Tag: Josh Keeley
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Meath men on the move
The wheel of the sporting year turns again as one segment closes off with the playing of the All Ireland SHC Final, and those in men’s and Ladies football and Camogie imminently awaited, while in other sports things haven’t even kicked off. Quite literally. In recent week’s we’ve seen the brightest star in Irish Basketball,…
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Is Kelleher about to buzz into The Bees?
Speculation is mounting that Republic Of Ireland goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher is on the verge of signing for Brentford just days after the Corkman collected a Premier League winners’ medal at Anfield with Liverpool. The Irish stopper has made no secret of his desire to leave the now champions in order to get more first team…
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What a difference a day makes… If your name is Josh Keeley
Did you ever notice how one occurrence in life can often lead your thoughts to somewhere else entirely? Recently, the mind here was drawn to when my sister had a set of football goals in her garden when her ‘kids’ were, well… Kids. You know the type, plastic, collapsable, built in such a way that…
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Keeley keeps up Cup heroics
That momentum is often the biggest game changer in sport is surely indisputable at this stage. Just ask Josh Keeley. What doesn’t seem like all that long ago, the Dunboyne lad was on the bench with Leyton Orient and had, as a result of same, lost his berth between the posts with Jim Crawford’s Republic…
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Dunboyne’s Keeley swaps his Spurs for a taste of the Orient
It’s highly unlikely Josh Keeley has ever been clad in spurs or a Stetson, but even if he has been, he may hang them up for the time being. The big Dunboyne goalkeeper having marked another career step when being loaned out by Tottenham to League One outfit Leyton Orient for the remainder of the…
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Local apprehension likely following Kenny departure – 2/12/23
Viewed through a certain lens, anybody winning 13 caps at international level, garnering multiple Heineken Cup souvenirs and rearing offspring who also went on to perform on the biggest stage would have had what would constitute a glorious career in rugby. Yet I often wonder does Trevor Brennan ponder what might have been. Warren Gatland’s…
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Could it be, the FAI actually doing something right?
Google had to be consulted when Jonathan Hill’s name was seen trending on X. Even though he’s the head honcho of the Football Association of Ireland, his is not a name you’d see popping up too often. Certainly not an accusation you could level at the individual who held the position before him. With plenty…
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Lenihan revives Dunboyne Riverside connection
Republic Of Ireland defender Darragh Lenihan has completed his transfer from Blackburn Rovers to fellow Championship hopefuls Middlesbrough. While the 28-year-old’s decision to leave Ewood Park – where he had been club Captain – might raise a few eyebrows, it’s clear Rovers didn’t appreciate the asset they had on their books. Plenty of others did,…
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Dunboyne’s Keeley Premier League Bound
Just a few short years ago, Darragh Lenihan became the first Meath man to be capped by the Republic Of Ireland at Senior level. Thereafter, a bit like the scenario with the busses, quickly enough thereafter Jamie McGrath from Athboy became the second. The chances of there being a third surely improved this week after…
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Dunboyne’s twin towers ready for next career chapter
On a particularly warm Saturday in April 2015, around midday, Meath defeated Offaly in a Leinster Minor Football League game in a practically deserted Pairc Tailteann. There were two Dunboyne clubmen in green and gold that day – David McEntee and Conor Keeley. The latter marking his first – and sadly only – outing in…