Tag: #GAA2025
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Early season football fixtures released
What I believe to be the last club senior county football final of the season takes place on Sunday in Tipperary but, even before this calendar year’s business has been completed, thoughts have very much turned to the 2026 season. Panels have been drawn up – more of that anon – while, more significantly, the…
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Sometimes jest is too close to the bone
On the evening of the day on which I made my Confirmation, April 16th 1994, the late Dermot Morgan was finishing a run of shows at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin. For those of you with less than three decades mileage on this here planet, yes Dermot did exist before Father Ted. Firstly ironically as…
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Two from two under the Friday night lights
St Peter’s, Dunboyne…2-13 Ratoath…2-04 Winners Dunboyne registered all of their 2-13 total from open play as they made home advantage count against local rivals Ratoath at Kepak Park on Friday night. This was a much better all round display from the home side than that in Stamullen seven nights previously. County U-20 player Cian Duggan…
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Cover crop showing further green shoots afoot
St Patrick’s CS Navan…1-20 Moate CS (Westmeath)…2-10 In so many facets of life, I have absolutely no problem admitting to being a traditionalist. Perhaps to the point of being old fashioned. For example, if I ever do get back farming, more classic machinery will be added to the PZ Haybob 300 and Amazon half tonne…
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In Memory Of Pongo
If you’ve been frequenting this piece of webspace for any length of time, firstly thank you, but if have, you will also be aware of the amount of occasions upon which yours truly was docked in Brady’s in Dunboyne when major world events were going down. From the Omagh bombing to the Iraq war starting…
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Genoa or Pairc Tailteann or Kilbride – it’s all the same
KILBRIDE…0-20 CASTLETOWN…1-16 “David O’Leary of Arsenal…This kick could decide it all…Yes! We’re there.” George Hamilton’s immortal utterance on the midweek afternoon during which the nation did indeed hold its breath in the midst of the penalty shootout between Ireland and Romania at the 1990 World Cup in Genoa, Italy. . Even the haymaking stopped. It…
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Trevor never giving up on Meath
There are few things which can be taken for granted in life. Death and taxes being most of them according to Mark Twain. One thing that is by no means guaranteed is good players becoming good managers. Yes a plethora have, like Kevin Heffernan, Mick O’Dwyer, Brian McEniff, ‘Babs’ Keating, Brian Cody, JBM and Billy…
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Thanks ‘Hoggy’ the pleasure has been all ours
I’ve no connection to Co Cork. Save for being transported there while still in the Moses Basket because my sister was competing in athletics in The Mardyke. Also competing on same ‘card’ that day was one G. Geraghty (Kentstown AC). Isn’t it funny the way the wheels of life turn? Other than that, the other…
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Royal Famous Five Recognition And Opportunity (edited 26/9/25, 11.00am)
The Meath quintet of Sean Rafferty, Ciaran Caulfield, Mat Costello, Ruairi Kinsella and Jordan Morris have all been included in the PWC/GAA All Star Nominations. Their shortlisting represents due recognition for the significant progress achieved during Robbie Brennan’s first season as manager of the Royal County. What the acknowledgement of the lads’ excellence also does,…
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Monaghan’s O’Connell vacates inter county street
Rory Beggan and Jack McCarron are edging ever closer to being the last men standing from Monaghan’s bountiful era of the early 2010s. The perhaps double edged status comes about after former All Star Karl O’Connell became the latest decorated warrior from that era to inform manager Gabriel Bannigan his race at the highest level…