Tag: Keegan Cup
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Meath Football Championship Draws 2024
On Wednesday night in Dunganny, the draws for the Meath adult football championships took place. As a result of same, Keegan Cup holders Summerhill will begin their defence thereof against Ballinabrackey while 2023 runners up Ratoath start their campaign off against neighbours Skryne. Last year’s Intermediate winners Rathkenny are in with the aforementioned pair and…
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Shake the tree hard enough and eventually the fruit will fall
The bit of set dancing engaged in by Meath and Mayo in the early stages of the 1996 All Ireland Final replay has to be the most exaggerated piece of shadow boxing in public discourse since Bertie Ahern told Gay Mitchell he was a waffler and the current Taoiseach chided a certain Donegal politician about…
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Selections for Punchestown – Oct. 10th 2023
1.50: WODHOOH (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.25: CONTRAPOSTO – EW – (MICHAEL O’SULLIVAN/DICK DONOHOE) 3.00: ZANAHIYR (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.35: ANTRIM COAST (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 4.10: BOWGATE STREET – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/TOM GIBNEY) 4.45: GETAWAY CHARLIE – EW – (DAVID DOYLE (7)/TIM DOYLE) 5.20: GLOBAL BRIEF (PAT TAAFFE (7)/NOEL MEADE)
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An epic and equally upsetting weekend
If anybody has become bored or annoyed by my re-posting match text commentary in recent weeks I apologise. It’s my way of dealing with Fear Of Missing Out (FOMO) and/or separation anxiety, whichever you want to call it. From not being able to attend matches it is desired to be at. Without wanting to play…
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Meath Board To Appeal Leinster Decision
BREAKING NEWS The furore surrounding the concluding stages of the Meath SFC took another twist this evening when it emerged that the Meath Co Board are reportedly about to appeal Leinster Council ruling which decreed that the clash of Donaghmore/Ashbourne and Na Fianna be re-fixed. The complications regarding the conclusion of the race for the…
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Keegan Cup race hits choppy waters in battle of the calculators
BREAKING NEWS The closing stages of the Meath Senior Football Championship appear to have hit choppy waters after the Leinster Council upheld a case taken by Na Fianna regarding the methodology used to determine placings in their group. With three teams – Donaghmore/Ashbourne, Na Fianna and Curraha – all tied on two points each, the…
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Old patents still work in the modern game
Dunshaughlin… 0-14 Donaghmore/Ashbourne… 1-10 An admission at the outset here – owing to circumstances beyond my control, I was unable to be at Saturday’s pulsating local derby in Ratoath. However, due to the wonders of modern technology, metaphorically, not a kick of the ball was missed. Or in any of myriad other matches taking place.…
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Lenihan the difference as Dunboyne get desired start
Dunboyne… 2-14 Seneschalstown… 0-12 A Tailteann Cup medal, a wedding ring and the small matter of a honeymoon – it’s been some couple of weeks for Donal Lenihan. Now read on… The good vibes continued for the accurate forward tonight in Dunsany as he hit 1-10 when Ger Robinson’s men opened their SFC Group B…
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Champs get title defence off to a flyer
Ratoath… 1-14 Moynalvey… 0-08 Keegan Cup holders Ratoath got their quest for a fourth title in five years off to a satisfactory start when they had nine points to spare of Caoimhin King’s Moynalvey at Fr McManus Park, Skryne. Wing forward Cian O’Brien hoisted over the first score for Kevin Reilly’s side inside a minute…
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Peter Darby: 1938-2022 RIP
Anybody who has been perusing my output for long enough will surely know of the central role Brady’s Pub in Dunboyne has always played in my life. A minute part of me wanted to document that in the past tense but I refuse to countenance, let alone accept, that certain parts of my ‘old’ life…