Tag: Ger Robinson
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Donal’s dozen takes Dunboyne to a 10th Final
St Peter’s, Dunboyne… 1-18 Donaghmore/Ashbourne… 3-10 Donal Lenihan scored 12 points – including five two-pointers – as Dunboyne qualified for the Div. 1 FL Final for a tenth time. Though therein they will be attempting to claim the Mooney Cup for only a second time. When the home side’s Evan Kelly and former Waterford forward…
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First Meath GAA Fixtures of 2025
And so it begins. The rapidly approaching new season has`probably been on plenty of minds already between the annual roll out of the managerial merry-go-round and some fairly high profile incoming ‘signings’ for clubs. But, it is, at last in my view, starting to feel a lot more real now with the release of the…
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The Saw Doctors, ABBA or Buddy Holly?
Even in this day and age, there are people who, unless and until they are affected by it themselves or you metaphorically lamp them with a sledge hammer, will still try to convince you mental health “Isn’t real”. Yes, I have been accosted by the “If it upsets you just don’t think about it” twaddle.…
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Dunboyne take care of business
St Peter’s, Dunboyne… 0-20 Curraha… 0-09 ‘The Who’ had one of their most famous hits with Taking Care Of Business and it would have been the perfect soundtrack as those who last lifted the Keegan Cup in 2018 got their quest for this year underway in Dunshaughlin on Friday evening. In contrast, Curraha would most…
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Frustrated relief
Dunboyne…4-15 Moynalvey…0-10 Chances are yours truly wasn’t the only one in these parts – or Moynalvey – in absolutely no mood for football on Friday night. How could either place be, with the heart and soul having been ripped out of both communities when Damien O’Reilly was taken from us long, long before his time,…
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River men’s free running style sees them sail to success
Boyne Valley… 2-11 Tara… 0-07 A varied and attractive style of football – something synonymous with Cathal O’Bric-trained teams – held sway as the Walterstown/Bective/Rathkenny/Slane were deserving winners of the inaugural Regional Football Championship Final in Ashbourne on Sunday. At this point, this writer would like to place on record sincere thanks to Coiste Na…
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Scores like buses as Tara secure title tilt
Tara…2-02 An Tuaisceart…0-07 Whether Tara manager Ger Robinson and his fellow mentors have somebody like renowned statistician and analyst Ray Boyne working with them is unknown. If they have, I would love to be a fly on the wall for the de-brief after last night’s Regional Football Championship semi final against Brian Farrell’s An Tuaisceart…
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The best advertisment for the Regionals so far
Tara… 3-12 Blackwater… 2-13 Thirty scores between two teams in what was meant to be a ‘meaningless’ match certainly knocked the theory of it being so on the head. Instead, acting as the best advertisment the Regional Championships have had to date. Factually speaking, both teams did indeed know their fate before the ball was…
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Kelly’s top performance uplifting on several fronts
Tara…1-11 Boyne Valley…0-13 Earlier this year, eventual champions Dunshaughlin had 18 points to spare over closest neighbours and rivals Blackhall Gaels in the group stages of the Meath IFC. As somebody blessed to have close connections to both clubs – not to mention being the nephew of a former Chairman of the latter when they…
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The ball’s not even thrown in and the off-the-ball digs are flying
Note to self: Don’t read fan forums. At half time in what I think was the 1992 Leinster SFC Final, legend has it the Dublin and Kildare players got a little hot and bothered about each other on the way down the tunnel. It was the first incident of its type this writer can recall.…