain!
“Permission to speak, Sir?” was how the excitable Lance Corporal Jack Jones would prevail on the often mithered Captain Mainwaring to allow him go off on one of his meandering rambles, urging calm by imploring all and sundry to “Don’t Panic”! even though he was doing the polar opposite of his own advice himself. If…
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Some old, some new, Teddy Mc here’s to you
Sticking to a similar script to that which they worked off against the Regional All Stars on Monday night last, Colm O’Rourke has named a largely experimental line up with a smattering of experienced players included for Saturday’s match in Cork in memory of the late, great Teddy McCarthy. The action in Pairc Ui Chaoimh…
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Brady’s Skoda Regional Championship All Stars
The second edition of the Meath Regional Football Championship All Star selection, generously sponsored by Brady’s Skoda, has been revealed. Now read on… It would appear that, thankfully, the Regional Championship is here to stay, and the closing stages of this year’s edition did no harm in canvassing on their behalf when a late goal…
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Mixed emotion wintry Sundays
Adam Screeney and Rory Beggan were probably never mentioned in the same sentence previously, but such is the magic woven by the AIB All Ireland Club Championships that here we are. Now read on… There are 10,000 reasons why hurling is the greatest sport in the world, but among the most basic is it really…
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Red and black in the green after efficient display
RATHKENNY (Meath)…3-11 KENAGH (Longford)…1-10 At the outset here, an admission – it’s only very recently I became aware of Kenagh. And that was due to the legend that is Farmer Phil (Stewart) on YouTube and the fact that the family business https://www.stewartfamilyfarmlongford.com/ supply the famed local eatery in the town https://www.facebook.com/macsshack15/ with all their beef…
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Bowden strikes up the right Bru after a belter
BRU NA BOINNE…1-11 BOYNE VALLEY…0-14 If one was to go by team names alone, this second round Regional Football Championship encounter had all the makings of a local derby. That is to say, not much between the sides and a little bit of needle thrown in. However, geographically speaking they’re not actually that close to…
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Regan and Costello claim individual awards
Runai Coiste Na Mi, Ciaran Flynn, posted a photo from the GAA awards ceremony this (Friday) evening showing the 13 Royal County representatives honoured on the night denoting the successes enjoyed by our Senior hurlers and footballers during the past season. For the hurlers, that meant accomplishing the noteworthy double of achieving promotion in the…
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An excellent eight recognised after terrific Tailteann triumph
Footballers join Christy Ring heroes already honoured this week Eight members of Meath’s Tailteann Cup winning team have been selected on the Team Of The Year for what I like to think of as the All Ireland Intermediate Football Championship. No doubt, the knockers and begrudgers will sneer at such a thing being celebrated but,…
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The Dixon Line a winning one for Moyfernagh
MOYFERNAGH… 0-09 LOUGHCREW GAELS… 0-08 Danny Dixon’s pointed free in the third minute of stoppage time guaranteed Moyfernagh a deserved opening round victory in this Brady’s Skoda Regional Football Championship encounter at Dunganny tonight (Wednesday). The Boardsmill clubman featured on the senior panel previously during Andy McEntee’s tenure and, while he has seemingly been travelling…