Tag: Kildare
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Quiet legend Manning goes out on a high note
An era ended in Ballybrit this afternoon when the quiet legend of the Irish Flat weighroom, Kevin Manning, called time on his illustrious glory-laden career in the saddle. Fittingly going out on a winner prepared by his father-in-law and boss, Jim Bolger. Vocal Studies carrying the colours of Jim’s wife Jackie, as so many of […]
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Being old fashioned might become the norm!
Fr Dougal is trapped on the explosive milk float, Ted has the lads from the neighbouring island over to help come up with a plan to rescue the dimwitted Curate. After all sorts of tomfoolery, it finally dawned on some of them to put a brick on the accelarator. Enabling Dougal to get off the […]
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Selections for Clonmel – Mar. 22nd 2022
1.45: SPARE BRAKES (PHILIP ENRIGHT/ROBERT TYNER) 2.18: EN AVANT – EW – (RICHIE CONDON (7)/LOUISE LYONS) 2.53: PLAINS INDIAN (CIAN QUIRKE (7)/ANDY SLATTERY) 3.28: CARRIGEEN CASTLE – EW – (KEITH DONOGHUE/JIM DREAPER) 4.03: YABO (SEAN FLANAGAN/LIZ DOYLE) 4.38: BLACKBOW (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 5.10: HAZELHATCH LADY – EW – (DEREK O’CONNOR/JAMES FAHEY)
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Passion, enthusiasm and the knowledge to back it up
If you’ve ever been physically or emotionally invested in a sporting occasion, chances are the seminal moment in a given event may pass you by. Simply owing to being caught up in either joy or despair of whatever has just occurred. The point was made to somebody only recently that in the chaos that was […]
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Not ideal but it would certainly add to the excitement
Genoa, Italy, June 1990. An utterly forgettable game of football at that summer’s World Cup is completely overshadowed by an occurance which merits accreditation as surely the most dramatic Irish sporting moment of all time. A nation did indeed hold its breath as David O’Leary of Arsenal blasted Ireland into the last eight of the […]
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Selections for Navan – July 10th 2021
1.00: DAISY PEERS (JOEY SHERIDAN (5)/FOZZY STACK) 1.35: MOVING FOR GOLD – EW – (CHRIS HAYES/FOZZY STACK) 2.10: IT MIGHT BE YOU – W/O FAV – (GARY CARROLL/MICK MULVANY) 2.45: AMAZING EMMA – EW – (CHRIS HAYES/LIAM MCATEER) 3.20: TAZARAL (COLIN KEANE/DERMOT WELD) 3.55: SEA TROUT REACH – EW – (ROBERT WHEARTY (7)/WILLIE MCCREERY) 4.30: […]
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Frailties ruthlessly exposed by evolving Kildare
Kildare…1-14 Meath… 0-14 Sometimes it is as simple as it looks. Gaelic football, like everything in life, constantly changing. Evolution, though, often means things have been known to end up back where they once were. Now read on… If you were to look at footage if the Dublin-Kerry games from the 1970s – lauded as […]
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Good and bad during dry run in the west
Meath…… 2-12 Mayo…… 3-17 Let’s get the ugly business out of the way first. Meath conceded far too many scores, with a worrying degree of generosity. The case for the defence has plenty going for it however. Whether by accident or design, Andy McEntee made eight changes from the announced line up, but those given […]
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Meath find their goal-den touch to get due reward
Meath…..5-09 Kildare……0-15 One of the biggest drawbacks during Meath’s National League campaign, which resulted in them being relegated from the top tier, was the difficulty they had in raising green flags. Whatever happened during the lockdown, the Royal County have registered a dozen ‘majors’ in their two Championship outings to date. Every one of the […]
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Geraghty has “Long Road” ahead as journey of recovery continues
Amanda Geraghty issued a positive update regarding her husband Graham’s ongoing recovery from major surgery two weeks ago. The former Meath captain and selector was rushed to hospital on October 28th gravely ill and underwent emergency surgery at a Dublin hospital. In the aftermath of the procedure, Mrs Geraghty said the two-time All Star was […]