4.25: WESTERN CAPE (JOEY SHERIDAN/DENIS HOGAN) 4.55: GRACESOLUTION – EW – (JACK KEARNEY (4*)/ROSS O’SULLIVAN) 5.30: MATT CONNOR (BILLY LEE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 6.00: ECLAT DU LUMIERE (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 6.30: MIMOSA PARK – EW – (BILLY LEE/MICHAEL GRASSICK) 7.00: ONE FOR MUM (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 7.35: JUNO BEACH – EW – (WAYNE LORDAN/CHARLES O’BRIEN) 8.05:… Read More Selections for Fairyhouse – June 1st 2023
Back in the day when lads of my own age were involved in GAA at Juvenile level – and for decades before that probably – it wasn’t uncommon for a mentor from one of the competing teams to step in as referee. As when anybody takes up the whistle they are of course admired and… Read More Underage proposals are well intentioned but pointed in the wrong direction
Did you ever watch somebody, sporting or otherwise, and just get an inkling straight away they were destined for stardom? Off the top of my head I could name a plethora, quite a few of them close to home. Graham Geraghty and Emma Duggan are two that jump off the page. On a larger scale,… Read More Watching, admiring, hoping
Meath…0-24 Sligo…0-18 Throughout what has been a very successful season for Seoirse Bulfin’s Meath senior hurlers so far, one of the recurring themes often referenced by yours truly has been their continued ability to amass big tallies of scores. Of course there have been other factors in their fine form but it seems to be… Read More Free scoring Meath earn deserved Final shot
Daithi McGowan replaces his stricken Ratoath colleague Jack Flynn in the only change to the Meath team from last weekend ahead of tomorrow’s Tailteann Cup Round 2 encounter against Waterford in Fraher Field, Dungarvan. The same switch was necessitated at half time against Tipperary when the luckless half forward aggravated an ankle ailment which has… Read More Keeping it in the parish for date with Na Deise
Seoirse Bulfin has, perhaps unsurprisingly, named an unchanged side once again as his charges bid to continue their resurgence in the Christy Ring Cup going in Sligo at lunchtime tomorrow (Saturday). That means that despite being available after suspension, Trim’s James Toher is held in reserve. As are Stephen Morris of Blackhall Gaels and Kyle… Read More Toher on the bench for hurlers
Donal Og Cusack is an interesting character, to put it mildly. One of the truly great hurling goalkeepers of the modern or perhaps any era. A trailblazer on and off the pitch. An inspirational figure to many in how he dealt with aspects of his personal life in a world far less understanding than is… Read More Focus on the games – not who’s going to broadcast them
Meath… 0-15 Laois… 0-05 Take Kevin De Bruyne, Ruben Dias and Erling Haaland out of the Manchester City team, they don’t win their fifth Premier League title in six years. Send Limerick out shorn of Declan Hannon, Gearoid Hegarty and Aaron Gillane and they wouldn’t know Liam Mac Carthy as well as they do. Now… Read More Return of three jewels boost hopes of holding onto the crown
Meath… 1-19 Tipperary… 0-11 In many ways, Meath were on a hiding to nothing this evening. They were expected to win and win well. Having done so, it’s very much a case of taking care of business. If they hadn’t, it would’ve been a case of wigs on the Fair Green. Doubtless, when the locals… Read More No Gray areas as Meath take care of business
1.45: GENERAL ASSEMBLEY (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 2.20: CATHERINE CHROI – EW – (SIOBHAN ROUTLEDGE/CLAIRE O’CONNELL) 2.55: PARTING GLASS (MARK ENRIGHT/FOZZY STACK) 3.30: DUN NA SEAD – EW – (DECLAN MCDONOGH/KIERAN COTTER) 4.05: SERIOUS CHALLENGE (RORY CLEARY/JIM BOLGER) 4.35: BOLERO – EW – (SIOBHAN RUTLEDGE (3)/HARRY ROGERS) 5.10: VALIANT KING (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN)