Tag: Galway
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Passion, enthusiasm and the knowledge to back it up
If you’ve ever been physically or emotionally invested in a sporting occasion, chances are the seminal moment in a given event may pass you by. Simply owing to being caught up in either joy or despair of whatever has just occurred. The point was made to somebody only recently that in the chaos that was…
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Sideline Cuts – 18
LANDO SIGNS ON AS BLAME GAME RUMBLES ON It only seems like the blink of an eye ago that Max Verstappen was crowned Fomula 1 World Champion in dramatic and highly controversial circumstances, but the real life Batmobiles are being fired up again as the chequered flag prepares to fall on another season. If you…
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Meath announce the same starting 15
The Meath senior football management team have announced the same starting 15 for tomorrow’s Allianz National Football League Div. 2 encounter with Roscommon at Pairc Tailteann. While it seems highly unlikely the published team will play as selected, there will no doubt be a strong determination to produce a huge performance after last week’s disappointment…
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Improved second half won’t mask bitter disappointment
Meath……0-06 Galway……1-14 Though Meath fans of a certain age mightn’t realise it, there have been tough days like this before. As far back as 1990 in fact, the first season during which yours truly began attending matches. Meath were beaten 14 points by Antrim and 16 by Roscommon. What happened thereafter? Now read on… They…
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Early season joy and false dawns
A well travelled sage of the inter county football scene once dubbed a certain team ‘Kings of the challenge match”! The meaning was clear, and franked by the fact they once beat a team by 2-16 to 0-00 at a pitch opening. A few months later, those who had been whitewashed sat atop the pile.…
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King Henry to confront the locals as draws offer hope
It had to happen, didn’t it? Newly installed Galway manager Henry Shefflin will come up against his own people just three games into his Championship management career. That was undoubtedly the headline story to emrrge from Saturday’s 2022 Mac Carthy Cup draws. The former green helmet-clad wizard will make his summer bow on the sideline…
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Selections for Galway Oct. 23rd 2021
1.20: POWERFUL KIERAN (JJ SLEVIN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 1.52: EXPLOSIVE BOY – EW – (BRYAN COOPER/TONY MARTIN) 2.27: ROBINNIA (BRIAN HAYES/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.02: GORTMILLISH – EW – (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.37: JIVING JERRY – EW – (CATHAL LANDERS/JIMMY BARCOE) 4.10: COURTING VICKIE – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/JIMMY BARCOE) 4.45: NOBLE BIRTH (JAMIE CODD/GORDON ELLIOTT)
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Selections for Galway – Oct. 5th 2021
1.15: GRINGO DAUBRELLE (DAVY RUSSELL/GORDON ELLIOTT) 1.45: PERRY OWENS – EW – (EOIN WALSH (5)/NOEL MEADE) 2.20: FUTURE ROMANCE (MARK WALSH/AIDAN HOWARD) 2.55: ILIKEDWAYURTHINKIN (MARK WALSH/GAVIN CROMWELL) 3.30: MAGIC DAZE (ROBBIE POWER/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 4.05: WINTER ESCAPE (MARK WALSH/AIDAN HOWARD) 4.40: SMOOTH PLAYER (LISA O’NEILL/GORDON ELLIOTT)
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Selections For Galway – Sept. 6th 2021
4.05: YOUNG FITZY – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/DECLAN QUEALLY) 4.35: OUTLIER – EW – (SIMON TORRENS/PAT FLYNN) 5.05: JAZZAWAY (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 5.40: CAPTAIN JIMMY – EW – (PHILIP DONOVAN (7)/PAT KELLY) 6.10: FARRAWAY BAY – EW – (DEREK O’CONNOR/MARK MOLLOY) 6.40: MAGIC DAZE (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 7.10: TWILIGHT GIRL (KEVIN SEXTON/PETER FAHEY) 7.40:…
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Oddities and unfairness – that’s the GAA folks!
As most or all of you will know by now, I lost my da on June 10th. Six months into his 92nd year. Don’t let anyone ever tell you you’re ready for it, you never are. When the inevitability of what was ahead became obvious a day or two before he actually passed, this corner…