Tag: Kilkenny
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Sometimes jest is too close to the bone
On the evening of the day on which I made my Confirmation, April 16th 1994, the late Dermot Morgan was finishing a run of shows at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin. For those of you with less than three decades mileage on this here planet, yes Dermot did exist before Father Ted. Firstly ironically as…
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Selections for Gowran – June 17th 2024
2.05: JANUARY (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 2.35: GOLDMOYNE – EW – (AMY J. HAYES (7)/TIM DOYLE) 3.05: SUPER CUB – EW – (JOEY SHERIDAN/DENIS HOGAN) 3.35: SERIOUS NOTIONS (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 4.05: SLANEY SWAGGER (RORY CLEARY/JIM BOLGER) 4.35: STAR KISSED (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 5.05: INFLUENTIAL LADY – EW – (WAYNE HASSETT (5)/JIMMY BARCOE)
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Selections for Gowran Park – Apr. 24th 2023
4.00: SEA THE POLARIS (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 4.35: LIMONCELLO LADY – EW – (SHANE FOLEY/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 5.05: PLAY IT AGAIN ZAAM – EW – (SEAN BOWEN (5)/CONOR MAXWELL) 5.40: ALL LIES AHEAD (BILLY LEE/WILLIE MCCREERY) 6.15: DOLLERINA (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 6.50: BASILAH BEAR – EW – (LUKE MCATEER/DAVID MARNANE) 7.25: THE TRUANT – EW…
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Mixed emotion wintry Sundays
Adam Screeney and Rory Beggan were probably never mentioned in the same sentence previously, but such is the magic woven by the AIB All Ireland Club Championships that here we are. Now read on… There are 10,000 reasons why hurling is the greatest sport in the world, but among the most basic is it really…
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Selections for Gowran – Oct. 17th 2023
1.55: GUEST STAR – EW – (SHANE FOLEY/BUNYAN/O’LEARY RACING) 2.30: THOR’S HAMMER – EW – (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 3.05: ALPHERATZ (GARY CARROLL/JOE MURPHY) 3.40: SILKIES SIB – EW – (WAYNE HASSETT (7)/TIM DOYLE) 4.15: SNOWDONIA SONG – EW – (NIALL MCCULLAGH/JIM BOLGER) 4.50: FEATHERTHETOP (SHANE FOLEY/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 5.25: SIR ALLEN (ANDREW J. SLATTERY/ANDY SLATTERY)
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Two sparkling stars in a glittering galaxy
Their journeys were always intertwined. Joy for one generally meant despair for the other. Never more than when a very harsh dose of red mist for one denied him and his colleagues hurling immortality. To the greatest benefit of the adversary with whom the stage will be divided for the remainder of what you take…
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A product is only as good as how it’s manufactured
Anyone who has been perusing material in this space for long enough will undoubtedly have seen reference made to the Corner House. That being my father’s ancestral family home. A book could and maybe one day will be produced on how beloved the old place was to me. Its appearance here today pertains to the…
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Selections for Fairyhouse – Feb. 8th 2023
12.45: INSTIT (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 1.15: SHANTOU LUCKY – EW – (KIEREN BUCKLEY (3)/GAVIN CROMWELL) 1.45: CAPE GENTLEMAN – W/O FAV – (BRIAN HAYES/JOHN HANLON) 2.20: ONE LAST TANGO (AIDAN KELLY (7)/EOIN GRIFFIN) 2.50: CIRCUS ACT – EW – (GAVIN BROUDER (5)/JAMES NASH) 3.20: LITTLE FLOUR – W/O FAV – (NEIL PRENDERGAST (7)/DECLAN QUEALLY) 3.50:…
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Selections for Gowran Park – Jan. 26th 2023
1.05: SIXHANDSINMYPOCKET – EW – (CHARLIE O’DWYER (7)/CONOR O’DWYER) 1.40: HANDS OF GOLD – EW – (AINE O’CONNOR (3)/ARTHUR MOORE) 2.15: TEAHUPOO (DAVY RUSSELL/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.50: COKO BEACH – EW – (BEN HARVEY (5)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.25: SIR GERHARD (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.55: LADY RITA – EW – (RICHIE CONDON (2*) /LOUISE LYONS) 4.25: ANKUD (HARRY…
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Three superstars, a plethora of penalties and fairytales not finished yet
A winter’s day, in a deep and dark December. A scenario (Ladies) teams in Meath have got used to. Early Christmas presents. In Meath’s case, an All Ireland IFC win. On the club scene, that meant our history making ladies capturing the Leinster Club SFC this time last year. This year, December action from a…