Tag: Meath SFC Final
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Drowned sorrows and a half pallet from the chipper
It has probably been mentioned in this space over the years that the 2001 All Ireland Football Final between Galway and Meath was one of two occasions during which tears were shed in Croke Park. The other being 6 years prior to that when Dublin well and truly stuffed us in the Leinster Final. The…
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Selections for Punchestown – Feb. 21st 2024
1.45: FAULTY – EW – (SAM EWING/NOEL MEADE) 2.15: DR EGGMAN (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.45: GALA MARCEAU (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.15: ATLANTICEXPRESS – EW – (JJ SLEVIN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 3.50: CHER WHY NOT – EW – (DAVID DOYLE (7)/TIM DOYLE) 4.25: SHANNA CLOON (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 4.55: COLCANNON (FINN TERGETMEIR (7)/NOEL MEADE)
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Selections for Punchestown – Oct. 10th 2023
1.50: WODHOOH (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.25: CONTRAPOSTO – EW – (MICHAEL O’SULLIVAN/DICK DONOHOE) 3.00: ZANAHIYR (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.35: ANTRIM COAST (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 4.10: BOWGATE STREET – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/TOM GIBNEY) 4.45: GETAWAY CHARLIE – EW – (DAVID DOYLE (7)/TIM DOYLE) 5.20: GLOBAL BRIEF (PAT TAAFFE (7)/NOEL MEADE)
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Johnny Cash was right about Sundays!
If you’re involved in GAA – or most likely any sport – it’s a fairly safe wager that you’ll experience more defeat than victory. In both 1997 and 2002, the number of finals Dunboyne teams lost hit double figures. Undoubtedly the most painful loss of the lot, however, was actually in the Junior Hurling Championship…