Tag: KERRY
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Royal Famous Five Recognition And Opportunity (edited 26/9/25, 11.00am)
The Meath quintet of Sean Rafferty, Ciaran Caulfield, Mat Costello, Ruairi Kinsella and Jordan Morris have all been included in the PWC/GAA All Star Nominations. Their shortlisting represents due recognition for the significant progress achieved during Robbie Brennan’s first season as manager of the Royal County. What the acknowledgement of the lads’ excellence also does,…
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Gosden launches incredible defence of Murphy but will anybody listen?
It would be wagered that it would be universally accepted that John Gosden is one of the nicest gentlemen in horse racing. Yes, I will admit that when Kieran Shoemark lost the role as ‘first jockey’ in Gosden’s yard I was highly critical of the trainer and his son and joint licencee, Thady, but, the…
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Golden Oldies and a Sunday morning adjusting to a new high
With exactly 11 minutes to go in Tullamore on Saturday evening last, my significant other began imploring referee Joe McQuillan to blow for full time. Now read on… After removing the Michael out of the poor woman over her time keep miscalculation, it was readily admitted that such was the astonishment and excitement surrounding the…
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Selections for Punchestown – June 7th 2025
1.10: BELLE THE TIGRESS (MIKEY O’CONNOR/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 1.45: NO FLIES ON HIM – EW – (PETER SMITHERS (7)/EDDIE O’GRADY) 2.20: PRINCE ZALTAR – EW – (DYLAN ROBINSON/PHILIP ROTHWELL) 3.00: JOUEUR MASQUE (GAVIN BROUDER (3)/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.40: LEAVE IN SECRET – EW – (KIEREN BUCKLEY/TOM GIBNEY) 4.10: KNOCKRAHA EAGLE – EW – (PADDY O’HANLON/IAN DONOGHUE)…
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‘Twas Micko’s world – we were just there too
It would be ventured that if you found anybody else on Point Nemo – scientifically recognised as the most remote place on Earth – and they had heard of Gaelic football, chances are ‘Micko’ would be the first words uttered. Likewise that island which Donald Trump imposed a tariff on last week, even though only…
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Oh Kevin, go hibernate in a bag of sugar
As a newly diagnosed diabetic I can’t believe the above headline has had to be produced, but it was the first thing that came to mind having digested Kevin McStay’s remarks regarding David Clifford in the aftermath of last Sunday’s Allianz FL Div. 1 final. Where, for the umpteenth time and then some, the green…
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Two sides to every story? You don’t always hear both
So Aoibhin Cleary is the latest Royal County star to be recruited to play Austalian Football League or AFLW, as it’s known in the Ladies sphere. Following Conor Nash, Cian McBride, Vikki Wall, Orlagh Lally and Eamonn Armstrong. Of those, only Cian and Vikki – temporarily – have returned to give something back. Granted, Eamonn…
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Meath’s NHL Div. 2 Fixtures 2025
New Meath senior hurling manager Johnny Greville will have his first day in the dugout at St Loman’s Park in Trim when his charges take on Donegal in the opening round of the Allianz National Hurling League Div. 2 on January 26th. Such is the way their division is structured this term that the Royal…
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Selections for Listowel – Sept. 27th 2024
2.05: IRISH PANTHER (JJ SLEVIN/EDDIE O’GRADY) 2.40: RISK BELLE – EW – (MARK WALSH/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.15: ERIGMOOR (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.50: LETTERS TO JULIET (PADDY O’BRIEN (7)/PAT DOWNEY) 4.25: LOUP DE TALLANE – EW – (RICKY DOYLE/EOIN DOYLE) 5.00: ASCENDING – EW – (ANDREW JONES (7)/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 5.35: AMBOYNA – EW – (JOHN GLEESON…
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Selections for Listowel – Sept. 26th 2024
2.20: BORN IN PURPLE (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.55: DE TEMPS EN TEMPS (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 3.30: KIMY – EW – (SAM EWING/TOM MULLINS) 4.05: POETS COTTAGE – EW – (NEIL RYAN/NOEL MEADE) 4.37: DUTCH SCHULTZ – EW – (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 5.10: GOOD TIME JOHNNY – EW – (DEREK O’CONNOR/CATHY O’LEARY**) 5.45: WILLIAM BUTLER –…