Tag: Mark Horan

  • Did Dunsany get dosed with Pringles?

    Did Dunsany get dosed with Pringles?

    DUNSANY (MEATH)…1-14 KILCAVAN (LAOIS)…1-10 The tubularly packaged crisps with the figure who is almost a doppelganger of Manuel from Fawlty Towers as their mascot also have the sales tagline ‘once you pop you can’t stop’, well, it appears the mighty men of Dunsany have adapted it slightly to suit their own narrative. Something along the…

  • Classy Cottrell drives Dunsany through battle with Aughrim

    Classy Cottrell drives Dunsany through battle with Aughrim

    DUNSANY (Meath)…2-10 AUGHRIM (Wicklow)…1-07 Jack Cottrell’s converted penalty on the call of half time may not have ultimately been the decisive score in this AIB Leinster Club JFC quarter final at wintry Pairc Tailteann, but the lively full forward’s class throughout absolutely was as Kevin Cahill’s charges put another chink of brightness – along with…

  • Motive and opportunity to be a proper Club(ber) fan

    Motive and opportunity to be a proper Club(ber) fan

    Anyone who has ever waited for a phone call regarding the well being of a loved one in hospital – which is surely all of us at some stage – knows that convulsion of emotion between relief, joy and utter terror. Now consider that the said post prodecure phone call was three hours after the…

  • From slide rule passes to egg and spoon races

    From slide rule passes to egg and spoon races

    Meath…1-16 Derry…1-10 There’s something earthy, indefatigable, primal almost about rural GAA teams. The smaller the club, the more raucous and enormous their support will be. When all of the above are in sync, the bigger potential banana skin they become for often ‘softer’ ‘townie’ outfits. Ballinlough have tripped up as many as anybody in Meath…