Tag: Meath Chronicle Sport
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A studious performance in patches but lessons to be learned
ST PATRICK’S CS NAVAN… 1-16 COLAISTE EOIN… 4-03 First off, the best bits: inclinations that Clann Na nGael’s Cormac Smith is one of the brightest emerging talents in the county apparently are gloriously true. Secondly, the blistering attacking potential which was so apparent against St Joseph’s of Rochfordbridge was once again there in all its…
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The CCCC and The Hooter
It was this morning announced that CCCC of the GAA – formerly the Games Administration Committee – have decided that henceforth once the Hooter sounds in a Gaelic Football match play stops immediately. Bullshit. Had that system been in place during this season’s championship, Ciaran Moore’s magnificent winner for Donegal against Mayo would never have…
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Eating cake and having it do not compute
“You can’t stop young people having the opportunity to have a career in sport because there’s not many as sports here in Ireland where there’s that chance as there are in Australia”. Cora Staunton And there you have it. Somebody finally puts it in black and white. Even if the person in question loves talking out…
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History for An Tuascairt on day veiled in poignance
AN TUASCAIRT…0-17 MOYFENRAGH…2-09 Perhaps the following is down to the innate superstition which tends to shape a lot of the road yours truly travels in life, but, there’s still a part of me which fears that interest in and commitment to the Brady’s Skoda Regional Football Championship will wain and that it will be let…
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Dunboyne complete notable U-19 double
St Peters, Dunboyne 1:14St Patrick’s 0:09 Dunboyne’s U19 Footballers took home the 2025 Div1 championship cup this afternoon in front of a good crowd in Pairc Tailteann. This talented group of footballers almost had the clean sweep of Div 1 titles through their underage career with the U13, U17 and now U19 wins. The one…
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Selections for Dundalk – Nov. 21st 2025
5.15: FINAL MELODY (SEAMIE HEFFERNAN/NATALIA LUPINI) 5.45: LISMACBRYAN HILL – EW – (SHANE FOLEY/DENIS HOGAN) 6.15: DALER (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 6.45: GOLDEN TRIGGER (WAYNE LORDAN/NATALIA LUPINI) 7.15: GUARDIAN OF REALM (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 7.45: OZARK DAZE (JACK KEARNEY/JACK DAVISON) 8.15: SPY (LUKE MCATEER/CHARLES BYRNES)
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Frayne strain a pain as Royals get ready to rumble
Regardless of the sport, once it’s a team pursuit, the loss of one significant component thereof can have catastrophic consequences for the ambitions and prospects thereof. Whether that be Willie Mullins seeing the services of State Man defenestrated for the season, just as Sir Gino – ironically also in the ownership of Joe and Marie…
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Selections for Dundalk – Nov. 12th 2025
2.40: TOMARLO (LUKE MCATEER/DAVID MARNANE) 3.10: GLEN AND TONIC – EW – (LUKE MCATEER/DAVID MARNANE) 3.40: GLYNDWR (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 4.10: OCEAN MANIFEST (COLIN KEANE/STEPHEN THORNE) 4.40: KC BEAR – EW – (CHRIS HAYES/NOEL MEADE) 5.10: OICHE RUA (ADAM CAFFREY/ADO MCGUINNESS) 5.40: PORSCHE LAD – EW – (A.N. OTHER/CHARLES BYRNES)
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Nominations for the CICO Sports We Are Meath Club All Stars are revealed
What has become a valued and much anticipated event on the local sporting calendar moved a little bit closer with the announcement of the nominations for the 2025 CICO Sports We Are Meath Club Football All Star Team Of The Year Awards. The winners of which will be announced at a special event at The…
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Dunboyne make it three from three
St Peter’s, Dunboyne..2-18Killary Emmets…1-13 It was a case of exactly as it said in the above headline as, despite fielding a much changed line up from their previous two outings, Dunboyne made it three Friday nights, three wins, in this U-19 FC encounter at Castletown. Their prior victories over St Patrick’s and Ratoath meant that…