Life And Sport From An Armchair View
Meadhbh Byrne reclaims her spot in the Meath full forward line and that is the only change to the ensemble which defeated Waterford two weeks ago in Dungarvan as Royal County boss Shane McCormack prepares to take on his former charges in Ashbourne on Sunday. Byrne, from county senior champions Dunshaughlin/Royal Gaels, netted three times... Continue Reading →
Meath LGFA will, at their meeting of September 11th, put forward the name of Kildare man Shane McCormack as the preferred candidate to be ratified to assume the position of county senior team manager. The former Kildare men's custodian has plenty of managerial experience having most recently guided Armagh to a Lidl Ladies NFL Div.... Continue Reading →
2.05: SIGNORA DI MILANO (JORDAN GAINFORD/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.40: GWAN TADGH (BEN HARVEY (3)/EDDIE O'GRADY) 3.15: MARV MICHAEL (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 3.50: JOSHUA CHAMBERLAIN (RICKY DOYLE/GERRY KEANE) 4.20: GROZNI (PHILIP BYRNES (2*)/CHARLES BYRNES) 4.55: I AM SPIDER MAN (PHILIP BYRNES (5)/CHARLES BYRNES) 5.25: ATTITASH - EW - (CARAGH MONAGHAN (7)/IAN DONOGHUE) Meath footballer Caragh Monaghan... Continue Reading →
How oft have you heard it said, when the bovine excrement hits the fan, go back to basics. To what's known best and trusted. This corner has no intention of going into the nuts and bolts of why Davy Nelson and his team stepped down. Quite simply because they are not known. Nor do they... Continue Reading →
Meath...0-11 Cork...2-08 This writer has no idea where the saying 'Close but no cigar' originated from but at Pairc Ui Rinn on Saturday lunchtime it was a case of close but not over the line for the Meath as they slipped to another narrow defeat in the final round of the Lidl Ladies NFL. The... Continue Reading →
Meath... 2-05 Waterford... 1-09 Unfortunately the sun didn't shine - literally or metaphorically - on a proud day for Ballinlough GFC as they played host to what turned out to be another disappointing defeat for Meath in the Lidl Ladies NFL. The current All Ireland champions will be thankful that in the Ladies' game a... Continue Reading →
Meath manager Davy Nelson has made two changes to his team for Sunday's Lidl Ladies NFL joust with Waterford at Ballinlough's magnificent looking facilities. Captain Shauna Ennis and midfielder Aoife Minogue return to the side having missed the last round outing against Kerry. Meadhbh Byrne and Ailbhe Leahy are the players to make way. Meath's... Continue Reading →
Emma Duggan's inclusion at centre field is most noteworthy of three changes announced by Meath manager Davy Nelson from the side which lost to Mayo ahead of the trip to Kerry in the latest round of the Lidl Ladies NFL. While it seems highly unlikely the Dunboyne clubwoman will line out as selected, her inclusion... Continue Reading →
Manchester United... 3 Reading... 1 One night what is a scarily long time ago, yours truly was making his way home from the one and only house party I've ever been at. It was the time of the night/next morning that my main concern was trying not to bump into my brother on his way... Continue Reading →
Meath...1-07 Donegal...0-05 Summerhill players are a unique breed. Mattie Kerrigan was regarded as one of if not the finest player of his generation. Mick Lyons is still probably the most feared full back in the game, more than three decades after his retirement, Mark O'Reilly was Man Of The Match in an All Ireland Final... Continue Reading →