Tag: International Rules Series
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Wishing you the health and happiness you’ve given to all of us
I learned a long time ago – yes the hard way – that it is generally best to let emotions cool down before commenting on issues which have ground your gears. What tends to be divulged in the immediate aftermath of the occurrence or event might be the unfettered truth but it may end up…
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Moyles and Ronan to assist at Regionals
Brady’s Garage have come on board as sponsors for the Meath Regional Football Championships, details for which were announced earlier this week. Last year’s inaugural incarnation of the competition – in which teams compete for the Richie Barry Cup – was extremely well received by clubs, players and fans alike with – fittingly – the…
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Another go at solving the unanswerable question
With Guest Contributor Paraic Farrelly (@FarrellyParaic1 on Twitter) The more things change, the more they stay the same. Laois defeating Meath in the first round of the 1992 Leinster SFC is as fresh in the mind today as the shock was when it happened. To an impressionable 11-year-old, this wasn’t supposed to happen. For the…
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A different kind of excitement
As I begin typing this, it’s 2:19am. Insomnia and a galloping mind rule the roost yet again. To completely extract the urine out of this writer, the song I can’t get out of my head is Lou Reed’s Perfect Day. Now read on… It most certainly is not. The old man not being about for…
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BREAKING NEWS: O’Rourke to be next Meath boss
The Management Committee of Meath GAA have recommended that Colm O’Rourke be put before the County Committee for ratification as Meath Senior Football manager. The legendary former Skryne and Royal County forward has long being linked with the Meath management position, but by now many might have felt that ship had sailed. Especially given that…
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Trim take Meath back to Croker on another All Ireland day
Trim (Meath)…1-11 St Faithleach’s (Roscommon)…0-11 Sixty years ago, Peter Darby lifted the Keegan Cup as Trim sat atop the pile within the realms of Meath football. The town town club have endured many peaks and troughs in the intervening half century and more. They were defeated in Meath SFC Finals in 1997 and 2002 and…
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The game changer needs his greatest ever performance
I don’t mind admitting I’m numb, have no idea why I’m writing this, yet felt overcome by a compulsion to do something. By now, most of you will undoubtedly have heard that arguably the greatest footballer this county ever produced needs a bigger performance now than any of the mesmeric one he produced for club,…
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ROLLING DOWN MEMORY LANE – EP. 13
No team is unbeatable. Even the current Dublin crop will eventually be toppled. The euphoria and aura around Micko and his players ensured it was nearly a given that things would get wild and whirling as they stood on the brink sporting immortality, bidding to hold onto Sam for a fifth winter in a row.