Tag: Louth GAA

  • Meath go through the gears in second half to see off dogged Laois

    Meath go through the gears in second half to see off dogged Laois

    MEATH… 3-12 LAOIS… 0-10 The final score states there were 11 points between the sides at the end, but don’t fooled. Inclination might be to think that this was a fairly routine night’s work for Cathal O’Bric’s team, but it was anything but. Now, as if to directly contradict the above statement, Meath never looked…

  • Louth get another one back in game’s best current rivalry

    Louth get another one back in game’s best current rivalry

    MEATH… 2-07 LOUTH… 0-14 The first observation to make is that, no matter what how bad the conditions were on Tuesday night that the Brains Trust deemed unsuitable, there’s no way they could have been any worse than what the players had to deal with tonight. It is important to state that in no way…

  • Meath’s Leinster MFC Fixtures 2026

    Meath’s Leinster MFC Fixtures 2026

    Meath Minor football manager Trevor Giles and his young charges now know what the road ahead holds for them with the announcement of the Leinster underage championship fixtures for the forthcoming months. They will have home advantage in their opening two fixtures against Louth – winners of the Gerry Reilly Memorial Cup at U-16 level…

  • A Lifetime in The Pairc – Part 2

    A Lifetime in The Pairc – Part 2

    In the opening instalment of this sojourn down memory lane, no secret was made of the fact that my ‘relationship’ with Pairc Tailteann got off to the most disastrous start possible. Between ‘Gate gate’ in 1991, my own personal flag disaster of county final day of 1990 and my initial viewing of a Meath match…

  • Brennan gets the blue baton

    Brennan gets the blue baton

    And so, the worst kept secret in Irish sport is out. Ger Brennan has indeed succeeded Dessie Farrell as Dublin senior football manager. The St Vincent’s man – a two time Celtic cross winner in 2011 and 2013 – has initially been handed a three year term in charge of the metropoles. You’d have to…

  • The Dublin job and the four faced auld clock

    The Dublin job and the four faced auld clock

    Ger Brennan’s decision to step down as Louth senior football manager may have caught a lot of people cold. Nowhere more so than in the Wee County. However, while folk in Louth might have their own theories – some of which may seem blatantly obvious – but it might not be as simple as that.…

  • Sideline Cuts – 40

    Sideline Cuts – 40

    Midweek Meanderings For reasons that hardly need elaborating, there are those who think I have my knife in the GAA at large presently. For said reason and that alone, a guilty plea will readily be entered. However, outside of the aforementioned subject area, even the most steadfast Gael must surely on occasion admit that the…

  • The opposite to Shannon Noll’s song

    The opposite to Shannon Noll’s song

    When making the journey through life on wheels – or with any type of disability – the temptation and opportunities to defer to the lyrics of Australian singer/song writer Shannon Noll are numerous. “What about me, it isn’t fair, I’ve had enough now I want my share”. However,  that was not my motivation in writing…

  • Flynn back in for Meath

    Flynn back in for Meath

    In the only change to the side who surprised everybody bar themselves by beating perennial All Ireland contenders Dublin two weeks ago, Ratoath’s Jack Flynn – who missed the momentous victory over the auld foes in Portlaoise – returns to partner Bryan Menton in centre field for Sunday’s Leinster SFC Final. The slight reshuffle his…

  • One change for the Ladies

    One change for the Ladies

    In a nod to the fact that while a few results haven’t gone their way of late but at the same time they haven’t been doing a whole lot wrong, Meath have made just one change ahead of what amounts to a semi final in the TG4 Leinster LSFC against Kildare at Cedral St Conleth’s…