Tag: Liam Mac Carthy Cup
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Analysis and criticism is fine but don’t make liars of yourselves
The amazing thing was that it took until now. May 2025. When a county manager lost the head with a member of the press corps to the point of intimidation. Yes, there are certain individuals who drove buses over some very thin ice on the same road previously, but never left a crater commensurate to…
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Sadly the stench of officiating errors may well overpower the aroma of greatness
Must it always be so? One step forward and at least three back for the GAA. At last, whether the brainchild of Jarlath Burns or not, the All Ireland Hurling Final being shown on the ‘actual’ BBC. In other words, throughout the UK, not just in the six still notionally under that banner. To those…
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The baseball cap finally retires to the peg
There are things in life which, even though you know they are coming, you are never quite ready for it. In Meath, that day arrived in September 2005 when Sean Boylan announced he wasn’t going forward for a 24th season as senior football manager. Hindsight, of course, has proven that it should never have come…