Life And Sport From An Armchair View
12.15: REBEL IVY - EW - (DENIS O'REGAN/JAMES MOTHERWAY) 12.45: WHERE IT ALL BEGAN (ADRIAN HESKIN/GORDON ELLIOTT) Adrian Heskin is retained by the McNeill Family 1.20: BROOMFIELDS JEREMY (LUKE DEMPSEY/PHILIP DEMPSEY) 1.55: SAPHIRE LADY - W/O FAV - (DANNY MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.25: FAKIR DOUDAIRIES (MARK WALSH/JOSEPH O'BRIEN) 2.55: CRACK ON CORRIE - EW - (MARK... Continue Reading →
Andy McEntee will continue as Meath senior football manager for a sixth season. The St Peter's, Dunboyne clubman got a resounding endorsement (46-27) from the county's club delegates in the Knightsbrook Hotel. This comes after the 'Powers That Be' had decided to vote against the incumbent doing the third of his three years term. The... Continue Reading →
4.45: HARRY'S BAR (WAYNE LORDAN/ADRIAN MCGUINNESS) 5.15: LADIES CHURCH (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 5.45: THAT'S JUST DANDY - EW - (ROBBIE COLGAN/PADDY TURLEY) 6.15: NERO TULIP (SAM EWING/GER LYONS) 6.45: ABSOLUTE RULER (GAVIN RYAN/DONNACHA O'BRIEN) 7.15: BURNING LAKE (WESLEY JOYCE (7)/JOE MURRAY) Limerick youngster Wesley Joyce won't be claiming 7lbs for long 7.45: BROSNA EMPRESS (SCOTT... Continue Reading →
No matter what one's interests are in life, if they become a big enough part of your life, it moves away from the realm of pass time to something more significant. Then, if you happen to be blessed like me, it can be how you earn your few bob as well. I wouldn't call it... Continue Reading →
Limerick... 1-25 Waterford... 0-17 Peter Casey's moment of madness will be the main talking point, but what shone through most was Limerick's mental and physical strength as they qualified for a third All Ireland Final in four years. The corner forward saw red after becoming involved in a tangle with Waterford's Conor Gleeson, but, as... Continue Reading →
4.40: SHAKE HIM UP (BRIAN HAYES/EMMET MULLINS) 5.10: ROBYNDEGLORY (CONOR MCNAMARA (3)/DECLAN QUEALLY) 5.40: VIKING HOARD - EW - (PHILIP BYRNES (7)/CATHAL BYRNES) 6.10: THE GETAWAY STAR (SHANE FITZGERALD (7)/DECLAN QUEALLY) Declan Queally 6.40: GOOD RECEPTTION (MARK WALSH/PAT FOLEY) 7.10: CORNERKOVA (MIKE O'CONNOR (7)/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 7.40: SOME JOKE - EW - (PHILIP BYRNES (7)/CATHAL... Continue Reading →
They say that time nor tide waits for no man or woman or child. However, there are moments in life - and not just sporting ones - that appear to make tlme stand still. The likes of the Moon Landing, 9/11, the Omagh bombing or the election of Barack Obama to the White House, you'll... Continue Reading →
4.20: TARQUEENS GLORY - EW - (PADDY KENNEDY/MICHAEL KENNEDY) 4.50: SUPREME JOY - EW - (PADDY KENNEDY/MICHAEL KENNEDY) 5.20: FAMA ET GLORIA - EW - (JJ SLEVIN/JOSEPH O'BRIEN) 5.55: BALTIC MOON (DANNY MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) 6.30: DEEALLI - EW - (DONAGH MEYLER/KARL THORNTON) 7.05: MARIA FRANCESCA - EW - (DARRAGH O'KEEFFE/MICK WINTERS) 7.40: WESTERN COWBOY (RACHAEL... Continue Reading →
4.30: TIMEMAKESITFINE (COLIN KEANE/JAMES MCAULEY) 5.00: CRYSTAL BLACK - EW - (COLIN KEANE/DERMOT WELD) 5.35: LA PETITE COCO (RONAN WHELAN/PADDY TWOMEY) 6.10: WEXFORD SOIL - EW - (WILLIE BYRNE (7)/JIM BOLGER) 6.40: EASTERN RACER - EW - (NATHAN CROSSE (5)/SEAN BYRNE) 7.10: ANGELS TRUMPET - EW - (SAM EWING (5)/PETER FAHEY) 7.40: DROMOD LAD -... Continue Reading →
Back To Basics Approach Works Mention has often been made in this space on numerous occasions of how reading habits are sporadic at best. As if to underscore that fact, a sizable chunk of Davy Fitzgerald's autobiography was ingested in a fairly quick time, only for the excellent collaboration with Vincent Hogan to be parked... Continue Reading →