Tag: Galway
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Selections for Galway – Oct. 27th 2025
12.35: VENOSA (RONAN WHELAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 1.05: TITANIUM – EW – (BEN COEN/CIARAN MURPHY) 1.35: GARDEN PARTY (LIAM KENIRY/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 2.06: BULLET BOURBON – EW – (NICOLA BURNS (7)/TOM MCCOURT) 2.41: LOCAL LAD – EW – (NICOLA BURNS (7)/GER O’LEARY) 3.15: NIBRA’S RAINBOW – EW – (ROBERT WHEARTY/GAVIN CROMWELL) 3.50: CLEAR QUARTZ – EW – (JOE…
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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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All Stars a noble nod to a world long passed out
The accomplished writer on all things Louth GAA Caoimhin Reilly recently posted a startling observation online – the last time there was an All Star selection without Dublin or Kerry representation thereon, the Wee County’s thoroughly deserving honouree Craig Lennon wasn’t even born. The statistic shouldn’t exist though. Having won the Leinster SFC for whatever…
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Selections for Galway – Oct. 26th 2024
1.53: MESSERSCHMITT (DONAGH MEYLER/NOEL MEADE) 2.28: ARTIC GALE (DONAGH MEYLER/EMMET MULLINS) 3.03: SPORTING GLORY (SAM EWING/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.38: WILL DO (SAM EWING/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.13: ICEBERG THEORY – EW – (SEAN FLANAGAN/PAUL NOLAN) 4.45: MEEHALL – EW – (CIAN QUIRKE (5)/ERIC MCNAMARA) 5.18: COLCANNON (DEREK O’CONNOR/NOEL MEADE)
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Selections for Galway – Oct. 8th 2024
2.15: THE ENABLER (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.45: ANYSIGNOFHIM – EW – (LIAM QUINLAN (3)/RAY HACKETT) 3.15: DEPALMA – EW – (BRIAN HAYES/COLM MURPHY) 3.45: BUDDY ONE (JACK GILLIGAN (7)/PAUL GILLIGAN) 4.15: PARK THE GIANT – EW – (BRIAN HAYES/PHILIP FENTON) 4.50: JACENRY – EW – (BEN HARVEY/WILLIAM HARVEY) 5.20: LIVE AID – EW – (JOHN…
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Gavin’s gameplan is utterly sensible and player orientated – like himself
You’re tasked with putting a group of people together to right the wrongs of the world. The only stipulation being that those thereon must be of reputable standing and commanding of respect among those with whom they will be working with and the wider audience pertaining to those people as well. Who do you pick?…
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Selections for Galway – Sept. 10th 2024
3.35: TRINITY COLLEGE (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 4.05: MONASTERBOICE (COLIN KEANE/NOEL MEADE) 4.35: SYLKIE – EW – (COLIN KEANE/DANNY HOWARD) 5.10: TAMAM – EW – (BILLY LEE/EOGHAN O’NEILL) 5.45: KINDA TINY – EW – (AMY J. HAYES (7)/TIM DOYLE) 6.15: BEECHWOOD – EW – (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 6.45: MOUTARDE (ROBERT WHEARTY/GAVIN CROMWELL) 7.15: RUBIES ARE RED…
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Two more great examples to be ignored
On the face of it, objective analysis of a refereeing performance is probably highly difficult to arrive at. Neither of the competing teams could be expected to engage open mindedly. Neither are the whistler’s own kinfolk likely to overly critical. Furthermore, it’s difficult to escape the inclination RTE commentators and pundits are contractually forbidden from…
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Reality bites but if you look for it there’s hope there…
MEATH… 0-12 DUBLIN… 3-19 It’s 2:49am, and the wind and rain are beating off the window like a night in November. But it’s literally midway through April. And Meath’s quest for a Leinster SFC crown now officially gone into a 15th year. It simply doesn’t feel right. Not the result – there could be absolutely…
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Drowned sorrows and a half pallet from the chipper
It has probably been mentioned in this space over the years that the 2001 All Ireland Football Final between Galway and Meath was one of two occasions during which tears were shed in Croke Park. The other being 6 years prior to that when Dublin well and truly stuffed us in the Leinster Final. The…