Tag: Galway GAA
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All Ireland SFC Round 1
It’s a case of play it again for Sam after the draw for the first round of the All Ireland SFC which was completed this lunchtime at Croke Park. Reason being that the draw has thrown up repeats of the National Football League Div. 1 and 2 finals with Cork playing host to Meath and…
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Willie Lynskey 1926-2026 – A Tribute
With a quiet degree of confidence, it will be put that, with the passing of Mrs Annie McEnroe and her late husband Johnny, Mr William Lynskey assumed the mantle of being the oldest resident the locality. Alas, the title is up for awarding once again as news emerged on Monday evening that gentleman Willie will…
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The only way is up
MEATH…0-08 GALWAY….0-16 It is symbolic of a team’s current status and ambitions when one hears open mention of the fact that top flight survival will suffice as far as priorities for a National League campaign. Of course there’s always the possibility that such a non-fussed approach could come back and bite you in such a…
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Duggan debuts as skipper as Galway hit the ‘Hill
Emma Duggan will Captain the Meath seniors for the first time when Wayne Freeman’s tenure begins when the Royal County ladies take on familiar foes Galway in the first round of the Lidl Ladies National League at Summerhill on Sunday afternoon. Duggan will lead the locals out in her role as joint Vice Captain –…
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Selections for Wexford – May 28th 2025
4.55: BEACON EDGE (JAMIE HALFORD (7)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 5.30: THE BIG DOYEN – EW – (KEVIN SEXTON/DECLAN QUEALLY) 6.00: DEPECHE MO – EW – (PADDY HANLON (7)/ERIC LARKIN) 6.30: HATTFIELD HAMMER (JORDAN GAINFORD/PAUL NOLAN) 7.00: SON OF ANARCHY (MARK WALSH/GORDON ELLIOTT) 7.30: TAG MAN (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 8.00: BUTCHERS BILL (CARL MILLAR (5)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 8.30:…
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Big Gally Jnr is on point to win a classic
MEATH… 2-17 GALWAY… 2-16 Inches. How often have you heard it quoted, here and in other places? Al Paccino’s Inches speech from Any Given Sunday. Well, lads and lassies, it’s about to get another run out. Before getting into the nuts and bolts of that though, it is surely a gross indictment of those behind…
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The West will be wide Awake if there are any more defections
“When all beside a vigil keep, the West’s asleep, the West’s asleep”… It may now be the case that if there are many more defections – real or rumoured – from Connacht counties, they may a vigil keep in persuance of a night’s sleep. Firstly, Cian O’Neill switched from watching the sun go down on…
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Sports Oddity
“This is Major Tom to Ground Control. I’m stepping through the doorAnd I’m floating in a most peculiar wayAnd the stars look very different today” David Bowie – Space Oddity You suspect there are quite a few sporting entities experiencing similar conundrums to Major Tom in recent days. Not least some of those in or…
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The stereotype won’t die if you keep feeding it
A late and sincerely missed friend of mine used to knock great sport out of telling what is a sizable Leitrim contingent in our locality that it took one of his people (Longford) to sing their ‘native’ song. Larry Cunningham and Lovely Leitrim. Given events in the last week or so, that little nugget of…
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Geezer eventually gets to rock the establishment with deliverence day
Maybe I do know what I’m at after all. At the outset here, a shameless confession – outside of Meath, obviously, I’ve a fondness for Armagh greater than any other county. Perhaps for no particular reason, but broadly based upon: their people, their back-story, their song, Geezer, Francie, Jarlath Burns, Crossmaglen Rangers and the way…