Tag: Mayo
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I Hope Our Lord Has His €2 Ready
“God must me a Meathman” were the immortal words of Kevin Mallon on commentary for LMFM Radio on the day Jody Devine was the unlikely architect of one of the greatest acts of escapology engineered under Sean Boylan’s stewardship, against Kildare in 1997. It’s quite likely the people of Mayo with concur in the wake…
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Sometimes it’s written in the stars
Mayo… 0-17 Dublin… 0-14 (aet) It had to happen sometime. They were always the most likely ones to do it too. And for very personal reasons in this seat, gut feeling in the lead up was that today might be the day. All eras must end. AP McCoy eventually hung up the saddle, Sir Alex…
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Justice for Meath and Cork out of Tyrone’s misfortune
They say whoever runs the control tower far away never closes one door without openning another. This evening, confimation of the postponement of the second All Ireland semi final between Kerry and Tyrone owing to a spate of Covid-19 cases has had a silver lining from a local perspective. It was wholly unjust that the…
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Selections For Ballinrobe – Aug. 9th 2021
4.45: ETERNAL PRESENCE (JJ SLEVIN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 5.15: GAELIC ARC – EW – (SHANE FITZGERALD (7)/JOHN RYAN) 5.45: YOUNGNEDOFTHEHILL (PAUL TOWNEND/SHANE NOLAN) 6.15: CUTE CHERRY (BRYAN COOPER/DENISE FOSTER*) 6.45: CHRISTMAS JUMPER (NICOLAS TERRASSIN (7)/E&P HARTY) 7.15: DYLAN OAK – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/DENIS CULLEN) 7.45: WAITNSEE (SHANE FITZGERALD (7)/JOHN RYAN) 8.15: MAGNETIC ZERO (DEREK O’CONNOR/SAM CURLING)
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Could ‘New Look’ Mayo be viable dark horses?
A week on and around the dinner table this evening the discussion was still about the short spell a week ago when it appeared Meath might, just might, rock the football world. Alas it wasn’t to be, but as one national media outlet put it in the aftermath of the match that Meath’s valiant effort…
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Wall’s strike a winner as Royals roll on
Meath.. 1-18 Tipperary… 0-07 Vikki Wall’s second half goal sealed a comfortable victory for the Royal County as they continued their ascent through the ranks of Ladies Football continued. Their victory was a measure of compensation for the defeat by the Premier County in the All Ireland IFC final a couple of years back and,…
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Boylan Talks Sport – Weekly Brain Workout – No. 18
A nice variety in this week’s edition, including a couple that are sure to require the thinking caps!
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Competitive imbalance doing the game a disservice
Blaming Dublin for all of what ails Gaelic football became something of a hobby horse for a while. Which propagated the hideous notion that dividing those who represent the capital would somehow diminish the ferocity of the marauding force. Bull. A two-headed monster would be far more difficult to slay than a lone wolf. Apart…
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Good and bad during dry run in the west
Meath…… 2-12 Mayo…… 3-17 Let’s get the ugly business out of the way first. Meath conceded far too many scores, with a worrying degree of generosity. The case for the defence has plenty going for it however. Whether by accident or design, Andy McEntee made eight changes from the announced line up, but those given…
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Selections for Ballinrobe – May 24th 2021
4.30: GAMIN ORIGINAL (BRIAN HAYES/WILLIE MULLINS) 5.00: PALM BEACH (MARK WALSH/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 5.30: STRANGE NOTIONS – EW – (HUGH MORGAN (5)/CHARLES O’BRIEN) 6.00: YOUNGNEDOFTHEHILL – EW – (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/STEPHEN NOLAN) 6.30: RARE CONOR – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/TOM GIBNEY) 7.00: CLUAN DARA – EW – (PHILIP DONOVAN (7)/JOHN RYAN) 7.30: COOL RAIN – EW –…